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Looking For Learning In 21st Century Classrooms – Questions from leaders for leaders

Justin Medved — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:21:28 +0000

Over the past year I have been working with my leadership team on re-connecting them with the teaching and learning going on within our 1:1 program. Our laptop program is over 10 years old however they felt it was time to re-educate themselves on the opportunities and best practices that they should be looking for [...]

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MESH 2009 – Toronto’s answer to TED

Justin Medved — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:15:24 +0000

On April 7th and 8th of next week I am really excited to be attending and speaking at Canada’s most innovative web conference MESH.
This will be a great opportunity to listen, talk to and learn from some of Canada’s most forward thinking entrepreneurs, writers and web experts. More importantly I am keen to talk to [...]

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Internet Safety – Debunking conventional wisdom

Justin Medved — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:26:15 +0000

Search Engine is a weekly podcast hosted by Jesse Brown of the CBC . It focuses on current issues surrounding technology and social media. A few weeks back this episode was aired which revealed some interesting findings from a US wide study on the online solicitation of minors. The finding are really interesting. I have [...]

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Podcast Picks – 5 Faves

Justin Medved — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:34:03 +0000

People often ask me for podcast suggestions. While I do add and delete feeds from my Itunes on a regular basis there are a few that have stood the test of time. Here are some of my favorites.
1. The Economist
Global news from around the world. Science, Business, Technology, Economics and more. This podcast is FULL [...]

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Government 2.0 – Tired Cliché or Change on the Horizon?

Justin Medved — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:17:40 +0000

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InI5n3NTvR4[/youtube]
I know it is cliché to add 2.0 to everything but after watching this video about one of U.S administrations dynamic new groups—the TIGR (Technology, Innovation and Government Reform) Team, its hard not to feel that some exciting changes are on the horizon. The Change.gov blog keeps blowing me away with its content.
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Five predictions for 09′

Justin Medved — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:53:56 +0000

Greetings from Canada and happy new year!
My name is Justin Medved and this is my first post for the U Tech Tips team. Jeff invited me on board along with the other ISB gurus last year while I was still in Bangkok. Since then I have moved back to Canada, bought a house, set up [...]

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