U Tech Tips » Kim Cofino http://www.utechtips.com Articles, Tips, Screencasts, and Tutorials for Educators Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:36:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Seeds of a Good Project http://www.utechtips.com/the-seeds-of-a-good-project/ http://www.utechtips.com/the-seeds-of-a-good-project/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:42:26 +0000 Kim Cofino http://www.utechtips.com/?p=1598 Cross-posted on Always Learning
One of my first tips for any teacher wishing to authentically embed technology into their classroom experience is always to start small. It’s easier to build on a simple, achievable idea, than it is to trim down an all-consuming tech monstrosity.
So, with that in mind, one of our amazing grade three teachers, [...]

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Last week Jeff and I presented one of the final keynotes, entitled Moving A Community Forward, for the 2009 Webheads in Action Online Convergence. Not only was it a blast doing the presentation with Jeff, but it turned out to be a great reflection on what we’ve accomplished at ISB this year [...]

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]]> http://www.utechtips.com/moving-a-community-forward/feed/ 4 Update: International School Teachers Roundup! http://www.utechtips.com/update-international-school-teachers-roundup/ http://www.utechtips.com/update-international-school-teachers-roundup/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 00:08:50 +0000 Kim Cofino http://www.utechtips.com/?p=1543 Cross posted on Always Learning
In January, I shared a list of international school teachers (those teaching outside of their home country in a school catering to expatriate families) on Twitter (or blogging). In the last few months, even more teachers have added themselves to the Google Form, so I thought I would do a recap [...]

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]]> http://www.utechtips.com/update-international-school-teachers-roundup/feed/ 3 Tech Train 2010: Get on Board! http://www.utechtips.com/tech-train-2010-get-on-board/ http://www.utechtips.com/tech-train-2010-get-on-board/#comments Sat, 09 May 2009 05:33:20 +0000 Kim Cofino http://www.utechtips.com/?p=1539 Cross posted on Always Learning
Over the last two years I’ve been fortunate to attend quite a few conferences (thanks to my wonderfully supportive admin at ISB). One of the things I’ve noticed at these conferences is that the attendees seem to be almost the same group of people over and over again, which I love, [...]

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Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending, and presenting at, the Apple Global Leadership Summit in Hong Kong. I knew it was going to be great after presenting at the Think Ahead Roadshow here in Bangkok in February, but I don’t think I realized just how great it was going [...]

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Three of our wonderful grade 5 classrooms (Chrissy, Robin and Ali) have been collaborating all year on a Reader’s and Writer’s workshop project with 4 other schools around the world.
We initially made the connection because we were looking for a meaningful, year-long, collaboration based on our curricular focus for the year [...]

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]]> http://www.utechtips.com/podcasting-power/feed/ 4 Less is More: Making Your Presentations Zen-tastic! http://www.utechtips.com/less-is-more-making-your-presentations-zen-tastic/ http://www.utechtips.com/less-is-more-making-your-presentations-zen-tastic/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:43:43 +0000 Kim Cofino http://www.utechtips.com/?p=1353 Cross posted on Always Learning
Waaay back in September, I read the book Presentation Zen, thanks to Jeff (who insisted I read it before designing my presentations for Learning 2.008). Since then I’ve created and delivered six presentations.
After each one, I received compliments about the style and lots of questions about how I found the right [...]

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Last week, Jeff, Tara and I were on a mission to find a video for our elementary faculty meeting next week, so I sent out a Twitter plea for great videos:

And thanks to all the wonderful folks on Twitter, we found quite a few excellent videos! I thought I’d share a [...]

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]]> http://www.utechtips.com/worth-watching/feed/ 5 Third Annual 1001 Flat World Tales Project Begins in March! http://www.utechtips.com/third-annual-1001-flat-world-tales-project-begins-in-march/ http://www.utechtips.com/third-annual-1001-flat-world-tales-project-begins-in-march/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:55:20 +0000 Kim Cofino http://www.utechtips.com/?p=1320 Cross posted on Always Learning
One of my favorite projects of the year is beginning soon!
The 1001 Flat World Tales project was initiated by Clay Burell in Korea over three years ago and has been going strong ever since. I first started working on this project at the middle school level, but this will be my [...]

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A few weeks before our semester break, I wrote a post called International School Teachers Connect! in the hopes of discovering more international school teachers (those teaching outside of their home country in a school catering to expatriate families) on Twitter (or blogging).
Amazingly, within just a few days dozens of teachers [...]

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