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Mike Boulanger is attending Julie Lindsay's event

QA TEDx 21C Learners at Qatar Academy Senior School

June 4, 2009 from 2:30pm to 5:30pm

Announcing the first ever TEDx event to be organised at Qatar Academy. Date: Thursday, June 4th Time: 2:30 – 5:30pm Location: Qatar Academy, Education City (specific location tba)

May 24

Mike Boulanger and Steven Shepherd are now friends

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Vivien Sewell joined Mike Boulanger's group

Tablet PC's in the Classroom

A group for Tablet users of all types. Now that we have a Tablet lets share our experiences & resources..

February 22

Julie Lindsay joined Mike Boulanger's group

Tablet PC's in the Classroom

A group for Tablet users of all types. Now that we have a Tablet lets share our experiences & resources..

February 18

Patric_Elder commented on Mike Boulanger's group 'Tablet PC's in the Classroom'

Mike - Thank you for taking the time to show a bit of what you can do with a tablet. I agree with Jannie... start with one idea and build on it. Any chance of getting a copy of your presentation? Looking forward to more. Thanks, Patric

February 4

BonnieJean Avilez commented on Mike Boulanger's group 'Tablet PC's in the Classroom'

Hi everyone, I've joined the group. Good luck with your exploration this week. BonnieJean

February 4

Jane Sparks commented on Mike Boulanger's group 'Tablet PC's in the Classroom'

thanks 4 the pd mike.

February 4

Jannie Kruger commented on Mike Boulanger's group 'Tablet PC's in the Classroom'

Onenote seems quite an easy and useful tool to use as well. Need a little time to explore more though. Share ideas and thoughts on ease of use and ways of getting the most out of it without becoming cumbersome.

February 4

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Position at QA:: Head of Tech - Primary School

Three things about me as an educator:: Tech Advocate...
Learn It by Doing It!
Love seeing the BULB turn on...

Website (blog or wiki):: http://www.qaprimary.com

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Literacy & Laptops

Some thoughts/questions I have after the session - If technology tools/resources have such a proven positive and dramatic effect on improving literacy:
What are we doing in the classroom, how are we embedding these resources/tools in the classroom, curriculum?
Where is the curriculum leadership for literacy/writing embedding resources/tools?
What is the curricular plan for developing/researching/implementing technology tools or resources? Reading, Writing Coordinators?

Let's talk...and engag… Continue

Posted on March 1, 2008 at 9:15am — 5 Comments

Managing Change -- Scott Mcleod -- Dangerously Irrelevant

R at the forefront of a shifting change... Building a plane while flying it...continual turbulence...difficult but a must travel road.

The heart of change:

Shift paradigms - Define Initiative - Foster community buy-in - Deploy gradually 3-5 yrs - Develop long term support.

Posted on February 28, 2008 at 7:47am — 3 Comments

Keeping the momentum going -- Supporting teachers

There is still a buzz around the school after these great PD days. People are talking, taking small steps, big steps and plunging right in to 21st century learning. I'd like to start a dialogue about specific ways we can keep this energy going, NOW!. Not in a month, or next year but NOW! What can I, all of us and the school do to help everyone continue to develop our 21st century elearning, personal learning networks, and curricular embedding of technology tools? I've made some suggestions direc… Continue

Posted on February 18, 2008 at 9:20pm — 4 Comments

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At 11:22am on March 8, 2008, Spraggy said…: Mate, at the risk of being told "press the blog button" how do you set up your blog on your page? I could search for the answer but I am spectacularly lazy as well as seriously lacking observation skills, (or as Tracy would put it, I'm a bloke) I am asking you intead.

At 4:52pm on March 3, 2008, Peter Westall said…: Posted some Mumbai pics on "my page" for you people to see.

At 10:55am on February 13, 2008, Sandy said…: I ninged and proud of it

At 2:28pm on February 12, 2008, Avril Bray said…: Boy did I feel it - my muscles are tense in case i destroy the infra structure of the school!

At 2:18pm on February 12, 2008, Avril Bray said…: This is scary stuff for some of us ..... laptops at least I can abuse physically but this cyberspace or what eever it is called...I'm not sure yet what ninging is!

At 3:33pm on February 10, 2008, Paul Rimmer said…: I am confused, which one is Mike???
The one with more hair??!!

At 1:45pm on February 6, 2008, Jill Boulanger said…: Hey! Quit Monkeying Around!

At 5:12am on January 31, 2008, Kim Cofino said…: Excellent! Looking forward to planning and working with you!

At 7:20am on January 23, 2008, Robyn Hardy said…: since we havent finalised our order, perhaps we should go for class sets of tablets for all of elementary along with the new macs for us and try to catch up with NIST - quite amazing!!

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Dear Dr Ghadah - sharing e-Learning initiatives

In a recent letter to me, the manager of ictQatar e-Education, Dr Ghadah Omar Fakieh wrote: "I wanted to share with you that we are expanding our e-education website to provide more awareness and allow collaboration and exchange for experience wit...

June 22

Julie Lindsay commented on Julie Lindsay's blog post 'Announcing 21C Learners and TEDxQA event'

All resources from this very successful event can be found on the TEDxQA wiki. A big thank you to all participants and supporters.

June 11

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Digital Learnng and 1:1

Parent and Student Meeting, June 8, 2009 We are pleased to announce Qatar Academy will commence a 1:1 laptop implementation in the Senior School starting in September 2009. As approved by the Board of Governors, all students in Grade 7 and 8 will...

June 11

Lubna is attending Julie Lindsay's event

QA TEDx 21C Learners at Qatar Academy Senior School

June 4, 2009 from 2:30pm to 5:30pm

Announcing the first ever TEDx event to be organised at Qatar Academy. Date: Thursday, June 4th Time: 2:30 – 5:30pm Location: Qatar Academy, Education City (specific location tba)

June 2