As sometimes happens, I didn’t sit down at work today – unless you count the few minutes I spent helping a guitar student figure out how to add piano to the upcoming QR-code-musical-Easter-egg-hunt I’m setting up (and will tell you about later), or taking part in a few of the interviews throughout the day. But […]
Read more "Confluence"A very interesting talk given by Tobey Steeves Friday afternoon at the BCSSTA Conference in Vancouver that is well worth your time to explore both in the slides above, and the corresponding ‘pencast’ embedded below that captures the session’s audio, and my notes about the discussion of public education’s role in a democracy, and how […]
Read more "21st Century Learning: Entrepreneurial Citizenship vs. Democracy"Because your smartphone does, and can use it to bring you into our music classroom. Hint: Download a QR Code reader for your phone/mobile device, and have it scan the above code.
Read more "Do you know what this is?"Tomorrow, I will be presenting at this year’s BCSSTA Conference on 21st Century Learning, and am planning to introduce my particular approaches to the use(s) of technology in the classroom with the above Prezi & access to the assembled terrain of my own, and my students’ emergent digital geography. I hope to frame the […]
Read more "Social Media as Connective Tissue – Presentation for BCSSTA"One of the interesting aspects of the #Occupy movement for me is the General Assembly driving the decision-making and ideology of the groups gathering in cities around the world. Modeled on non-violent means of protest as old as civil disobedience itself, the General Assembly operates on an egalitarian process of generating consensus that I can’t […]
Read more "Consensus in the Classroom"Linked from the TALONS Blogging page on this site. As a personal professional development and learning tool, I began this blog during the spring of 2009 as a means of connecting to the web and the world in the most personalized manner possible. After experimenting with Twitter, Delicious, and an English Department blog at work, […]
Read more "TALONS Class Blogging 2011 – 2012"Why Sharing Our Stories Matters: Story by Bryan Jackson from unplugd on Vimeo. It was a great honour to be able to share the story above with members of my #Unplugd11 group – Rodd, Kim, Giulia, Kathy, and Andy – and be a part of the inspiring collaborative editing and writing process of the collectively-authored […]
Read more "#Unplugd11: Why Sharing Our Stories Matters"Though almost two months old, Liam’s English 11 Final Project – any substantial meditation and communication of a unique theme of the learner’s choice – is a compelling contribution of ‘student-voice’ in the conversation of education reform. Liam’s skills of research and storytelling, as well as argument and presentation are particularly on display throughout, as […]
Read more "Liam’s English Final as documentary film: On Education"Watch the video above to hear the songs & match them with their composers below: You can listen, and download each of the songs on Gleneagle Music’s SoundCloud page: “Talons Pride” by Conrad Chow “Gleneagle” by Hannah Park “Go Talons Go” by Jeff Huggins, Sam Naso and Kyle Araki
Read more "Vote for finalists in the Write Gleneagle's Anthem Contest"This Talons Believes by Bryanjack As this part of the ds106 class comes to a close (sort of) I have repeatedly pondered the role audio for me plays in my life and that we have done great things in this class expanding the community properties of sound and I am so thankful for that. Sound […]
Read more "This Talons Believe"