I was thrilled to present my first-ever webinar this weekend to the excellent Classroom 2.0 Live series, where I talked about teaching TALONS, and what I’ve learned about using digital storytelling and web2.0 tools to support our unique learning environment. In addition to the above video, a LiveBinder collection of the links shared within the […]
Read more "Classroom 2.0 Live Presentation"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?"You can view the continued installments here: Day 3, Day 6. It’s been said and discussed often here and many places that a real shift for educators is moving from teacher to learner. Not so much moving, we still need teachers, expertise matters but until we see ourselves as learners and intentionally show are students […]
Read more "Learning in Public"Giulia Forsythe’s Digital Campfire Tibetan song jam by Bryanjack Last night I sat in on Alec Couros‘ EC&I 831: Social Media and Open Education session with Richard Schwier, where the lively conversation centered around learning and collaborating in (online) communities and contained a rabid chat thread brimming with links and extensions on Richard’s points. As […]
Read more "Bringing the Campfire to #eci831"Over the course of the past few weeks, I have had a number of conversations with Unplugd participants Tom Fullerton, Andy Forgrave and Stephen Hurley, as well as #ds106radio folks like @drgarcia and @easegill about the nature of the Canadian experience or identity. Spurred on by the inspiration of attending the first “uniquely Canadian educational […]
Read more "Canadian Conversations"And each hopefully for many years to come: my back yard, and a new guitar (third hand 1), decorated as a gift given to me today by the 2010-2011 Talons class. As I told them upon opening the case the guitar arrived in, “You wonderful, beautiful children 2!” For the infinite number of times that […]
Read more "Two things I'm going to enjoy this summer"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"…he would most certainly be welcome to attend Gleneagle.
Read more "If Alan Levine could be Re-incarnated…"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"Cross posted on the Music at Gleneagle Blog
Read more "The Spring Concert, live on Twitter"