Monthly Archives: September 2012

Fascination with technology

Hi! My name is Rocky Lam. I am currently working at an international school in Hong Kong, teaching Year 2, or Grade 1. (We run a British adapted curriculum, but I am certified in Alberta and Ontario.) This will be … Continue reading

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Hi everyone!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23959858@N03/7510066628/ Hi all My name is Julie Kendell and I am currently a teacher at an independent school in Richmond, BC. I teach grade 6/7 as well as personal planning, I.T. and French to grades 2-7. I am currently working … Continue reading

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Reciprocal influences between the printing press and science

Hi: I am Tim Roos from Chilliwack, BC, where I teach high school Science and Math to grades 10 through 12. I’ve been teaching for 14 years in the same school and fulfill various extra roles such as Moodle administrator … Continue reading

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A Neverending Journey

Hello all, My name is Sarah Richer and I’m living in Toronto, Ontario. I’ve been home just gone a year from living in South East Asia for 3 years.  I started MET while I was overseas and just about to … Continue reading

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Cave art technology

Hey there, I’m in Timmins, ON and I’ve had a few different experiences in education including teaching in the public system, teaching English and French as a second language and being a TA in science labs – the most fun … Continue reading

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Visually Supported Text

Hello, my name is Scott McKay and I work with a program called SETBC that provides specific technologies to students with special needs. I have chosen this particular photo as it illustrates how a product called Boardmaker can be used … Continue reading

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My first experience with an ebook reader

Hello all! My name is Lynnette Earle. The image I chose is one of my own from a sailing trip in the Bahamas this past July (my belated honeymoon so to speak). I choose this image because it represents my … Continue reading

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Math is a Language

I chose this picture thanks to a friend of mine, who is a math teacher. You see, I’m an English teacher and like most who are inclined towards the humanities I hated math. Then, one day I participated in a … Continue reading

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What is a text?

I chose this picture because when answering the questions from the course ‘What is a text?’ and ‘What is technology?’, I wrote in my notes that normally we tend to perceive a text as being an organized group of letters … Continue reading

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A text in Textura

Photo by Ben Mitchell on July 11, 2011 When Gutenberg developed the movable lead type printing press (the printing press already existed and movable types too), one of the first products of this new technology was the 42-lines bible, or … Continue reading

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