We Inspire Futures" Quick Ten Podcasts

Paul’s career in education has included roles as a teacher, vice-principal and principal, elementary panel project leader for Trillium implementation, and System-wide Program Coordinator for Academic Information Technology.In his position as Program Coordinator, Paul supervised and supported the Toronto Catholic District School Board’s eLearning initiatives; including the implementation of the Board’s first on-line credit courses, and an extensive number of projects highlighting the use

Mark Melnyk is the dynamic Head of History and Contemporary Studies at Markville Secondary School in Markham. Ontario. For more information about Mark's work visit his professional page: http://www.markville.ss.yrdsb.edu.on.ca

Paul McGuire describes exchange mentoring and how expert students fit in to our collaborative work with new technologies in the classroom. Finding a purpose for technology tools will help educators to facilitate collaboration to engage students of all ages. If you're new at this, Paul will inspire you to take the next step. Paul's career in education has included roles as a teacher, vice-principal and principal, elementary panel project leader for Trillium implementation, and System-wide

We Inspire Futures is very pleased to bring you a conversation with visionary educators Mali Bickley and Jim Carleton. Listen as Mali and Jim explain the concept of balanced digital literacy in teacher and administrator professional development. Jim discusses the Lord of the Eflies and Mali explains how important it is to add a shared component to our practice. Setting a purpose for technology use is the key to success with projects that inspire students to collaborate with students around

Welcome to the http://weinspirefutures.com podcasting project. This is JL coming to you with enthusiasm. This week I had the opportunity to Skype with husband and wife duo Julie and Patrick Johnson from Barrie, Ontario. Patrick teaches grade 1 full time and Julie teaches a 7-8 split at the same school. Listen as we discuss how technology-- mainly blogging, twitter, and gaming matter differently for both teachers. Classroom Blogs: Julie Johnson's: http://mrsj.goodfellowps.com Patrick

Welcome to the www.weinspirefutures.com podcasting project. Today I had an interesting conversation with friend and colleague Christine Jenkins. Listen as Chris Jay and I chat about a controversial issue involving a nine year old and her blog about cafeteria food in the UK. Can social responsibility matter at such a young age? How can one Twitter message translate in to support from a celebrity?