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SD 43 (Kelowna/Central Okanagan) is wireless;  Note: this article is written by Cisco, which provided the infrastructure

some parent groups oppose ipad implementation at the kindergarten level, even for sessions of about 20 mins;

This is good to have on hand if people complain and/or worry about wireless. On the other hand maybe we could all use EHS to cash in some sick days.

I know this doesn't fit in with our research focus, but I thought I'd include this in case it comes in handy. The blog entry has a few reasons why teachers should consider using twitter.

I haven't listened to the whole interview yet but this seems intriguing the downside is that it is targeted to at risk students so it is the opposite end of the spectrum for many of us. In addition I have relieved some of my guilt since now at least I have posted something.

LOL! And thanks for the link!

didn't listen to the TED talk so maybe as a group? Liked the idea of flipping the classroom a lot and trying to figure out how to use wireless for generating questions. We should talk about that, it is primarily a question of getting the right app (I think). I also like the text book node thing but I don't totally get it.

i listened to the TED talk a while back. apparently this idea of flipping classrooms is more of a north american idea. yeah, i didn't totally get the textbook node thing either... sounds like a gigantic mind map that everyone just shares??