Author Archives: Tim Rollwagen

Are you an Edtechaholic?

It’s interesting, today began with a presentation to colleagues regarding the use of Google Classroom, Doctopus, and Goobric, a class where the students used portable white boards to teach each other mini lessons on chemical nomenclature, and then I spent the … Continue reading

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Google Classroom, Doctopus, and Goobric

Ever since our school began pushing Google Docs while becoming a GAFE affiliated schools, it has been hard to find an efficient way to organize and manage student assignments within Google Docs. Truth be told, I struggle often with material management … Continue reading

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Some highlights from #SatChat – August 23, 2014

Some great conversation today via #SatChat.  Here are a few resources and highlights that I was able to pick out.  Enjoy!   #satchat A1: collaborative inquiry where all planning & action serves to better learning/outcomes for T's/S's pic.twitter.com/uWUOUXSKkE — Jon … Continue reading

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Back at it… What are you excited about this year?

Hard to believe that summer has already come and gone.  No, I am not wishing away the warm-ish weather, but the school year is fast approaching and it’s time to start thinking of my year ahead.  With a new addition … Continue reading

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What online tools are teachers using?

I asked this questions a few months ago to others on staff and received many great resources and tools. It’s only fair that I share what my colleagues and myself use and in what fashion.  I have used nearly all of them … Continue reading

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Final thoughts, but really just the beginning.

It’s over already!? Hard to believe the Cohort 21 experience is coming to an end.  Through cohort 21, I have explored, reflected, redesigned, and pushed myself to think outside the box in my classroom.  There is no doubt in my … Continue reading

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How do you really know where you are in the SAMR model?

Since taking on my Action Plan, I have struggled slightly with pin pointing exactly where I sit with my dissection overhaul.  I was hoping to redefine the task, but in the end, only met the modification stage. I found this … Continue reading

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Thoughts from MaRS…Time for some reflection.

We had an amazing day at the MaRS Commons in Toronto.  The Cohort 21 team is so motivating and the conversations in themselves were an informative and collaborative professional development opportunity. The MaRS Discovery District is essentially the Silicon Valley … Continue reading

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Action Planning to Implementation – Technology in the Science Classroom

After the November Cohort 21 session, I decided I would embark on planning and implementing the SAMR model in my science classroom.  Through much collaboration with my fellow colleagues, we were able to redesign the Biology unit in grade 10 … Continue reading

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The Digital Era of Teaching – Action Planning with SAMR

Seven years and counting in education.  How many of you still use PowerPoint as the main ‘technology’ in your classroom?  On occasion, I still use PowerPoint as it is a functional and clean cut presenting software.  But with advances in … Continue reading

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