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J Martens and David Wees are now friends Apr 26, 2010

Heather Kamps, Heather Kamps, Bruno and 1 more joined Canadian Teachers Apr 21, 2010

Bruno left a comment for J Martens

They are planning on funding their network, which will also be open to all Canadians teachers anywhere, and will be run using the premium Ning network. A side benefit of this network will be the removal of the advertising from the sidebars. i see…

Apr 20, 2010

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Apparently this Ning is being funded by the Canadian gov't but...

Apr 20, 2010

J Martens updated their profile Apr 20, 2010

Twitter Brought Me Here

I am finding that Twitter is a create forum for finding and following other educators. I found out about this Ning from following other teachers on Twitter.

Blog post by J Martens Apr 20, 2010

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Bruno left a comment for J Martens

i used to think NING was an up and coming medium for that, but now with the pricing change, i no longer hold much faith in NING. and since i don't like facebook, that leaves me out for now

Apr 20, 2010

J Martens left a comment for Bruno

Welcome Bruno. I joined this afternoon and I wonder if this might be a useful forum for collaboration. Trying to figure out how to create a space where I can share and collaborate.

Apr 20, 2010

Collaboration for Canadian teachers http://canadianteachers.ning.com/

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Our Ning will need to be shut down in a couple of weeks at most.

Status posted by David Wees Apr 19, 2010

Sandy Hirtz commented on David Wees's blog post 'Ning shedding free services.'

Looking forward to joining forces and working together to support teachers interested in teaching with technology. The doors have opened to http://ceetbc.ning.com if you would like to check it out.

Apr 18, 2010

Mobile Devices in the Classroom. A Free & Open Collaborative Professional Learning Opportunity April 19-24 @ http://tinyurl.com/y8pjpo3

Status posted by Sandy Hirtz Apr 18, 2010

Sandy Hirtz updated their profile Apr 18, 2010

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Heather Durnin is now a member of Canadian Teachers Apr 17, 2010

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Twitter Brought Me Here

I am finding that Twitter is a create forum for finding and following other educators. I found out about this Ning from following other teachers on Twitter.

Posted by J Martens on April 20, 2010 at 2:24pm

Ning shedding free services.

As some of you may have heard, Ning is planning on shutting down their free services. This will mean that this social network will need to either find funding in order to continue, or will need to be shut down as I am certain I cannot afford to personally pay for the system.

The good news is that I am in negotiation with a government agency which was planning on creating a social network for teachers, and our network has just preceded theirs. They are planning on…

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Posted by David Wees on April 16, 2010 at 12:20pm — 3 Comments

Technology in Teacher education programs

I'm interested to know, in your provinces, how much technology education is incorporated into your programs. I've created a spreadsheet we can edit and add our own provincial information into, and then all of us can share the data.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AgdARD8jZs6DdDVYM2ZyNzA3Zk5hUmFPTU9BcDRqdkE&hl=en

If you have a…

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Posted by David Wees on April 13, 2010 at 4:33pm — 1 Comment

Weekly Professional Development Webinars and Host your own webinar

I want to point you to a couple of resources you might find helpful. One is the Classroom 20 Live sessions every Saturday at 12:00 Noon EDT (GMT-4) Every Saturday teachers from all over the world ( yes and Canadians) to discuss technologies tips and issues. http://tinyurl.com/cr20live

The second resource is…

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Posted by Lorna Costantini on April 10, 2010 at 9:13pm

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What can we do to advertise this site? 13 Replies

I'd like some suggestions on how we can advertise this network. So far I've advertised on Twitter, but that's only one group of people who are going to see this site. We'll need to advertise far…Continue

Started by David Wees. Last reply by Trevor Schofield Apr 14, 2010.

Advanced Placement Biology Student/Teacher Ning

Hello all, I've been really getting into using these Ning networks. As such, I have created a Ning network to bring together AP Biology students from around the world. While I designed the Ning…Continue

Tags: Biology, Science, Placement, Advanced, Network

Started by Curtis Young Apr 13, 2010.

Professional Learning Communities 3 Replies

What is everyone doing with Professional Learning Communities at their various schools? What is the good, the bad and the ugly of them? Continue

Tags: PLC

Started by Donna Frose. Last reply by David Wees Apr 7, 2010.

Other social networks for Canadian teachers 2 Replies

I'd like to start a list of all of the social networks for Canadian teachers. I'm also going to include networks which do not necessarily have an online component, as these may be excellent places…Continue

Started by David Wees. Last reply by David Wees Apr 4, 2010.