Sean Thompson
About me…
Sean is an educational technology specialist at Sacred Heart International School in Tokyo. He travels extensively across southeast Asia speaking, presenting and participating in discussions regarding the effective integration of technology in an educational setting.
In 2014 he partnered up with DEEP Learning to support the team with the development, promotion and execution of professional development conferences for teachers worldwide.
Sean is also an Apple Distinguished Educator, an International Baccalaureate Educator Network Workshop Leader , a Google education Trainer and a Certified Google Educator available for professional development at your school.
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Digital Literacy: Three-Pronged Project
ALTERNATE TITLE: Weekend with #geekdad So, my daughter just LOVES the Elephant & Piggie series by Mo Willems. They are simply illustrated stories for beginning readers. We were so inspired by the series we (well, mainly I) wrote a story … Continue reading
What is an Innovation Coach?
The short answer: It’s about: More focused collaboration with colleagues to improve learning (ideally supported by a team) Improving good practice through collaborative design of better outcomes and learning objectives Not starting and ending with technology (though it matters!)… For … Continue reading
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YouTube Child Safety Training 101
OK, let’s talk YouTube. Recently some students at school saw some shocking things on YouTube. We went into full mobilisation on how to deal with this. We briefly considered locking it out of the school’s Google environment but then decided … Continue reading
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Lower Primary ICT (#EdTech)
As part of a LinkedIn discussion on what to do with younger (elementary / primary) learners in ICT (#EdTech) I thought I would share some of my thoughts with the wider community. I presently work with children K-4. I am … Continue reading
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Mad for Sharing Free EdTech Site
OK, if you’ve been to this blog before you know I am mad for the share. Networking and supporting one another IS the way of the future. Technology empowers and drives it. If you are involved with educational technology in … Continue reading
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An Open Letter to Apple
Dear Apple, As you know, I am very fond of you. We’ve been through alot together over the years. We’ve grown together. So I want you to know that what I say, I say out of love. OK, here … Continue reading
Free Kindle eBook
I’m proud to be sharing out my first Kindle eBook for free this week. Over 10,000 readers of the original pdf from the giveitaway.net edtech site. I hope it may offer some insights to those interested. Go here to get your … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Citizenship, Digital Learning, Literacy, New Media, Producing, Producing, Publishing, Sharing, Professional Development, Publishing
Tagged 21st century, Application, communication, create, digital age, future, global, ICT, new thinking, publishing, self-directed learning, sharing, skills, Tech, technology
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Redefining SAMR?
OK, let’s go out on a limb here. SAMR. We know it. We love it. But have we thought about it? I mean really thought about it? It is doubtlessly a fantastic tool for reflecting on how we integrate technology … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Citizenship, Digital Learning, New Media, Professional Development, Profundities
Tagged 21st century, Application, digital, digital age, education, future, global, higher order, ICT, integrate, integration, making connections, new thinking, philosophy, responsibility, standards, Teacher evaluation, Tech, technology
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Keynote for Digital Story Telling
This post could as easily be titled, The Best Tool on Your Mac. There is so much about Keynote that can be used in innovative ways for not only communicating but introducing virtually ALL of the fundamentals of computing to … Continue reading
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Educational Material Development
If you’ve been here before you know this blog is dedicated to creating and sharing. I have recently been asked about materials development and “what I do.” Well, I’m a teacher at the core of it all. I do what I … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Digital Citizenship, Digital Learning, IB, Literacy, New Media, Producing, Producing, Publishing, Sharing, Professional Development, Project Based Learning, Publishing, PYP, Remix, Sharing
Tagged 21st century, Application, classroom, collaboration, collaborative, communication, create, digital, digital age, digital footprint, education, future, global, ICT, integrate, integration, making connections, NETS, new thinking, project based learning, publishing, share, sharing, skills, standards, Tech, technology
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