Sean Thompson
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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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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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How Do We Improve PD for Teachers?
This should be a ridiculous question. I mean, we’re teachers! Right? If there is anything we are supposed to know about it’s well, teaching and learning. So then why are so many conferences and workshops less than completely satisfying? And how … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Learning, Producing, Publishing, Sharing, Professional Development
Tagged 21st century, Application, classroom, create, development, digital, digital age, education, future, global, higher order, ICT, integrate, integration, new thinking, PD, philosophy, professional, project based learning, self-directed learning, skills, Tech, technology
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Learning 2.014 Asia Reflection
Well I finally made it. Learning 2.0, the educational technology for learning conference that everyone wants to attend. I was lucky enough to have moved to the city where it was being held and further convince my new employer of the … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Digital Learning, Producing, Publishing, Sharing
Tagged Application, classroom, co-construct, collaboration, collaborative, communication, create, digital, digital age, digital footprint, education, future, global, higher order, ICT, making connections, new thinking, philosophy, promotion, self-directed learning, share, sharing, skills, Tech, technology
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Integrating Synergy
Our Grade Five class just wrapped up a unit on Advertising & Media. As the technology integration specialist my role was to support students in the creation of a collaborative website demonstrating their conceptual understanding of the Central Idea as … Continue reading
Posted in Collaboration, Digital Learning, IB, Literacy, New Media, Producing, Publishing, Sharing, Project Based Learning, PYP, Visual Literacy
Tagged 21st century, Application, classroom, collaboration, collaborative, communication, create, digital age, digital footprint, Digital responsibility, education, future, higher order, ICT, integrate, integration, making connections, new thinking, project based learning, promotion, publishing, self-directed learning, share, sharing, skills, Tech, technology, Twitter
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The Role of ICT in the PYP: Collaborate to Integrate
I just finished delivering this workshop at the regional IB event held at Canadian International School, Hong Kong, an expansive and well-connected campus full of enthusiastic and dedicated educators from September 13-15, 2013. I was blessed with 23 teachers interested … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Learning, IB, Project Based Learning, PYP
Tagged 21st century, classroom, collaboration, collaborative, digital age, education, future, higher order, ICT, integrate, integration, making connections, new thinking, skills, Tech, technology
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Integrating Tech Means More than Ticking Tech Boxes
ICT, IT, technology integration, 21st century learning… the list goes on. Whatever your position within a school, however “forward-thinking” you or your organization may be, there are a lot of terms out there and the list continues to grow. Take … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Learning, Literacy, New Media
Tagged 21st century, Application, classroom, education, future, global, higher order, ICT, integration, NETS, network, new thinking, philosophy, skills, standards, Tech
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Meeting Technology Standards
Teachers are arguably overburdened with content. Now, it seems, there is more to do in terms of planning. We need to integrate all the buzzwords too. “21st century” skills and learning, “digital citizenship.” But wait! Is it a really a … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Citizenship, Digital Learning, Literacy, New Media
Tagged 21st century, Application, education, future, global, higher order, ICT, integration, NETS, new thinking, responsibility, skills, standards, Teacher evaluation, Tech
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Project-Based Learning at High-Tech High
Posted in Collaboration, Digital Learning, Project Based Learning
Tagged 21st century, Application, classroom, collaboration, collaborative, communication, education, global, higher order, making connections, new thinking, philosophy, project based learning, self-directed learning, sharing, skills
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Backwards Planning Post: A Project Based Learning Unit, Explained Backwards
The End Result This is one of the documentaries produced by one of the groups in my grade six project based learning unit. It represents the median, based on our rubric. I am quite pleased with all of them as … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Learning, New Media, Producing, Publishing, Sharing, Remix
Tagged 21st century, classroom, copyright, Digital responsibility, education, fair usage, higher order, integration, making connections, new thinking, Project, project based, project based learning, remix, self-directed learning, Tech
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Week 3
I always liked Bloom and his taxonomy. This recreated version has a layout that is easily adaptable to a new, tech friendly outlook. It further embraces many of the new information skills required for success in the digital age, just … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Learning
Tagged Bloom, government, higher order, SimCity 2000, taxation, taxonomy, Tech
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