Tech Ed-dy

I believe strongly in giving my students choices and empowering them to take control of their own education. My job is to carefully craft a framework that gives them the support, structure and skills they need to make informed decisions.

I currently work as a math 7 and MYP technology teacher at Aspengrove School on Vancouver Island.  I am also slowly moving more and more into an IT support position at our school and am enjoying the chance to share my excitement about technology and particularly web 2.0 and open source technologies with the rest of the teachers and students.

I am a big canoeist and see this blog as a quiet eddy in which I can contemplate the different challenges and successes that I have navigated and think about the next steps.  In particular I am going to be writing about my experiences getting more involved with global collaborative projects; trying to expose my school community to web 2.0 tools without overwhelming them; using more and more open source software and netbooks to try and increase access.

My hope is also to use this space to clarify my thinking regarding the essential ingredients for success when trying to implement some of the projects mentioned above.