How to recruit to be an international educator?

Links of the Week

Jeff: Innovative Educator,
David: Panda Smith’s Electronic Portfolio, Amanda’s Post on Recruiting, David’s Post on Recruiting

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*Essential Question for the show: What blend of blended education works for you?
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Essential Question

How can the IB curriculum be shifted?

Links of the Week

Jeff and Justin: Dennis Harter’s post on who surfs the Web
David: International School of Toulouse IB site

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*Essential Question for the show: How to recruit to be an international educator?
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Essential Question

From Morocco to Bangkok: How goes it?

Links of the Week

David: Check out the beauty of Morocco
Jeff: Daneah & Jeff are interviewed at Women of the Web 2.0, Blended Learning (from Andy), K-12 Conference

Chat Archive:

7:52 jutecht: Cool new chat features
8:04 mrichme: Hi guys from Arundel, Maine
8:06 jutecht: Hi mrichme…..good to see ya Thanks for joining us tonight.
8:06 jutecht: Liking the new ustream chat…good upgrades.
8:06 mrichme: I would agree
8:11 jutecht: This is what I love about overseas living….the amazing cultures you get to be in.
8:13 jutecht: David’s school: http://www.cas.ac.ma/
8:18 atorris: hello gents!
8:19 jutecht: Hey @atorris….good to know ustream’s not blocked or the website.
8:20 sarahgrace7: figured out how to login.  Hello from Beijing!
8:20 atorris: VPN my friend. I ma currently in the UK… virtually!
8:20 jutecht: Hi Sarah……thanks for joining us
8:21 jutecht: @atorris…..gotta love the VPN!
8:21 sarahgrace7: definitely love the VPN here in China
8:22 atorris: sarah… sshhh… it’s a secret
8:22 jutecht: Interesting….never thought about the location of the international school have to do with more risk taking staff….there’s some food for thought.
8:22 atorris: inshallah, inshallah
8:23 mrichme: I think that is a very good point.
8:24 jutecht: Our small school in Saudi moved quickly….but a lot of people were more the risk taking type…and of course we had a good admin.
8:25 atorris: Jeff.. that guy in Saudi was nuts.
8:26 jutecht: I know…..crazy guy let me start a handheld program.
8:26 atorris: Our 1:1 IB teachers are struggling with the load of content and managing the need for them to spend valuable classroom time on teaching a few technology skills. Do you see this as an issue??
8:27 atorris: Like I said Jeff… crraaazzzyy! :-0
8:28 atorris: Hi all!!
8:28 atorris: shhhhh… it is a secret!
8:28 atorris:
8:31 atorris: GREAT IDEA!
8:32 atorris: Captive set of kids to build skills with over time!
8:33 jutecht: That’s a great idea…there’s almost a month of school after the IB exams you could do some great tech stuff.
8:34 jutecht: @atorris….you on Skype?
8:34 atorris: Too early to tell at a deep level.  I have always found the kids to be very connected to each other in ways that one would not normally expect.  Common notes are common.
8:34 atorris: Google docs
8:34 atorris: wikis are everywhere!
8:35 atorris: our school is wiki crazy this year.
8:35 jutecht: http://www.coetail.asia
8:36 atorris: I have been approached by a stateside school on a collaborative project that is “cutting edge”.  I had to tell the guy we had been doing that kind of stuff for two years running.
8:42 atorris: Ahhh… the dreaded h1n1 effect on PD!
8:44 atorris: Ughh… Edline!
8:44 jutecht: No…..not Edline!
8:45 atorris: i just read a report where a combo of traditional educational delivery AND online coursework delivers higher academic achievement!
8:45 atorris: I will try to find it.
8:48 atorris: Here it is: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=59695
8:48 atorris: “Blended instruction”
8:48 jutecht: @atorris yep….blended learning is the future!
8:51 jutecht: http://www.edtechtalk.com/WomenofWeb2.0
8:52 atorris: Ahhh…. the Thinking Chick!
8:52 atorris: She’s awesome!
8:55 atorris: RFID lockers???? Nice!
8:56 atorris: Give this kid some kudos if you get a chance! http://portal.saschina.org/video/media/8088/Biosphere_8_-_Cassandra/
8:57 howhat: we’re looking forward to having Kim at YIS this weekend
8:58 jutecht: She’s excited to come!
8:58 howhat: I’ll see I can find some IB teachers for you all
9:00 atorris: I will try to be available.  This is the first day I have been home in an evening in 3 weeks!
9:00 atorris: 12/2/09 See er… hear you then!
9:00 howhat: it’s great having SOS back, thanks jeff
9:00 atorris: clear as bell here!
9:01 jutecht: That’s good
9:01 jutecht: glad auido was great
9:02 atorris: zaijian!
9:02 jutecht: Later!
9:02 atorris: grrr…….. 22 degree>>????  3 here today!
9:03 jutecht: Thanks everyone!

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*Next show date is December 2 at 8:00 PM Bangkok time.
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*Essential Question for the show: How can the IB curriculum be shifted?
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Cheryl Capozzoli, Rob Newberry and John Mikton joined David and Jeff for tonight’s podcast.

Essential Question

How can we help teachers take more risks in their teaching and learning?

Blog Posts of the Week

Jeff: Twitter in Time Mag, Google Wave

Cheryl: Tech Soup, Web 2.0 Guru

David: Edorigami Thinking Hats, Wes Fryer Take Risks, TWIT

John: Gaming video, YouTube Anthropology

Rob: Prezi Blog

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Chris Blessing from the Mont’Kiari School in Malaysia joined David and Jeff for tonight’s podcast.