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Conversations With...

Conversations With... is a series of podcasts which highlight the many uses of technology. The emphasis is on students and learning - not on bells and whistles. View the blog and join the conversation by leaving a comment, adding on to the ideas presented or ask a question.


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Conversation with Lisa Diner: Interactive White Boards

Lisa Diner is the RECIT animator for the Western Quebec School Board. She is a master trainer for SMART boards and has given many workshops on interactive white boards for teachers.
wqsb Recorded on April 12, 2011
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Conversation About FlipBoom


LEARN gave a workshop on FlipBoom, an animation software. FlipBoomis available to  all the English Education Community of Quebec through a partnership between LEARN and ToonBoom. This conversation is with the presenters and participants about the place of animation in the classroom.
learn Recorded on April 12, 2011
stevem

Conversation with Steve Muoio

Learning about Propaganda

Steve Muoio teaches media for the English Montreal School Board at John F. Kennedy High School He worked with his students on an exploration on how propaganda works.
emsb  Recorded April 5, 2011

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Conversation With Stephen Kohner

Quebec Roots

Stephen Kohner teaches for Eastern Shores School Board at Baie Comeau School in Baie Comeau, Quebec. He teaches Language Arts  for students from grade 7 to grade 11. Our conversation  was about how he used Google Docs, DropBox and email to have his students participate in the Quebec Roots project from Blue Metropolis. His students had the opportunity to work with photographer, Thomas Kneubühler and author, Carolyn Marie Souaid, as they photographed and wrote to create their section for a book on different regions of Quebec.
essb   Recorded on March 23, 2011
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Conversation With Jordan Kent

Shakespeare 2.0: A Social Network Project

Jordan Kent teaches for the Western Quebec School Board at Noranda School in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. He teaches Language Arts, Drama, and Journalism for students from grade 7 to grade 11. Our conversation  was about how he has used social media with a study of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

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wqsb  Podcast Recorded on March 10, 2010
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Image by susanvg,  licensed with a CC license

Collaboration

A series of interviews was published in 2008 on collaboration. You can find them here.
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Image used with permission of Poornima

Conversation with Sharon Peters

Global Students 

Sharon Peters discusses a variety of projects she did with students at LCC.
Recorded March 2007