Colin Gallagher's Page

"great i would even like my student to be  involved it would be a great pleasure for me if i see us hindi foundation students active in such event  .. immensly happy "

"Yes i found it very interesting keep update your work."

"Hi,  Great effort. I really like this concept. Keep going."

"Yeah cool! Tweet me @colingally"

"No problems Colin maybe we can set up a time when I have the server on and let you know. Kynan"

"Would love to take a walk around Aurora some time Kynan!"

"No worries John. Pleasure. Would love to see your resources list (and presentation) when you have it online."

"Hi Colin. I am co-presenting a session at ASTE (Alaska Society for Technology in Education ) on game-based learning which includes Minecraft. Would it be alright to add your slideshow and video to the list of resources I am making available to…"

"How exciting. Last term I worked with 145 grade 5/6 students teaching a science unit using the game minecraft. If your interested I worote about it here http://kynanrobinson.com/ It is such an exciting space to be working in.  "

"It's a tough position full time let alone trying to fit it all in to one day a week at it! You gotta get a grasp on the curriculum in each grade or focus on one or two grades. Meet with them and find out what activities they are doing in…"

"Incorporating a cyber safety curriculum into the classroom would be a great start http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/curriculum This is the best K-12 cyber safety curriculum I have seen and dipped into. I have not introduced it as much…"

"The problem with rivers is that that are not specific as much as buildings or cities but you should still be able to get the general outline of the river. The secret to using Google Earth is to do all your searching before hand, bookmark it and…"

"For preschoolers you really need something that will allow them to explore and direct their own learning without constant directing from you. For this you can use www.poissonrouge.com  It is awesome, I use it with Pre-K and K. I just posted…"

"Most schools will use their student numbers for email accounts e.g. 0435@student.school.comWith this you will be able to generate email lists for import from school records easier. "