https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm Do not await the future. Create it. en-us 2020-11-18 03:49:00 UTC 2025-01-11 11:47:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/50074986/953ab15f7c6ba1e80357d66d12193ed9/Image_11_GD_F_16_UAE_Air_Force_in_display.jpg davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/935390677 Incorporating Research, Writing, and Technology, we brought static local museum displays to life. ]]> 2020-11-18 07:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/935390677 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/935397917 A researched description brings the origins of this early kitchen utensil to life, in this project exemplar.  ]]> 2020-11-18 07:28:02 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/935397917 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/935553774 Here, a Level 4 student interviews me in 2012, about Tolerance.]]> 2020-11-18 08:19:13 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/935553774 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/935635717 A narrated Prezi I created for a Contemporary Issues Conference, USQ, Australia (details @ YouTube).]]> 2020-11-18 08:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/935635717 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/941088898 This is a video I created to further highlight our concerns for student well-being, as it pertained to the lack of seatbelt usage in the UAE. ]]> 2020-11-19 13:07:47 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/941088898 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/941243207 I began with an Explorers group at the Men's College, but word spread fast that it was fun and informative.]]> 2020-11-19 13:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/941243207 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/941247107 After taking faculty families to a friend's Camel Farm, I formed a committee to explore starting a chapter of the Emirates Natural History Group (ENHG). ]]> 2020-11-19 13:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/941247107 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/941251371 I reached out to the Crown Prince of Fujairah to be our Patron, and I led the group until my departure in 2016. I also aided the fledgling RAK Chapter, and guided trips for ENHG Dubai.]]> 2020-11-19 13:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/941251371 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/941296744 For my efforts to promote Natural History in the UAE, I won ENHG - Abu Dhabi's Bish Brown Award. It was presented to me by H.E.S.N., who hadn't seen Manal in ages. ]]> 2020-11-19 13:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/941296744 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/941342044 The living history provides the flesh on the bones; the pulse in the heart, of every land. ]]> 2020-11-19 14:07:25 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/941342044 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/941399948 I've long been interested in nature and hiking, but I wanted to create opportunities for my then-8 year-old daughter to become her best self. ]]> 2020-11-19 14:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/941399948 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947617456 My colleague Bjorn was going to leave our College for Dubai. I spied a Chairs' Committee Agenda Item that made him stay. Together, we became iPad Change Agents, and continued a paperless revolution.]]> 2020-11-21 03:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947617456 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947617893 This portrait generator is an early App that my students enjoyed, and I have used to decorate my house.]]> 2020-11-21 03:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947617893 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947618642 In loco parentis applies in a tertiary setting too. Students likened me to their older brother (too polite to use "father"). Their betterment was the keystone to the curriculum I was creating, and to the Academic Advising that I spearheaded. ]]> 2020-11-21 03:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947618642 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947619338 With Level 2 students, we examined what the Country's Leaders wanted FOR them and FROM them. This is still a relevant, engaging project. ]]> 2020-11-21 03:38:30 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947619338 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947620161 We used a common free period to inspire each other and share what was working well in our lessons. We called it 'Appy Hour.']]> 2020-11-21 03:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947620161 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947621117 I found, it behooved us to talk to students honestly about what we knew about Delayed Gratification and how it impacted them.]]> 2020-11-21 03:41:00 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947621117 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947624098 Active Listening and Thinking as a Skill (de Bono, et al) have served me well; as a student, as a teacher, and as a leader. Affording opportunities for Learners to be Teachers, and vice versa, is key. ]]> 2020-11-21 03:45:01 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947624098 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947627921 From festivals to fishing, if my boys invited me to an event I would go. They accompanied me too, without complaint, to events where we were more like captive audiences. ]]> 2020-11-21 03:49:45 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947627921 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947628514 Whether it was recognition awards, cultural celebrations, or funerals; community is family. Rejoicing, and mourning too, helps to bind us. ]]> 2020-11-21 03:50:29 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947628514 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947629739 While readying a group of students to be Oil Operator Trainees in the growing Oil Bunkering Sector, it became clear that there was still a big chasm between Employer and Employee Expectations. ]]> 2020-11-21 03:51:54 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947629739 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947632117 I like to use analogies about 100 years of re-imagining automobiles, to spark interest in STEM with my students.]]> 2020-11-21 03:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947632117 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947634478 I was using this site for students to create short comics. I wrote to the developer and asked, 'Could they create a girl wearing a Sheila?' 
He said, 'Of course!' During HCT's iPad Initiative, we often wrote App developers and they responded.]]> 2020-11-21 03:58:34 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947634478 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947635002 To address the hemorrhaging of our Foundations students, we took one whole cohort and did things differently; from Orientation to the introduction of Mental Toughness Coaching - we turned it around. ]]> 2020-11-21 03:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947635002 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947674446 These were fun Engineering and Teamwork activities that were easy for other faculty to replicate in their classes. Popular and productive. ]]> 2020-11-21 04:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947674446 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947674786 If students were going to be asked to purchase devices, it followed that it could transform assignment artifacts (the lesson remained the lesson). I had good success with teaching language through content, such as Marketing & Advertising. ]]> 2020-11-21 04:59:45 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947674786 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947674949 Students used Social Media feeds to promote their interests, and they kept our communities informed.]]> 2020-11-21 05:00:02 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947674949 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947682443 We examined hard-hitting images and explored how messaging can reach people in the rapid-scrolling digital age we are in.]]> 2020-11-21 05:13:37 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947682443 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947770707 Teaching Animation Programs can be boring, if you let it. My Grade 7 Tech students collaborated with the ACS Junior School to bring their Grade 1 Gingerbread Man stories alive. The authors narrated them.]]> 2020-11-21 07:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947770707 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947771446 Humor is important. A professor left marking on our work table for weeks. I began with a couple of leaves; then vines; and, finally, eggplants.  :^) ]]> 2020-11-21 07:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947771446 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947784391 This is my first Vision Board. I have done them actually and virtually with students. Be careful what you wish for..]]> 2020-11-21 08:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947784391 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947785824 The Socratic Method is having a renaissance, as we re-imagine work and learning spaces. There can be more than one correct answer. ]]> 2020-11-21 08:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947785824 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947786214 .. and running the race. Annual 5 km Road Races, Terry Fox Runs, or the RAK Half-marathon, I have been intentional about setting a healthy example; alone or on teams. ]]> 2020-11-21 08:15:20 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947786214 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947786426 Many of my students had fluency but not literacy. I am a proponent of community reading programs, book clubs, and libraries. ]]> 2020-11-21 08:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/947786426 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/952112715 The reporter here misidentified me as a Doctor, though I am hopeful that I will pursue my Doctorate of Education. I am grateful to be back in the UAE, my second home. ]]> 2020-11-23 13:04:04 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/952112715 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/952209555 Student and faculty involvement in initiatives are laudable, so we must ensure they are. We used a variety of methods, but both physical and virtual badges (like in Scouts) were very successful.]]> 2020-11-23 13:31:34 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/952209555 davidedw https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/952292997 For students, faculty, and staff, the chance to see each other in a new light and a new environ helps to bring us together in new ways. ]]> 2020-11-23 13:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/davidedw/ncnacwphgg7fexcm/wish/952292997