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About Dave
Who am I?
A husband, a parent…
An educator, a student…
A thinker, a dreamer…
An agent of change.
Think Good Thoughts, Say Good Words, Do Good Deeds.
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I’m an educator (Vice Principal) with the Learning Innovations Network Coquitlam (School District #43 in BC, Canada), specifically focusing on Open Learning.
Please check out the sidebars on the right for some recent posts and some of the more popular post here on Pairadimes.
Feel free to Contact Me with questions or feedback.
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Blog: Pair-a-Dimes for Your Thoughts
Web: DavidTruss.com – Presentations – CV
Contact: David Truss
Twitter: @datruss LinkedIn: Dave Truss
Other places that I can be found online.
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A little more about me:
I have two blogs right now that I am using to chronicle who I am and what I do as an educator:
My Pair-A-Dimes for Your Thoughts, this blog, has a philosophical bent to it. My thoughts on education, learning and technology.
My Daily-Ink is where I try to write something daily, but tends to be far less frequent than that. Random thoughts and ideas inspired by daily life, and often relating to education.
Other, older sites include: My Practic-All blog on WordPress which was more pragmatic, and included my 2008 Digital Magic Newsletter, which I created for my staff at the time. And you need to go to the Internet Archive to see the humble beginnings of this blog, where it started on elgg & then was moved to eduspaces, before I brought it here to DavidTruss.com.
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LEADERS of TOMORROW are in our classrooms TODAY!
Student Leadership is a passion of mine. One of my favourite quotes, that I borrow from a good friend and mentor, Dave is “I teach leadership not followship”. This has a lot to do with Servant Leadership and being socially responsible citizens of the school, and the world. If you work with student leaders, check out the page about my Master’s Paper on Developing a Student Leadership Program with links to many related resources.
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- Introducing the Inquiry Hub
- The 5 Year Technology Plan
- A Conversation Starter
- The COW is dead… Long live the POW?
- Transforming Education – K12Online Conference 2011 Presentation
- Klout and Education: Never the two shall meet!
- Be part of my K12Online Conference Presentation
- a meaningful shift
- Accessibility failure
- The Pro-D Flip
- The future of education will be open and distributed
- Drinking from a fire hose
- International No Office Day
- Kurt on Introducing the Inquiry Hub
- Amalia Giebitz on Accessibility failure
- Dave Truss on Introducing the Inquiry Hub
- Andre on Transforming Education – K12Online Conference 2011 Presentation
- Dave Truss on The COW is dead… Long live the POW?
- Dave Truss on Accessibility failure
- imaginefunlearning on Introducing the Inquiry Hub
- Statement of Educational Philosophy
I wrote this three years ago, but recently had to make a change... As little as one year ago the...
- 3 keys to a flipped classroom
If you are planning to use the 'flipped classroom', then you might want to think about...
- On being an agent of change
My profile byline on many online sites says, A husband, a parent... An educator, a...
- Introducing the Inquiry Hub
Last night Stephen Whiffin, Sarah Husband and I formally presented the 'Inquiry Hub' to...
- Hargreaves and the 4th Way [Part 2]
I first wrote about Andy Hargreaves and the 4th Way back in October, (with an important update added...
- Get Off Your Butt
Is your computer being used to teach, to distract, or to promote learning? If you are reading...
- Drinking from a fire hose
The Setting I've been very unplugged for a few months. First I was busy with my move from...
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Warning! We filter websites at school.
Filters filter learning!
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My blog is my PhD I have given myself a Blogtorate of Philosophy.
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Bubble Wrap What we are doing is creating a facade of security, nothing more than an illusion of bubble wrap.
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- Assessment & Rote Learning: Math Conundrums
Thanks for visiting! Look at the sidebars on the right to find a variety of posts...
- Statement of Educational Philosophy
I wrote this three years ago, but recently had to make a change... As little as one year ago the...
- 3 keys to a flipped classroom
If you are planning to use the 'flipped classroom', then you might want to think about...
- Facing Facebook
Some people say 'kids will be kids'... Some adults have never forgotten what it felt like to be a...
- A Brave New World-Wide-Web! (The video version)
It is finally done! I had planned on first showing my video version of A Brave New World-Wide-Web...
- Halloween Scavenger Hunt on Ning
Below is a Halloween Scavenger Hunt I did on a (private) Ning Network that I created for a class...
- Transformative or just flashy educational tools?
There are a couple tools out now that I see bantered around in educational circles that I just hate!...
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