Author Archives: Tod

About Tod

I have a variety of experience in elementary and secondary schools as both a mainstream and specialist teacher in Colombia, the United States, Venezuela and China. Most recently, I taught grade five in the Primary Years Program at International School of Tianjin (IST), an International Baccalaureate (IB) World School. Now the PreK-12 IT Coordinator, I teach elementary technology classes and coordinate technology integration at IST. I advocate using technology to support inquiry and action in otherwise unobtainable ways. I have presented at NECC 2008, Learning2.0, and Learning2.008. You can also find me on a blog that provides readers a view of education from international teachers, U Tech Tips and Tod Baker, my personal blog.

Recently read 03/25/2010

Posted on 26 March 2010 by Tod

Fotobabble – Talking Photos Fotobabble lets you create talking photos in two clicks. Simply upload a photo and then record your voice directly through your computer to create a talking photo. You can easily share it by e-mail, Facebook, Twitter … Continue reading →

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Two Perspectives, Two Sites

Posted on 20 March 2010 by Tod

It’s been more quiet than usual around here. That’s because I’ve been working on a new site hosted at http://istianjinelearning.org/blog/todbaker. I’m calling it IT K5. It’s where I write about classroom and other edtech news from the perspective of a … Continue reading →

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Grade 4 Art Exhibition

Posted on 20 March 2010 by Tod

Grade 4 Art Exhibition from Tod Baker on Vimeo. For their latest unit of inquiry, How We Express Ourselves, the grade 4 students hosted an art exhibition for the IST school community. Each student displayed original artwork along with the … Continue reading →

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Recently read 03/04/2010

Posted on 5 March 2010 by Tod

Kidblog.org – Blogs for Teachers and Students “Kidblog.org is designed for elementary and middle school teachers who want to provide each student with their own, unique blog. “ tags: blogging, tools, wyb Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite … Continue reading →

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Making an Animoto Video

Posted on 2 March 2010 by Tod

We played this video at the goodbye assembly for Margaret Read MacDonald on Friday afternoon. (We’ll have to settle for a link today. The embed code is not working for some reason.) We wanted a quick video or slide show … Continue reading →

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