Clarence+Fisher

First and most important of all, I am a teacher. I have been teaching for thirteen years and learn something every day. I teach full time and like to get involved with research to improve what we do in our classrooms. I am involved with efforts to redefine literacy and what it means to be literate in our twenty-first century, technologically advanced society. I [|write articles,] make presentations, and think about [|classrooms 2.0] and the [|possibilities for learning]. My classroom has been featured in several articles in Middle School Journal, Technology and Learning, and in the recent book [|New Literacies in Action]. I have also been featured on [|CBC], [|CNET], and MSN. I have been honoured to win one of Canada's highest teaching awards; the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching. I have also been named an Outstanding Middle Years Educator in my province, as well as winning several other awards for the innovative integration of technology into everyday classroom life. I live in a small rural community and think geography is irrelevent on our hyperconnected globe. This leads to the tagline of my blog: "Even From Here." Blog: [|Remote Access] email: glassbeed@gmail.com Skype: glassbeed Twitter: twitter.com/glassbeed What's up with the "glassbeed?" [|Read this.] George Siemens says: "teachers such as Fisher are a rare breed. "What he's doing is cutting edge." Quentin D'Souza says: "Clarence is one of those one-per-centers that are leaders." Dean Shareski says: "Clarence is one of the very few master teachers of the twenty - first century."