About
In November 2017, Doug became the President of the Educational Computing Organization of Ontario. ECOO https://www.ecoo.org
Doug Peterson most recently was a sessional instructor at the Faculty of Education at the University of Windsor.
Previously, Doug had taught Data Processing, Computer Science, Accounting, General Business Studies, and Mathematics at the secondary school level and was the Director of Business Education at Sandwich Secondary School in LaSalle, Ontario.
Doug also was a Computers in Education Program Consultant with the Essex County Board of Education and, after the amalgamation of school boards, the Greater Essex County District School Board. For a time, Doug was asked and served as Manager of Computer Services for Greater Essex County.
Doug’s formal education includes a Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo and a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Toronto. Ontario Ministry of Education and Training qualifications are in Data Processing, Computer Science, Accounting, and Mathematics.
My Blog
The content of my blog is generated by whatever strikes my fancy at any given point. It might be computers, weather, political, or something else in nature. I experiment and comment a lot on things so don’t take anything here too seriously; I might change my mind a day later but what you read is my thought and opinion at the time I wrote it! I try to blog daily.
This service is taking the internet by storm. It’s a communication tool that you update 280 characters at a time. Don’t sell it short and develop a network of followers or people to follow.
My Diigo Bookmarks
I’ve started to bookmark things that I find on Diigo. My daily finds, as noted below, are also posted to this blog so that you can see what I’m up to. They are things that are created by others that caught my interest at the time I read them. As such, I don't necessarily endorse them and they actually go away after a while.
http://www.diigo.com/user/dougpete
My Professional Development Wiki
I have moved some of the workshops that I do to this Wiki. I encourage you to join the Wiki and edit the pages with your own ideas about how to make the workshop or PD resources better.
My Alltop Page
RSS is nice; but to have your own page of the best of the best is pretty nice too. My Alltop Page is one of the default pages in my browser that gives me hand selected resources.
My Posterous Page (Posterous has since closed its services)
Posterous is not quite blog; not quite Twitter; but it’s a fabulous way to easily collect and embed resources and send updates by email.
http://dougpete.posterous.com/
My Tizmos Page
I work from a number of different computers, including the computers of others. A quick hop here gets me to my start page(s) wherever I happen to be.
My Pinterest Page
I'm experimenting with Pinterest as a visual way of bookmarking resources. In particular, I share the stories that I read here in case you're interested.
https://pinterest.com/dougpete/
Skype
I’m not a real regular user of Skype because I’m seldom in one spot for any period of time. But, when I’m around and connected, you’ll find me here.
douglpeterson
My GECDSB Website
This is the website that I created and maintained with the Greater Essex County District School Board. Here, you’ll find resources that I have developed for a number of different things. Since the audience is K-12 for over 80 locations, there are lots of things there and it continually grows. I no longer maintain the site and am unaware of its future. It may just go away one day.
http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/d&g/ You can visit via the Wayback Machine here - https://web.archive.org/web/20100611054707/www.gecdsb.on.ca/d&g/
(Sadly, it has gone away, but not this great review from Education World. The site got even better before it closed in 2010. http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech154.shtml)
Webquest Locator
I’m a real fan of the Webquest as a structured way for students and teachers to use the Internet in the classroom. As I find Webquests, they are categorized by subject area or age group and put in this searchable database. This page has also gone away.
http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/d&g/DP/
Monthly Newsletter
Once a month, I created and posted this 10-12 page newsletter to provide some inspiration for the use of computers and technology in the classroom. This page has also gone away.
http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/d&g/newsletter.htm
Daily Newsletter
Actually, no pixels were created by me. However, paper.li does a cool job of putting together a daily resource for me. You'll find one created from my followers and then six from Active Ontario Educators.
I believe that you need to carve out your own identify on the internet. This site is mine and I share it with my kids who may share my passion some day.
Learning Objects
I have created a number of resources that are freely available from the OSAPAC Learning Object Repository. Check out these free classroom downloads to support Ontario Ministry of Education licensed software.
Internationally known for relevant and entertaining workshops and presentations that actively involve his audiences, Doug has presented at annual conferences and professional development events for:
Association of Computer Science Educators (ACSE)
Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA)
National Educational Computing Conference (NECC)
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
Michigan Association of Computer Users in Learning (MACUL)
Michigan Association of Educational Data systems (MAEDS)
Educational Computing Organization of Ontario (ECOO)
Ontario Business Education Association (OBEA)
Classrooms 2000 (OPSTF)
Ontario Association of Junior Educators (OAJE)
Ontario School Librarian Association (OSLA)
Ontario Software Acquisition Program Advisory Committee (OSAPAC)
Ontario Teachers' Federation (OTF)
Regional Computer Advisory Committee (RCAC)
The Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse
Local School Districts in Ontario and southeastern Michigan including these of course. It was my day job!
Essex County Board of Education
Greater Essex County District School Board
Ontario Knowledge Network for Learning (OKNL)
University of Windsor
Educational Computing Organization of Ontario's SIG Elem (ECOO-ELEM)
In addition to the resources that you'll find on this website, make sure that you check the Ontario Software Acquisition Program Advisory Committee's (OSAPAC) Learning Object Repository. You'll find resources that I've contributed there free for the download.
Some of the things done...
Surfin' 101
Surfin' 201
Doug and Grover Mine the Internet
Doug and Grover's Top 10 Suggestions for Web Page Success
Doug and Grover Stay Current
Microsoft Works Across the Curriculum
Clarisworks Across the Curriculum
PCGlobe Across the Curriculum
Authoring with Claris Homepage for Great Web Pages
Internet to Paper
Multimedia Authoring with Hyperstudio/Authority
Advanced Hyperstudio Concepts
Effective Electronic Presentations
Electronic Resources
Integrating the Internet Into Your Classroom and Digital Citizenship
Just Graphics
Desktop Publishing with Microsoft Publisher
Introduction to Webquests
Introduction to Hyperdocs
Webquests to Hyperdocs and beyond
Surf Less, Find More
The Internet in Your Classroom (Live, and Online)
Webquest Authoring
Webquests in the Computer Science Classroom
Mining the Internet for Computer Science Resources
Introduction to eTeacher
Planning and Assessing with eTeacher
Clay Animation in Hyperstudio Projects
Database Design with Filemaker Pro
My Slice of the Internet
The Answer to Every Question is Hyperstudio
Analyzing Data with Fathom
Creating Web Content with Dreamweaver MX
Creating Web Content with Flash MX
Ontario Curriculum Unit Planner
Image Editing with Adobe Photoshop Elements
Working with Markbook
Microsoft Office
Corel WordPerfect
Kurzweil 2000 in the Special Education Classroom
Working with Superpack
Make and Take with Kidpix
Web Resources for Computer Science Education
Digital Camera in the Classroom
Movie Making with iMovie
Just Spreadsheets
Just Databases
Great Moments in Multimedia
Palms and Probes in Junior Science
Three Days of Macromedia
Concept Maps with SMART Ideas
Analyzing Data with Tinkerplots
In Search of...Learning Resources
Do You Google?
Multimedia Authoring with Clicker 5