About Me

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 this blog: "Even From Here."

email: glassbeed@gmail.com

Skype: glassbeed

Twitter: twitter.com/glassbeed

What's up with the "glassbeed?" Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Bead_Game

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."