Skype With Students – It’s A No Brainer
This past week we connected a laptop to the Smartboard in our library and my grade 4 students participated in a Skype call for the first time, engaging in a wonderful dialogue with Ms. Witherspoon’s...
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For some time now I’ve been preaching to my teachers about the benefits of Twitter. Since opening my own account in May 2011 I would say that I’ve grown more as an educator than in the previous 20...
View ArticleGive Your Library Books a 90 Degree Turn
Last week we made one small change in our school library/media centre that immediately paid big dividends with student engagement. We’ve been spending the past few months transforming our library to...
View ArticleDon’t Just “Cover” Curriculum
In our province the English Language Arts curriculum is loaded with numerous outcomes at every grade level. While looking through these outcomes last week my attention was drawn to the concept of...
View ArticleImmigrant Family Parent Evening
This past week we invited immigrant families to join us for an evening of conversation and engagement. With the growing number of Image borrowed from schools.hsd.k12.or.us students from around the...
View ArticleListen To Me – I Can Read
We’ve had the Audioboo App on our school iPads for a while now. It’s a great podcasting tool because you can easily record student’s voices and the recording automatically uploads to the Audioboo...
View ArticleTry A Mystery Skype. Here’s Why.
If you’ve never tried a Mystery Skype with your class, you should. It’s a highly engaging way to build important competencies in your students. A Mystery Skype is just a simple guessing game at first...
View ArticleNeed Ideas? Just Ask.
My grade 1-3 teachers have been planning for next year and are looking for creative and engaging ways to build a literacy intervention block into the daily schedule. Language Arts and Math would be...
View ArticleSkype With Students – It’s A No Brainer
This past week we connected a laptop to the Smartboard in our library and my grade 4 students participated in a Skype call for the first time, engaging in a wonderful dialogue with Ms. Witherspoon’s...
View ArticleTeachers – Invite Them and They Will Tweet
For some time now I’ve been preaching to my teachers about the benefits of Twitter. Since opening my own account in May 2011 I would say that I’ve grown more as an educator than in the previous 20...
View ArticleGive Your Library Books a 90 Degree Turn
Last week we made one small change in our school library/media centre that immediately paid big dividends with student engagement. We’ve been spending the past few months transforming our library to...
View ArticleDon’t Just “Cover” Curriculum
In our province the English Language Arts curriculum is loaded with numerous outcomes at every grade level. While looking through these outcomes last week my attention was drawn to the concept of...
View ArticleSkype With Students – It’s A No Brainer
This past week we connected a laptop to the Smartboard in our library and my grade 4 students participated in a Skype call for the first time, engaging in a wonderful dialogue with Ms. Witherspoon’s...
View ArticleTeachers – Invite Them and They Will Tweet
For some time now I’ve been preaching to my teachers about the benefits of Twitter. Since opening my own account in May 2011 I would say that I’ve grown more as an educator than in the previous 20...
View ArticleGive Your Library Books a 90 Degree Turn
Last week we made one small change in our school library/media centre that immediately paid big dividends with student engagement. We’ve been spending the past few months transforming our library to...
View ArticleDon’t Just “Cover” Curriculum
In our province the English Language Arts curriculum is loaded with numerous outcomes at every grade level. While looking through these outcomes last week my attention was drawn to the concept of...
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