Tech Club Here I Come
This week I had the opportunity to do a lot of learning at Cowichan Valley’s Touch ‘N Go technology camp. Sarah and I traveled down island to take part in two days of the five day conference. One of...
View ArticleTeacher learning with Pinterest and I-Pad
The first full week of school has ended and after some busy days with class and grade re-organization, I find there is alot to reflect upon. My grade 2 group of learners has become a grade 1/2 group...
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Digital Portfolios – How & Why
My piece of our project is mainly about digital assessments. My original idea was for students to create a digital portfolio of their learning that parents could access that was an authentic display of...
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Another fantastic collaboration
We used Songify, a free app, to create wonderful songs about Hallowe’en creatures. We brainstormed different Hallowe’en creatures and words in our classroom, then we went to PHSS (Mrs Walkus’s...
View ArticleTechno frustrations
This week-end was one of those unforgettable moments. Turned on my computer to find the black screen staring back at me with nothing! To my dismay, my hard drive was not responding and my recovery...
View ArticleDigital Portfolio Reflections
During this project I am working to create digital portfolios for students. This journey began in conversations with Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano. Silvia helped me on my first big collaborative project...
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Assessment Data via iMovie
One of the aspects that I love about digital portfolios is the idea of live recordings of students completing assessment activities. I have used the livescribe pen to record writing and thinking that...
View ArticleTechnology Dependence
This morning I watched as we had a frenzie of fluffy white snow swirl around, which of course got my son all excited and abuzz! However this mini snowstorm only lasted a few minutes, and left no real...
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Skitch, Sharing and Student Led Conferences
Lately we have been using a new iPad app called Skitch. We have been using it to document the last couple of science experiments that we have done in class. I introduced the app to the students...
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Online Discussions
I have been pretty excited about using the Collaborize Classroom platform for my online Literature Circles in partnership with another school. My students have a completed a few Collaborize Classroom...
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