"We rise by lifting others"—Robert Ingersoll
In my cooperating teacher’s classroom, I was introduced to code.org’s “Hour of Code.” we were both blown away and inspired by the students’ progress and ability to complete the Mine Craft themed challenges that were offered in this coding challenge. Read More …
A colleague and I did some research about the flipped classroom. We summarized out findings in a glog, which you can check out by clicking here.
It is hard to find resources in school for students to listen to reading literacy. News-O-Matic is not only a resource that allows children to listen to reading, but it updates daily with kid-friendly news that is relevant. It includes Read More …
I have dabbled in scratch before, but I recently completed the tutorial projects, and I have to say they go over a lot of stuff. To be honest, it kind of reminded me of old science labs where I just Read More …
Background I, personally, am a terrible speller. I don’t know what it was that never clicked, but my Es always come before my Is. I have had the app Spelling Bee on my tablet for several months to practice my Read More …
This is a SMARTboard presentation that I made to help students understand hurricanes! Click here to check it out!
There are tonnes of apps out there for 1-1 classrooms, including socreative, edmodo, and kidblog. These apps include features that allow the teacher to easily track the success of students, and will highlight which students are struggling with particular areas Read More …
Let a boy and his cat show you all you need to know to become a better writer!
Here is a video that I contributed to that explores grade six Space and Earth Science outcomes.