It’s nearing the end of the school year, and in grade five we are working on writing personal memoirs that span across the past 12 months. We’ve focused on different methods of autobiographical writing, such as personal narrative, vignettes, poems, and today we introduced snapshots. A snapshot differs from a personal narrative or vignette in…
I have to admit, I was not immediately enamored with Pecha Kucha presentations. While I liked the idea that I would only have to listen to someone ramble at me for 6:40, as a presenter it felt so prescribed and inflexible. 20 slides for 20 seconds? What if I only had 19 slides that were…
Especially with my students, I am guilty of cramming as much information and as many instructions as possible into my slides. Granted, I try to space out the information and link them to relevant images that will aid in the students’ understanding and retention of the material. However, when I started becoming “Zen,” my first…
Phew! After trolling twitter and the web for resources to use to create infographics, I stumbled upon a neat one called Creately. Because the space was limited, I ditched my first elaborate idea of comparing four different kinds of governments using a map of the world then a section for each. Sometimes, with kids and infographics,…
For our final project, Shane and I decided to create something that both students and parents could use to help guide kids to use technology appropriately at home. As our students become increasingly fluent with digital tools, games and apps, it’s important that they have some direction about what is “ok” use and what is…
A lot has changed since I roamed the halls of a high school (admittedly not that long ago). I had a cell phone, but it was for calling. We had a desktop computer, but the dial-up internet was so painfully slow that I only used it when I had to for assignments. I had an…
