Republishing from Aalto university blog. The course mentioned can be found here, sorry at this time is only in Finnish. If you wish to translate the course in your language please contact Tarmo Toikkanen (tarmo.toikkanen@aalto.fi) . The course material are published … Continue reading →

We are happy to announce that 3 community members will present Eliademy to the Georgian Educational Technology Conference. Giorgi Araviashvili, Markozashvili and Marekhi Jeladze decided to spread the message of Eliademy to the teachers and school administration professionals of the … Continue reading →

  Frozen Characters do the Thriller Dance:  http://youtu.be/G3bns2s342s   Tagged: creation, frozen, Just for Fun, Thriller dance, YouTube

Standardized tests play a very big role in how our educational system, curriculum and teaching practices are organized. Educational change may very well hinge on whether these tests will change over the years. I was recently watching videos from curriculum.org that showcased Alan Luke discussing issues of standardized testing: http://www.curriculum.org/k-12/en/projects/allan-luke-continuing-the-conversation. The videos were an excellent complement to […]

Originally posted on Sharing Simcoe:The Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) hosted an informative professional development session about social media with an amazing lawyer, Nadya Tymochenko, and Superintendent Chris Samis. We learned about some of the legal issues regarding how schools and school boards use social media. As educators, we need to consider some…

I was recently made aware of a comment that a teacher made about the removal of standardized tests this year. It was something to the effect of: ‘I have no idea what or how to teach now that the tests aren’t going to happen‘. This was a real ‘lightbulb’ moment for me. I thought, what […]

Curation and Information Literacy.

  I have been thinking a great deal about what it means to teach in ways that allow for student agency to be actualized. We need to be experts with technology and curriculum, and more. However, we also need to move far beyond the technology tools and the curriculum expectations with our teaching, to ‘meet’ […]

I have been reading Stuart Shankers amazing book entitled Calm, Alert, and Learning: Classroom Strategies for Self-Regulation. As I am reading Stuart Shankers amazing book, I am starting to think of the Learning Commons with an added lens of how to help students also self-regulate. As I integrate my new learning, I cannot help but consider how […]

I really wanted to let you all know about a workshop I’m participating in on Tuesday, November 3. This is a Free workshop introduces books that deal with managing classrooms, engaging students, and promoting literacy. You’ll have an opportunity to hear some new and favourite Pembroke authors as well as 3 children’s authors whose books your students love. […]