As an Educational Technology Coach, I have been fortunate enough to work with so many amazing educators from across the DDSB. I truly love getting the opportunity to sit with a passionate teacher and co-plan a lesson or unit and help them find ways to integrate technology into their great ideas, and that was what […]
As a Tech Coach, I’ve been fortunate enough to work with many dedicated teachers who are willing to push themselves out of their comfort zones and try something new because they believe it will benefit their students. I love hearing a teacher tell their students, “We are learning together today” because it demonstrates to the […]
EdTechTeacher.org defines “App Smashing” as “The process of using multiple apps in conjunction with one another to complete a final task or project.” When teachers create assignments that require the use of multiple apps, it not only increases the engagement of their students, but it also allows them to learn about many new applications which […]
As teachers continue to shift their practice to include the use of digital technologies, they increasingly need a reliable place to store and organize their growing number of documents. Google Drive is one of the most versatile tools in the G-Suite group of programs and, with a few tweaks, can be the answer to teachers’ […]
It was fantastic to see the enthusiasm of younger students as they wrote…and the excitement of their teacher In my role as an Educational Technology Coach, I have been fortunate enough to have been invited into many classrooms to work directly with teachers and their students. One of the most popular requests by teachers is […]
As a Grade 7 teacher, I was very excited about the 1:1 student Chromebook initiative, and so were my students! On the day they arrived there was a palatable feeling of excitement in the school and the distribution was filled with all the ohhhhhh’s and ahhhhhhh’s of students exploring their new devices. That afternoon, I just happened […]
