Katie Costa teaches at Anderson CVI in Whitby. This week she is guest-blogging with us and sharing her experience working with our Educational Technology Team. When I heard about WeVideo at a PD, I wanted to try it out. Traditionally, the grade 10 gifted English class would present formal oral presentations as a group to […]
I started using the Chromebooks in my ENG 2D1 class February 2018. With the help of Chris Vezeau and Adam Grenon at lunch, and the one-to-one sessions with the Technology Coach Andrea Strype, I have enjoyed and made use of the Chromebooks as a teaching tool. Andrea Strype even came to my class and gave […]
Is your classroom set-up to promote optimal student learning? Stand-up desks, wobble chairs, whiteboard tables, etc. are all being used to encourage students to take control of their learning. R. S. McLaughlin is taking this concept one step further and designing an outdoor space specifically to improve student achievement and engagement, while reducing anxiety and […]
Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash Time. It is very precious to me; it is something I don’t have enough of, and something I am always trying find. If there is a new app or resource that will save me time, I want to know about it. In this blog post I am going to talk about Google+. […]
As teachers, we are all busy! We need to reduce time spent on administrative classroom tasks, we need to save time planning, and we certainly all need to speed up the marking process! In fact, even a few minutes freed up during the day can help. If you want to start saving some time, using […]
the purpose of the assignment – to demonstrate learning, not website creation skills As a classroom teacher, I looked forward to reviewing the portfolios my students created; it was exciting (and rewarding) to see the growth my students made over the course of a semester. This year I had my students create websites using […]
