For the past four summers I have been employed as a Child Development Worker with the Manitoba Government’s Children’s disABILITY Services department. (If you would like to read more about it you can check out a post I wrote at the beginning of the summer). One of my little guys has been with me on and off for 3 summers now and our main goal over the years has been communication. Larry* is currently still waiting for a full assessment of his specific disability but the doctors that he has seen have mentioned both Cerebral Palsy and Autism… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 30: Math!
I was recently updating my Fav Websites page and I noticed that I have yet to add a list of math resources! I have never been strong in math and I think this is why I am never drawn to checking out math resources when I see them pop up on different blogs or websites. That is over now though as I am officially adding some great math resources! I will be creating a BRAND NEW heading on my Fav Websites page to include these resources (coming soon)! 1 ) Math Landing– This website is one… Read More
WBT Blog Bug Highlight: New WBT Blogs!
With the school year beginning for many of my American Whole Brain Teachers I’ve been happy to see a number of brand new WBT blogs popping up! As I think back to when I first discovered WBT last fall, one of the things that definitely helped me was that I received so much support and encouragement from other WBT users. With that in mind, I wanted to highlight some of the new blogs that have popped up in the last few weeks! The beginning of the school year can be hectic enough without starting something that is brand… Read More
WBT High School Facebook Page
Are you on Facebook? Are you part of the WBT High School Facebook page?? Jill Armstrong over at History Teacher WBT started our very own High School Facebook page but so far we only have 18 members!! I know that WBT elementary teachers far outnumber us high school teachers so I am going on a recruiting mission! Are you wondering if WBT can work effectively in the high school setting the answer is, of course, YES! You can read my WBT in High School post for more info. Please request to join our Facebook page 🙂 https://www.facebook.com/groups/497887850227243/
WBT TV! Week 1 Goals
Are you back in the classroom yet? (I know some of my American followers are already back in the classroom and ready to go!) Here in Manitoba, school is still a little under a month away but it doesn’t matter if you are still planning, just starting or well under way (like some of my Australian followers)! TONIGHT Coach B is hosting a live webcast video to assist teachers during their first week of using Whole Brain Teaching. Tune in TONIGHT on the WBT Website! 5 PM Western 6 PM Mountain 7 PM Central 8 PM … Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 29
I hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend! I spent an amazing weekend at my grandparent’s cabin in Northern Manitoba about 4 hours from our house or about 9-10 hours from the Canada-US border. We are now back at home much more relaxed and ready for the last month of work before summer begins. Justin & I in front of one of the teepees set up in the town’s main park. Here are some of the great resources I found this past week! As always, I will be adding them to my lists of resources under the Fav… Read More
Pinterest Linky Party!
Debbie over at Rainbows Within Reach has come up with an AMAZING blog hop/linky party (is there a specific name we are supposed to use for these things?) Anyways, its all for teachers who blog and use Pinterest!! Are there teachers who are not using Pinterest these days? Make sure you head over and link up to find some great teaching bloggers and pinners!
Connected Educator Month
Did you know that August is Connected Educator Month?? To be honest I had not heard of Connected Educator Month until I stumbled across it yesterday on one of my favourite admin blogs, A Principal’s Reflections written by Eric Sheninger. Original Image Credit: https://fishbowlteaching.com/2011/04/21st-century-classroom.html Shared by Eric Sheninger at: https://fishbowlteaching.com/2012/08/connectedness-as-standard.html To celebrate I thought I would share an article I wrote for the Spring 2012 edition of the ManACE Journal. ManACE (the Manitoba Association for Computing Educators) is a Special Area Group of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society as well as a member of the International Society for Technology… Read More
Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday! My Classroom
I follow many blogs from American teachers and have been enviously viewing all your posts as you set up your new classrooms. Unfortunately, not only does school not start here in Manitoba, Canada for over a month yet but I still have one year left in my Bachelor of Education so I don’t even have my own classroom yet! 🙁 So I’ve decided to show you what my dream classroom would be like through some of my favourite pins from Pinterest. CLASSROOM DESIGN Pinned from: https://fishbowlteaching.com/2010/09/all-over-globes.html I love the idea of globes from the ceiling, especially for a social… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 28
Last week I posted about Under 10 Minutes which is an awesome resource for ed tech videos and now I’ve found another similar website which is a trove of ed videos!MIT Video– MIT Video hosts more than 100 channels that users can easily search and view! Scroll through their channel lists by subject area or for specific topics you may be studying in your class.– Not only could you use these videos to supplement your lessons but students could also use these videos to research a specific topic.– http://video.mit.edu Happy Tuesday everyone!