I can’t believe its been almost a week since I even thought about my blog, I actually forgot it was even Monday! After battling bronchitis I am starting to feel back to normal (thanks to 35+ hours of sleep over a 2 day period!) With that out of mind now, I wanted to throw together a special Long Weekend Edition of Resources to Start Off Your Week with TEN great new resources. Remember, I will be adding these to my Favourite Websites page so ensure you head over there to check out the full list that I’ve complied so… Read More
Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday! The Genius Ladder
I am currently laying in bed seemingly dying from bronchitis but it is also my fifth Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday post! I hope that this focus on a specific WBT strategy is helpful to those of you who are wishing to learn more about how a certain strategy may work and what my personal experience with it has been. Last week I highlighted “The Scoreboard”, this week I would like to introduce you to the WBT strategy of “The Genius Ladder”. (I realize that my introduction of these strategies are not in any specific order). So far, my… Read More
WBT & Manitoba's "Towards Inclusion" Document Part 2
Yesterday I started blogging on how WBT strategies might fit in with the criteria set out by the Manitoba government. I found the Towards Inclusion: Supporting Positive Behaviours in Manitoba Classrooms document and decided to focus on Section 6: Positive Reinforcement (pg. 53) and Section 7: Fair & Predictable Consequences (pg. 58). I quickly realized, however, that this was not a one-post topic and decided to split it into two parts by covering Section 6 yesterday and covering Section 7 today. SECTION 7: FAIR & PREDICTABLE CONSEQUENCES The document summarizes that a teacher must establish consequences for inappropriate behaviour BEFORE… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 4
Its a new week and what better way to start off our week by finding some great new online resources to use in our classrooms. Remember, I will be adding these to my Favourite Websites page so ensure you head over there to check out the full list that I’ve complied so far. 1 ) What Was There?– A website featuring an interactive map of the world featuring historic photographs organized by location and year. Their goal is to provide a photographic history of the world!– Teacher can use this website to provide primary visuals during Social Studies, Geography and… Read More
WBT & Manitoba's "Towards Inclusion" Document Part 1
I spent the better part of this weekend working on filming a video with a group for our Classroom Management class. Our film is supposed to demonstrate a specific classroom management model and will be used to teach the rest of our classmates about said model. With my last post about “The Scoreboard” and this project on my mind, I started thinking about how WBT strategies would fit into different classroom management models. While I enjoyed the model we were working on (Rudolf Driekur’s Social Discipline Model) I decided to do some research on how WBT would fit in… Read More
Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday! The Scoreboard
The week is almost done (we don’t have school on Fridays) and I’m excited to be writing my fourth Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday post! I hope that this focus on a specific WBT strategy is helpful to those of you who are wishing to learn more about how a certain strategy may work and what my personal experience with it has been. Last week I highlighted “Mirror”, this week I would like to introduce you to the WBT strategy of “The Scoreboard”. (I realize that my introduction of these strategies are not in any specific order). Scoreboard for older… Read More
Help Wanted: Autism Spectrum
I am currently working on a project for my “Students with Exceptionalities” class and am looking for information about teaching students on the autism spectrum. I’ve been able to access some great resources but I would really like to include some quotes from teachers on: 1 ) What are some of the opportunities that teachers face when teaching students on the autism spectrum?2 ) What are some of the challenges that teachers face when teaching students on the autism spectrum?3 ) What do you want other teachers to know about teaching students on the autism spectrum? If any teachers would… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 3
Its a new week and what better way to start off our week by finding some great new online resources to use in our classrooms. Remember, I will be adding these to my Favourite Websites page so ensure you head over there to check out the full list that I’ve complied so far. 1 ) Tag My Doc– A website that allows you to apply a tag to a document which can be scanned by a mobile device and retrieved as a virtual copy,– Would be an amazing resource to use if your school had a B.Y.O.D (bring your own… Read More
1000+ Page Views!!
It has been a short 32 days since I entered the blogging world and I will admit that I LOVE it! It has been such a good tool for reflecting on what I learn while in our Faculty of Education classes. It has also been wonderful to connect with other educators all over the world; their insight and experience is invaluable. With this in mind, I am so pleased to announce that the blog has reached OVER 1000 PAGE VIEWS! To celebrate, I would like you to head on over to the Whole Brain Teaching website to grab… Read More
Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday! Mirror
February is here and I’m excited to be writing my third Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday post! I hope that this focus on a specific WBT strategy is helpful to those of you who are wishing to learn more about how a certain strategy may work and what my personal experience with it has been. Last week I highlighted “Class-Yes”, this week I would like to introduce you to the WBT strategy of “Mirror”. (I realize that my introduction of these strategies are not in any specific order). “Mirror” is a classroom management strategy that allows for us,… Read More