A while back, I was browsing through Twitter and I came across this tweet by David Moroz: Simple and straightforward… right? Then I did a quick check through my Twitter feed and reviewed some of the many, MANY, ideas I had retweeted over the past few weeks and realized just how few of those ideas I have actually implemented. I know that you can’t do everything at one time, butI am challenging myself and my followers to pick at least ONE THING that they’ve retweeted on Twitter and actually implement in their lives! It can be a… Read More
June Currently
If you haven’t encountered a “Currently” post before, it is just a fun post at the beginning of each month that serves as a way to share what is Currently going on in your life! You can link up and share your own “Currently” post by visiting the wonderful Farley over at Oh’ Boy 4th Grade. Happy June everyone! I am beyond excited that it is finally June and we have officially started having weather that could be called “summer-like”. If you were able to check out my last Currently post in May you’ll remember that we were still having major snowstorms… Read More
Resources To Start Off Your Week 66
Today marks the first Monday in June which means that school will be finishing up in just a few short weeks! While many teachers around here are eagerly anticipating these last few weeks so they can finish up their year and begin their summer holidays, I am excited because it means I will get access to my first classroom!! I can’t wait to start organizing and putting my mark on my future classroom 🙂 I have already been told that major renovations will be taking place in the room beside me so I am hoping that doesn’t cause too… Read More
Graduation Day!
Today my fiance and I graduated with our Bachelor of Education (After Degree)s in the 102nd Convocation at Brandon University (B.U)! We, along with approximately 150 other students, participated in the afternoon graduation ceremony that included students from all different faculties. This is our second degree for both my fiance and I, and we couldn’t be more proud of the goals we have achieved over our last six years at B.U. It was a very overwhelming feeling to know that this chapter of our lives was now done and we will be starting our new chapter, as classroom… Read More
ManACE Journal
I am very honoured to have one of my articles featured in the Spring 2013 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 in Education. This is the second time I have been published in their journal and am very excited to share my thoughts with other educators in our province. (The first time I was published was in the Spring 2012 edition.) My article, Teaching in A Fishbowl – What Can Happen When… Read More
Resources To Start Off Your Week 65: Video Edition
As I prepare for my first year in the classroom I have been thinking seriously about my personal philosophy of education and what my role is as a teacher. As part of this, I have been conferencing with my school principal and colleagues at “S-School”, reflecting on my development since I entered the Faculty of Education, exploring various edu-blogs, and reading through education news articles from around the world. This week, instead of posting my regular annotated selection of classroom resources, I want to share some of my favourite online videos that get me thinking about… Read More
Roller Coaster Week Update
At the start of the month I posted about what a crazy week I was having due to coming down with a major stomach bug, going through my first teaching interview, crashing my car during a May snowstorm, and being offered my first teaching position! If you missed the craziness, you can see my post here. Well what seems like an incredibly short amount of time later, I am happy to announce that the excitement is still running high! This weekend my fiance and I purchased our first vehicle together, a 2004 Buick Rendezvous! Since my accident we… Read More
Exploring Interests… Planning for the End of the School Year
On average, I try to blog at least twice a week, but this can reach up to four or five times a week depending on what is going on in my life. I also spend time each morning reading through various edu-blogs (my version of the morning paper) and try to keep up with Twitter throughout the day. This has become my routine and I feel like I have benefited ten-fold from the networking opportunities that my PLN has granted me. Last week, however, I found myself completely pull away from my computer and my iPhone… Read More
Resources To Start Off Your Week 64
Okay so I realize that it is technically Tuesday… not Monday… but I got swept up with the busy schedule of the long weekend and forgot to post yesterday! The good news is that we have finally started seeding our fields so my fiance, father-in-law and our extended family had a busy weekend cultivating and beginning to seed. They also had to move our cattle from the yard out to the various pastures as well so they were working VERY hard over the long weekend. For me, the weekend consisted of getting caught up on housework,… Read More
Do Your Students See Aboriginal People/Culture in the Classroom?
During the fall semester of this past year of university I took the course, Teaching of Aboriginal Studies. For my followers who are from outside of Manitoba, this course is a provincially-mandated requirement for all educators in Manitoba as of 2008. Throughout this course I posted periodically about guest speakers we had, projects we completed, and curriculum documents that we worked with. (These posts can be found under the Aboriginal Perspective label). I really enjoyed this course and felt like it opened up my eyes and made me realize how important it is, as an educator, to ensure that… Read More