I’ve mentioned multiple times over the past few weeks that I LOVE the holidays and to celebrate I decided to undertake another blogging milestone…. I’m hosting my very first linky event! Everyday, yes, EVERYDAY for the next 12 days I will be giving away a classroom resource that I have developed to everyone who visits! It is, however, the holidays so I’d love for you to spread the Christmas cheer as well and link up to give away a resource of your own! You can link up and celebrate with us for 1 day, 2 days, or all 12 days! … Read More
Teaching of Aboriginal Studies Exam Review
Tomorrow is our final exam in our Teaching of Aboriginal Studies class. Here is my completion of our exam review, wish me luck! 🙂 10 Ways to Assess for Racism/Sexism in Classroom Resources1 ) Look at the Illustrations – Is there “tokensim”? – Who is doing what in the image?2 ) What is the Story Line – Does the character need to adopt “white” traits to be successful? – Who solves the problem in the story? – What is the role of women?3 ) What is their Lifestyle – Can you tell… Read More
Resources To Start Off Your Week 47
If you noticed, I haven’t been blogging as much lately and this week I wanted to share with you why that is. The resource that I am sharing this week is actually 30 resources all in one!! As always, I will be adding this to my lists of resources under the Fav Websites heading. One of the classes we have to take is, Teaching Aboriginal Studies, and our final project was to create a Curriculum & Resource Portfolio displaying resources that could be used to incorporate Aboriginal perspective. Luckily for me, my partner was also my… Read More
Professional Portfolio Feedback
Yesterday I posted about how I was presenting my teaching portfolio in class today as part of a “portfolio fair” in my Science Methods class. In addition to presenting it to my peers, I also posted it to my Facebook and Twitter accounts as well to try and get more feedback. As promised, here are some of the comments & suggestions that I got: 1 ) Good use of pictures – People liked that I had photos in addition to text so they could really visualize what I was trying to get… Read More
More on Professional Portfolios
Tomorrow in my Science Methods class we are having a “portfolio fair” in which we take turns sharing our professional teaching portfolios. We are able to see what other people have included, get formatting/organization ideas, critique for errors, etc. In case you missed it the first time, I actually took a very big step (for me) and decided to share my portfolio to the world via a blog post last month. While I can’t say I received any constructive criticism, I did receive a lot of kind and supportive comments so that must mean I am doing something… Read More
Resources To Start Off Your Week 46
Happy December! It is officially the holidays and I couldn’t be more excited! We are done school for the semester next Thursday and it is definitely a good feeling. That means that there are only 6 more months until I am graduated and only 7 more months until I am a married woman! Of course, there will also be teaching interviews somewhere in that time frame as well. So many exciting things! 🙂 In the meantime, here are some neat resources I found this week. As always, I will be adding them to my lists of… Read More
December Currently!
Tis’ the season! I love the holidays but they seem to go by so quickly!! There is always so much family to see, Christmas parties, get-togethers with friends, etc. We only have 8 classes left until we are officially on holidays and only 29 days until our wedding social! I am told that wedding socials are a local event that other people don’t necessarily celebrate so if you are not sure what a wedding social is, it is a public dance hosted by the bride and groom that is used as a fundraiser to raise money for a… Read More
My Thoughts on Headphones
Last week I read a blog post over at The Spicy Learning Blog that really got me thinking about some of my thoughts on classroom procedures and what type of policies and procedures I would have in my future classroom. During my student teaching placement at “S-School” I was told by many teachers that the school policy was that students were to not be wearing headphones while in the classroom. There were some specific students, however, that had permission to wear headphones to assist in their attention while working on projects and assignments. What I found though was… Read More
Resources To Start Off Your Week 45
So I spent the better part of the last month posting about First Nations resources so I have decided to switch it up and showcase a few different resources this week. As always, I will be adding these to my lists of resources under the Fav Websites heading. 1 ) Periodic Table of Comic Books– Learning about the Periodic Table of Elements? This is a fun version that I’m sure will entertain the comic-book lovers in your class. Two professors from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Kentucky have put together an interactive Periodic Table of… Read More
Connecting, Reflecting & Creating: Why We Blog
I have exciting news I want to share! A fellow student teacher, Tyler L, and myself will be presenting our very own Professional Development sessions!! Tyler and myself are both avid bloggers and we have actually spent some time this year sharing our experience with first year Faculty of Education students in their “ICT in Education” class. After some consultation with a professor we began working on our own Professional Development session on how blogging can benefit educators. What resulted was, Connecting, Reflecting & Creating: Why We Blog. “From being used as a reflective… Read More