Student teaching is just a short 11 days away and I busily attempting to get everything together for the six units that I will be teaching to my Grade 4, 9, 10, 11, and 12 classes! Here is a reminder of what my schedule will look like: I mentioned before that I am going to, hopefully, be filming a video to submit for my WBT Certification while I am student teaching and I already have so many things to consider. – What class should I be filming? – Since I will also be using the video for… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 37
This week is the LAST full week of classes before we head back student teaching!! I hope to post an extra long edition of Resources To Start Off Your Week next week to celebrate the long week but for now, here are three great resources I’ve found this week. As always, I will be adding these to my lists of resources under the Fav Websites heading. 1 ) Educational Technology & Mobile Learning– I just found this site but it could have definitely been part of my Best Resources for Finding Resources post! Mohamed (Med) strives to assist educators… Read More
Come to Our School's Science Program!
This week we had an assignment in our Science Methods course to create a presentation that could theoretically be used during an open house to draw potential students to the school and enrol in the science program. My partner, Tyler, and I created a fictional school called the “Why? School” where all of our science curriculum was inquiry based and designed to answer the question, why. Here is a prezi that we used in conjunction with the verbal explanation of our program as well as an in-class science demonstration. Our presentation was meant to showcase some of the… Read More
Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday! Integrating Aboriginal Perspectives into Curricula
One of the classes that I am taking this year for my education degree is Teaching of Aboriginal Studies, which I’ve posted about previously over the past few weeks. (For my followers who are from other countries, this course has actually been a Provincially-mandated requirement for all educators in Manitoba since 2008.) Today we discussed Understanding the Integration of Aboriginal Perspectives through Theory and I was especially intrigued by our highlight of the traditional Aboriginal view of education. As I will be entering the workforce (fingers crossed) within the year this discussion really encouraged me to examine specific aspects… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 36
This week I found a really neat resource thanks to a fellow student teacher as well as a great science resource that is developed for the Manitoba Curriculum! As always, I will be adding these to my lists of resources on my Fav Websites page. 1 ) Sporcle– Sporcle is an online database of fun quizzes and trivia games on a multitude of different subjects. There are many educational quizzes that could be a great in-class activity to put up on the SMART Board, an activity for those students who are done early or even be used… Read More
Science Course Outline
The following is a theoretical course outline developed for my Science Methods class. It is designed around the Senior 1 (Grade 9) Manitoba curriculum. Available on Google Docs: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Bwf6KR9URrBaeGFVWEpTTHlvTWc Some things I tried to incorporate while creating this outline: – “Backwards by Design” planning – Assessment breakdown that follows the new MB Provincial Report Cards – Incorporating information that speaks to views similar to those in the division I am student teaching in – Creating a culture of respect in the classroom This is the first course outline I’ve created so I would love feedback! ** It is important… Read More
200 Follower Giveaway Winner!
After a whirlwind few days my 200 Follower Giveaway is officially over! I was fortunate enough to have the love and support of some amazing ladies who sponsored this giveaway and offered up some wonderful prizes. Please check out their blogs if you haven’t already. Our winner is… Silvia! Congrats Silvia, I am sending an email your way 🙂 Thank you to everyone who entered and supported me through this!
8th Fire Documentary Series Wordle
The following is a Wordle completed for my Aboriginal Studies course which summarizes some of the main topics, issues and people discussed on the 8th Fire Documentary series. I’ve also written a Learning Log on 8th Fire as well as attended a talk at our university by the series’ host, Wab Kinew.
WBT Blog Bug Highlight: WBT Classrooms!
I think it is safe to say that us teachers are back into our regular school routines at this point. My American followers have been at school for over a month already while my fellow Canadians have now had a solid two weeks back in the classroom. As some of you may know I am in my LAST year of university before I become a certified teacher and, as such, I am living vicariously through all of you as you posted beautiful pictures of your classrooms. (I even posted about my “Dream Classroom” because I was feeling left out).… Read More
Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday! Road Block
So I have to admit that I have been conflicted over the past few weeks regarding what to post for my Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday posts. With the Whole Brain Teaching Certification program beginning this summer there was a huge jump in forum activity about a variety of topics as well as new activities and strategies being introduced by the WBT team but yet I still couldn’t figure out what to write about. If you have checked out my Whole Brain Teaching Certification tab at the top of the screen you’ll notice that I have previously written almost 20… Read More