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
WBT & Students who are Introverted
On Saturday I attended an EduCon conversation about the students in our classes who may be introverted and how we can best address their needs in our classrooms. Ever since then, I have been trying to brainstorm some ideas on how I may use whole brain teaching strategies and have them be a positive experience for these students. Tony Baldasaro mentioned a few times throughout the conversation that students who are introverted need time to think and reflect silently on a subject before sharing their ideas with others. He used the example that a student who is… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 2
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 ) Classroom 2.0 LIVE– A website used to host online professional development conversations.– Teachers can use this website to educate themselves on new and exciting topics as well as connect with other people in the educational field.– The website maintains a great archive and resource list!–… Read More
My Thoughts on Educon 2.4
Well Sunday is finally here and amidst finishing homework, my parents coming into town to visit and attending a wedding fashion show I am happy to say I was able to attend BOTH of the EduCon conversations that I mentioned on Friday! The entire experience was a little overwhelming but very exciting for me. I had decided that I would try to figure out the online streaming access a few hours prior to the sessions I wanted to attend, and good thing! It seemed to take me FOREVER to actually be able to view the online conversation streams (remember,… Read More