Well its official, I can’t resist Google and have moved my blog over to Blogger as opposed to Weebly. Now don’t get me wrong, I liked Weebly. It was very “mickey mouse” and for someone that is not very tech-savvy it worked perfectly for me. I decided, however, that with Blogger I would be able to reach more people and make this blog even better for you! One thing that I’ve mentioned before is that since I’ve discovered whole brain teaching I have found the WBT community incredibly supportive. I’ve been fortunate enough to be able to network with… Read More
You Can Start Using WBT by Monday!
Friday is finally here and Friday the 13th at that. I won’t sugarcoat it, we know that Fridays can sometimes come with some management concerns. Your students are ready for the weekend and that means that it can be easier for them to get off-task and sometimes this can snowball into even larger issues. When I was student teaching, Fridays also meant assemblies, sports tournaments, hockey games, etc and sometimes it could be so challenging to keep everyone on task and focused in the classroom! With this in mind, I want to share with you a great new resource from… Read More
Welcome to Twitter!
So if this blog wasn’t exciting enough, I have now joined the Twitter world as well (@MissLwbt)! It is a little overwhelming but I am slowly making my way through it and figuring it all out. From what I understand, it can take up to two days for a new account to appear in the Twitter search engine but I am hoping that by this weekend everything will be up and running smoothly. I have already began to “follow” some amazing people and groups. I can definitely see how Twitter can be used in the educational field (don’t… Read More
Welcome to Grade…. 5??
Today I heard back from my cooperating teacher who will be having me in his classroom this upcoming March for eight weeks (I had sent him an email introducing myself last week.) He seemed very enthusiastic and supportive, from what I could tell from his email! The big surprise to me, however, was that he taught Grade 5! As some of you know, I am in the senior years stream and my last student teaching placement was with Grades 10, 11, and 12. I’ll admit, at the start I was pretty apprehensive. My mind was racing: “Can they all… Read More
10-Finger Woo & Culture of Respect
Well week two of semester two is now under way and what I’ve been hearing again and again is how important it is for teachers to establish and maintain a culture of respect in their classrooms. When I’m applying for a job in the spring of 2013 I will probably be asked how I plan to establish a culture of respect in my classroom and what will that look like? Good thing I’ll have WBT in my back pocket! As we talk more and more about it I realize how great the WBT system can be when it… Read More
Cooperating Teacher = Pro-WBT?
So my second student teaching placement begins in approximately two months and counting, yay! As you know, near the end of my first student teaching placement I discovered WBT and was so amazed. It is something that I want to continue developing and using in the future. Not only does it help manage your classroom but it engages your students mentally, visually, verbally, physically and it is fun! What could be better than that? It is time for me to reach out and send an email to my cooperating teacher who will have me in his classroom for eight weeks… Read More
WBT & Inclusive Classrooms
Well day two of semester two is officially here and gone and one of the classes that I have been most looking forward to is “Inclusive Education & Exceptionalities”. For the past three summers I have worked as a Child Development Worker with the Manitoba government and have loved every moment of it! So I am really hoping that I can use this class to solidify my prior knowledge, learn new information and learn how to best address exceptionalities in my future classrooms. One of our major assignments includes a research project on a specific exceptionality; my topic being the… Read More
My Intro to the Blogging World! Is WBT an Interruption?
After inspiration from my ICT professor last term I have decided to join the blogging world! I will admit that I am not the most tech-savvy person, but its a start! There are a few reasons why I decided to start this blog…1 ) After being in the Faculty of Education for only one semester I’ve learned and appreciated the importance of sharing with our colleagues! There are many of you out there that have helped me so much by posting your ideas online and for that I say, thank you! I hope that this blog will not only help… Read More