Every Tuesday I share a Tech Tip on our social media pages to assist our staff in their use of technology as it relates to their role. This week marks the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation which will be held on Thursday, September 30th (formally referred to as Orange Shirt Day). As we move forward in a spirit of truth and reconciliation, I know that many educators are looking for resources to support this action. In response, today’s Tech Tip is focused on Create to Learn. “Create to Learn is pleased to offer this free online learning resource in partnership… Read More
#TechTipTuesday – Create to Learn
Every Tuesday I share a Tech Tip on our social media pages to assist our staff in their use of technology as it relates to their role. A few weeks back I saw a Tweet posted by the Seine River Technology account sharing about the new books they distributed: Create to Learn. I was immediately intrigued as I do not have anything in my professional learning series that approached digital skills from this perspective. When I shared my enthusiasm, SRSD Ed Tech was quick to offer a copy to myself! I am so thankful to have this resource that highlights both digital… Read More
Orange Shirt Day 2020 – Indigenous Influencers
Today we wear our orange shirts as we honour those who experienced residential schools. For me, today at is a day to listen & learn as well as a day to recommit ourselves to move forward in the spirit of truth & reconciliation. I promise to acknowledge past & current injustice, support those affected by the trauma of systemic failures by the Canadian government & strive to do better. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kirsten Thompson – ICT (@thompsonclassroom) on Sep 30, 2020 at 6:45am PDT To learn more about Orange Shirt Day I recommend the… Read More
2016-2017 DREAM Schedule!!
When I first received my position at “S-School” in 2013 I was over-the-moon excited to get a permanent position in a small rural school that was only a ten minute drive from our home. Although my schedule didn’t exactly match my teachable background I was told that my schedule would eventually included those classes as the years went on. Here we are three years later and I am THRILLED to share that my principal has definitely spoiled me and I will be going back to work in the fall to my dream teaching schedule 🙂 I… Read More
Indigenizing the Curriculum
As professionals tasked with the education of Canadian youth, educators require understanding of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit practices, in order to effectively apply appropriate pedagogy within their classrooms. Deyhle, Swisher, Stevens, and Galvan (2008, p. 344) illustrate the process in which Indigenous peoples of North America have fought towards building an educational model that addresses the biases found in current models and strives to reshape education from an epistemological perspective. The authors’ lament over the multiple instances of cultural genocide through post-colonial education systems and call for a shift to self-determination in Indigenous education (Deyhle et al,… 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
What To Order/Create/Find?
Even though I don’t have my confirmed teaching schedule quite yet (I should have it within a few weeks) I can’t help but begin to plan out my classroom for the fall. So even though I can’t really begin planning curriculum aspects, I’ve started planning some of the organizational aspects for my classroom. Right now, the teachers at “S-School” have started making their orders for next year’s classes and I’ve been fortunate enough to be included in the ordering! Here are some of the pictures that have been inspiring me so far. Classroom Supply Organization. Pinterest. http://media-cache-ec3.pinimg.com/originals/71/dc/3a/71dc3acb6d29f17eb4e6ed91896a0e7d.jpg Lets face… 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
Case Study of Aboriginal Content
One of our assignments that we worked on completing while student teaching was a case study of Aboriginal content in our schools. Was Aboriginal perspective being incorporated, was education inclusive to Aboriginal students, what would we have changed, what did we do, etc. For the most part, we had free reign in regards to what topics we discussed but it had to be within five pages. This did limit me to what I could cover but I tried to touch on as much info as I could. Here is what I created: ________________________________________________ Where I Was I… Read More