With the school year beginning for many of my American Whole Brain Teachers I’ve been happy to see a number of brand new WBT blogs popping up! As I think back to when I first discovered WBT last fall, one of the things that definitely helped me was that I received so much support and encouragement from other WBT users. With that in mind, I wanted to highlight some of the new blogs that have popped up in the last few weeks! The beginning of the school year can be hectic enough without starting something that is brand… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 29
I hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend! I spent an amazing weekend at my grandparent’s cabin in Northern Manitoba about 4 hours from our house or about 9-10 hours from the Canada-US border. We are now back at home much more relaxed and ready for the last month of work before summer begins. Justin & I in front of one of the teepees set up in the town’s main park. Here are some of the great resources I found this past week! As always, I will be adding them to my lists of resources under the Fav… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 28
Last week I posted about Under 10 Minutes which is an awesome resource for ed tech videos and now I’ve found another similar website which is a trove of ed videos!MIT Video– MIT Video hosts more than 100 channels that users can easily search and view! Scroll through their channel lists by subject area or for specific topics you may be studying in your class.– Not only could you use these videos to supplement your lessons but students could also use these videos to research a specific topic.– http://video.mit.edu Happy Tuesday everyone!
Resources to Start Off Your Week 27
I am so excited about this week’s resource that I found! I’ve been posting lots of ed resources over the past 27 weeks but what I haven’t really considered is how difficult it may be for some teachers to figure them out. I know that there have been some resources where I have had to spend A LOT of time figuring them out. This week’s resource can solve that problem once and for all! As always, I will be adding this to my list of Fav Websites. Under 10 Minutes: How to Use Education Technology Quickly– New to… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 26
Ok I realize that it is Tuesday not Monday, we were away this weekend and I came home to find that life had caught up with me! Sorry to all of you who were waiting for a post yesterday, I broke the number 1 blog rule and wasn’t consistent!! After some intense grocery shopping, laundry, work, cleaning, homework, etc I am feeling a little bit more caught up. Here are the resources I found this week, as always, I will be adding them to my lists of Fav Websites. 1 ) Imagine All the Water– Did you know… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week 25
I found some great resources this week! With summer holidays in full force, for most of us, these resources can be the perfect thing to add to your arsenal of supplies before school starts back up. As always, I will be adding these resources to my lists of Fav Websites. 1 ) Technology Tailgate– This network of blogs features daily posts on the best tech applications for the classroom. With posts written by 15 teachers, you can always find the best tech information for the classroom!* Definitely a must-add to my list of Best Resources for Finding Resources! – http://technologytailgate.blogspot.ca/… Read More
WBT Blog Bug Update
I am so excited! Misty, Melissa and I have been working hard and if you have been snooping around the WBT Forum lately you may have seen our new project! Announcing the new WBT Master Blog List via Google Docs! Look at how organized it is! We’ve accumulated all of the WBT Blogs we could find (there are over 70 of them!) and organized them for quick and easy use. This list allows you to search WBT Blogs by: – Grade Level/Focus – Name – Years of WBT Experience – Location – Special Notes *This information is taken from Blogger… Read More
100 Follower Giveaway!!
I’m so excited, I’ve reached a blogging milestone… 100 Followers!! I started this blog at the start of January 2012 after inspiration from an ICT class I attended in university. It was my New Year’s Resolution to keep a blog to reflect on what I was learning through my university classes and about a new strategy I had learned, Whole Brain Teaching. Since then it has become so much more! I’ve learned so much and have been able to network with so many amazing teachers out there from all over the world. To celebrate I’ve been… Read More
Resources to Start Off Your Week (Update!)
Two weeks ago I first posted about the PBLU website (I copied the original post below) and I wanted to let you know that this website has officially launched!! Free online classes start up at the end of July so head on over and check it out 🙂 PBLU: Making Projects Click– This new online social network for teachers is fully centered on Project Based Learning. Although it has yet to officially launch (it says on the website Summer 2012) it should be a great resource for all of us to connect with other teachers, share… Read More
WBT Blog Bug Finds
We (Misty, Melissa and I) have been working hard and have found some new WBT Blogs to add to our resource list! Trust me, this is only a taste of the WBT Blogs that we’ve found. The problem is finding the time to write about all of them. So watch for more coming soon 🙂 First, some updates to the WBT Blogs that were already on my list… * Updated link for Teaching – Another Day in Paradise with WBT– http://adipteaching.blogspot.ca/ * Updated info, Whole Brain Teaching– Staci is a WBT Intern for the 2011/2012 year!– http://wbtblogger.blogspot.ca/ and now to the… Read More