Every Monday I share a different ed tech quote on our Thompson Classroom social media pages for our staff to consider. This week’s Mantra is: Are you curious as to what tech MVSD has available to support your students or yourself? Reach out and we’ll work together to help meet the unique needs of your classroom.
#TechTipTuesday
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 I would like to highlight one of our Office 365 tools, Planner. At its most basic level this is a “to-do list” but it can be so much more! The collaborative features and sharing options lends itself to so many possibilities. Check out a quick overview from IGTV below: View this post on Instagram Today’s #TechTipTuesday features Microsoft Planner and its use as a classroom tool. #mvsd_mb… Read More
#MantraMonday
Every Monday I share a different ed tech quote on our Thompson Classroom social media pages for our staff to consider. This week’s Mantra is: February 3rd is also the start of second semester here in MVSD. What ideas do you have to infuse technology in your room this term?
#MantraMonday
Every Monday I share a different ed tech quote on our Thompson Classroom social media pages for our staff to consider. This week’s Mantra is: Do you need support with finding ways to strengthen your understanding of ed tech? Reach out, I’m here to help!
Mantra Monday
Every Monday I share a different ed tech quote on our Thompson Classroom social media pages for our staff to consider. This week’s Mantra is: How do you view ed tech in your building? Term 2 is right around the corner; conact me if you have projects you want to try. I’m looking forward to working through the trial and error with you!
#MantraMonday
Every Monday I share a different ed tech quote on our Thompson Classroom social media pages for our staff to consider. This week’s Mantra is: I’ve said it once & I’ll say it again: tech for the sake of tech is not our goal! Like anything we implement in our classroom tech needs to be well thought out, expanding curricular objectives & backed by strong pedagogical choices
2020 Presentation Schedule!
I am so excited to share that the final touches have been put onto my 2020 presentation schedule! When I left the classroom for my second maternity leave in 2018 I set a goal for myself to get more involved in public speaking as a way to stay connected to the professional-side of my life. This goal allowed me to work creatively on various ed tech projects and provided an avenue to deepen my understanding. View this post on Instagram Thank you to the BYTE Conference planning committee for having me out to Virden today. We had a… Read More
Challenges in Developing Student Digital Literacy Skills
As members of the future workforce and society, today’s students require guidance and education, in order to successfully navigate and utilize the digital world that they were born into. Educators are tasked with introducing students to new literacies that not only focus on skill development but also emphasize social practices in the context of short message service (SMS), multimedia messaging service (MMS), social networking activities, and mobile technologies (Wan, 2012, p. 1066). School-age children have a unique set of experiences awarded to them due to the digital age in which they were born. However, their birth date alone is not… Read More
Whats New With ManACE
Earlier this week I headed into the city to attend the annual planning meeting for ManACE (Manitoba Association for Computing Educators). After serving on the board for the 2013/2014 school year I took a leave of absence to focus on my M.Ed journey. Now that I’ve graduated and am home on maternity leave I thought that this would be a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with this wonderful organization. Here are some of the awesome things you want to know about! 1 ) #MTSPDDay / SAGE Sessions – ManACE is the only SAGE group to offer PD opportunities across the province rather than centralized in Winnipeg or… Read More
Summative Annotated Bibliography
The following is an annotated bibliography I created as part of my Graduate Summative Seminar course (I had previously shared my Graduate Portfolio here). This bibliography includes 20 entries that have been especially significant to me throughout my M.Ed journey. *I apologize for some of the formatting glitches that appear below in the embedded version. This issue should be resolved by viewing the document through Google Docs directly here.