Ever since our division was encouraged to join Twitter at the end of September I have been trying to keep participation going by posting weekly “Tweet Challenges“. This week’s challenge is: #TRSD32 tweet challenge of the week: share your report card progress & send support to your colleagues during this busy time! #mbteachers — Mrs T (@MissLwbt) November 16, 2015 – #TRSD32 Tweet Challenge for the Week of Oct 6th – #TRSD32 Tweet Challenge for the Week of Oct 13th – #TRSD32 Tweet Challenge for the Week of Oct 19th – #TRSD32 Tweet Challenge for the Week of Oct 26th – #TRSD32 Tweet Challenge… Read More
#TRSD32 Tweet Challenge of the Week
Ever since our division was encouraged to join Twitter at the end of September I have been trying to keep participation going by posting weekly “Tweet Challenges“. This week’s challenge is: #TRSD32 Tweet Challenge of the Week: share how your class/school is honouring our veterans & current service members for Remembrance Day — Mrs T (@MissLwbt) November 9, 2015 – #TRSD32 Tweet Challenge for the Week of Oct 6th – #TRSD32 Tweet Challenge for the Week of Oct 13th – #TRSD32 Tweet Challenge for the Week of Oct 19th – #TRSD32 Tweet Challenge for the Week of Oct 26th – #TRSD32 Tweet Challenge… Read More
#TRSD32 Tweet Challenge of the Week
Ever since our division was encouraged to join Twitter at the end of September I have been trying to keep participation going by posting weekly “Tweet Challenges“. This week’s challenge is: #trsd32 tweet challenge of the week. Find a colleague who hasn’t tweeted in a while and send them some tweet encouragement! — Mrs T (@MissLwbt) November 2, 2015 Check out our previous weekly challenges as well: – #TRSD32 Tweet Challenge for the Week of Oct 6th – #TRSD32 Tweet Challenge for the Week of Oct 13th – #TRSD32 Tweet Challenge for the Week of Oct 19th – #TRSD32 Tweet Challenge… Read More
#TRSD32 Tweet Challenge of the Week
Ever since our division was encouraged to join Twitter at the end of September I have been trying to keep participation going by posting weekly “Tweet Challenges“. This week’s challenge is: #trsd32 tweet challenge of the week. Share what #MTSPDDAY event you’re attending & see if they have a hashtag feed going! — Mrs T (@MissLwbt) October 19, 2015 Check out our previous weekly challenges as well: – #TRSD32 Tweet Challenge for the Week of Oct 6th – #TRSD32 Tweet Challenge for the Week of Oct 13th
#TRSD32 is on Twitter!
On Monday, September 28th, our division brought in George Couros for our fall-time PD. George is an influential educator, speaker, consultant, blogger, tweeter, overall awesome guy and I am SO disappointed that I missed an opportunity to hear him speak to our teachers. In theory, I probably could have attended with Jaxson if I wanted to, but we also had an out-of-town doctor’s appointment on that day as well so it was not meant to be. One of the activities that George had our teacher’s participate in was joining Twitter! Yay! As someone who has been… Read More
Classroom Blog & the Development Of Our PLN
This past week marked a milestone for my Grade 8 class: the completion of their third round of blogging. Each science class, my students take turns being the “Class Scribe” or “Blog Author” using these guidelines: – Our first class scribe of the year volunteered– Only the current scribe has the power to appoint the next scribe– Everyone must have a turn before someone can post again*This is a system I modified from a friend, Darren Kuropatwa, who has a lot of experience blogging in the classroom. Now there are some exceptions to these guidelines: – If a student… Read More
What Makes A Great Teacher? Part Two
Last week I shared Keith Hughes video, “The Recipe for Great Teacher” and shared my comments on the first two “ingredients”. (If you missed that post, you can check it out here.) One week later, I’m back and read to explore this further! Like Keith says, the final two ingredients are those “warm fuzzies”; that’s right, we’re going emotional on you. Before you read on, however, if you need a reminder, I’ve embedded Keith’s video again: Here are my thoughts: 3 ) 25% Authenticity– This one may seem pretty obvious but our students want us to be real. They… Read More
What Makes A Great Teacher? Part One
Have you seen Keith Hughes’ video, “The Recipe for Great Teacher“? I came across this video the other day through one of the blogs I follow (unfortunately I can’t remember which one, if it was you let me know so I can give credit!) and wanted to tune in right away! As a first-year teacher I am always asking myself, “Am I doing this right?”, “Is there another way that I can do this?”, “What should I change for next time?”, etc. I’ve followed Keith through his various social media platforms for quite some time now.… Read More
Catching Up On My Homework / Sunshine Blog Post
Over the past few weeks by Feedly & Twitter have exploded with “Do Your Homework” or “Sunshine Blog” posts. This chain post makes me all nostalgic for the 90’s Hotmail chain emails that circulated so frequently… (you know those ones where the teenage version of yourself sat answering random questions and carefully selecting the perfect emoticon or font colour to accent your response). Fast forward to 2013/2014 and it seems like I’ve found the adult/”professional” version of that. I’ve really enjoyed the posts that I’ve read from people in my PLN. Our conversations so often focus only on education… Read More
Summer #EdTech To-Do List Revisited
At the beginning of the summer (oh geez, was that already 2 months ago!?) I shared my Summer #EdTech To-Do List inspired by a blog post by Anthony Vonbank. For the last five summers I have always worked two jobs to pay for the upcoming year’s school tuition, so I always considered myself very busy. This is my first summer since Grade 8 that I haven’t worked at all during the summer! I thought that this would mean that I wouldn’t be busy and was actually worried that I might be bored! HAHA! With the wedding, honeymoon, and planning for… Read More