The following are the case studies that will be reviewed in my Educator and the Law course this week: Quick Law 3 Winans, Jay. (2004). “Broken leg in Football Game: School Supervision Adequate“ Overview:– Grade 4 student playing tackle football at recess with 15-20 students – Rough sports like tackle football were banned at the school – While participating, the student’s leg was broken – Parents charged the school, it was dismissed – Playground supervisor was responsible for acting as a reasonable parent (in loco parentis) – Supervisor was present, aware and capableCommentary/Opinion:– I am glad to see a… Read More
Quick Law 2
The following are the case studies that will be reviewed in my Educator and the Law course this week: Quick Law 2 Tannahill, Julie. (2008). “Sniffer Dog Violates Student’s Privacy”.Overview:– The school had a zero tolerance policy for drugs & alcohol, as such, the principal invited the local police to search the school with use of “sniffer dogs”– While police searched the school, students & teachers were informed via the PA system and were instructed in remain in the classroom during the search– A backpack in the gym was found to have bags of marijuana, other drugs and … Read More
John Evans: The PLN Mindset
On Thursday we were lucky enough to have John Evans from Manitoba Education visit our classroom to discuss Professional Learning Networks (PLNs). Teacher’s engage in all types of professional development throughout a given school year and all divisions have a set number of days specifically labelled as Professional Development days. These might include:– In-school meetings that include all the teachers in your school or division – In-service days – New school tech systems (Maplewood, Edline, etc)– Out-of-town events that require you to drive to a larger center to meet up with other teachers in your subject/interest area –… Read More
Internet for Educators – Welcome
Welcome New Readers! One of the courses I am taking this semester is Internet for Educators, which I introduced yesterday. One of the course requirements includes blogging on a regular basis about important issues related to ICT and education as well as guest speakers who will be visiting our class. My posts specifically for this course will be labelled “internet for ed” and can be easily pulled up by clicking on “internet for ed” under the LABELS heading on the right side of the page. If you are new to my blog,… Read More
Back to School & Quick Law 1
I am officially back at school for my LAST semester of university before graduation and I can’t believe that I am finally in the last four months of my six year program! It is safe to say that the graduation countdown has officially started. This semester we have two months of classes followed by two months of student teaching and… that is it! I don’t even count student teaching as school because it is what I love, so I’m really only counting down two months until I get to be back in the classroom! This semester… Read More
1 Year Blogiversary Celebration!
A little more than a year ago I decided that I wanted to begin blogging about what I was learning during my education degree and a few days later I officially launched my first ever blog! One year later I am still blogging regularly and can officially say that I accomplished my 2012 New Year’s Resolution (I don’t think I’ve ever accomplished one before). I saw a lot of people posting their blog stats in their New Year’s posts so I thought it might be interesting to share some of mine. Here are some stats that I feel… Read More
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year everyone! I actually started writing this post and then quickly realized that my New Year’s resolution last year was to start blogging!! How did I forget that?!? In fact, in 2 days I will officially be blogging for a year! I have no idea how I forgot that but I am so excited to have finally accomplished a New Year’s resolution (I don’t think that has ever happened to me before)! If you have been following my journey over the past year you probably noticed that some of my opinions, thoughts and ideas… 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
Professional Portfolio Feedback
Yesterday I posted about how I was presenting my teaching portfolio in class today as part of a “portfolio fair” in my Science Methods class. In addition to presenting it to my peers, I also posted it to my Facebook and Twitter accounts as well to try and get more feedback. As promised, here are some of the comments & suggestions that I got: 1 ) Good use of pictures – People liked that I had photos in addition to text so they could really visualize what I was trying to get… Read More