I think it is safe to say that us teachers are back into our regular school routines at this point. My American followers have been at school for over a month already while my fellow Canadians have now had a solid two weeks back in the classroom. As some of you may know I am in my LAST year of university before I become a certified teacher and, as such, I am living vicariously through all of you as you posted beautiful pictures of your classrooms. (I even posted about my “Dream Classroom” because I was feeling left out).… Read More
WBT Blog Bug Update!
I have been trying to re-organize and update our WBT Blogger Master List on Google Docs over these past few weeks! Here is whats new: – I have updated to include recognition of our new Social Media Intern positions! – Some blogs have been upgraded from “dormant” to “active” status now that they have started blogging again, yay! – Some blogs have lost their “active” status 🙁 Make sure you visit these ones and get them back on the blogging bandwagon! – Some blogs now have more information available to fill in those sections that may have… Read More
WBT Blog Bug Highlight: New WBT Blogs!
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
WBT Blog Bug Highlight: SUPER Super Improvers Walls
As I make my way through all of the wonderful WBT Blogs out there I can definitely say that a major topic over the past three weeks has been the Super Improvers Wall (SIW). If you are not familiar with this behavioural management strategy, the Super Improvers Wall is a fun and long-lasting method used to increase student motivation WITHOUT pinning students against one another. Check out these amazing Super Improvers Wall (SIW) posts from some of my favourite WBT bloggers. Melissa over at Mrs. Smith’s 1st Grade Class has put together a gorgeous SIW to match her… Read More
WBT Live Chat!
The wonderful Nancy Stoltenberg, Director of WBT Certification, has asked myself and my lovely blogging colleagues Misty and Melissa to be part of tonight’s WBT Live Chat! In addition to discussion about the new WBT Grade Level Facebook team challenge we will be helping answer any of your WBT Blogging questions. Join us TONIGHT for a WBT Live Chat (text only, no video this time). Here is the newsletter invite sent out by Coach B: To meet grade level teammates live, join Nancy Stoltenberg, Director of WBT Certification, this Tuesday, July 10 for a special, text only, electronic get together… 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
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
Official WBT "Blog Bug"
I have exciting news! Chris Biffle got a hold of me yesterday (yes, Coach B!) and offered me a position with WBT as the Official WBT Blog Bug. I’ll be using this logo on my blog when I’m posting about WBT blogs! I will be working with the wonderful Misty from Think, Wonder & Teach and Melissa from WBT with Scrapbunny on all things WBT blog related! Not only will we be continuously networking with all the wonderful WBT bloggers out there but we will also be in charge of updating the ever-growing list of WBT blogs. Together, we will be creating a brand new up-to-date blog list… Read More
Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday! WBT Blogs Part 2
I had full intentions of writing this post yesterday as I had the evening off of work, but thanks to a wonderful thunder storm our power went off for the evening right after supper! So even though it is one day late, here is this week’s Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday… Thursday post 🙂 After the success of my post about Whole Brain Teaching blogs I received a ton of emails about other great WBT blogs that should be added to the list! Thats one of the GREAT things about WBT, the support from other teachers is incredible!! So… Read More
Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday! WBT Blogs
As I was sitting on my couch this weekend I came up with the perfect idea for this Wednesday’s Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday post! I spend a decent amount of time ok A LOT of time on education and WBT blogs and as I was making my way through Google Reader I realized that I should share some of these great blogs with you! Volia! I have created a detailed list of the WBT blogs that I follow. This amazing group of guys and gals have provided me with invaluable support and information since I began this journey… Read More