“I think it is all a matter of love; the more you love a memory the stronger and stronger it becomes” ― Vladimir Nabokov Think back to your time in the classroom as a student…. do you remember what you learned on that specific Tuesday of Grade 10, what your teacher wore in June, all the steps in a logarithmic equation or how many assignments you completed during a certain week, probably not. Most likely, you’ll remember the highs, how you scored a 98% on that one exam you spent hours studying for or winning the volleyball championship, and… Read More
Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday! WBT in High School
Can Whole Brain Teaching be used in a high school setting? Here are some concerned comments I’ve pulled off the WBT Forum. “I like what I’ve seen so far with WBT but can see how older kids might think it’s beneath them.“ “I like the idea behind this educational approach but I’m a little concerned that these techniques will be “too young” for my students.“ “ I’m very very VERY nervous about student ‘buy-in,’ particularly at the beginning of the year.” “My concern is that high school students would find this technique too silly and ridiculous… high schoolers are “insanely”… 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
Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday! Gestures
“Signs are to eyes what words are to ears. “- Ken Glickman At the core of many WBT strategies is the use of hand gestures while teaching to solidify main concepts/idea/vocabulary. If you have ever watched any of Chris Biffle’s lesson videos on the WBT website or their YouTube Channel you’ll notice that he gestures almost the entire time he speaks! Before we go any further, I want to clarify that WBT encourages the incorporation of effective iconic/representational and metaphoric gestures that are meant to portray a thought or idea as compared to deictic gestures that are used in pointing. What I’ve… Read More
WBT Certification Update!
So a week has gone by since I shared that I am working my way towards becoming an official Whole Brain Teaching Certified Instructor and I am happy to say that it is going AMAZING! If you are new to my blog, I blog every Wednesday in a post called Whole Brain Teaching Wednesday. These posts cover everything from my experiences with WBT in the classroom and how WBT strategies relate to what I am learning in my university courses to information on specific WBT strategies and how they work in the classroom. Turns out, these posts are exactly 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 Certification Program
Want to be certified as an official Whole Brain Teaching Certified Instructor? Then the Whole Brain Teaching Certification program is for you! Unfortunately, I haven’t really been on the ball with this program quite yet, although I’ve been enviously watching everyone else post about it regularly this summer. For some reason my computer or internet connection would not format either the live web casts by Mr. Biffle or the WBT Certification PDF so I was left with minimal information. But that is all in the past now because the wonderful Director of WBT Certification, Nancy Stoltenberg, has set me… Read More
Liebster Blog Love
About a week ago I posted that I had recieved one of my first blog awards, the Liebster Blog Award, from Ms. Julie aka Southern Teacher. I was so excited and still am! Since then I have seen this blog award floating around some other amazing blogs that I have followed for quite some time and it is such an honour to be included with them in this award. Since that time, I was re-awarded this blog by both Roxi Shayne and Nancy Stoltenberg! Now both of these wonderful ladies have AMAZING Whole Brain Teaching blogs that I have… Read More