I really enjoy creating digital print media: posters, advertisements, programs… I think I like it because it is creative but also because it has such a definitive end – a moment when it is finished/completed. This is something that education never really has… Learning will always continue and the work of supporting our students never really ends. Even when they leave your class and sometimes even when they leave school – education continues. Read More
Book Creator has been an amazing tool this year for curating learning portfolios for students in Grades 2 thru 5 in our primary school (reflection on the year coming soon). Next year, with the beginning of a three year, phased introduction of iPads to Read More
One area that we have been working on this year at our school is Literacy. As a young school, it’s exciting starting fresh with new systems and programs but it does take time to decide which one will meet our needs. Read More
I once made these very colourful posters on the PYP attitudes and Key Concepts. I have seen them around, on other peoples websites and cringe to see a spelling mistake! Read More
I am moving back to the PYP! For the past year I have been getting to know the MYP, with their wonderful fruit salad of subject based criteria/objectives, ATLs, and Command Terms, but are now returning to the fruit smoothie of PYP transdisciplinary learning (thanks Wayne for the cracking analogy). I now have a combined position as 4/5 Classroom Teacher and Digital Learning Specialist. Read More
If there is one thing that I can’t stand is pre-made classroom posters that mean little to nothing to the students. This means that at the beginning of the year there is basically nothing on my walls… and if I don’t “get myself into gear,” as my Dad would say, when we reach December there won’t be much there still! Read More
