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(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Bringing Art into the Language Arts Classroom
Our school uses a modified version of the common core standards from the United States (never going to call it America again after a very interesting chat with a man from Chile but that is another post). I can’t say I am terribly excited about the common core but as a dear friend told me, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!”
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(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Bringing the World into the Classroom with Twitter
At TCIS we have adopted Schoology as our primary tool of communication. We have adopted Schoology Groups as a type of blogging format, albeit basic, it is working well. This is however restricted to our immediate school community. What about the big wide world?
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(No Ratings Yet)Loading...iPads, Schoology, and BookCreator, Oh My!
Toward the end of last year my husband and I took the somewhat crazy step and bought iPads for my classroom… I know, I know… what? As a dear friend once told me, “I know what I want, and I want it now!”…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Creating Math Tutorials
One of the best ways to show you know how to do something is to teach that skill to another. In Grade 1 we like to record our learning and exhibit our understanding by making short video tutorials. In our classroom we have an iPad for each table (3-4 students) with Explain Everything installed.
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(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Online presence?
The more I think about Schoology the more I am feeling… limited… by the platform and privacy restrictions. The global audience is the motivating element behind digital publication and when it is taken away so is that spark.
I am of course going to continue my Schoology trial.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Hands On Maths – painting too!
As you might be able to tell I have a new fascination with all things Montessori and rather than reading what other people say about it, I’ve gone to the original books by Maria Montessori herself (English versions translated from the Italian).…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Student-created animal documentary
“I don’t really like writing,” said one of my particularly uninhibited students towards the end of last year, “no one ever sees it… it doesn’t seem very important.” At the ripe old age of 6 this student constantly surprises me and today she really hit the nail of the head.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Schoology Portfolios: Entry/Assessment Planning
What goes into the PYP portfolio? This is very closely aligned to assessments.
Research:
- #PYPchat Twitter hashtag conversation from March 2013
- Here are a few annotated examples of great PYP Assessments
- Kath Cassidy’s thoughts of digital portfolios with her Grade 1 class
Here is my current thinking:
Portfolios include summative assessments but also have to include documentation about the learning and thinking that is occurs up to this point (formative assessment).…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Research into Montessori
I do not believe that there is any ‘right way’ to learn. Howard Gardner points to different intelligences, Loris Malaguzzi describes 100 languages, Mark Wahl sees animal temperaments… Thus, in a constant search for ‘what works’ for each child I have been reading research and documentation of Montessori Method.…
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