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3 Ways to Use iPads to Create Christmas Cards
Its always fun around the Christmas Holidays to make Christmas Cards at school. Yes, you can take a piece of paper and fold it in 4 squares and write inside “Merry Christmas” – but isn’t that boring? Let’s look at 3 ways that you can make visually appealing Christmas cards using audio and images with Read more about 3 Ways to Use iPads to Create Christmas Cards[…]
How to Add Free Audio to your iMovies (For Students and Teachers)
We all know that iMovie is extremely limited in its ability to let you choose various kinds of audio music to overlay your images and video. I was getting tired of the same old music from the iMovies collection after making countless videos using the free, included songs. Without adding illegal songs and audio from Read more about How to Add Free Audio to your iMovies (For Students and Teachers)[…]
5 Ways To Use Book Creator in the Classroom
I work in a 1-1 iPad school as a preK-2 Technology Integration Specialist and one of my favourite apps for integration in the classroom is Book Creator. Book Creator is a great app for students to create books about their learning in a simplistic way that encourages thinking skills, designing and demonstrating learning. It can Read more about 5 Ways To Use Book Creator in the Classroom[…]
Learning is Social
I recently got back from Learning 2.014 in Bangkok and was inspired and encouraged to be around passionate educators. The people were great and lots of great connections were made. That’s what it’s all about, isn’t it? Learning 2.014 is aptly named because “learning” is at the core of the conference. It is the heart Read more about Learning is Social[…]
Course 5 Final Project – Our Story
What a journey! It is hard to believe that I am sitting here typing this final blog post for a program that began over a year ago. I began my coetail journey with excitement and a bit of fear of the unknown but have learned a lot along the way. I truly believe that I Read more about Course 5 Final Project – Our Story[…]
Course 5 Project Thoughts
I came back from a very enjoyable 4-week holiday. I had penciled out some ideas before the break but really didn’t feel attached or excited about any single one. Our first week back last week brought challenges of getting everyone back on track at the same time as diving into new units. One of my Read more about Course 5 Project Thoughts[…]
Thoughts on Course 5 – Redefinition
I am looking forward to really taking this next semester to redefine some of my practice with technology and to use technology to leverage the learning! The last year and a half has turned me upside down and I have become an avid learner about tech stuff. I find myself almost nightly jumping around ideas Read more about Thoughts on Course 5 – Redefinition[…]
School: An Ideal Place for Problem-Based Learning
The learning landscape is changing at a faster pace that I can really keep up with. The way we are learning is so brand new that it scares me. It makes me uncomfortable. This is where I live. I live everyday realizing that I can’t and shouldn’t be doing the same things in the same Read more about School: An Ideal Place for Problem-Based Learning[…]
The Way We Learn vs. What We Learn
In reflecting on this weeks readings and my own learning journey as well as the approach I take in the classroom I have been thinking a lot about relevancy. How will schools ensure that they are employing relevant educators? How do we stay relevant? How do help our kids to be relevant in todays rapidly Read more about The Way We Learn vs. What We Learn[…]
Flipped Classroom vs Flipped Teaching
I’m really puzzled by this flipped learning stuff. I know that I need to learn more about it and put aside my initial feelings but I really don’t see the difference between flipped classrooms and simply good teaching techniques in class that give our students the active practice that they need. I currently teach Grade Read more about Flipped Classroom vs Flipped Teaching[…]