The grade 1s held their Recycle for Good Garage Sale on April 18th & 19th. Their goal was to raise funds to help people in Africa (through World Vision) and to help animals (through the World Wildlife Fund Symbolic Adoption Program). The idea came from Lilly, a student who was watching television one night and […]
Another successful student-led project! Read More »
Mrs. Caldwell and I have been very lucky to work with Microsoft Partners in Learning. Currently, we are part of the Microsoft Expert Educator program as a result of our success at the 2012 Microsoft Partners in Learning Global Forum. As a part of the program, we are working with our students to implement and share
Little Hands…Extended Read More »
We were pleased to present at the Canadian Virtual Innovative Educator Forum this morning. Unfortunately, our slides did not work, so I have posted them below as reminders of our message!
Little Hands, Big World: Lessons Learned Read More »
I was invited to contribute to Microsoft Partners in Learning Network’s Hot Topics blog on games based learning. Here’s one of my posts: As a Canadian kindergarten teacher, I spend my days immersed in the world of little people. Their brief attention spans, need for frequent movement breaks, and emerging 21st century skills require a
4 and 5 Going on 21? 21st Century Learners and the Benefits of Edugaming in Kindergarten Read More »
I was invited to contribute Microsoft Partners in Learning Network’s Hot Topics blog on Games Based Learning. Here’s one of the posts: My first foray into games-based learning was completely…analog! Inspired by this article in NCTM’s Teaching Children Mathematics in April 2005, I was very excited to merge play and a unique new game with my
Infusing Technology into Games Based Learning: It’s a Game Changer! Read More »
