Leah Obach

Hey teachers, I know there is a lot going on in the world right now.  I hope you are well. As the coronavirus situation rapidly evolves and our school systems are making plans to support student learning, I’ve been thinking about how I can help.   Although we are not yet sure here in Manitoba what

We hosted our Creating in the Classroom Learning Retreat on Friday.  We were so excited to spend the day with an awesome group of local educators!  Our Creating in the Classroom Learning retreat explored ideas for supporting teachers and learners in creating with technology.  We included projects such as book creation, video creation and digital

This year, let’s take it beyond Valentine’s day cards!   I think we can spread love and kindness any day and what better way to show kindness than by giving a compliment?   Supporting our students in treating others kindly is an important part of our role as educators.  I created these compliment cards as a fun

As 2019 comes to a close, I’ve been spending some time reflecting on my year and looking ahead to 2020.   Something I started doing a few years ago was setting intentions each new year.   I’m not really interested in making resolutions, but I do like to have some affirmations to guide my goal-setting for the

This week is Computer Science Education Week so we wanted to share with you some of our favourite coding tools.   We hope you’ll sign up for Hour of Code and try out an hour of programming activities with your students! Before we get into our list of coding tools, I want you to know that,

We recently announced our topic for the 2020 KG Education Winter Learning Retreat:  Creating in the Classroom.   This is a topic we’ve shared before and we’re so excited to be redesigning this session for our learning retreat format! We believe that one of the most powerful ways to use technology in the classroom is to create

Our first-ever KG Education Learning Retreat is in the books!  We are so grateful to the 10 local educators who trusted us with leading a day of professional learning for them.   It was incredibly exciting to see our vision for professional learning become a reality. As a team, Devon and I have been leading workshops

Global Read Aloud is one of my favourite learning activities!  I love seeing students explore rich literature and connect with other students to share their perspectives. I pre-read the book and I’ve created weekly discussion questions or prompts for Stella Diaz has Something to Say  by Angela Dominguez Feel free to use any of these questions/prompts