We’re excited to share Little Hands Extended at the Riding the Wave of Change conference. You can view our presentation slides here. The right tools are key to supporting and enhancing project-based learning in your classroom, and here are links to a few of our favourite resources: Microsoft Educator Network: create a free account to access free […]
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We have been working on reducing our energy consumption through the One Hour, No Power challenge as part of our Classroom Energy Diet. Students in my class chose to aim for 10 hours without power to achieve the highest level for this challenge. For this challenge, the description stated “One hour of no power is
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We’re excited to share our road map for success with project-based learning at Awakening Possibilities’ Minds on Media event! The right tools are key to supporting and enhancing the learning in your classroom, and here are a few of our favourite resources. Microsoft Educator Network: create a free account to access free tools, tutorials, and
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Our latest Classroom Energy Diet Challenge focuses on tracking our garbage and finding ways to reduce the amount of trash we create in our classroom. We are learning about measurement right now, so measuring the amount of trash fit well with our current math goals. Our class is good at using a balance scale for
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Our latest project work has a little different twist than our usual project based learning format. If you are a teacher using PBL or considering PBL, keep in mind that a challenge or contest can be a great way to incorporate a project into your teaching! We have been participating in the Classroom Energy Diet
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I was pleased to be a presenter for the Microsoft in Education webinar on Project Based Learning. The evening presentation which I was part of was not recorded, however you can view the similar morning presentation here. Project based learning has become an important part of my approach to teaching and learning. I really enjoyed
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Day 3 was a unique day at the Microsoft Global Forum. Educators from around the world were put into international teams of 4-6 people to work together. Our goal was to create a learning activity that we could do with our classes after the forum. I was thrilled to work with some excellent educators, including
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Day 2 of the forum began early Wednesday morning with Team Canada breakfast, followed by opening remarks and a keynote presentation. Anthony Salcito delivered an engaging keynote, which we really enjoyed and we heard many points that resonated with us. Two of these points were: The value of service based learning – Anthony made this
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On Tuesday, our day started with 7AM Team Canada breakfast, followed by conference registration and team pictures! Photo credit: Kate Taylor Next, we set up our Little Hands Extended display. Our brand new Microsoft Surfaces were waiting for us at our booth! We attended the team building session with Tracy Immel. This was an opportunity
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We wanted to experience more of Barcelona, so we took a big walk on Monday once we were better rested. We saw many beautiful buildings, historical places and went on a food tour. Our favorite area was the Gothic Quarter. We got lots of exercise and had a lovely day! The Gothic Quarter –
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