In 2016, my school purchased 34 Lego Education StoryStarter Curriculum Solution packs from Modern Teaching Aids. The purpose of this purchase was to get our students to use this for story writing and stop motion. I was lucky enough that the principal was onboard because he could see the benefits of purchasing these. Each class and community language … Continue reading Lego StoryStarter packs
Instead of writing individual post about each PL, I decided to name the professional learning and a short summary all in this one post. I'll keep updating this post. Seesaw PL Professional learning showcasing the use of Seesaw in the classroom to create e-portfolios for students, data collection and to communicate with parents. OneNote Showcasing … Continue reading Professional learning 2017
I'm over the moon to share this news that after applying to be Seesaw Ambassador, I was provisionally accepted. It will be official once I complete the online training. It all started last month when I received the following email inviting me to apply to be a Seesaw Ambassador. I was over the moon that … Continue reading Seesaw Ambassador
On the 24th and 31st of May, I ran two Seesaw professional learning for new staff members and other staff who needed a refresher on the app. Staff were taken through the app step by step using their accounts. They were shown how to use Seesaw and how to communicate with parents. Staff had some … Continue reading Seesaw PL 2017
Have you ever seen a Swivl in action? If not, go buy one for your school because it is an amazing tool. My school purchased 4 of these in 2016 so we could use them to record meetings, presentations, lesson studies and use them in our classrooms. So far we've used the Swivl for staff … Continue reading Swivl
You may have read my blog about my experience with Seesaw in my classroom. I presented some professional learning about the app on November 9th, 2016 to interested staff where I shared my journey and thoughts on this amazing app and the benefits to teachers, students and parents. I began the session by showing them my class account and … Continue reading Seesaw PL
Finally, a reason to like Pokemon Go again! Lately I've been finding better Pokemon and thanks to the buddy candy system I'm evolving more and more. The Halloween special helped heaps, 3 km candies dropped to 0.75 km and the 5 km candies dropped to 1.25 km. During that time I was able to evolve a … Continue reading Pokemon Go
Well where do I start with Pokemon Go? So much I could write about it. I remember the first time I heard about it, I knew I'd end up liking this game. When I set up my account, I chose Bulbasaur as my first Pokemon. At the time, I didn't know much about having a … Continue reading Pokemon Generation 1
On August 18th, a colleague and I presented at COSLead on the work we've done with technology. We were able to share the work we've done so far to improve the use of technology in the school like: -Run tech club to up skill students in the use of green screen. -Run PL during morning and afternoons around areas of need … Continue reading Presenting at COSLead 18/8/16
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