SJR Teacher/Learners

more we fail with technology, the more we will learn from it

As with any life lesson, it is a rare occasion when we get something right on the first try.

We must realize that not trying technology is doing our students a major disservice.

The Digitised Manuscripts web pages give access to fully digitised manuscripts held at the British Library, with their descriptions

Nobody would dispute that the risks of children using social media are real and not to be taken lightly. But there are also dangers offline. The teachers and parents who embrace social media say the best way to keep kids safe, online or offline, is to teach them.

What a teacher can do – all a teacher can do – is work with students to create a classroom culture, a climate, a curriculum that will nourish and sustain the fundamental inclinations that everyone starts out with:  to make sense of oneself and the world, to become increasingly competent at tasks that are regarded as consequential, to connect with (and express oneself to) other people.

We need to rethink how we teach search skills to kids We need to reteach search skills to kids We need to teach kids to search

Personal Learning Communities

the administration is going to be actively involved in the groups as participants with teachers still being the leaders. It’s their intent to be an equal participant in the process. Teachers have been asked to choose which of the four groups they would like to join. The topics are differentiated instruction, cross-curricular projects, teaching with technology, and school culture – character education. All are meaningful, current topic areas that are connected to our school and board’s SMART goals.

Virtual field trips can offer students more opportunities because you can take them to places they wouldn't normally be able to go to otherwise - like inside a volcano or ocean floor!

How are teachers using Audacity for podcasting in the classroom

come-from-behind win

how he pulled it off

posted on Facebook and Twitter where it was re-posted and tweeted by thousands of fans, reaching far more people than just traditional media watchers alone.

Keep Standards High