An activity we did for our tech class is an activity I hope to do with my own students some day. I enjoyed this activity because I really do feel like it can build classroom community, collaboration, and promotes creativity amongst individual students. First, we watched the this read-a-loud YouTube video of the story Not … Continue reading Tech Activity: Digital Story

In my tech class, we explored different applications educators can use in the classroom to enhance student engagement and learning. One of my new favourites is an app called Flip Grid. I have yet to use this app with students, but I am excited to implement it in my lessons. Take a look at this … Continue reading Tech Activity: Flip Grid

The following is my presentation on a grade 7 Language Arts activity, focusing on the social justice issue of child slavery. I used a children's book titled The Carpet Boy's Gift written by Pegi Deitz Shea because it is based on a true story and the book provides pages at the back which tell you … Continue reading Grade 7 Language Arts: Social Justice Issue: Child Slavery

One of my assignments for teacher's college is to find a problem in my placement classroom and to try and fix that problem during my time at placement. From September to November, I attend my placement every Wednesday for a full day of internship. The issue my associate teacher and I discussed was the fact … Continue reading Guided Reading Literacy Group

  Resources to aid in the instruction of French as a second language. These resources are free except for the Antidote resource where it is a one time fee to download an editing program onto your computer. There are free versions of the app, however the free versions will not correct grammar, it is more … Continue reading French as a Second Language: Useful Websites

What is your philosophy of education? Are you simply passing a torch between generations? Or is teaching just a relationship between an expert and a novice? Both questions may hold some truth. However, I see teaching as something that is much more complex. My philosophy in regards to teaching is that the educator must endeavor to … Continue reading Philosophy of Education

A Discussion on Differentiated Learning and Assessment  A teacher tending to her classroom of students is very similar to a gardener tending to her flowers. Each flower is developing and growing at its own rate, blooming into its own unique flower. The gardener understands that perhaps one flower needs more sun while the other needs … Continue reading A Garden of Flowers

To Give Teachers Information to Modify and Differentiate Teaching and Learning Activities Hello everyone! Today I will be discussing assessment in education. There are three different types of assessment a teacher can perform on his or her students. There is: assessment for learning, assessment of learning, and assessment as learning. Today I will be focusing … Continue reading Assessment for Learning