Media Literacy – #saskedchat
Media Literacy is important for meeting the challenges of today’s ever changing world. How can schools support teachers and students to develop greater media literacy?
It’s Okay to Share Your Work
It’s tempting to sit in the corner and then, voila, to amaze us all with your perfect answer. But of course, that’s not what ever works. Seth Godin The other day I gave a presentation in an undergraduate class about using social media in teaching. During the discussion, I was asked if students should continue to…
Student Engagement – #saskedchat March 10, 2016
Student Engagement – As we live in the midst, it is struggling with such questions that help us to make sense of the noise.
It’s in the Details
We do get bogged down by obstacles. They grab our attention. We spend time pondering how they got there. We even spend energy being angry about them. None of this is helpful. We have to look for the openings, choose well, and find our way around them. Rob Hatch How often do you hear someone wishing they…
Finding Your Pace
How do we approach doing something new? Do we often see doors being closed? What is our attitude?
That’s Why We Hired You
Is the focus on deficits or on strengths? Identify and help others to grow their strengths.
Learning to Leap
Change and innovation requires a leap. How are you leaping and encouraging others to leap?
Blogging as a Professional – Jan. 28th #saskedchat
Blogging as a professional The January 28th #saskedchat explored Blogging as a Professional. Now, there has been a great deal written about the benefits of blogging and many connected professionals who do a great deal of blogging will attest to the benefits. Teachers who have a classroom blog discuss the many benefits to the process…
9 Ways to Use Portfolios with Students
A Show Case of Learning As a teacher, I began having students create portfolios as a way to show what they were doing in class. The first portfolios were Show Case portfolios in which students would included their best work. Each student would select a number of assignments which they thought demonstrated their best work…
Friday Resource Review – Pearltrees
Pearltrees is an online curation service that allows the user to store and share their own items, pictures, notes, writings and also collect and share items from the web. Pearltrees, the place to organize all your interests, has gathered more than 2,2 million contributors, over 3 million monthly active users and 70 million items. In 2012,…