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Maker Missions: How Grade 1 Connected Literacy and STEAM
One of the new Grade 1 literacy units this year is called “Be a Maker” and it has been a dream connection for integrating STEAM...
Oct 22 min read


Lasercutting in Action: Fast, Creative, and Student-Friendly
Lasercutting is by far my favourite fabrication tool to use with students. It’s fast, easy to learn, and more eco-friendly than many...
Sep 232 min read


Using AI as a Writing Coach with Students
We just finished using AI Flint with Grade 5 students as part of their Persuasive Writing unit and it was fascinating! We had been...
Oct 16, 20243 min read


A Vertical Approach to Skill-Building: Badging in Design, Tech, and Engineering
Over the past few years, our Elementary Design Technology and Engineering vertical team has worked to document and strengthen core...
May 16, 20232 min read


Badges, Choice, and Vertical Alignment
As part of our work as an ISB Vertical Team, we set out to align our practices so that skills would build intentionally from year to...
Apr 12, 20232 min read


Galaxy Tabs in the classroom
I've been neglecting my blog for quite some time. Part of the reason was that we have recently moved from Asia to Africa so we had been...
Oct 30, 20142 min read


Automator for Technology Teachers
I have heard lots of people talk about the benefits of Automator as a way to make trivial tasks automated. It does exactly that and so...
May 17, 20121 min read


Minecraft-A new virtual tool for learning
I just read a great post from this blog on Minecraft and thought I would add my thoughts on the subject. Whenever you mention the word...
Feb 17, 20124 min read


Bringing video to your classroom-Vado HD Cameras
One of the best new purchases at our school have been the new Vado HD cameras from Creative . We purchased 20 of them to use at our...
Jan 17, 20111 min read


Digital Storytelling-Animation using Scratch
Sorry I haven't been making many posts lately. I have dedicated most of my time to getting the iPod Touch Educator blog off the ground. ...
Nov 24, 20102 min read
Planning-no more pencil and paper!
Over the last couple of years, I have been dabbling with doing my planning electronically. Year ago, I experimented with MS Word tables...
Aug 30, 20102 min read


Does digital media disconnect us from the past?
As human being, we tend to live in the future. What am I going to have for dinner? What will I say in my next meeting? Where should we go...
Jul 13, 20102 min read


Mapping: From 2D technology to 3D models
Recently, I have been using a program called Neighborhood Map Machine to support the Grade 2 Social Studies unit on Communities and the...
Oct 23, 20091 min read


Twitter-What is it and why would I use it?
I've read many blogs and sites on the "how do you twitter" but haven't come across many about the why you would twitter. So I thought I...
Mar 9, 20093 min read
RSS Readers-How to save valuable time on the net
I don't know about you but I feel like I'm getting sucked into the never ending vortex of information. Between keeping in touch with...
Feb 17, 20092 min read






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