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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Interviewing tips for new teachers
Here we are again at another hiring point in the year. In our District, we check our enrolment numbers in the fall before making final changes to staffing allocations. This means, in some cases, that additional classes are allocated where … Continue reading
We’re all in this together
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Weekly Round Up
I thought I would join in the trend and share my top 3 web finds from the past week in each of three categories – “provocative postings”, “weekly web” “top of the tubes”. I share great web resources with staff … Continue reading
Teaching about Digital Footprint? Google yourself!
When Jonathan Martin shared his post on Digital Citizenship bootcamp at his school, he saved me a lot of work. The resources and ideas are great and really appropriate for use with our students – thanks, Jonathan! After our students viewed … Continue reading
BYOD for Staff – 10 Apps for Educators
This fall we will be supporting teachers who bring their own devices by ‘gifting’ apps to them. We haven’t ironed out all the details, but I’m excited to support what many staff are already doing. We are deploying some ipads … Continue reading
Making predictions with wordclouds
Earlier today, Doug Peterson tweeted a link to a post — 8 Word Cloud Makers for Teachers. I have seen wordle.net used in a number of interesting ways and have used it myself, but the others were new to me. … Continue reading
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Do You Believe?
Dalton Sherman’s talk (below) is not new, but definitely worth revisiting. For everyone working with students, as we head back into the classrooms for a new year of learning, one simple but powerful question: Do you believe? Recommend on Facebook … Continue reading
Is Homework Deliberate Practice?
When I’m doing math homework, I just really go fast and crazy, and in the end I still don’t understand it, really. It’s just a lot of pressure. And it shows: I’m always tired in class, because I spent all … Continue reading
#youmatter – Angela Maiers’ TED Talk
How many times have you sat around with colleagues exchanging stories about students who made you laugh, cry, think differently, stop dead in your tracks? I don’t mean sitting around complaining about a kiddo. Not that kind of exchange – … Continue reading
