Hello world!
Welcome to my new place. This is home for the time being. Here I will be exploring a variety of learning technologies available to children to support active learning in the primary school setting. I...
View ArticleOnline…Fact or Fiction???
Among the many new experiences of today’s lesson, one of the most important comments came after an online exercise involving a old video clip of an experiment carried out on the moon. Some students...
View ArticleMindmaps
I am a great fan of mindmaps! While for some they are confusing, for others they are a great way to lay their ideas out before building expanding them and building connections. I have seen them used...
View ArticleBuilding skills and community
I really love the video by Allanah King posted on Amy’s blog. I am impressed that she never tried to take on more than she could and at each step, she trialled it personally before introducing it to...
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Adult poems in children’s hands
Being an effective teacher requires the teacher to find ways to extend children beyond their current abilities and increase their understanding of themselves, the world and its people. With so much...
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Creating Online Books
It’s been a while since I have posted but over the last few weeks I have had the time to surf. Oh, what fun! So much to see and do. I am so excited. There are so many ways to connect learning with...
View ArticleThe Changing Face of Technology
WOW! In David Merrill demos Siftables I have just seen an advancement in technology that is open to creating a variety of learning experiences for students from all grades for multiple Key Learning...
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Animated Generator
Well, it’s been a long time without adding anything here. I have been building my delicious account with some of the great things I have found as well as trying things out with a variety of classes....
View ArticleEngaging Students
My newest challenge is to entice students to learn technology. Nothing out of the ordinary about that you say. Perhaps that should be true, but for me it is new, challenging and a little daunting. I...
View ArticleBuilding Googling Skills
This 5 min video clip is a great addition to the teaching toolbox. So much time is wasted during a search of the internet. Here we see how searches can be refined using timelines, mindmaps or a tabled...
View ArticleHello world!
Welcome to my new place. This is home for the time being. Here I will be exploring a variety of learning technologies available to children to support active learning in the primary school setting. I...
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