by marynabadenhorst | Jun 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
I would like to introduce you to an inspirational teacher. She teaches in the Bronx in a school commonly known as “The Google School”, because all the teachers use Google Documents, and all the students have access to their own laptop. This school sits...
by marynabadenhorst | Jun 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
I was reading a Grade 1 teacher’s blog pages recently (http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337 and http://staff.prairiesouth.ca/~cassidy.kathy/index.html), and came upon this fun tool. It is an online program called “This is sand”...
by murch | Jun 6, 2009 | Blogs
Rationale for student blogs:- To give students a platform to connect, communicate and collaborate with an authentic audience that includes students, teachers, parents, local community and a global community. Blogging is a tool that allows students to make their work...
by marynabadenhorst | Jun 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Sitting in a doctor’s waiting room (as you do!) the other day, I read one of those waiting room magazines with the crossword puzzles and jokes. One of these jokes was: The mother asked the birthday boy: ‘Do you want your birthday cake cut into twelve...
by marynabadenhorst | May 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
I went to a seminar once, and as usual, I forgot almost everything that was said on the day, except for one snippet: “As teachers, we work with making memories every day. Yet, very few teachers would be able to tell you how memories are made or retained, and...
by Kynan Robinson | May 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
This is a lesson devised by myself and fellow music teacher Andrew Williamson I’m a big believer in getting children to compose from a very early age, in that way the mystique is taken away from the role of composer and it becomes a natural and enjoyable...
by Andrew Williamson | May 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
This is a combination of three posts on Student Composition Dissonance and Consonance Its great to be starting our composition unit with grades 5 and 6 this term. Kynan Robinson and I love teaching this unit because its a great opportunity to see and hear student...
by heatherblakey | May 22, 2009 | Arts, Online Resources
Most teachers are familiar with YouTube and Teacher Tube. Vimeo is another piece of freeware which enables you and your students to showcase your video work. Vimeo promotes itself as being a respectful community of creative people who are passionate about sharing the...
by heatherblakey | May 22, 2009 | Global Projects
Netbooks is a blog container that has been created to contain Global Projects that are being undertaken as a part of the Victorian Government Netbook Project. In a 1-to-1 learning program, each learner has a portable, networked, digital device such as a notebook,...
by Lois Smethurst | May 20, 2009 | Online Resources
Tux Paint, Tux Typing and Tux Math are three of the ongoing projects belonging to Tux4Kids. Tux Paint, Tux Typing and Tux Math are free software applications that you can download and run on your home or school computers. If you would like to know more, you can read...