Response to “Avoid the Burn”
I am going to highlight Rebecca’s blog post Avoid the Burn, where she talks about how teachers can avoid becoming ‘burnout.’ Firstly, I would like to address the reason why burnout is so common in the...
View ArticleFun Stuff with Photopeach
Until my ECMP 355 mentorship I had never hear of the tool photopeach before, when my mentor suggested using it for an introduction. I’m so glad Linda suggested this tool! Although I was unfamiliar...
View ArticleExploring the Assignment Bank from DS 106
I took a look at the the assignment bank from DS 106 and found it to be an interesting combination of different types of assignments. I could have spent forever looking at all the different types of...
View ArticleCelebrating Dr. Seuss’ Birthday!
Did you know March 2nd is Dr. Seuss’ birthday? Well many teachers like to celebrate the Dr. Seuss’ birthday by reading his books. I was invited to skype with my mentorship class, but was unable to...
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Playing around with Espresso Coding
For my techtask for this week I ‘played around’ on the espresso coding site. To be honest I was pretty nervous about this techtask- I’ve never tried coding and have actively avoided it in fact!...
View ArticleDiving headfirst into Piktochart
So as part of another class I am tutoring a student on literacy using his funds of knowledge (hockey) and part of the math curriculum (graphing). It has been a very rewarding experience but sometimes...
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Picktochart part 2
I finally finished my inforgraphic using Piktochart! So, I definitely spent way too much time on this then necessary. However, it is one of those things where you could spend forever on the details....
View ArticleReview of Toontastic!
Hey just wanted to share another app review! Toontastic is a great app which teaches and improves storytelling, by allowing users to draw, animate, and share their own cartoons. Characters and settings...
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Who knew you could code while playing Hopscotch?
Quite a few weeks ago we checked out different applications on coding in my ECMP 355 class. I noticed that my mentor-ship classroom had also recently talked about coding, but they had used the program...
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