In a recent post, I described a Digital Storytelling session in the Digital Sandbox for Administrators that fellow administrator, Antonio Vendramin and I offered for other Surrey School District administrators. You can read about that session here. During this session, we used iMovie on the iPad to make 60-second movies. These movies can be veryContinue reading “Easy Movie-Making Alternative”
Category Archives: Collaboration
If I Can, So Can You
OK, here it goes . . . I’ve got a bit of a confession to make. I’ve been connected (online, with twitter, blogging, reading blogs, etc…) for almost a year and a half, but I still feel like a novice. A complete novice at times. Let me tell you a story…. At the schoolContinue reading “If I Can, So Can You”
Shareski Shares
My list of blogging ideas is getting so long! It’s been so busy with work, that I have found little time to blog about all the things I want to. Instead, I’ve been trying to keep a list. The first thing I’d like to catch up on is our district Engaging the Digital Learner DinnerContinue reading “Shareski Shares”
Nurturing Learning Without Limits
A colleague recently shared with me a video about training fleas. She used it with her staff at the beginning of a professional development activity she was leading on differentiated instruction. What a great connection to differentiated instruction! A bit about the video… A scientist (aka flea trainer) places a large number ofContinue reading “Nurturing Learning Without Limits”
Learning Learning Learning
We just completed our first week with our school full of students, educators, and parents. What a great week it was. It’s always so much better once the staff and students arrive. They make all the planning and hard work before-hand worth it. I don’t know about you, but seeing the faces of the childrenContinue reading “Learning Learning Learning”
Twitter for Beginners
We are about to embark upon our Staff Digital Learning Journey. We are calling our sessions “Digital Discovery”. It is an exciting time for us all (and probably filled with some nervousness). In an effort to make this new learning fun, interesting, and worthwhile, but not overwhelming, I am providing staff with an opportunity toContinue reading “Twitter for Beginners”
Connected Educator Month
August is Connected Educator Month Throughout the month of August there are a numerous activities, discussions, keynote addresses, panel discussions, webinars, book groups, etc… to participate in. I have had the opportunity to attend a few of these worthwhile events over the past couple of days: Professional Learning and the Learning Profession Cathy Gassenheimer, JackieContinue reading “Connected Educator Month”
PLN Starter for Elementary Teachers
Our school is one of the schools who received an Innovative Learning Designs Grant for this coming year. This is Phase 2 of the District project. You can learn a little about the Innovative Learning Design Project here. To help our teachers build their Personal Learning Network, I thought it would be a good ideaContinue reading “PLN Starter for Elementary Teachers”
We Need to Get These Kids Reading!
I was reading a blog post tonight written by someone I admire in my PLN, Jessica Johnson (@principalj on Twitter). She is a principal in a K-5 school in Wisconsin. She is a principal whom I’ve been following for the past year and someone who I can really relate to. I find her to beContinue reading “We Need to Get These Kids Reading!”
Global Connection
Things have been rather busy lately, as you can see by my lack of blogging. There has been so much going on at home and at work. I have so much to share, but very little time to do so. I would like to tell you about a project with which two of our gradeContinue reading “Global Connection”
It's All About Learning 