Important Message by an Inspirational Adult I would like to introduce you all to Riia Talve. I really wanted to feature Riia on our Inspirational Kids blog, but she is no longer a student. She is an adult with a very important message, one that we should listen to carefully and then reflect on ourContinue reading “Important Message”
Category Archives: Connections / Relationships
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”
It’s All About Relationships
I have been back on Twitter for a year now (I was originally Twitter in April, 2009, but didn’t really see the point of it, so I left it behind for a few years). It has been truly an amazing year of professional development and relationship-building. During this time, I have learned a great dealContinue reading “It’s All About Relationships”
My Resilient Little Girl
My 7-year-old daughter continues to amaze me every day. A little over a week ago, she broke her elbow playing on the monkey bars (or more specifically, falling OFF the monkey bars). It was a very bad break so she had to undergo surgery to fix it. You can see pictures and read the blogContinue reading “My Resilient Little Girl”
Personalized Learning
The great debate in education, particularly where I live in British Columbia, seems to be Personalized Learning or Personalized Education. There was an #edchat chat this Tuesday with this as the topic. The focus for the chat was based on the following question, “What do we mean by the personalization of education & is itContinue reading “Personalized Learning”
School is Home
While I have always known it, from personal experience, this year made me realize once again just how important school is for our students. School is a safe place for many students. The ONLY safe place. Our students know what to expect, for the most part, from school. They know what to expect from theirContinue reading “School is Home”
Inspirational Speaker
Last week, we had our annual Administrator’s convention for our district. It is always a great time to get together, network and connect with one another. This has been especially important this year because it has been, in many ways, a more challenging year due to labour difficulties. Our convention is a yearly event thatContinue reading “Inspirational Speaker”
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”
On this journey…
On this journey of life, we go through ups and downs regularly. There are times where we are just living and surviving the day to day. We may not be thriving, but we are doing what needs to be done. That is not positive or negative, it just is. Those are the times in lifeContinue reading “On this journey…”
My 10 Most Popular Blog Posts 8/10
My 10 Most Popular Blogs Posts First of all, you must keep in mind, I have only been blogging for 8 months. My blog isn’t very busy, but there are some posts that have garnered more interest than others. While some of my more recent posts have had a lot of views, I am goingContinue reading “My 10 Most Popular Blog Posts 8/10”
It's All About Learning 