This summer, I read a number of interesting, informative and inspiring books. The Connected Educator: Learning and Leading in a Digital Age by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Lani Ritter Hall was one of the books I read. Not only does The Connected Educator have a lot of information, it also has many “Get Connected” activities toContinue reading “Life-Long Learners”
Category Archives: Personalized Learning
Educational Change: It’s Personal
We had our first session of the Engaging the Digital Learner dinner series last night. It was a great night with Dean Shareski as our main speaker (which I hope to blog about more in the coming days). First of all, though, I wanted to share the closing words and thoughts, by Elisa Carlson (@emscarlsonContinue reading “Educational Change: It’s Personal”
Making Learning Visible
As part of our District’s Innovative Learning Design Project (Phase 2), we have a number of teachers involved in collaborative inquiry. There are 9 classroom teachers, 1 LST teacher, the Teacher Librarian and the administration involved in the project. There are teachers are working in groups of 2 or 3 on a particular inquiry questionContinue reading “Making Learning Visible”
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”
Some Plans For This Year
I have a new role in my school this year. In addition to being the Vice-Principal, I will also be one of the Learning Support teachers (last year, I was the Early Literacy Teacher and the Intermediate Prep teacher for 4 classes in addition to my Vice-Principal role). I look forward to being part ofContinue reading “Some Plans For This Year”
But, He Can Do It At Home….
Have you ever had a parent tell you, “But Johnny (insert any child’s name here) can count to 100 by 2’s (insert any skill here) at home with no difficulty at all. He does it all the time!” As a classroom teacher, a Learning Support Teacher and even as a Vice-Principal, I’ve heard this countlessContinue reading “But, He Can Do It At Home….”
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”
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”
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”
My Top Ten in Ten Days – Celebrating my 100th Blog Post – 1/10
Like I have mentioned, being a mom is the most important thing I do. It always has to come first! I am fortunate to have 3 wonderful kids: Trista (7), Pauli (4), and Carson (1). They brighten my each and every day. I feel so fortunate to have them in my life! I learn somethingContinue reading “My Top Ten in Ten Days – Celebrating my 100th Blog Post – 1/10”
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