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I’m finally getting to this post after months of enjoying the summer with my family after COVID-19 quarantine and learning/teaching from home. I wanted to share the Student Virtual Room project that my grade 4-6 classes did during remote “emergency learning” in June. We had done some amazing work in Media Literacy classes where students […]
I’m sure everyone is busy with learn at home initiatives right now. I hope you’re all staying healthy and safe and this post can help spark some ideas for remote learning. Last week I was contacted by an educator in Ottawa thanking me for my Storage War$ media literacy template. It’s always so nice to […]
I love the creative possibilities that green screening brings to my students. If you’re thinking about getting started and aren’t sure where to begin, see below for some ideas. Below is a sketchnote I drew with ideas from Todd Burleson that was also published in his book The Green Screen Makerspace Project Book. Note that the […]
Greetings…or should I say “Green-tings” 😉 Ever wanted to do some creative green screening with your students but don’t want to pay for a third-party app? You can, it’s easy! I wanted to share some step-by-step guides I created for using the Instant Alpha feature in Keynote/Pages and the new iMovie green screen feature. Please […]
Edit: March 2020 With the recent developments around the COVID-19 virus and school closures I wanted to re-share this post with free online reading options for French Immersion, FSL, or any French language learners with parents who might be struggling for educational online content. The original post is from 2018, so if you have come […]
In July 2017 I attended the California Geo Teacher Institute (CAGTI) along with one hundred other Educators from across North America. Throughout the 3-day event at Google Headquarters in Silicon Valley, I learned so much about digital geo tools for the classroom and realized that I never shared all of the amazing takeaways on my blog! […]
FSL Pink Day Lesson Plan – La journée rose FSL Pink Day Lesson Plan – French Immersion, Health *Can be modified to any grade level. Grade 4/5 French Immersion Overview & Purpose In this lesson, students will explore and learn about the 4 different types of bullying and compare and contrast them with cyberbullying in […]
Google Drawings is one of my favourite G Suite tools for getting creative with students. I love using it to create easy to use templates for my classes, especially at the beginning of the year or in the early years when they need some motivation to get their work started. Google Drawings Templates are easy […]
**EDIT: March 2020 Please note that the Flippity add-on for Google Sheets is no longer available. More info on that here. That being said you can still use the templates…PHEW…I know, right?! Here’s a quick step-by-step to walk you through the new process to using Flippity: 1) Visit https://flippity.net/ 2) Choose your template and click […]
I can’t believe it’s been over a year since Arianna and I embarked on the #tdsbEd Twitter Chat adventure! Our goal has been to connect, share and learn with other TDSB Educators because we know that as teachers our best resource is one another! Throughout the past year, we’ve hosted #tdsbEd chats on a variety […]
Want a fun activity for your class that promotes communication, collaboration, critical thinking, problem-solving and creativity? Check out BreakoutEDU Digital* Online Escape Games! What is it exactly? An online digital escape game co-founded by Justin Birckbichler and Mari Venturino Based on the BreakoutEDU kit educational games from James Sanders & Mark Hammons All is organized and played on one website […]
What is Pic Forward? Pic Forward is a global green screen challenge for students, teachers and schools. The idea is to have people all around the world edit our monthly green screen photos, then to “Pic Forward” or “pass it on” via social media to other classes so they can participate too. My grade 4 & […]
With the updates to the FSL curriculum in Ontario, we now have Listening and Speaking as two separate strands instead of the previous stand-alone “Oral” strand. For the Listening portion of the curriculum, I’ve found TFO’s Idéllo platform to be a great place for students to watch controlled content videos and for teachers to find ample […]
Google Drawings is one of my favourite G Suite tools, it truly is the ultimate blank canvas. Not to mention, everything I show in these tutorials about images, cropping, WordArt, etc. can also be used in Google Slides! What is Google Drawings? Don’t let the name fool you, you don’t need to be an artist […]
I updated my collection of FSL teaching websites over the summer. I wanted to do a quick post to share it with all of you. This is a work in progress and will be updated often as I find new French sites for teachers. I’ve divided it up by subject to make it easier to […]
