Ingenius: An innovator’s mindset in school

Posted March 26, 2017

I had the great privilege to attend an event at Nipissing University talking about innovation in Canadian schools, with guest speaker Tom Jenkins, Chairman of Open Text. Considering my career began at Open Text as a “Cyber Gopher” (true story), while I was at university, it seems like life has come full circle. Invented in […]

Enrichment Skills

Posted March 22, 2017

Cognitive Domain: Critical Thinking – formulating questions, answers, alternatives, arguments, conclusions, broadening perspectives Creative Thinking – fluency, flexibility, elaboration, originality and uniqueness Problem Solving – identify problems, determine issues, generate solutions, develop criteria for evaluation, evaluate alternative solutions, communicate results Inquiry Skills Research planning and processing information, analyzing findings, presentation and evaluation of findings and […]

2016 Time Capsule Questions for Students

Posted December 19, 2016

2016-time-capsule Name School Teacher Grade My Favourites Friends Food Games Book Movie TV Show Song/Artist Subject Colour Gift Outfit   When I grow up I want to be: __________________________________ Some of the interesting things that happened this year were:  

Questions/Knowledge/Inspiration

Posted November 10, 2016

3 Quick & Easy Ways to build Creative & Critical Thinking Skills with your whole class Have students in your class create each of the following, put them in a jar/box and draw them out each morning Divergent thinking questions Did you know fun facts Inspirational Quotes Questions-Knowledge-Inspiration.pdf Divergent thinking questions These questions are open to […]

Blooms

Posted October 19, 2016

Bloom’s In 1956, Benjamin Bloom headed a group of educational psychologists who developed a classification of levels of intellectual behavior important in learning. During the 1990’s a new group of cognitive psychologist, lead by Lorin Anderson (a former student of Bloom’s), updated the taxonomy reflecting relevance to 21st century work. The graphic is a representation […]

WRDSB Web Resource Learning Services Math Problem Database

Posted September 21, 2016

http://ls.program.wrdsb.ca Username and password are your PAL. web based database containing problems submitted by teachers organized by grade, strand and topic incudes picture problems searchable Picture Problem Database Picture Problem Database Kindergarten Math Problems Kindergarten Math Database Grade 1 Math Problems Grade 1 Math Database Grade 2 Math Problems Grade 2 Math Database Grade 3 Math Problems […]

Book Talks

Posted May 19, 2015

Students are reading a book of their own choosing and are completing two reading responses, minimum 1-page each, using at least 3 reading strategies. Next, they will be giving a book talk to the class on their novel. 7-12_Book_Talk_Requirements  

Broadcast News Presentations Today

Posted May 12, 2015

Ask to see your child’s Broadcast News presentation in Google Drive!

Broadcast News Learning Goals & Success Criteria

Posted April 28, 2015

Here are the criteria we came up with as a class that make for a good tv news broadcast. Learning Goal We are learning to create tv news broadcasts. Success Criteria I can speak like a broadcaster Professional but friendly tone and language Slow and steady pace Volume is loader than a conversational voice Clarity: each […]

BBC Resources for Making a News Broadcast

Posted April 28, 2015

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/school_report/resources_for_teachers/9542588.stm#PTC Video: How to make a video news report (7 mins) Learn how to make a great video report with some help from the BBC reporter Sophie Long. School Reporters show how the news-making process works and break down the components of a good news package.   Video and guide: How to make your own […]

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