Feb
7
Global Collaborative Projects are great Pro D
February 7, 2009 | 2 Comments
A while back I was asked to write this blog post for the TLITE blog about my experiences leading a class of grade 9 students through a Global Collaborative Project called the Digiteen Project. This post has been bouncing around in my head for a while and in the process has taken a slightly [...]
Jan
19
Blogging with Grade Three Students
January 19, 2009 | 4 Comments
Field Study—Blogging with Grade 3’s
I am starting my second Field Study project in T Lite. This term I am focussing on blogging. I am curious about the impact that a classroom blog has on student writing. I hope the wider audience that the blog offers will encourage my students to put more [...]
Jan
12
Kindergarten Technology
January 12, 2009 | 3 Comments
Hello my name is Betty McLeod from Albion Elementary. I am working with two classes of Kindergarten students. Last term, the students used the digital camera in our puppet center. This was a very successful literacy center in the classroom. Besides the children’s improvement in their early story-telling skills, I was [...]
Jan
9
Looking for feedback
January 9, 2009 | 4 Comments
I have a student who attends school infrequently and has a family history of moving when the school tries to ‘encourage attendance.’ I feel that this grade 2 year is a very important year for him as he still enjoys coming to school, even though he is well below grade level expectations. He is [...]
Jan
5
Field Study working with a small group of students
January 5, 2009 | 13 Comments
I am a grade five teacher who will be lucky enough to have a student teacher from January to March.
I have three students in my class who have learning problems and I would like to use technology to help focus on their reading and writing skills. I will be able to have some individual time [...]
Dec
12
Tania’s thoughts on blogging
December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I just had an AHA moment of using blogs for Drama to post my favourite monologs, scripts, plays and news for students (such as writing contests to enter, etc.) I always try to see ways I would use certain technological tools in a classroom. However, I find there is a tendency to want to [...]
Nov
10
Taking the blogging plunge
November 10, 2008 | 4 Comments
Hi, my name is Cindy and I am a second year TLITE student who has become a “blog junkie”. I love blogging and have two blog sites.
I started out blogging when I took a Knowschools on-line class on personal learning environments (PLE’s). BJ, the instructor, was encouraging. The first blog post I wrote [...]
