http://tlite.edublogs.org A blog about SFU's TLITE Graduate Diploma Program Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:03:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am a Kindergarten teacher and a second year TLITE student. I am interested in how involving students in regular communication between School and Home will increase their interest, engagement and academic achievement at school. In the fall I had one of my Diverse Learners use Clicker 5 (with an ... http://tlite.edublogs.org/2009/03/09/more-on-using-technology-in-a-kindergarten-classroom/ 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 ... http://tlite.edublogs.org/2009/02/07/global-collaborative-projects-are-great-pro-d/ 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 ... http://tlite.edublogs.org/2009/01/19/blogging-with-grade-three-students/ 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 ... http://tlite.edublogs.org/2009/01/12/kindergarten-technology/ 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 ... http://tlite.edublogs.org/2009/01/09/looking-for-feedback/ 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 ... http://tlite.edublogs.org/2009/01/05/field-study-working-with-a-small-group-of-students/ 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 ... http://tlite.edublogs.org/2008/12/12/tanias-thoughts-on-blogging/ 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 ... http://tlite.edublogs.org/2008/11/10/taking-the-blogging-plunge/ Watch for our first guest blogger's post coming next week. Cindy is a second year TLITE student who now refers to herself as a blogjunkie. You'll learn why as she shares her adventures riding this learning curve. Cindy is teacher librarian who creatively uses one of her blogs to ... http://tlite.edublogs.org/2008/11/05/guest-bloggers-in-the-works/ I'm so very impressed by the work being carried out in the TLITE community and would like to see it highlighted for a much wider audience. To that end, I will use this blog space to feature the stories, successes and challenges with the hope of eventually moving the top ... http://tlite.edublogs.org/2008/10/30/an-invitation-to-tlite-participants/