Sometimes a book just excites you. I’ll grant you, I’m a total pedagogy nerd, so a lot of books excite me, but this book has me thinking a lot about the types of tasks I do in Pre-Calculus, and I highly recommend it. I heard about this book through an interview on Think Thank Thunk, […]
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Oh yeah, I have a blog! I should use that more! I did a really cool and, I think, meaningful project with my Foundations of Math 11 class this year, one that I think is worth sharing. I teach grade 11/12 physics and math at a public school that emphasizes project-based, authentic, interdisciplinary learning, but
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I’ve been neglecting my blog, but I’ve had such a good Pro-D day that I have to document the cool stuff I did today! I attended the BC Science Teachers Association Catalyst Conference today, and despite some technical issues (like the whole web platform for all the PSA conferences going down), it was a great
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You know what I like about this article? It acknowledges knitting as a STEAM activity. Often, as with makerspaces, only certain types of activities are held up as “STEAM” (usually those that are attractive to boys) and others are dismissed as “arts and crafts” (usually those that are attractive to girls). This is an ongoing
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A caveat: I’m supposed to be writing about the computational thinking experiences I have observed at my school. Because I started my teaching career the same year as that pesky global pandemic, I haven’t really had much of an opportunity to observe others’ teaching of computational thinking and participation besides one two-week practicum during my
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For this assignment, I chose to complete some of the computational thinking lessons from Digital Technologies Hub (based on prior work by Google). These assignments were based around an online coding platform named Pencil Code. For this post, I will be looking at this platform, along with some other educational programming platforms used by teachers
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I am not the librarian in my school, and I am hesitant to be too critical of my school’s librarian for not being a tech/maker person, because she has many, many other wonderful qualities, skills, and passions that make her a great teacher-librarian. However, there is little in the way of maker programming at my
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Someday, I will buy a scanner. Today is not that day. Sources Averill, S. & Bernie, S. (2017, October 21). Applied Design Skills and Technlogies K-9. Retrieved from https://issuu.com/av3rill/docs/applied_design_skills_and_technolog Chrichton, S. & Carter, D. (2017). Taking Making into Classrooms; A Toolkit for Fostering Creativity and imagination. Retrieved from: https://mytrainingbc.ca/maker/en/toolkit/Taking_Making_into_Classrooms.pdf
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Never let it be said that I am a great graphic designer. This is another assignment for my Teacher-Librarian coursework. I found this assignment interesting because I’ve never taken the time to split up my knowledge area in this way before. I feel like secondary science and math tend to not make abundant use of
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