Learn Create Inspire
Sharing successes and challenges through teaching while becoming a (hopefully) published author.
Introducing Bruce, My Anxiety Monster
I have anxiety and I will no longer let shame keep me from talking about it. This post is a deeply personal reflection on my anxiety monster, whom I recently named Bruce, and what I am doing to help myself. This post is an effort to bring visibility to mental health challenges and to take back power in my own life. I am not my anxiety and I will not let it control me anymore.
Social Justice Symposium: The Stations and Logistics (Ideas to share your own learning!)
The Social Justice Symposium is done and I am exhausted! In this post I run down some of the logistics running a day of sharing learning with the school community. The learning was deep and it represented many different learning opportunities. I am so grateful for my class and all of the people who helped us succeed.
Social Justice Symposium: Social Justice Quilt
The Social Justice Quilt is a collaborative piece of artwork that explores the big learning my class had during our Social Justice Symposium unit. To explore the power of instillations, my class learned about The Witness Blanket created by Carey Newman. I also share my gratitude for a teacher friend who helped me with this unit…and so many others!
Functional Closure Part 3: More Digital Resouces
Functional Closure Part 3: More Digital Resources. This post explores a few digital resources that I use (Esti-mysteries, Jam Board, and Book Creator) as well as a few specific apps in Office365 (Sway, Forms, and Word). It will be the last in my digital technology series unless I get specific questions that I feel I can answer. As alway, I hope this is helpful. I know we can make it through this challenging time.
Functional Closure Part 2: Recording and Sharing Digital Resources
Planning for a Functional Closure Part 2! After the HUGE response to my blog post about digital resources and how I am prepping for a functional closure in my class, I thought I would share more. In this blog post, you will learn HOW to create screen recordings on both computers and tablets. You will also learn how to upload videos to YouTube safely to help share ideas with students and parents.
Planning for a Functional Closure? Want to know what it is? Let me help!
Are you planning for a functional closure…or wondering what a functional closure is? This blog post will explain what I know so far and provide some support to educators. I share some of my favourite digital resources and what I am sending home next week so that my students are prepared. We can do this if we support each other!
Graceful Tree Problems and Assessment: My 1st In Person Pro-D in TWO Years
Feeling grateful for in person pro-d! This post shares an easy number sense routine and non curricular task you can do in your class. Routine: What is the answer? Task: The Graceful Tree Conjecture. I am also working on how to infuse ideas from Building a Thinking Classroom in Mathematics as well.
Catastrophic Tech Failure AND a Wonderful Day!
When technology fails…PSA Executives solve the problem and still provide powerful professional development. My thoughts on the catastrophic technology failure yesterday and my gratitude for the PSAs.