Kanopy Streaming – Amazing Videos for your Classroom

UWCSEA East recently got a Patron-Driven subscription to Kanopy Streaming – and what a treasure trove it is! (UWC Community, click here; everyone else, try this link). If you have never heard of it before, let me tell you a little about it. Kanopy began selling DVDs to universities in Australia, but has moved with…

Digital Bytes – 12th December, 2016 – Holiday Edition

Santa Tracker Santa Tracker is a fantastic site by Google. In advent calendar style, each day a new activity gets uncovered. Present Bounce is a neat game, but there are also opportunities to learn about traditions and translations from other countries. Younger children will enjoy Santa Selfie, a Toca Boca style game where you give…

Hour of Code in Grade 1

The resources around Computer Science Education Week and Hour of Code are just begging to be used. There are so many developmentally appropriate entry points for every age level – it’s a no-brainer! In Grade 1, we began with an unplugged activity. As a class, we created a code to use, and in pairs, they…

Digital Bytes – Dec 5th, 2016

DK Find Out DK Find Out is a fantastic site for kids to look for age-appropriate information. There are articles, diagrams, videos, fun facts and quizzes. Like the DK books, the website is visually rich and students can use a combination of text, images and video to learn more. How Should Reading be Taught in…

Friendly Friday Advice: make your holiday great, with Goodreads

Faculties who read together…learn together. My quick Friendly Friday advice is about using the hidden Listopia feature inside of your Goodreads account: If you aren’t following Katie and Stuart on Goodreads–it is a wonderful idea to do so, they’ve curated shelves to keep your ‘to-read’ tally healthy.

Ideas for Shared iPads

How lucky are we? We recently added 6 iPads to each G3-5 class, augmenting their existing 1:1 Macbook Air laptops. Planning for valuable use of shared devices requires some creative thinking, particularly when you are used to 1:1 devices. That said, the small number of devices provides a great opportunity to differentiate for powerful learning,…