Introducing the Spacebusters

Looking to revamp your learning space? If you’ve been following our Flipboard of resources, or you are just curious about having a fresh look at your classroom, this post is for you. Classroom redesign is not something you need to ‘go alone.’ What if we saw your space as an opportunity to learn together? “Teamwork”…

The No-Stress Way to Remove Backgrounds from Images

I love what Photoshop can do with removing backgrounds from images, but it is complicated to use, and not available on the iPad. I wanted something that even our youngest students could use to level-up the quality of their Book Creator books. Thankfully, my colleague Dave Caleb discovered the iPad app Photoshop Mix. This incredibly…

Digital Bytes – 27th March, 2017

Digital Breakouts with Google Sites Breakout EDU is a fantastic way for students to work together to solve a series of challenges. Many of our teachers and students have participated in Breakout and we have even created our own for specific units. Tom Mullaney created a template so you can create your own digital breakout…

If you only download one book from the iBook Store this year…

It should be THIS ONE. The Joy of Professional Learning is an absolute goldmine. The free to download text comes with 16 ideas for tailoring learning experiences depending on the time and space you have.  The text has been compiled by Apple Distinguished Educators like Kurt Klynen, and Cheryl Davis amongst many others. The last chapter…

Digital Bytes – 20th March, 2017

DIY.org This amazing site is a fantastic starting point for anyone interested in student-driven inquiry. There are over 130 different skills/interests to look through and thousands of projects to try. Everything from animator to gardiner, paleontologist to woodworker and everything in between. What is Media Literacy? This YouTube Video answers the question ‘What is Media…

The Power of a Small Idea

I was checking Twitter one day, when this tweet by Anna Davies jumped out at me, with its striking red and black colour scheme and professional-looking images. Anna Davies on Twitter G5 deeply personal hopes&fears on display. Seeing each other from a different perspective #ishcmcib thanx 4 the inspiration @itsallaboutart It turns out that Anna…

The Respectful Hum of Learning

“How will they become learning-minded?” Follow along as we sit down to learn from Maija Ruokanen in this episode of podcast UWCLearn:

Digital Bytes Monday 13th March 2017

Abstract – Netflix Series Abstract, a fascinating series (free on Netflix right now) takes you into the minds of designers in a range of fields – from shoe design to architecture and everything in between. Perfect for our focus on Learning Spaces. World Population History This interactive experience on World Population shows how population growth…

Digital Bytes – 6th March, 2017

Google Keep in Google Docs Google Keep is a great note taking app that you have as part of your Google account. Now you can access those notes in Google Docs and even drag them into your document. 10 Meditation Apps for the Classroom There are many benefits of using meditation and mindfulness in our…

Pull From the Reflection Pool

Beyond major strategies like portfolios, journals, presentations, diaries, blogs, etc. as facilitators of reflection we often want quick tools to provoke reflection. Below are some ideas that can be completed in 20 mins or less. Guest Post courtesy of Stuart MacAlpine and Anna Carr Inspired in part by Jennifer Moon’s work Creative Commons Image from…