The Keri-Lee Legacy

As we prepare to say farewell to one of our amazing coaches, Keri-Lee, let’s pause to be grateful for what will remain. 1. A stunning sense of design.   Keri-Lee has become synonymous with CARP.  UWCSEA East has a lot of beautiful design thanks in part to the tremendous work KLB has done here.  2….

Digital Bytes – 19th June 2017

  Book Creator Summer Journal A fantastic way to remember some of the details from your summer is to keep a journal. Last summer, both my kids used Book Creator to capture some of the things that happened on a daily basis. It was great for photos and video and voice records. Pages, Keynote and…

June Round Up: The Networked Educator Challenge

“The biggest difference I found was this way in which people are aware of one another while they are learning, and the way in which they connect and build and improve.” Lights flickr photo by Jule’Kill shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC) license We have made it to month two of our five-month educator-portfolio challenge….

Summer Book Creator Journal

As a kid, there were times when I kept a journal on and off. Sometimes those journals were longer pieces of writing and others they were bullet points of things I did. Regardless of the format, I always loved looking back at my journals and remembering many of the different things that I did over…

30+ resources to help you rethink your learning space (and counting)

Recharging your batteries over the summer is a good time to being to rethink your classroom design for next year (or to finally catch up on Netflix).  To help you prioritize and innovate, here are 30+ resources to get you started (follow the Flipboard to get all the updates as they come): View my Flipboard…

Why are my students so passive?

I was chatting with a colleague the other day and it became clear that we are both worried that our students are ‘too passive’ in their learning. After some reflection on my plp goals and how I have been adjusting my craft over the years, it has become clear to me that I have been…

Digital Bytes – 12th June, 2017

10 Great Places to Find Background Music For Video We all know the difference music can make in video to help set the mood and support the visual component. We have already looked at Creator Studio which is part of your YouTube account and is a great source of free music. Here are 10 more…

Development week: Round up

Interested in what else was happening during Development Week? Middle leaders spent 90 minutes exploring portfolios.   We imagined what our portfolios could be four years from now. As a provocation, we listened to one current university student reflect on her High School blogging experience: This student has continued to use a portfolio as a…