“The teacher no longer needs to be the holder of information…but rather can become a co-learner…” When we reenvision our spaces together, what do we learn together? You may have seen a few posts documenting this year’s experimentation and thinking around learning spaces in this post, this post, this episode or this one….
Category: collaboration
Recapping The Learning Spaces Book Club Meeting 1
Our first three texts Getting spaced out: We started this journey by hosting consultant Maija Ruokanen (revisit her teachings in this episode of podcast UWCLearn). The DLCs then fanned those fuels as our in house #uwclearn spacebusters. Most recently a cohort of teachers across the college met last Friday to talk about our very first read…
The Networked Teacher-Learner
What could your portfolio do for your learning? Starting this May, join a cohort of teachers on campus looking to complete a five-month challenge. The challenge will ask you to launch and share a portfolio (with the support of your DLCs), and to compose and share one post per month from May until September. In…
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”…
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…
Friday Friendly Advice: Google Slides to co-author an eBook?
Google is great and getting better and better. Did you know you can change the size of a slide in Google Slides to build an eBook? STEP ONE: Go to file, and select ‘Page Setup’ STEP TWO: select ‘custom’ and resize your slide STEP THREE: edit your book, set up a template and share: you…
Sowing ideas one post at a time
abbyladybugPomegranate Seedsvia Flickr How can we use blogs as fertile fields for ideation? I do believe that my thinking helps to push that of others. Sometimes in the way they agree, and sometimes when people disagree. Opinions and ideas are often formed in what people read and how they connect to it.- George Couros I’ve…
Visual Note-taking: High School Applications
I read the last post about visual note-taking…but I’m not sure it would work in a high school classroom… This post is for you. Thank you to one of our Tech Mentor’s: Georgina, for walking us through her first trials of sketchnotes: If you are interested in support with these techniques, contact a DLC for…
Friendly Friday Tips: Post One for the Year
julochka via Flickr Every Friday, you can find a ‘Friendly Friday Tips,’ posts offering guidance in a flash. For more help, please do see any of the DLC’s. As we get closer to the Google Apps Summit happening at SAS (mark your calendar and get that PD proposal in soon!), the Friendly Friday Tips will focus…
BreakoutEDU: Migration Edition
BreakoutEDU is the brainchild of Google Educator and High School teacher James Sanders. Observing his students playing Escape the Room style video games, he was amazed at how engaged they were and wanted to create that same level of engagement for learning and problem solving during class time. Enter BreakoutEDU. James flipped the idea of escaping from a room…