Time to start thinking about your Chinese New Year reading? The Power of Moments by authors Chip Heath and Dan Heath is a fantastic read for educators: What could be more important than creating more moments that matter in our life and in our work? Those moments could range from a wedding to an amazing vacation…
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Five 360º Videos from 2017 to see (if you haven’t yet)
If you’re a fan of major YouTube personalities, you’ve undoubtedly seen 360° video before as companies have been developing innovations that allow people to record their daily lives with a 360° view. With a 360° you’re given the opportunity to watch a video from all angles of recording. Meaning that although a person might be…
Return of the Mac(book)
Looking forward to a sampling of tech tips and tricks in the new year? When: Feb. 23rd 3:20-5:30 What: short and snappy tips and tricks Why: Sometimes a very short 5/10 min tutorial can be just as useful as an hour workshop Where: HS Library, 2nd floor Who: You! Please RSVP here so we can…
All your pics, in one place
How can you use your portfolio to curate photos? Let me count the ways…. ONE: The built-in method Two: Develop a Flickr Album Fans of Flickr won’t be surprised to see this endorsed here. You can set the rights for your album or photos if you’d like others to be able to make use of…
If you aren’t using our college databases…🤦🏾♀️
I’ve never seen so many databases in one school before. It is simply incredible: the amount of information at our fingertips is extraordinary. If you aren’t excited enough about all the databases you UWCSEA East teachers and students have right now, let me tell you about one of my favorites (drum roll, please): Opposing Viewpoints…
Publishing a buddy post in 45 minutes: A Tech Mentor How To
A few times a year, the HS Tech Mentor team get together. If you are wondering what those meetings look like, well, from my perspective they look like any conversation you’d see in any coffee house around the world. The unsung hero of teacher toolkits everywhere is our ability to make time and space to…
What does it mean to lead from the middle?
Podcast UWCLearn is back! This episode focuses on middle leadership. Find out why you may want to have your department create their very own ‘user manuals,’ or why a visual reminder of subject-specific norms might be useful for your students: If you would like to be partnered up with a member of the college to…
Digital Bytes – 9th October, 2017
Amplify Last May, Kristin Ziemke’s visit to our school inspired many of us to try using different digital tools to support our students. With the upcoming half term break, you might want to check out Kristin’s book Amplify available in our library or as an ebook. Kristin does an amazing job sharing ideas that…
Digital Bytes – 4 September, 2017
Book Creator on Your Computer One of our favourite iPad apps, Book Creator is now available on your computer. You can sign in with your gmail account and start creating books right away! You can even create libraries of books that can be shared and accessed by students and other teachers. To start…
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…