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This week we tried an experiment in class that I will DEFINITELY repeat. We watched the video 'Aftermath - Population Zero' by National Geographic as part of our Stewardship Character Ed program. It is a compelling movie about what would happen to the world without humans. While we watched we had our entire class logged into a chat room in our district's First Class network. The students each have a netbook and angled their desks such that the movie screen was just above their computer…

I have read, with a great deal of interest, many blog posts this past month on the 'flipped classroom'. I love the idea of having even more opportunities to turn my class into one that allows me to be the 'guide on the side'. It is an excellent way to vary methods and assignments to students with different ability levels and different interests. As I've tried out a number of approaches I have been searching for a way to bring this style of learning to my grade eight history classes. Although…

Yesterday our class invited ten teachers from our district to come for an afternoon carousel of technology in the classroom ideas. I have run workshops numerous times in the past but this one was particularly interesting for me. The students had practiced their presentations. They had exciting projects and tools they wanted…

Through a grant for a pilot project in our District my students and I have just received 12 iPads to use in class. I have had my own iPad for two years now and use it all day long. I'm excited to learn about how to design activities for student use. My first step has to be to create an educational account to purchase apps. I hadn't realized that when you have an iTunes account you can only purchase an app once as an individual. I will need an educational account to buy group licences. Our…