Learning from Ford
Today I received a lovely gift that was given to all the staff at UR International. It is a small framed quote which says(in case you can’t read it), “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together...
View ArticleAlways Moving Forward
Sometimes it is so easy to fall into routine, especially with teaching. Unfortunately this can be easily seen by those few teachers who teach the same things in the same ways year after year. I had a...
View ArticleHelp Me Tell My Story
In another class we have been learning about culturally responsive literacy and have been examining standardized tests used in Saskatchewan to critically analysis them. Our group decided to analyze an...
View ArticleI Just Learned..
that today (March 21st) is World Down Syndrome Day. Did you know that? So in honour of this occasion I would like to present a moving appeal to educators from a young lady who has Down Syndrome (this...
View ArticleObsolete Things in 21st Century Schools
My mom actually passed along a very interesting blog post to me which I thought I would share to you all. It is called 14 things that are obsolete in 21st century schools, and is written by Ingvi...
View ArticleWhat do you think?
What do you think the roles of Educational Assistants in the classroom are- and how is it different from the roles of teachers? This is a question that I’m addressing in a research paper, and have...
View ArticleWho knew you could code while playing Hopscotch?
Quite a few weeks ago we checked out different applications on coding in my ECMP 355 class. I noticed that my mentor-ship classroom had also recently talked about coding, but they had used the program...
View ArticleMentorship Interview
My interview with my lovely mentor, Mrs. Yollis, be sure to check out her classroom blog here.
View Article“A Student Would Rather be Bad Than Stupid”
This is quote from a presentation I watched during my EPSY 400 class on collaborating with parents when working with a child with a disability. The woman who spoke this said it from the view of a...
View ArticleApp Review WWF Together
This app is produced by the World Wildlife Fund and it gives a glimpse into some of the world’s most amazing animals such as great pandas, marine turtles, elephants, tigers, bison, polar bears, whales,...
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