Social Media and the Tween

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Trending Tweens

Stop Motion Animation created by my students

My Class went on a field trip to The TIFF Lightbox Theatre.  

The students grouped up and each group created a very short stop motion animation. 

(Sorry there isn't any sound on this video.)  

Let's Foster Creativity...it's as simple as a cardboard box

Caine Monroy is an example of an extraordinary student who used his creativity to fill his summer holidays.  As teachers it is important to teach our students in different ways to ensure that we can tap into the students' strengths and possibly ignite a passion to come to the surface.  As you watch this video of Caine and his story, he probably represents one or more student that sits in your class.  Possibly disengaged, bored and at time just lost.  We need to help our students guide our students to explore the out of the ordinary.  Imagine what your students could achieve if given the opportunities.  It is our responsibilities as teachers to help students 
grow and explore their own talents and abilities.  

To learn more about Caine and the Imagination Foundation click below.  

http://cainesarcade.com/

Students Using Padlet to Share their Learning

My Gr. 7&8 Students were asked to work in groups to summarize their assigned section of Chapter 6.  They used Padlet to present their work.  

Take a look by clicking on the links below. 

Developing an Agricultural Economy

The Gold Rush Era

Why was the Yukon Territory Created

The North West Mounted Police

History Paper Slide Videos

My students created paper slide videos to show their learning.

Each group was given a section of Chapter 8 in their History textbook and asked to create a paper slide to show their understanding.  

Here are some of the students' work.  

Enjoy!!

I found covering the content for Gr. 7 & 8 History was much more effective when using tasks that were more engaging for the students.  Some of the students who's work is presented above were some of my most reluctant students.

Paper Slide Videos is a very low tech way to integrate tech into your class.
In an older post on this blog posted a link to a YouTube video that showed you how to make a paper slide video.  If you missed it the link is below.
Click here for the Paper Slide Video

The Flipped Classroom

Interested in the Flipped Classroom?

Here is the a video my AQ group created to help you 

understand the Flipped Classroom

Bloom's Taxonomy for the 21st Century

Bloom's Taxonomy for the 21st Century 

Effective teacher always have Bloom's Taxonomy in mind when planning a lesson and/or a task and use it in their daily teaching practice. Bloom's Taxonomy was written in 1956 and it represented a hierarchy of activities to guide our levels of questioning and challenges for 

learning for our students.

The idea of Bloom's Taxonomy hasn't changed...

But how does this look like in the 21st Century?  Let's take a look...

In the graphic above we can see the different Web 2.0 Tools that fit into the different stages of Bloom's Taxonomy.  As we integrate tech into our classrooms our teaching and learning experiences in our classroom should continue to reflect Bloom's Taxonomy.