Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 17th, 2016
Digital Citizenship and the Learner Profile I have always used the resources from Common Sense Media to help me cover Digital Citizenship with the students at Rockrimmon. Their Digital Passport game is engaging and fun for third through fifth graders and with guided discussions before and after game time, I feel you can really make […]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 13th, 2016
This week (the last week before winter break, talk about crazy!) I will try using flipgrid to connect our first graders with students in this and other countries to ask questions and share stories about traditions that take place during holidays. Their unit of inquiry right now meshes perfectly with the project and I think […]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 6th, 2016
Benefits and Challenges of Being a Connected Educator Working in an IB PYP school is both a privilege and a challenge. There is no choice about whether or not an effective IB teacher is a connected educator, we have to be in order to ensure our students become internationally minded citizens. Rockrimmon Elementary’s mission ends […]
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