A few weeks ago my friend Megan Hume delivered a great PD on Google Classroom to our Kindergarten colleagues, and that inspired me to write this post about how it has been helpful for me teaching a combined K/1 class. Why Google Classroom? It has helped me collaborate with my two grade level teams duringContinue reading “Benefits of Google Classroom for K/1 Remote Learning”
Category Archives: Education Technology
Remote Learning Resources & Ideas for K/1
Now that I’ve lost track of which week of remote learning we’re on, here is a post highlighting a few of the resources and activities my Kindergarten and Grade 1 students have found particularly engaging. Each week I make a Kindergarten learning choice menu, and collaborate on a Grade 1 choice menu with my incredibleContinue reading “Remote Learning Resources & Ideas for K/1”
EDCI 336 Summary
This is me now. This term, I have been working towards connected, open learning, and these are some of the things that have done along the way: Blogging I started off on this Blogger page, but Ended up starting this WordPress blog (after attending a workshop about The Open Web) Tweeting Participating in Twitter chatsContinue reading “EDCI 336 Summary”
Education Memes
I have found that our Education Technology course is less about the particular tech tools, and more about the spirit with which to use them, and fostering the curiosity and desire to learn more. The education meme of lifelong learning strikes again! Meme What You Say I decided to create some memes to commemorate thisContinue reading “Education Memes”
How-to: Twitter Chat Storify
Today one of my classmates asked me over Facebook about how to start a Storify about a Twitter chat, so I made this brief tutorial using screenshots:
Evernote
After seeing what my #edci336 colleagues have been doing with it, I have decided to switch to using Evernote instead of Google Keep. I got the web clipper for Firefox, and I am really excited about my new organization tool!
Introversion and the Internet
I have been listening to an audiobook of Susan Cain’s Quiet: The Power of Introverts this week. I found out about the book through @RileyPaton‘s podcast: Are You Listening? I have really been enjoying it. It discusses personality dynamics in some interesting societal and historical contexts. This has given me a better sense of some of the influencing forces experienced by myContinue reading “Introversion and the Internet”
Cosmic Comic
Schwarzschild of Mine I created this comic as part of my Science Education Aesthetics assignment. I got to choose a question to explore, and then create an art piece to represent it. I decided to explore a cosmic question: how do black holes work? During the course of my research, I wondered: how do you makeContinue reading “Cosmic Comic”
A Brave New Word(Press)
At today’s webinar on The Open Web, I was inspired to make the switch from my Blogger blog to this WordPress site. After seeing what could be done using SPLOT, I was convinced that I had to try it. Can’t wait to play with SPLOT! http://t.co/4Kp88HJOeK #openeducationwk #edci336 — Britney Allen (@MlleBallen) March 13, 2015Continue reading “A Brave New Word(Press)”
Madame I Am 