Tag Archives: Education Technology

NCTCA 2021 Teachers’ Convention Notes

Last week I enjoyed two days of professional learning at NCTCA 2021. I gained so much new learning and many new connection from those days, and I am so grateful to the organizers of this virtual event and all of the presenters you will read about below! Day 1: Thurday, February 4th Connecting the Dots:Continue reading “NCTCA 2021 Teachers’ Convention Notes”

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”

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)”