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Interactive Bulletin Boards with QR, AR & Makey Makey

Interactive Bulletin Boards with QR, AR & Makey Makey

  We have been having discussions around the notion of making bulletins boards more engaging and interactive so I wanted to share a few ideas. 1) QR Codes Recommended app: I-nigma iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/i-nigma-qr-code-data-matrix/id388923203?mt=8 Windows: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/i-nigma/9wzdncrcwnwp Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.threegvision.products.inigma.Android Make bulletin boards more interactive by posting various QR codes. Providing students with scannable content engages them in the curation and […]

Collaboration, Camaraderie & Financial Literacy With @ClashofClans #onted

Collaboration, Camaraderie & Financial Literacy With @ClashofClans #onted

I am a big fan and advocate for games based learning. In the most trivial form, good games offer complex puzzles, critical thought and creative play. Many good games today require an element of collaboration, creativity, problem solving and communication. Let’s not forget about financial literacy. Let me reiterate – good games. There are some not-so-good-games […]

Interpreting Curriculum

Interpreting Curriculum

(http://www.chroniclebooks.com/landing-pages/duckrabbit/downloads.html) In this post I would like to share some personal experiences regarding our preconceived notion of what curriculum is. While documents are in place with specific expectations for each grade level, we often omit the mathematical process found at the beginning of every grade here in Ontario. What I mean to say is the math […]

Desk-less Classrooms is a Bad idea #ditchthefrontoftheroom – Instead #GiveStudentsChoiceAndVoice

This post is just another one of my opinions. Please comment with yours as I would love to learn from you. I feel inspired to blog because of the following tweets: I challenge you to have NO DESKS facing the front of the room this year. #ditchthefrontoftheroom — Alice Keeler (@alicekeeler) August 2, 2015 @alicekeeler […]