By Kendall Johnson, @MsKJEdu 2011. That’s when I first created my class blog. They had been around for many years already, but I had very little knowledge about them at the time, and I certainly didn’t spend much time reading about what other teachers were doing in their classrooms. I was still very isolated back […]
Twitter is my PLN! Really! I have been active on Twitter since 2011 adding a seperate teacher account in 2013. I have presented to teachers on Twitter 101: How to Get Started with friend and fellow teacher @MrHennigar. I have always enjoyed sharing what is happening in my classroom and seeing what is happening in […]
Hello, world! We are on a mission to put more technology in kids hands, but doing so requires money. Let me introduce you to Bonfire! Think of this as a Kickstarter for clothes! We have pulled our favourite quotes from Block Breaker and are offering limited edition swag. So, join us on this adventure and […]
As most of you know – if you’re here on my blog! – I am a firm believer in educational technologies that disrupt old and outmoded ways of doing things in the classroom. Students learn in a whole bunch of different ways, and the present and future of education isn’t always well equipped to deal […]
Coding is everywhere! Follow along with a girl and her dog as they explore computational thinking in their everyday activities. Colourful illustrations and easy to access text help readers recognize that many of their daily explorations – cooking, playing, and even being outdoors – provide opportunities to explore and problem solve. Readers will be entertained by the antics of the girl and her dog, and parallels can be drawn between their daily work and that of computational thinkers. A great text for anyone wanting to introduce, and learn more, about computational thinking in the world around us.