By Dr. Brandon Beck Twitter Chats were something that I knew very little about before the pandemic. If I am being honest, I never participated in one because I had no idea they existed. As I started to see posts with “Q1…A1…” followed by various hashtags I figured it out. Once I learned about the […]
Monday of this week I attended another Creating Pathways to Success committee meeting at one of our high schools. I look forward to these meetings as it gives us a chance to talk. Elementary folks, secondary folks, teachers, guidance, people, consultants, etc. all talking about the destinations and how to motivate students to achieve. This […]
This has been a recurring topic of conversation at school this year. Why do we ask students to remove hats when they enter the school? It’s a constant battle as many teachers attempt to enforce the rule as guards at the door. Far too often I hear “hats please” instead of “good morning!” when students […]
The original interview can be found here. Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Brian Aspinall, Founder of Code Breaker Inc., located in Harrow, ON, Canada. What’s your business, and who are your customers? Code Breaker Inc. began in 2010 as an educational consulting business […]
I came out of high school knowing two things I wanted for my life, two goals that were going to be the ‘I’ve made it’ medals. I wanted to be a teacher and a mom. That’s it. Nothing crazy or lofty. The naive goal setter I was at eighteen didn’t know making these goals a […]
Clickbait! OK, I’m in a mood. Not a bad mood. Just a mood. I love twitter for many reasons. I love to share “stuff” and see what others are doing in their classrooms on a daily basis. I love reading professional articles and seeing other opinions and ideas. Twitter gives me a voice and […]
Yup, thats me in the video. What a surprise reunion with Mrs. B – I hadn’t seen her in 15 years since I graduated High School. Mrs. Boudreau took a chance on me and allowed me to create a project that had never been done before at school – a website (keep in mind its […]
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 […]
Sometimes our best moments come from “winging” it. This is another example. We follow the Covey Model at our school. It makes sense for our demographic. What I mean is we focus on student leadership and making good choices. We feel there are no bad kids, just good kids making bad choices because of external […]
First of all – I don’t much care for the term “coding”, especially when it comes to linking blocks on a tablet so I am going to use the term loosely here and in quotes. There is a ton of critical thinking and problem solving but is it really “coding”? Nothing gets compiled. I suppose […]
My PLN is growing everyday with teachers from all over the world. In no particular order, I want to share some “local” twitter accounts worth following – teachers within the province of Ontario. I don’t want to offend anyone I missed so my formula for this list is based on who I have tweeted with […]
For all the kids who grow up in a small town and think they don’t stand a chance. You do. I was once that kid.