This is a good program to use for interactive multimedia lesson planning
You can put together various media and use social media sources like youtube, Facebook, etc… to gather information about a topic for students to learn from.
Might also be a good alternative to poster projects and power points
Believe in every kid – passion
“Illuminate the gifts of each and every kid”
Ethos of care (Nel Noddings)
“Prescribe the minimum curriculum so that learners can concentrate on their interests”
“Cleared space for teachers to pay attention to the curiosity of learners in the classroom.”
“If you want to change what is happening in the world, you need to invest in teachers.”
reporting and asessment….. work in progress
“Content is not the destination, it is the vehicle”
1- communication
2- thinking
3- personal and social identity development/responsibility
BC Core Competencies:
-Inclusive
-Cross-curricular
-strength-centered
-descriptive and progressive
*** This gives me hope that teaching under this new curriculum will give more autonomy to teachers and increase teacher professionalism.
“To This Day Project” Shane Koyzcan
Shane’s spoken word poetry captures the feelings that kids go through when they are bullied. I have shown this video to my francophone students in Quebec this year. It is a powerful way to get the anti-bullying message across to students.
8th Fire Documentary Series (4 Episodes)
After a bit of a debate in my group about whether or not aboriginal students should get special treatment from educational institutions such as UBC I mentioned to my group that this documentary would be worth watching. I feel that these are current events, something that we will face in our classrooms and all perspective teachers should be aware of the generational issues and adversity that face aboriginal youth and be prepared to give more support to these students so that we can work to correct some of this generational damage. Teachers have a huge role to play in a reconciliation and healing between first nations and other more privileged Canadians.