Digital Portfolios - a game changer

Digital Portfolios

Bryan's Video on quinta-feira, 21 de maio de 2015

Texthelp

These guys are incredible. I first learned of texthelp when it was in its infancy, in Ontario. This is an application that helps students to read, write, spell, listen, speak... it's a literacy tutor sitting right next to you. Unbelievable. Here's a demo:

It has come so far since then. There's

• the read&write extension (comes free for anyone on a Chrome browser), 
• Snapverter - an add-on that creates pdfs for sharing through Drive
• fluency tutor - a teacher's dream - it's a reading assessment tool. Students can practice and record their reading and it automatically saves it and sends it to you. There is so much more to this - but I'm not the expert (yet) AND - it costs.
• teach for Google - short, how to videos for best practice strategies. This has grown out of a genius hour at the EdTech Team - and is growing with more lessons and strategies as we speak!

The texthelp guys are just amazing!

Martin (on the left) is wearing his Google Glasses! Tres cool...

And, speaking of cool, welcome to my new friends, Uncle Fester

and

EMPEROR Darren! (Tech Lord!)

Matific: self exploration in math

COOL! Math website to enhance creativity and problem solving For grades 1 - 6.

Matific

What's even cooler, is the rationale behind it. Watch:

iPad meets Google apps

Holly Clark helps us connect the iPad with Google apps for education (gafe).

I love it. Powerful messages:

• making learning visible
• give students a voice
• share learning

Using Socrative, iMovie, Book Creator, Easy Blogger jnr... AMAZING!!!

At the EdTech Team Global Summit!

Hi from Sao Paulo! I'm at the EdTech Team Global Summit - featuring Google for Education. I have to say, this is my 3 Google Summit, and 5th tech conference and it seems... small.  That doesn't mean it won't be good, it just much more intimate than I'm used to. There is a certain enjoyment to a large, anonymous crowd. I see about thirty of us so far. We will see if all the sessions still run. You never know, it might be the best one yet!

Meanwhile, back home, I hear that some members of the family are missing me!

I'M BACK!!!

I haven't blogged in almost a year! Instead of blogging, I've been INGESTING all the cool
sights/sites and sounds around me! Also, my new school uses Edmodo for Homework and Assignments - very easy and useful I must say!

If you are an alum from JD - hello and how are you? If you are from my new school: the International School of Curitiba - Hello and Welcome!

I decided to start to blog again because I'm off to a

Google Summit again and love sending info back to colleagues, friends, students... anyone who might be interested.

So, if you want to continue to hear from me- stay tuned! If you have moved on to bigger and brighter things (like high school!) and don't want to have your old science teacher bothering you - feel free to 'unsubscribe'. Cheers and best of luck to everyone!

I'm reading the most interesting book!

I do have a fascination for chemistry and came across this as an eBook (trying to travel light to Brazil!)

It is completely accessible for my grade 8 students who have a fondness for chemistry. There are TONS of experiments and theories to do and explore. The library does NOT have it, but as you can see, it's on sale at Chapters/Indigo and the eBook version is only 9.99!

Keep learning!
Mrs. B

Highlights from the science expo

Science Expo Highlights

Happy Canada Day!

In Canada: Happy Canada Day from the Hadfields! (and from Mrs. Bibby Smith!)