Another one bites the dustWe are well underway in our IT8 classes, spending most of our time this week working with Prezi and Powerpoint. I learned that google docs have limitations when trying to share information with students. After a little bit of a hiccup, I was able to get the templates sorted out enough so that students had a base to start from when creating infographics about the Dos and Don'ts of Social Media.
I spent time this week working on my gamification of my Foods 9 course. With the help of ClassDojo, my students will be working together each class to earn experience points towards a grand total for each block. At the end of each month, the class that has accumulated the most points will earn themselves a bonus activity. I'm still brainstorming and polling students to see what they want to do as an enrichment activity. I finally got around to registering for the cueBC conference and am looking forward to attending. Last year I was inspired by the keynote speaker, George Couros, and I can't wait to see what I might be able to use next.
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We survived our first full weekI am happy to report that our first full week of school is almost under wraps. One focus I have this year is to establish clear routines and expectations in all of my classes so that students know what is expected as soon as they walk through the door.
I spent a little time reading a book I borrowed from a friend, The First Days of School by Harry K. Wong & Rosemary T. Wong, to get myself into the swing of things. There is a lot of information in the text but I think it will prove to be useful over the course of the year. My first couple of I.T. 8 classes were a little touch and go since the PCs aren't set up exactly how I want them yet. I'm also a Mac user so I'm finding that I will need to relearn and adjust a couple of things. Lesson of the week that I learned with my 8s is that Internet Explorer is not our friend... an important lesson to learn! Since my 8s are expected to write a blog post weekly, I'm challenging myself to do the same. I guess we'll see how that goes. Until next time, KT |
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