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R-learning- Robots in the classroom LOL
R-learning. That’s a term I haven’t heard before. R-learning stands for robot learning. The South Korea government plans to have thirty-six robot teachers or Engkeys teaching in 18 classrooms by the...
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Students think cell phones have no place in the classroom
Image by yisris via Flickr Seventy-two percent of the 2600 students who took part in a survey sponsored by the Ontario Students’ Trustee Association students agreed cell phones should not be used...
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Unblocking YouTube has caused a classroom management nightmare in my classroom
Image via CrunchBase What’s that old adage “Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it”. I’ve been wishing the school would unblock YouTube so I could use it freely in my classroom. A couple...
View ArticleContinuing to develop a viable YouTube policy for my classroom.
In my last post, I spoke about the classroom management challenge I was having because the Board unexpectedly unblocked YouTube. It was quite a surprise to me when my students found they could access...
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Students demonstrate learning by creating a graphic-non-fiction book using...
I try to engage my struggling, reluctant students by using a variety of online applications as teaching tools for me and as learning tools for my students. There’s so much available online now that I...
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New classroom management issues arise when students who use computers in the...
I think I’ve finally figured out why some of my students in my grade nine learning strategies class continually insist on sneaking to other sites like YouTube when they’re supposed to be doing their...
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Independent time on the computer at beginning of class is helping my students...
Image via CrunchBase I’ve had to think about student YouTube-use management strategies in my class ever since the Board unblocked YouTube. From the moment my students discovered YouTube was unblocked,...
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I’m going to start the new school year by protecting myself from teacher...
Image via Wikipedia Yes, school starts in a little more than two weeks and just like so many other teachers I’m starting to think (reluctantly ) about preparing for the new school year. Usually I go...
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Teachers are victims of cyberbullying
Teacher cyberbullying is a hot topic. I recently had the pleasure (?) of being able to talk about teacher cyberbully on Metro morning, Radio 1, our local Toronto CBC radio station. I talked about why...
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The flipped classroom strategy for academically at-risk students.
I’m always looking for ways to improve my teaching practice to engage my academically at-risk students. In doing research for my recent MEd course, I came across an interesting teaching strategy called...
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