Tip of the Iceberg

Want to know what our kids are capable of achieving in just over a week? Here are some photos to show you some parts of our world! Our Minecraft ECA met on Monday, and it was great to check in with what happened over the week. Top on my agenda was to get a list [...]

Overheard in the lab: “My Mum says she can’t believe UWC is offering a Minecraft activity. She says it’s a waste of time.” Me: <breathe> DM from @jplaman: Me: <breathe> I guess it’s time! This blog post is proving hard to write. I have rewritten this paragraph about 14 times, mostly because I am trying [...]

The following Apps are my pics for Best Travel Apps Ever, and ones I will be putting to good use this summer when I travel to Europe.   TripIt – One of the easiest & most useful travel apps is TripIt. You simply forward your flight confirmations and/or hotel bookings, and TripIt will put together [...]

This little gem of an idea, came to the Digital Literacy Team at UWCSEA via Robyn Treyvaud, who had been visiting our school to work on the initiation of our generation safe project. Robyn’s idea – so obvious I don’t know why we hadn’t thought of it before – was to include students in the [...]

(Cross-posted at Greatechxpectations) Noah Katz, one of the Digital Literacy Coaches at Dover came across this fantastic resource which he shared with me. Triptico (designed by David Riley) is a FREE download which works very nicely in conjunction with IWBs. The free download gives you a number of desktop resources which are fully customizable. What I [...]

(Cross-posted at Greatechxpectations)  The iPad is a great mobile device for recording students thinking on the go. When we combine the iPad, Harvard’s Artful Thinking Palette, Harvard’s Visible Thinking Routines and the free Voicethread app, a plethora of possibilities become available. Sign in to Voicethread (NB, if your school has domain, as ours does, you [...]

I was kindly tagged by Kim Cofino in this blog meme of sorts, (via Jess McCulloch) which involves documenting how you get to work. It’s an interesting one, because I love seeing the diverse lifestyles of my friends around the world – check out the journeys of Kim, Jess & Clint, by way of example. The journey [...]

This is the third year Margot and I have worked on a claymation project with the Grade 5s, and we both feel this is the year that everything is coming together! I have written about our adventures with animation here and here, so you can see a bit of the history. This year, we are [...]

Over the past few days, UWCSEA has been lucky enough to have Apple Guru Kathleen Ferenz visit our school. She has been a fabulous resource for me personallyas a Digital Literacy Coach, but also for the groups of teachers she has worked with. One of Kathleen’s many strengths is in Literacy, and she has given [...]

I know Learner Profile Certificates aren’t the be-all and end-all of the PYP, however if your school is anything like my school, teachers like them anyway. And let’s face it – so do kids. A teacher on staff made some gorgeous certificates, however they were all with copyright images, so Louise & I made up [...]