Distance education while we wait to hear what’s next for students
March 30th, 2020 As we are all waiting to hear from the Ministries of Education and Health about what’s next …
Category Archives: Information Communication Technology
Education During COVID-19 Pandemic
March 24, 2020 I am holed up at my Toronto home with my family, our three pets and a Bengal …
Maker Fairs for Children in Toronto
Together, Kids Learning Code, Maker Kids, TIFF and Toronto Public Library, have developed comprehensive, maker curriculum for educators who work in formal and informal learning …
STEM toys and Maker Workshops for Christmas
This Christmas toys that promote skills in science, technology, math, and engineering (a category in the toy industry known as …
Ice Balloons and Supercooled Waterdrops
The science-based Exploratorium in San Francisco has wonderful tools for educators. Two of their resources are the “after school activities” and the …
“If I could invent anything, I would invent…”
A few months ago I had the opportunity to visit a show of the top US kid’s Google Doodle entries. …
Teachers need to be “Googleable”
Will Richardson (photo by Emile Wamsteker) is a former New Jersey teacher-turned-tech expert, who maintains that teachers need to be role models for …
Hash Tags for Education
http://www.teachthought.com/twitter-hashtags-for-teacher/ TeachThought’s blog is dedicated to progressive education and trending topics. The following article is taken directly from TeachThought’s blog. Check …
Hackathon for Girls in Bangalore and Girls Learning Code in Toronto
http://gracehopper.org.in/2013/conference/hackathon/Two days ago, about 100 young women gathered in Bangalore to learn about open-source software in the context of on-going …
Flipped School Model of Instruction
At Clintondale High School just outside of Detroit, principal Greg Green has been implementing a new kind of curriculum called the “flipped …
Janine Schaub 