Lots of happy faces today! 701 and 705 finally got their well-earned pizza party for bringing in the most food for our food drive. 🍕 @sajhnews Sara Bonin #celebration #schoolspirit

Grade 8 Core French students have spent the last 2 weeks working in small groups to create their own restaurants, including making descriptive menus to order from and acting out short restaurant scenes. @sajhnews

#IDtips

The medium is not the message, but the medium does shape the message. Information is now at anyone's fingertips, so skills, rather than content, are now the priority for learning. #IDtips youtube.com/watch?v=VsZQMa…

Fuzzy goals can provide the opportunity for discovery and encourage curiosity while still encouraging the learner to progress. Unlike a SMART goal, a fuzzy goal does not provide specific direction. #IDTips

"Despite lack of evidence, a number of studies suggest that many educators believe that matching instruction to Learning Style(s) is effective." 🧐 #IDTips frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Learners participating in the lesson design process is what's next! #freeinquiry #IDTips

Click, click, click ... Connectivism is a Learning Theory that takes into account the social connected process of learning. #IDTips youtube.com/watch?v=yx5VHp…

Assessment doesn't have to be an ordeal! #IDTips edutopia.org/article/7-ways…

Not all of our pandemic teaching and learning was bad. What can we take from this experience to make education better? #IDTips facultyfocus.com/articles/blend…

Does the technology you're using in your classroom substitute, enhance, or transform? #IDTips

Professional Learning Networks work best when they develop spontaneously from shared interests. Find people who inspire and motivate and benefit from a global community. #IDTips

Every platform has its own norms or expectations. What is the "netiquette" for your most used platform? #IDTiPs

Do your students know they can set screen time limits on their favourite apps to improve their digital well-being? Check out this new method TikTok has added! #IDTips tiktok.com/@seansvv/video…

How will Star link affect the digital divide? #IDtips cnet.com/home/internet/…

Digital Citizenship can be taught in every subject class. #IDtips avidopenaccess.org/resource/incre…

Check out INTERLAND - "kids will help their fellow Internauts combat badly behaved hackers, phishers, oversharers, and bullies by practicing the skills they need to be good digital citizens." #IDtips beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_us/educators

We are preparing our students for a world that doesn't exist yet. Shaping the digital citizens of the future. #IDTips ilab.ceu.edu/blog-posts/the…

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Merci à Mary Ledger - HRA Citadel Family ! Mary showed our grade 8s examples of historic Acadian coats of arms and then taught students how to carve their own versions into foam to create stamps. Students used screen printing ink to make impressions of their own coats of arms. @sajhnews Halifax Regional Centre for Education