I have taught most of my career at an urban Indigenous high school for students who come from reserves all over Northern Ontario. Although we have more “city kids” now, a large portion of our student population consists of students from remote northern communities who attend our school because there are no high schools on […]
We’ve all been there, trying to get our students to present their slideshows in front of the class, only to get a handful of mumblers, a few more confident speakers reading the slides verbatim, and a good portion of the class completely unwilling to regale their classmates with their topics. Speaking in front of people […]
Scrolling Pinterest or Teacher Instagram, we see so many cute selfies of teachers posing in their #ootd, reflected in a mirror surrounded by laminated cards with words of affirmation. These bursts of positivity in my social feeds inspired me to finally grab the cheap full length mirror I saw at Walmart, some Command Hook adhesive […]
Webquests are one of my favourite activities to facilitate with my classes because they are so adaptable. You can use them for any topic, you can organize students into groups, pairs, or individually, and you can use a computer lab or rotate your students through stations, therefore only using a handful of laptops or iPads […]
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