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Sabrena Baiagern wrote a new post, Final project for Course 3 - Visual...
Visual literacy…….telling a story through pictures……interpreting a story through visuals…….getting the message across about a concept that you understand. As story tellers in the classroom, it is our...
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I agree with you. When the students understand how to interpret a graph, then this is when the conversation sparks. They start to see a pattern or question the trend. And this leads into critical...
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Himani – it sounds like your students definitely took their understanding to a higher level. I can imagine it must have been simply wonderful for you and your other students to listen to their...
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Thanks for the comment, Rob! I agree that it is a challenge to not fall victim to mere substitution. In some ways, I don’t think we will be able to completely replace old habits. For example, in...
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Thanks, Said. I am looking forward to trying this out as well. I am really hoping that from a boring lesson, the storytelling will bring life to the lesson and the students. It will be interesting to...
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Sabrena Baiagern wrote a new post, The NETS Standards: A Collaborative...
In a world where digital technology is the norm, it is no doubt that our students MUST be prepared. In being prepared, it is not just being able to use the technology, but it is also taking this to...
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Sabrena Baiagern wrote a new post, Flipped Classroom – I’m lovin’ it, on the...
During the first COETAIL course, I was still a bit apprehensive and uncertain of the whole flipped classroom idea. It was not the first time that I had heard of flipped learning and I had already been...
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Sabrena Baiagern wrote a new post, The importance of learning “code”, on the...
I have Tim Pettine and the RIS high school Monday homeroom extended activities for this blog. Every Monday the daily bell schedule is altered so that each class period is shortened by 3 minutes....
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Thanks for the reply and actually I have not had any personal experience with teaching code. But, I really liked the message that was being sent by the video and activity. Our school offers, I believe,...
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Andrew – thanks for the reply and I completely agree with you. I did not mean to sound like we as the educator have to direct the students every step of the way. Each and every student is different and...
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Thanks for the comment, Jason! And I really like how you managed to take a chemistry concept of gradual phase changes and use in the whole idea of slowly integrating the flipped learning model in the...
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Hi Jason – great post! I could not agree with you more that one of the biggest challenges to “flipping” a classroom is giving up control of the classroom, and more importantly, of how the content is...
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Andrew, I agree with you that teaching the NETS standards should probably start from a young age – possibly as young as kindergarten. But, I think that this is something that needs to be taught and...
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Cathy, I agree with you as well that gaming can definitely serve an appropriate purpose in the classroom and in education. In one of my previous blogs, I also found that gaming is beneficial for the...
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Deneen – what an excellent idea to implement with your Grade 7 students. I like how you have taken so many different topics and meshed them into one big idea. From this activity/lesson, students will...
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Sabrena Baiagern wrote a new post, Learning to appreciate BIODIVERSITY...
Environmental science is a field that really requires the learner to be out in the field. As a classroom teacher that teaches this subject, I often feel limited by what I can do and what I can have my...
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Lisa – thanks for the positive feedback! (And I’m surprised I could make the elevator pitch! I think it was the lack of time that pressured me to be able to do it :) Anyway, I can definitely see how...
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Whitney, I agree with your post, especially the part about “instant gratification”. With everything online now and simply at the click of a button or a finger, we (old and young) have turned into a...
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Neamul – I am so happy to hear that you have inspired you to appreciate coding even more. I personally have little experience with coding. The last time I remember learning how to code was when I was...
View ArticleSabrena Baiagern wrote a new post, Course 5 Final Project - Biodiversity...
For my course 5 final project my students had the opportunity of getting to learn about biodiversity through the use of numerous applications such as Google maps, Google Earth, and Google+. They...
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Thanks, Tim! And I do have to agree with you that there is no turning back. I don’t think it is just you and me that cannot imagine life without the internet. But, pretty much everyone around the world...
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My guess is not. I am certain there are times that a lightbulb will light up for a student and we will overlook it. With the both of us in the classroom, I guess this gives us double the ammunition to...
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Sabrena Baiagern wrote a new post, Having an online presence (like on...
About two years and eight months ago, I was introduced to Facebook. Let me rephrase, about two years and eight months ago, I decided to finally join the online world of Facebook. I was on maternity...
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Rob, thanks for the feedback. And yes, I agree with you that teaching our children, and our students, the critical lessons in life has always been important. I am constantly reminding my two children...
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Sabrena Baiagern wrote a new post, Integrating technology into the classroom,...
I have always doubted and questioned my technological expertise as a teacher. The world is changing so fast – new technologies arrive, old technologies become obsolete. At times I feel that I am only...
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Gretchen, thanks for the immediate response. And I have to agree that as educators, we are often tempted to take the easy way out and do what we already feel comfortable with doing. I know that I do...
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Cathy – thanks for the comment and good for you for standing your ground. It’s as if social media has added another challenge to good parenting. I already battle with my two kids at times about playing...
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Mendy, I simply love your choice of words and enthusiasm. And I could not agree with you more on your take on being an effective teacher. Those who don’t teach truly do not know what being a teacher...
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Sabrena Baiagern wrote a new post, Aging and game based learning, on the site...
My 72-year-old father was once a full time doctor/surgeon. He is now partially retired, taking up an advisory position as an emeritus professor for the urological surgery department at Chulalongkorn...
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Thanks for the feedback Tim! As parents, I think we are more prone to being cautious about social media. And who can blame us? It is scary to think about what our children could possibly get into...
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I think I had come across the change in names, but overlooked it. The concept of “flipped learning” has always been around. Probably everyone has learned from themselves, but we just don’t realize that...
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Sabrena Baiagern wrote a new post, Not the end, but just the beginning (and...
After discussing the importance of water (one of the many abiotic factors that plays a vital role on Earth), my environmental science students were required to narrow down their study and to focus on...
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Sabrena Baiagern wrote a new post, Fair use - what is our obligation as...
The students in the school’s Red Cross club and I have been working on cancer awareness week for the month of November. The plan is to raise awareness among the student body about prostate cancer,...
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Sabrena Baiagern wrote a new post, Parenting in the digital age, on the site...
After watching/listening to the talk given by Dr. Larry Rosen, I could not help but feel torn by the many things he had addressed. Dr. Larry Rosen used his own personal life as an example and states...
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Himani, thanks for the comment. I am so glad to hear that another teacher/parent agrees with me. At first, I thought I would be going out on a limb on my own. It is reassuring to know that others agree...
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Thanks, Dave. And I agree with the fact that what I am suggesting goes against what our students have become so accustomed to. It is probably impossible to get rid of piracy in Thailand completely as...
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Sounds like you’ve taken this personally! I will stay away from commenting on this. I, will, however comment on the fact that we, as human beings, are responsible for how our relationships turn out and...
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I would have to agree with you both, Andrew and Jason! Though, technology is not the root of bullying (and humans are as Andrew suggested), it has definitely added another hurdle to overcome as...
View ArticleSabrena Baiagern wrote a new post, UBd Planner for Course Two Final Project,...
Completing the final project for this course has been the hardest task for me so far. I am not certain as to whether it has been the busy schedule I’ve been dealing with at work and at home or if it is...
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Sabrena Baiagern wrote a new post, Visual hierarchy and my course daily...
When asked “how would you like to re-design any web-based resource that you use with my students to make it more aesthetically appealing and easier to navigate?” I immediately envision the challenge...
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Andrew, thanks. It’s assuring to hear a fellow teacher say “hey, what you’re doing makes sense!” But, once again, I can’t but help question myself constantly and how much I am getting through to my...
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Andrew, I really enjoyed reading about your viewpoint towards digital storytelling. And I could not agree with more with you about the hope that the art of storytelling will continue to hold a personal...
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Rhiannon – thanks for the feedback. And I definitely see your point on how one method of communication may work for one class and not at all for another. As educators I think we have to constantly...
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Sabrena Baiagern wrote a new post, The importance of visual literacy in our...
As a science teacher, I sometimes feel like I am teaching a foreign language. Terms like independent variable and dependent variable, and error analysis or percent error, often don’t come naturally to...
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I thought I was the only one that used a running Google document to run my classes. Similar to what you are doing with your classes, I also have a living daily agenda. I told my students that this is...
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Eric, reading your post immediately brought the movie title “Lost in Translation:” to mind. I am sure we can all relate to your post and the fact that despite what language the message is being sent...
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Sabrena Baiagern wrote a new post, Upping my visual literacy skills in...
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. -Henry David Thoreau It used to be that powerpoint presentations were “the” way of presenting information to an audience. But, life as we...
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Rhiannon – I simply loved the video of the elementary school students making their own digital stories. It’s so refreshing to see how the students were engaged and intrinsically motivated to create and...
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