

Social Media in the Classroom
1.Twitter Tweet about upcoming due dates or assignments. Provide the class with a running news feed Connect classrooms. Engage parents....


Voki: An Online Tool Where Students Create Talking Characters
"Over the past 20 years, the idea of literacy has changed dramatically. The typical idea about literacy as reading and writing print text...


KidRex: A Safe and Kid Friendly Search Engine
In today's web-dominated society it is important for students to develop strong researching skills, specifically internet guided...


A Look At E-Books In The Classroom
On this snowy Monday morning, with a tea in hand, I'm headed to the University of Ottawa for my education classes. In my tech class, my...


Storybird: A Digital Literacy Tool
When Storybird was first introduced to me I was very eager to explore this resource more in depth. Storybird is a great online tool for...


Professional Development for Educators in the Digital Age
Before the technological age, the term professional development provokes thoughts of expensive fees, travel and inflexible times. Today...


Thinking and Tinkering
Today in one of my education courses (Technology in the Classroom), I had the pleasure of attending a MakerSpace workshop at the Richard...


Teaching with Technology in the Classroom
Currently I am in my last semester of the teacher education program at the University of Ottawa. One of the courses I am taking is...


Acknowledging White Privilege and Embracing Diversity!
This digital story was created for an education course called Schooling and Society. The course touched upon the application of the...

