by alicjawp | May 3, 2017 | Collaboration, Innovation, Presentations, Technology
Some of the best teaching moments are really just moments of facilitation. It sure makes teaching sound unromantic but really, we facilitate opportunities for our students to learn and grow. If we work hard, and the facilitation is successful we are happy to watch...
by alicjawp | May 1, 2017 | Google Classroom, Presentations, Technology
Most English standards, such as the Common Core Standards stipulate the development of presentation skills. The Common Core “Speaking and Listening” category specifies that students “make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and...
by alicjawp | Mar 23, 2017 | Collaboration, PBL, Project Based Learning, Technology
At the recent Live Curious Conference, I attended an inspiring session on Global Collaborative Learning. The teachers presenting showed us the incredible learning experience their students in Mexico had collaborating with a teacher in the United States. It was...
by alicjawp | Mar 7, 2017 | Social Justice, TECHO, Week Without Walls
After our build and some much needed rest, I regrouped with students from the TECHO to debrief, reflect and plan. I’m excited about the plans for our new TECHO club at ASFG, fundraising possibilities and most of all, the energy that the students brought back...
by alicjawp | Mar 1, 2017 | Social Justice, TECHO, Week Without Walls
Getting back from the TECHO build is like coming back from another world. In fact, it is coming back from another world. Driving home last night and running some errands in my neighbourhood today, I couldn’t stop marveling at the pavement on the roads, yes! even our...
by alicjawp | Feb 23, 2017 | Infographic, Lit Circles, Project Based Learning, Social Justice, Technology, Tinkering
Recently I had the pleasure of listening to Gever Tulley deliver the keynote at the American School Foundation of Monterrey Live Curious Go Beyond Conference. Tulley is the founder of Brightworks and the Tinkering School in San Francisco as well as the author of 50...
by alicjawp | Feb 22, 2017 | Social Justice, TECHO, Week Without Walls
This weekend I am taking 33 students from ASFG to a community in Tonalá, Jalisco to build 6 TECHO homes for families in need. Wish me luck! TECHO is a nonprofit organization that originated in Chile in 1997 to combat poverty, first by providing people with a basic...
by alicjawp | Feb 21, 2017 | Google Classroom, Technology
I love using Google Classroom. In English class it is ideal for creating project templates with links to various resources; students refer to Classroom whenever they need a certain resource; and, essays are easy to grade with a student list of assignments for me to...
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