Grade 6 Students Using Digital Tools to Encourage Authentic Talk

Posted February 4, 2015

Grade 6 students at Park Manor PS shared their thinking during a Literature Circle discussion.  The teacher places a digital recording device at each table to record the discussion, which she can use later for student feedback and instructional next steps.  The use of a digital tool to record student talk helps keep the students […]

Apps Can Make Fun & Learning the Same Thing – Four Pictures One Word

Posted February 28, 2013

A grade 8 student shared a great learning App with a teacher here at our school and now many staff and students are hooked on “Four Pictures One Word”.  It is a fun App with many curriculum connections and potential learning outcomes such as picture recognition, word-picture association and spelling.  In the picture below, the […]

Students Using Digital Tools to Build Background Knowledge for Literature Circles

Posted February 28, 2013

Students were using their new iPads during Literature Circles (http://resources.curriculum.org/secretariat/circles/files/CirclesGuide.pdf) to build their background knowledge on various topics connected with Global Issues.  I am continually amazed how easily students see digital tools as just another learning tool for them to use.  As well, they can access the information from the Board Virtual Library in their […]

Silver Birch Books are Here

Posted January 7, 2013

All students in grade 6 have the opportunity to be part of the Ontario Library Association’s Forest of Reading program. With 30 books split evenly into 3 categories; fiction, non-fiction and express, there are sure to be books for everyone. Any student reading more than 5 in a category will be able to cast a […]

Success Story #6 – Today’s Meet

Posted February 13, 2012

Today’s Meet (www.todaysmeet.com) is a technology website used by students with a tablet. Students used the ‘running conversation’ to ask questions before, during and after reading a shared text (we also used it for connection making).  It reinforces the idea that questions have to be done at many stages.  You can revisit the transcript of […]

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