Feb 22, 2011 Posted by Henrietta Miller

Spelling City – Lesson 27

This week we devoted a whole session to Spelling City. As a resource Spelling City continues to develop and grow. So we felt it was time to look closely at all the activities and ways Spelling City can be used in the classroom. Teachers can use Spelling City either for free with a useful number of games and activities at their disposal. For a fairly modest fee they can also become  premium members. This... read more

Feb 6, 2011 Posted by Henrietta Miller

Why we blog in our classrooms – lesson 26

The first few techie brekkie sessions this year have been designed to revisit some of last years topics. The reasons for starting our year in this way were twofold. Firstly we have several new staff and secondly it is good to be reminded of some of the programs we first considered early last year. This week we looked at blogging in our classrooms. We reaffirmed our commitment to be a blogging school and we... read more

Jan 21, 2011 Posted by Henrietta Miller

Using Edmodo in a k-12 School- lesson 25

This techie brekkie was prepared for a staff professional development session on our first day back at school for 2011. It was designed to introduce all staff to the benefits of using edmodo in their classroom. We started the session viewing this prezi. Using Edmodo in a K-12 School on Prezi Cynthia Medina was kind enough to give me permission to show this slideshare which beautifully illustrates... read more

Dec 2, 2010 Posted by Henrietta Miller

Lesson 24 -A final reflection

This session was our final techie brekkie for the year and wow, what a year of learning and growing as teachers it has been. As we start to wind down for the year it is important that we reflect on the learning that has occurred and plan for the learning we want to happen next year. So this techie brekkie was all about reflecting. There has much been written about the importance of teaching our students to... read more

Nov 22, 2010 Posted by Henrietta Miller

Lesson 23 – Using Games in Education

This techie brekkie was inspired by the many teachers around the globe who are integrating games into the curriculum. We began by looking at the work of a teacher from Victoria called Adrian Camm. Adrian gave a presentation at Ulearn10 on using games in the classroom. As part of his presentation he showed everyone this amazing wiki packed full of resources. http://gamesined.wikispaces.com/ Adrian quotes... read more