Because I am a Teacher…

My classmates have been blogging about the challenge of keeping up with the required workload of our ECMP355 course.  Thursday, morning I woke to find a message that one of my assignments that I posted to my blog did not link.  I still cannot get that little project to work.  Friday, feeling unwell, when my Mentor offered the option to… (read more)

Connections

Monday, a grade six student called out to me from down the hall, “Hey Ms. Saas.” He was in North Carolina. This week, I brainstormed and gave feedback with three classes of grade six students. I drank my tea, watched many run-thoughs of videos styled after Commoncraft tutorial videos. I learned a lot about adaptation, mutation, natural selection… and who… (read more)

Talking TED Talk

Tonight in our on-line breakout rooms, Chelsea H. shared the TED Talk she watched, How to Grow your Own Air. She shared that there are three different kinds of plants that, when added to our environment, significantly clean our air. The man making the presentation, Chelsea shared, works in the cleanest air environment on our planet because of these plants.… (read more)

Opening Doors

My classmate blogged about the challenge of bringing her beliefs into the classroom. The following are my current three favourite videos that I use to engage my students in discussion, while at the same time, staying true to who I am and what I believe. · What we hear is only one layer.. what is the greater meaning in the… (read more)

Back Alley Goes Evil by the Super 5

Story telling -Voice threading…A Collaborative Creation by The Back Alley Crew Director: Jessy Lee Cinematographer: Zach Props Manager:Taneshia Villain: Rebeca Hero: Taylor Script Writers: The Crew Special Effects and Audio: The Crew Slurpee Provider: Cori   The Back Alley Goes Evil   I love storytelling! But I’m tired of my stories. The task was to reflect on using one of the 50… (read more)

Virtual Trinket

A classmate mused that the majority of her friends on facebook are extras, collections, souvenirs.  Some of my friends collect friends as well, having easily over 500 friends on their facebook site.  Perhaps I’m only one of their trinkets…   Amid the rising tide of passwords, login codes, updates and commentaries, what is the meaning of all this collecting?… (read more)

Heritage Fair Fun

Two weeks ago I was one of many judges for the entries in the Heritage Fair, Prairie South School Division Regional Finals.  The best sentence of the whole day went to a young adolescent who wrote a lengthy paper about Canada’s best inventions.  Writing about poutine and making connections to its relevance to Canada’s future, the student stated, “It’s a… (read more)

Technological Outage

Last Thursday evening, much of Moose Jaw was without power as the fire department fought a huge fire near Moose Jaw’s downtown.  My daughter and I were at soccer when we saw the flames.  Upon our return, we wanted to veg-out and thaw-out in front of the TV.  Once home, when the power went off a little before nine, we… (read more)

sense of place

I’m currently writing a literature review for two Univeristy of Regina Education instructors, Dr. Carol Fulton and Dr. Marilyn Miller .  The review focuses on how schools build communities.  Within the literature, three overarching themes are emerging.  Though I’ll let the researchers share all the findings at a later date, I’m keenly interested in one finding, the idea that community… (read more)
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