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Pear Deck for Google Slides
…and score some formative assessment feedback for yourself in the process. Take a peek at Peardeck to accomplish these...
Google Calendar Tricks
If you're looking for some extra knowledge for managing your Google Calendar...
Organizing Google Drive
Tips to assist with organization in Google Drive There are a few things you can do to assist with organizing your...
Kids, Selfies and Unimaginable Personal Tragedies
Last week, tragedy struck in Humboldt Saskatchewan when a semi truck t-boned a bus filled with junior hockey players....
Citizenship, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving
Real life has an interesting way of presenting opportunities that can be embedded into instruction. This fall, I've...
Fall Gamification Update
The process of gamifying French as a Second Language has taken a large chunk of time to plan, prepare and execute;...
Help! They brought cellphones to my class!
What do I do?? You use them. I had the opportunity today to present to teachers in my school division regarding...
Fantasy Cartography
The game designs and plans are coming along nicely. I've got the website started; URL will be revealed soon. I'm...
The ongoing card design
I am amassing a few resources now for my gamified French 7 & 8 classes. Amazon Prime Day was a big help for...
First Cards
Using the Hearthstone Card Generator, I am creating the initial character cards for students. These cards are based...
The Gamification of French Second Language
I have been assigned four classes of introductory French Second Language next year. My undergraduate major was French...
Google Certified Educator – Level 1 – CHECK!
It's official - I have completed the Google Certified Educator Level 1 Testing. I will be completing the Level 2...
Looking forward to Blogging
I have only one course left for my M.Ed, which has been the focus of this website so far; all my M.Ed work is posted...
Testing the Go Animate embedded player
I've run into a javascript error when trying to export my video from Go Animate directly into my YouTube channel, and...
What the Heck is a Hashtag?
Reposting from my former blog... For years, I thought that Twitter was just for narcissists. I thought that all you...
The Hour of Code
The hour of code is in its third year of existence, and I am proud to state that my classes have participated in it...