Tuesday 15 December 2015

5 favourite things

This is part of Peel 21st blog hop. The theme of this hop is our five favourite things.

1) Lost at School by Dr.Greene Ross

Though I have had a lot of favourite things this year my top one this year has to be Dr. Green's book, Lost at school. Learning about collaborative problem solving has been revolutionary; not only in my classroom management but with my personal parenting. CPS is an approach to managing all children. It is meant for those special friends we have but to be honest it works for all. Read more about this here.

2) Starr Sackstein: assessment books

If you have not read these books I highly recommend that you do. They discuss her journey as she has thrown out grades. This has been a big journey for me as I have really thought about why we need to have grades? What do they actually tell us? Do they really matter? These are the questions that I have been pursuing this year while I am attempting to not give any grades (except those mandated by the ministry). Check out the various books by Starr. The ones I refer too are: Teaching Students to Self Assess and Hack the Classroom: 10 ways to go gradeless in a traditional classroom.

3) Doctopus and Goobric

I know that many who read this blog or know me, know how much I love google. My main reason that pushes me to use it is the work flow possibilities. Doctopus and goobric allows me to push assignments to my students. It also allows me to differentiate for them by giving certain students one template and others another one. I can also attach this to goobric and give feedback right then and there within the assignments.  For more info click on this presentation I made.

4) Some of my favourite people on Twitter

This wouldn't be a favourite thing post without some amazing people to follow and share with. These people are some of the best educators that I have had the privilege to meet and talk to about everything and anything in education. There are many who I could have put here but these are just a few that I have had the privilege of interacting with. Of course there are also the amazing people in this blog hop who you should follow. All of them are amazing educators.

Matthew Oldridge (@MatthewOldridge)
Brian Aspinall (@MrAspinall)
Aviva Dunsiger (@avivaloca)
Peter Cameron (@cherandpete)
Rolland Chidiac (@Rchids)
Lisa Floyd (@LisaannFloyd)
Michelle Cordy (@cordym)


5) My Favourite Hashtags

Of course adding to following people is following amazing hashtags for learning. Here are a few of my favourite ones

#peelmathchat
#peel21st
#engagemath
#gafesummit
#sharesease

These are just a few of my favourite things. To learn about more please look at the other amazing educators in this blog hop.

https://flipagram.com/f/h9rpxkqYQh

http://teachinginspirations.blogspot.ca/2015/12/my-favourite-things-december-bloghop.html


Jason Wigmore:
https://jwigmore.wordpress.com/2015/12/15/a-few-of-my-favourite-things/


Jim Cash:
http://makelearn.org/2015/12/15/a-few-of-my-favourite-things/

Tina Zita:
https://misszita.wordpress.com/2015/12/16/peel21st-blog-hop-a-few-of-my-favourite-things/




Pam Taylor:
http://mindfulauthenticity.blogspot.ca/2015/12/december-peel21st-blog-hop-few-of-my.html?spref=tw




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