Month August 2013

Pretend you’re a teenager

A picture à propos of nothing, except perhaps the recognition of the dying days of a teacher’s summer vacation One of the major aspects of my job (and admittedly, one of my favourites) is finding ways to smooth out wrinkles…

Getting Parents into the Mix : OneNote opens the door

Last year’s introduction of shared OneNote Binders to our school really provided more fluid communication between teacher and student — because there was anytime, anywhere, “any media” access to all of the student and teacher notes there is now a…

I’d give my right _A_R_M to assess better

We had a really successful year last year when we rolled out the OneNote Binders … and now we’ve responded to some of the feedback as we prepare to provide this year’s version. Students have become accustomed to using the…

Calendars, the first five of two

As we continue to prepare for the coming academic year (we don’t start classes until the week after Labour Day) I’ve begun to prepare the data for the Faculty. One of the introductions last year was the “Duty Calendar” —…