At Appleby College, we’ve been using Microsoft OneNote for a l.o.n.g time now … and structured shared OneNote Binders for two full academic years now. Folks often ask how much time it takes for teachers to get accustomed to working…
During the first three weeks of July, I have the amazing opportunity to work at the Park City Mathematics Institute. It is, without exaggeration, the best professional development opportunity for teachers of mathematics. Participants spend three weeks thinking deeply about…
OneNote, as well as I can gauge from the number of tweets I see tagged with it, has been undergoing a marked increase in user base. So, I’ve been trying to mirror what folks do with GoogleDocs and show how…
We got great news today… Microsoft Office Labs have released an app for Sharepoint2013 that will create a OneNote notebook for your class very similar to what we use at Appleby! The direct link to the Store is This is…
“Working within our comfort zone is pretty much the antithesis of learning” @MatthewGudenius
So this post is prompted by Dave Sladkey’s post earlier on using Google Drive, namely Google Drive! What are you waiting for Math Teachers? Now Google Drive/Google Docs has much greater visibility than Microsoft OneNote and even though I’m a…
One of the things I stress when working with teachers is to have them record themselves in the classroom, either using audio or video. It’s eye-opening (and illusion-shattering) when you see yourself on the screen saying things and doing things.…
My own teaching practice, and my prioritization for teacher professional development, has been greatly influenced by Black & Wiliam’s Inside the Black Box and, more recently, Hattie’s work on changes in teaching and learning that have some demonstrable effectiveness across…
We received great news this week: we’ve been designated a Microsoft Mentor School for 2014; one of only three across Canada. From the website: schools must demonstrate a commitment to innovation and the ability to overcome obstacles in preparing students to…
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…