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…
I have the incredible good fortune to watch a French teacher work over the next month. She’s taken on the responsibility for a Grade 10 French summer course for students. The challenge is that she is teaching it online to…
In our grade 9 classes we have an alternative approach to final assessments in June. Rather than exams, the students engage in day-long activities for each subject. Not quite project-based assessments but somewhat similar; I’m going to call them projects…
As I mentioned in an earlier post, my students will often be required to submit Jing videos of their worked solutions to a variety of problems. Basically it’s the modern alternative to handing in paper copies of their homework but…
I’ve been thinking about how to assess my Grade 9 and 10 students this year … I did a lot of experimentation last year with my accelerated Grade 8 students;they were open to trying things out since acquisition of skills…