To conclude our polar bear project, we did some reflecting and summarizing after we held our WWF Polar Bear Walk at Brandon University. We met on Skype with the OLCS Kindergartens who collaborated with us on this project. We discussed the project and made a to do list of next steps for the project. Our list included things like writing thank you cards to those who helped us and sharing the work from our project. We also made a goal for each class to create something to showcase and reflect on the project. The kindergartens decided to create a video. Our grade 1 class chose to write a retelling about the project, since that is a text-type that we have been working on this year. We worked together to collaboratively author the book, using photographs from the project as our pictures.
This is an education-related blog written by Mrs. Leah Obach @LeahO77. Leah is currently working as the Literacy with ICT Teacher Leader for Park West School Division, working with K-12 students and teachers to help them use technology for teaching and learning. She has taught at the early years, middle years and high school levels. Student work, teacher reflection, resources and samples from classrooms around PWSD are included in this blog.
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
2017 Microsoft Education Exchange
I was thrilled to be selected to attend the 2017
Microsoft Education Exchange (E2) as a Microsoft Expert Educator
Fellow. The conference was hosted in Canada for the first time, with the
venue being the classy Fairmont Royal York in Toronto,
Ontario. 240 educators representing 83 different countries were in
attendance. It was a whirlwind of learning, sharing and networking.
One of the highlights of this event was getting to know other educators. Team Canada included many talented and passionate teachers. I really enjoyed working with all of them. It was especially exciting to connect with some educators I have "known virtually" through social media, webinars and the Microsoft Educator Community. Jim Pedrech and Ian Fogarty are two Canadian teachers who do great work with their students. I've been hearing about their work for years and I finally got to meet them at E2! I also had the chance to meet #WHOtoYOU leader Kaylyn Dorland, who I've connected with virtually in the last two years. It was great to meet her face-to-face and I enjoyed touring her school, Queen of Heaven Elementary School, in Milton, ON. There are many other educators from around the world that I was excited to meet and work with, but I'll refrain from writing a long list here...
One of the highlights of this event was getting to know other educators. Team Canada included many talented and passionate teachers. I really enjoyed working with all of them. It was especially exciting to connect with some educators I have "known virtually" through social media, webinars and the Microsoft Educator Community. Jim Pedrech and Ian Fogarty are two Canadian teachers who do great work with their students. I've been hearing about their work for years and I finally got to meet them at E2! I also had the chance to meet #WHOtoYOU leader Kaylyn Dorland, who I've connected with virtually in the last two years. It was great to meet her face-to-face and I enjoyed touring her school, Queen of Heaven Elementary School, in Milton, ON. There are many other educators from around the world that I was excited to meet and work with, but I'll refrain from writing a long list here...
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| Top: with Ian Fogarty, Middle: with Jim Pedrech, Bottom: with Kaylyn Dorland & Lia DeCicco-Remu |
I coached
an awesome collaborative group of ladies that were recognized for their work in
the educator challenge. This group was challenged to pitch an idea that
would delocalize learning. They were awarded second runner up in their
category at the awards ceremony.
Engaging keynote speakers shared messages about education and Expert Educator Fellows shared breakout sessions on each day of the conference. Hearing about the awesome work going on in classrooms around the world is so incredibly inspiring. At the same time, this experience also makes me think about how much more we can do to transform education, inspire teachers and empower students!
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| Group 1: Susana (Costa Rica), Mary Catherine (USA), Meg (Canada), Jeanne (USA, Peta (Australia) |
Engaging keynote speakers shared messages about education and Expert Educator Fellows shared breakout sessions on each day of the conference. Hearing about the awesome work going on in classrooms around the world is so incredibly inspiring. At the same time, this experience also makes me think about how much more we can do to transform education, inspire teachers and empower students!
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| Team Canada arriving at the awards gala. Photo courtesy of Microsoft in Education. |
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