P.E.N.S.E.Z – French Digital Citizenship Posters

I’ve seen these Digital Citizenship “T.H.I.N.K before you post online” posters floating around on the Internet and Pinterest for a while now. Today being International Day of Pink to raise awareness for all types of bullying, I thought it would be a good time to post these printable posters that lead in well to discussions […]

How to add accents to Google Docs – no more copy & paste!

Still copying and pasting accents into Google Docs? No need, because there’s an Add-on for that!! I wanted to write a quick post to share an awesome time-saving tip with my fellow modern language teachers. After the positive and amazed reactions I got at my French Immersion school about this when I shared it with staff, […]

French Digital Citizenship Poster -La citoyenneté numérique

I wanted to share a French Digital Citizenship poster I created on Google Drawings thanks to ideas from a great French article on the site École Branchée (here’s an English site with the same kind of idea using tangible items in a ziplock instead of a poster). I found this to be an easy and meaningful way for my students […]

Chromebook Rules Poster & Code of Conduct

I wanted to share a couple files I made for my classes last year when 15 new Chromebooks were purchased for our primary/junior divisions. It was important to me and administration to make sure these new laptops be treated right so as to keep them working properly for as long as possible. Along with the […]

TDSB Google Camp 3.0 -Get Your Teacher Mojo Back!

Yesterday I was lucky to be a part of an amazing Google Conference put on by the Toronto District School Board called Google Camp. Myself and 500+ like-minded Ed Techie Google-loving TDSB educators, admin and staff were motivated and inspired by keynote speaker George Couros and endnote speaker Dean Shareski. I feel so lucky to […]

A WONDER-ful Book Talk & iPhone/iPad Sticky Note Ideas

I read the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio to my grade 4 class last year, they really enjoyed it and it brought up many great discussions. You can link it to the language curriculum as well as it ties in nicely with the Health Education curriculum as well. If you’re interested in promoting the book […]