It’s been 3.5 years since I took the plunge. I didn’t know what I was getting myself into or what would happen in this space I created, but here we are… 166 posts later, and I’m still here, going strong. I’m talking about blogging. Or […]
Yesterday, 2000 educators from the St. James-Assiniboia School Division and the Louis Riel School Division got to spend an incredible day of learning together, facilitated by James Nottingham. I didn’t know a whole lot about James before the day began, other than the fact that […]
Today is a pretty special day for me. One of my favourite things to do in the morning before getting out of bed is to check my Timehop (the app linked to my Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter accounts that shows me what I posted on […]
Several people have asked me questions in regards to #IMMOOC recently, so I decided to blog about it to offer a bit more information and some of my personal experiences from the previous rounds. I hope it helps and I hope to see some familiar […]
I was never a straight A student. I worked hard in order to “succeed” at the game of school. I always wanted to please and excelled at being compliant, the only problem was that this type of learning didn’t work well for me. Memorizing has […]
The newly hired staff of École Sage Creek School has been given an opportunity that not many educators have in their lifetime: we are starting a brand new school from scratch. Along with this very exciting task comes many unknowns, many challenges and many uncertainties. […]
Here it is… my first vlog! Thanks for pushing me to take this risk, Brian Aspinall and Nycol Didcote! I have so many “ed heros”, but they aren’t all big names. Anyone who is adding to my life in a positive way, who pushes my […]
This blog post is co-written by best friends, Nycol Didcote and Annick Rauch after attending Connect 2017 in Niagara Falls. At the beginning of the school year, we were searching for a conference to attend which would be worthwhile… so, we decided to ask for […]
George Couros… he’s had quite the impact on my career in just a few short months. I only picked up his book, The Innovator’s Mindset, in September in order to participate in the first round of #IMMOOC, and I’ve been hooked ever since. Last week, I […]
We are taking part in the Innovator’s Mindset Collaborative blog challenge. This post is co-written by Annick Rauch and Katie Martin. If we told you that blogging could be one of the most powerful tools for professional development, would you believe us? I (Katie) started […]