Hello,
I teach 24 boys and girls in rural public school in the Foothills of Canada's Rocky Mountains. We learn together using MANY different kinds of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) that support and enhance our learning such as wireless laptops, SmartBoards, Wikis, Blogs, video conferencing, Moodle, podcasting and we even have created a studio where students their own television programs. Our focus is not on the ICTs, but rather on how they can support teaching and learning. Our main focus is on critical thinking, asking good questions and collaboration as we work on meaningful, deeply engaging project-based learning.
After over thirty years teaching in the classroom, perhaps I should let my students work speak for itself.
Please visit us online at http://www.coolclass.ca/ or you can Google "Canada's Coolest Class!"
Yours in teaching and learning,
Bill Belsey
Grade 5 Teacher
http://is.gd/fuvFm
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Hello, I teach 24 boys and girls in rural public school in the Foothills of Canada's Rocky Mountains. We learn together using MANY different kinds of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) that support and enhance our learning such as wireless laptops, SmartBoards, Wikis, Blogs, video conferencing, Moodle, podcasting and we even have created a studio where students their own television programs. Our focus is not on the ICTs, but rather on how they can support teaching and learning. Our main focus is on critical thinking, asking good questions and collaboration as we work on meaningful, deeply engaging project-based learning. After over thirty years teaching in the classroom, perhaps I should let my students work speak for itself. Please visit us online at http://www.coolclass.ca/ or you can Google "Canada's Coolest Class!" Yours in teaching and learning, Bill Belsey Grade 5 Teacher http://is.gd/fuvFm