Archives de l’auteur : madeleinechallies

As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I do not currently work in a school or in a library. I have therefore chosen my library at my most recent middle school, as I remember it from last year. I believe the current TL is working towards making more interactive and reading spaces. I used Floorplanner.com forLire la suite « Learning environments »

While I am no longer physically in a school and have never worked as a TL in a library, I spent countless hours working with our amazing TLs at my last middle school, which still feels like my home school. So while I still think of it as « my » home library, I am no longerLire la suite « Maker in « my » library »

Here is the result of a few hours of exploring Sketchnote programs. I finally decided to experiment with a sketching program on my partner’s iPad. He has shown me his designs using his new sketching app and they look amazing. I used a stylus pen which was really fun to play with, but there wasLire la suite « Design Process/ Maker Terms »

I was already familiar with mindmeister, so I tried Pinup for this mindmap. While I really liked its simplicity, It was not possible to create titles or group ideas besides putting notes geographically close to one another. For this reason, I prefer padlet, where you can create different types of mind maps and have othersLire la suite « ADST in the French Immersion library or classroom »

Here is my final version of my Tech Leader goals for Module 1. Based on the feedback that I received, I mostly kept the content the same but fiddled with the images and text to keep it balanced. I also replaced a few images that had been cropped at the edges. I also enlarged theLire la suite « Tech leader goals »

I chose grade 12 French Language Arts since I have recently been working with a secondary French Immersion teacher on this course. We have been looking at both how to meaningfully connect to francophone and Indigenous texts as a way of exploring culture and identity, and I have suggested many digital resources that may helpLire la suite « TPACK »

I tried to make my goals specific and relevant to my current position. While my goals are all related to supporting French language learners, I am curious if others find them relevant in an English language classroom. My other question is more technical since infographics are new to me: how do you like the layoutLire la suite « Professional goals »

I oscillated in choosing the best addition to my PLN. I was tempted to choose Google since our district uses GSuite with students and teachers. I am very confident with many Google applications, but I would like to get a better learning of Jamboard and other tools that I am less familiar with. After takingLire la suite « Focused PLN »

I found an article on Edutopia helped me to better understand what a PLN is. I like that the P can be both Personal and Professional. I am amazed at how when we can connect virtually with colleagues online over common professional interests and questions, we make both personal and professional connections and relationships.  RatherLire la suite « Doing the Marie Kondo of my PLN »

 Design thinking, maker space, and human-centred design thinking are all terms we are hearing more in our LLCs and classrooms. While they are all interrelated, they differ in key ways that I will explain below.  Maker Space is a constructivist approach to learning through tinkering, playing with and constructing new objects and products. While itLire la suite « Human-centred design thinking in the language classroom »