Take a Break and Make!
Visit one of our ‘pop up’ mini-makerspaces in the Scarfe Digital Sandbox – Scarfe 155 (Tuesday 12:45 – 2 beginning September 29th & the last Wednesday of each month 12 – 1pm). Explore ways to bring hands-on learning to your classroom through activities that spark imagination through playful exploration and invention. This activity is particularly […]
Mystery Skype!
SandboxSkype_MysterySkype Handout On Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015, the Scarfe Digital Sandbox hosted a ‘Mystery Animal Skype Session’. We Skyped with a kindergarten class who are learning about animals and will participate in a “20 questions style” video conference where they try to guess our animal and we try to guess theirs. This is another version […]
Citing Research in your Blog
“The term reference is used in many spheres of human knowledge, adopting shades of meaning particular to the contexts in which it is used.” When citing other sources in your blog or website, it is very important to give ‘credit’ where credit is due (and it is always due!). For online sources, you can simply […]
Resume Writing and Interview Tips
By request, some resources to support resume writing and interview prep. Career Planning – Resumes + Interviews Resume Guides: WWU Guide for educators: http://www.wwu.edu/careers/docs/resumehandout_foreducators.pdf BCTF Guide for new teachers: http://bctf.ca/OpportunitiesForMembers.aspx?id=5500 https://wwu.optimalresume.com/ https://careercenter.depaul.edu/_documents/resume guide for teachers final revised.pdf Resume Samples: http://students.ubc.ca/sites/students.ubc.ca/files/BEd – Public School Teaching – Mia Kiota.pdf http://www.tc.columbia.edu/i/a/document/14268_ElemEd.pdf Sample Interview Questions: http://www.clarke.edu/page.aspx?id=7876 Career Prep/Interview prep […]
Search Smarter not Harder!
Are you busy searching for articles and resources to complete your inquiry project or to support your lesson and unit planning? Did you know that the UBC Ed library has links to your school district’s online resources and resource catalogues? Visit the Resource tab in this blog for more info. You can also download this […]