It Began with Spilt Milk

Nice to Meet You… Lucky me, I was one of the many COETAILers at Learning 2.014 in Bangkok last weekend! On the first morning I arrived at the HUB ready and excited for Pre-conferences. Naturally, I headed straight for the coffee to make sure that I stayed awake...

CARP Visual Design Principles for Elementary Students

When looking around, I noticed that there were a few teaching resources for the CRAP/CARP design principles (contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity), but most of them were made for middle and high school students. I therefore created a poster intended for...

What’s the Opposite of Zen?

  Clearing My Eyes Coming from an early childhood background, I tend to gravitate toward lots of bright color. I loved it best when my classroom looked like it had thrown up rainbows everywhere, it was never too much! Now, I’m not saying all early childhood...

SAMR: Redefining Redefinition

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending a workshop called Transforming Your Classroom, facilitated by Kim Cofino. If you haven’t had a chance yet to attend a workshop given by Kim, I highly recommend it. She is a world leader in helping teachers expand...

Can You Read the Pictures?

In many cases, Kindergarten is where we learn how to read. How do we teach young students to read? If you’re not working with young students, here is a pretty common conversation that happens in almost every Kindergarten classroom at the beginning of the school...