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...

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...

Creating = Problem Solving

Three Weeks Late As I read through the first week’s assignment, I found myself wishing the course had started earlier…I had JUST finish building the new KA-2 Lower School Technology site at our school. I’m sure I’ll continue to develop it and...

Value Added

Well the school year is off to a great start! It’s hard to believe that we have mid-trimester progress reports coming up here at PRIS. Where does the time go? Even though it’s my second year teaching at the same school and in the same position (I’ve...