The SAN Script – the week of November 14 – 18
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
Blogfolios: The Glue that Can Hold it All Together in Learning
Digital Portfolios are so much more than a digital versions of a paper portfolio, a folder sent home at the end of the week, semester or year or an online version of someone’s writing journal. In addition, I am talking about Blogfolios, which are digital portfolios on a blogging platform. These blogfolios are:
- not behind a password protected wall to encourage authentic feedback and a global audience
- not only sharing the “best” work of someone, but the process of learning that it took to get to the “best” work in this moment in time
- the platform to allow open discussion to have one’s work be critiqued, influenced, re-mixed and built upon by others
If I had to create a “pitch” for Blogfolios, I would say:
Blogfolios are the glue that can hold it all together!
Blogfolios are a pedagogical tool/platform for the teacher to facilitate learning and at at the same time can become in critical component for a heutagogical (self-directed/ self-motivated) process for the learner. Blogfolios are the glue that can hold all curricular content, goals and objectives as well as support school initiatives, observations, assessment and accountability requirements or personal passions, interest and projects together… you can insert other education related programs, theories, taxonomies, methods, etc. and we can find connections HOW blogfolios could help support it.
TED Resident Fawn Qiu designs fun, low-cost projects that use familiar materials like paper and fabric to introduce engineering to kids. In this quick, clever talk, she shares how nontraditional workshops like hers can change the perception of technology and inspire students to participate in creating it.
St. Anthony This Week
Monday, November 14
Office Hours Rec Link Mondays 9:00 – 3:00PM
Monday, November 14th
Starr Gymnastics schedule
9:00 to 10:00 – Group 1 (50 Kids)
Grades 1/2/3 Primary Language Class Teresa Rupnik (10 students)
Grade ½ Myers (19 students)
29 Students
10:30 to 11:30 – Group 2 (50 Kids)
Moga ⅔ (17 students)
FDK 1 class only (23 students)
Dr. Olmsted in
Math Mentor – 2nd session – 1:00pm -3:30 pm Derry Byrne Paul, Nora and Sandra away
Tuesday, November 15
Lunch Lady in Today!
Tentative Meeting with St. Elizabeth staff for shared student- Alison Hicks, Theresa Patenaude, Paul McGuire, and Teresa Rupnik – 8:30
Lockdown – 9:30 am
Goodlife – Ms Troccoli 12:50
Wednesday, November 16
Y Kids Academy – Grade 6
Junior division to 67’s game
Our first School Wide Waste Audit for 2016-7
Goodlife Gymnastics – Grade 3 -2:00 pm
Thursday, November 17
CPI Training – April attending
Boys Volleyball Tournament – St. George Nora out
Pizza Day
Pap Jack Popcorn
Friday, November 18
PD Day
CPI Training – April attending