In this art history video discussion Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker look at Franz von Stuck's "The Sin," 1893. Neue Pinakothek, Munich.

Phase 1: Reflecting
Phase 2: Planning
Phase 3: Retrieving
Phase 4: Processing
Phase 5: Creating
Phase 6: Sharing
Phase 7: Evaluating

The purpose of my 21st Century Learning Goal is for students to be able to showcase their learning of curricular knowledge through creating explanatory videos. I have used this type of assessment technique primarily in the grade 7 math and science classroom. Through the creation of their videos, students will improve their oral explanation techniques as well as their use of manipulative and other visual aids. Students are able to showcase their creativity through these videos in ways they wouldn’t otherwise be able to through more traditional pen and paper or electronic document methods. They are able to explain oral or textually, and are also able to demonstrate their knowledge through the use of creative manipulative to demonstrate ideas and concept.

This is an activity about the Kp index, a quantification of fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field due to the relative strength of a magnetic storm. Learners will take a reading from a magnetometer site and make a Kp index estimate to predict whether or not an aurora display will occur near that site. This resource is designed to support student analysis of THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms) Magnetometer line-plot data. This activity requires the use of a computer with Internet access. This is activity 18 in Exploring Magnetism: Earth‰Ûªs Magnetic Personality.

There is a paid and a free version of this tool. Teachers can sign up for free.

There are several options of pre-made lessons on this site (some are free and some cost money.) But you can also make your OWN. You can use existing PowerPoints to make presentations or lessons and add in video, quizzes, surveys, polls, etc. Kids can even draw their answers to questions.

"Nearpod is an award-winning student engagement platform with ready-to-run interactive lessons for K-12 teachers. Explore interactive lessons and interactive activities."

This is a self reflection document to be used at any point during the year with your students - but used specfically during report card time or three-way conferences. It provides students in kid-friendly language a way of understanding the FASA conditions and how they are able to apply these to their own habits at school. It is a great tool to use and assess during parent, student, teacher conferences. Co-created by Kira Toews and Brenna Siroski

This resource contains full online modules for wellness related to Covid.  There is a module for students and a module for teachers.  Please open the resource for more details. 

" Join Teaching Tolerance for a webinar about student mental health—and why it matters. Cohosted by Dr. Charles Barrett, Chair for the National Association of School Psychologists Multicultural Affairs Committee, this webinar will focus on challenges students face regarding mental health, including how those challenges can vary depending on their intersecting identities. We will also share examples of what schools and districts are doing to address these challenges. Finally, you will learn about tools and strategies for your own classroom and school community."

Use this kit to give your students a quiz to see if they struggle with organization issues, then teach them how to organize themselves with the information contained.

This short webinar explains how to set up and use OneNote to create student portfolios.

This hands-on project is an impactful way to show students how truly immense our solar system is! You get to decide if you want your model to show scale planet sizes or the scale distances between planets. You can combine a planet-size model of one scale with a distance model of another scale. But if you want size and distance to be the same scale, you’ll need to spread your model across at least half a mile!
Specific directions on how to calculate size/distance scales are included.

This DLC Visual Arts 20 student created a stunning and impactful piece of art about an issue she is connected to.  Below please find a copy of the image of her work, as well as the planning sheet she used to create this stunning and meaningful work of art. 

"Student SaskMoneyMinute is an engaging project for secondary students, presented by Affinity Credit Union. This project is a fun way for students to meet curricular outcomes and share their learning with an audience beyond the classroom."

Project Overview
Semester 1 Winning Projects (Great for Classroom Exemplars)
Project guidelines and submission information
Project Resources for Teachers

Purpose:
● To provide a collaborative ongoing process to support learning. ( Davies, 2001)
● To showcase the student's learning by having them lead the evidence of learning
● To collaboratively set learning goals for the student
● To involve students in the assessment process to improve student achievement
( Black & Wiliam 1998; Stiggins 2001)

The outcome for this artifact is to see student engagement and introduce vocabulary. It is based on recommendations from a Speech and Language Pathologist for students with Autism. This was part of an Eiip goal. When creating these stories it is important to keep the following suggestions in mind.

· Stories should be created using simple vocabulary and sentences. The stories should also be created using a repetitive format which will lend itself to allow the student to, eventually, fill in blanks in the story by handing picture cards to the reader (e.g., “Peter plays in the snow with ____.”).
· If there is, eventually, an expectation for students to point to individuals in his/her personalized stories (e.g., mom, dad), he/she will need to have separate pictures to be taught who is who in pictures. Begin this process using errorless learning. This means that the student’s finger should be guided to select the right person he/she has been asked to identify in the picture.
· If the student has demonstrated an interest in turning pages in books, it may be beneficial to use ‘page fluffers’ in the personalized stories to make the pages easier for him/her to manipulate and turn. (Joelle Lowen, 2016)
Ideally the student will be able to complete the cloze sentence either by using a picture or saying the word.

Student Vote is an independent evaluation commissioned by Elections Canada reports that the Student Vote program is having a significant impact among students in the key areas associated with future voting, as well as increasing the engagement of families in the election.

Teach students how to be informed and engaged citizens.

Mock elections are run at all levels of government and the materials are all provided for free once you register. Bring civics to life for your students!

Kindergarten/Grade 1 Project:
Students used Educreations to choose an Olympic event that they would have like to compete in. On their first page they introduced themselves, second page they stated the sport their were interested in, third page they inserted their face onto an athlete of the sport they chose. Students presented them to each other by using the Smart Board as a projector.
Grade 2/3 Project:
As a summative assessment of the Animal Research Projects, we used Educreations to share our learning. Each student took a photo of their written report, inserted pictures of their animal from the internet, and orally reflected on their learnings by stating three stars and one wish.
Grade 4/5 Project:
As a summative assessment the students used a tech tool to compose and create a book talk. The Educreation included book cover and images to represent book, author, characters, various scenes as visuals. They use the tools to further demonstrate their opinions about their books. Some also shared a fluency sample as well.

In this project students design a STEAM activity that could then be done with younger students.

Teachers and students at Loreburn have been developing and implementing a Guided Math course in the Elementary and Middle years. This was to address the issues of students’ gaps in knowledge and skill as they progressed. In addressing this issue, teachers have used the same philosophy of student responsibility and mastery to guide students to show their higher level thinking by creating outlines and creating lessons on Smartnotebook, Educreations and Explain Everything. Students have a specific guideline and template to follow but have total control of what outcomes they wish to create lessons for and how they want to show and demonstrate their knowledge and skills.