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Minecraft

5 grade 8’s talking about minecraft In this game you have to build things and as you acquire resources you craft using minecraft in a 5 week socials class and students problem solve, communicate, and engage in critical thinking Ancient… Continue Reading →

Technical difficulties

Unfortunately I didn’t sit by the fire once last week. My plan was to sit by the fire Monday, Wednesday, and Friday but let’s just say things happened. On Monday, my neck became really sore half way through the day… Continue Reading →

George Jay

Unfortunately I couldn’t attend the field trip but here is some information I got from other class mates and a video from Michael. bit.ly/IMUvic2018 #InquiryMindset RebeccaBathurstHunt.com – @rbathursthunt Email: rbathurst@sd61learn.ca Instagram: @InquiryTeacher   AGENDA FOCUS AREAS RESOURCES Afternoon Visit 3:30-4:30… Continue Reading →

How does the fire feel

My fiancé sitting by the fire This past week I sat by the fire Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Although I can’t use my sense of touch, I dove in to what I felt. This week I really wanted to focus… Continue Reading →

Week 7

Power points: -it’s not just slides -artistic effects -Jpeg, png -double click the picture and there are a lot of things you can do (ex. move the picture around) -crop tool on images -smart art Pixlr.com Vectr.com Apps Galore: -Prisma… Continue Reading →

It’s a campsite in my front yard

Me sitting by the fire in the morning As I mentioned in m previous post, I will be sitting by the fire for 15 minutes 3x a week starting at 8:30pm. The picture above is a morning time picture so… Continue Reading →

Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry

Today we got the opportunity to visit the Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry. Jeff Hopkins is the founder of PSII and it’s been open since 2013. “The Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry is Victoria’s newest high school (Grades… Continue Reading →

Teachers and social media/Trello board

Here is a link to get started with Trello: https://help.trello.com/article/899-getting-started-video-demo Jesse Miller presented today and talked about teachers and social media as well as kids and social media. Here are my take aways: People do things on the internet but… Continue Reading →

Change of scenary

I talked to Michael and he suggested I try forest bathing as my inquiry. Forest bathing is when you interact with the forest in meaningful ways and you’re in the present moment. For example, it could be things in motion like… Continue Reading →

Mindfulness Meditation

“Rimini Mindfulness · Identity and website.” by Alessandro Scarpellini, Andrea Grasso is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 This past week I “attempted” to engage in mindfulness meditation where I sat cross legged on my couch with my hands in my… Continue Reading →

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