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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 →

Creating Audio and Video

I accidentally deleted the movie I made but here is the original movie that we had to edit. SHELLY! Today we were thinking about how we could use videos in the classroom setting. I love the idea of the videos… Continue Reading →

Open educational resources

Today we learned about google slides and suggested layouts Tweetdeck.com I am using twitter but so far I haven’t posted anything Trello- a practise of going back to your breath when your mind wanders Talked about Open educational resources (OERs)… Continue Reading →

Body Scan meditation

This week I engaged in body scans as my meditative practise. According to Maya Spindel (who is a yoga instructor),  body scans can be very helpful for individuals with insomnia because the scan reminds every muscle in your body that… Continue Reading →

Stretching

The pigeon pose is one of my favourite stretches ( CARSA in the Nike Serenity Studio August 2018). This week my plan was to engage in 15 minutes of stretching around 9:00pm in addition to the sleep hygiene I already… Continue Reading →

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