Everyday I'm Upgrading
Written by Sandy Gibson
Hello again, I hope you all had a wonderful summer filled with fun, relaxation, shenanigans, learning, or whatever else you look for in a summer. Mine featured all of the above but since this a blog devoted to my professional development, I’ll focus on the learning: I started the summer off with a stint in … Continue reading “Back in the saddle”
Written by Sandy Gibson
Hello again! Long time, no blog! My apologies on the hiatus but things got pretty busy at the end of the year. However, my curriculum director asked me to present about what I’d learned at Cohort 21. Anxious to do the program justice and give back to the communities that have been so supportive of … Continue reading “Sharing is caring”
Written by Sandy Gibson
Here’s the link to my final presentation on Powtoon. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0CovkVzoL4&rel=0[/youtube] It was a lot of fun to do, though timing the voiceover and the animations was a bit time-consuming. A huge thanks goes out to Celeste -I’m fairly sure it was Celeste – for hyping up the Powtoon format. I hope you enjoy watching it … Continue reading “Powtoonapalooza”
Written by Sandy Gibson
There’s only one week left to go until the final face-to-face meeting of Cohort 21 and I’m feeling a variety of emotions. On the one hand, I’m excited to see a bunch of people who have inspired me to push myself to try new things and leave my Luddite comfort zone. I’m really looking forward to … Continue reading “Smile because it happened: Reflecting on my Cohort 21 experience”
Written by Sandy Gibson
What an amazing day! There were so many highlights and new avenues to explore. Once I get through repord card comment writing, I’m itching to start on the new aspects of my action plan . Here are a few things that really stood out for me today: -I had a great discussion with the Flipped … Continue reading “There is plenty of life on MaRS”
Written by Sandy Gibson
Hello everyone, Aside from being super-excited about seeing you all at MaRS on Friday, I’m pretty stoked about starting the second stage of my action plan. Stage 1 was simply recording and releasing one-minute videos of myself saying and gesturing vocabulary words with French and English subtitles. The students could then watch these videos on … Continue reading “Lights, camera…action plan!”
Written by Sandy Gibson
Happy new year everyone! I’m happy to say that I’ve released 4 vocab videos as of now, and I’m looking forward to releasing many more. It hasn’t been as easy as I thought for the following reasons: -I can’t control what pops up in the ride sidebar of YouTube (ie Rob Ford on Crack, 7 … Continue reading “Meeting them halfway”
