Showing posts with label teacher guides. Show all posts
Showing posts with label teacher guides. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Teacher's Guide to Computational Thinking


Computational thinking is a cognitive or thought process involving logical reasoning by which problems are solved and by which artifacts, procedures and systems are better understood. It embraces:

The ability to think algorithmically
The ability to think in terms of decomposition
The ability to think in generalizations, identifying and making use of patterns
The ability to think in abstractions, choosing good representations, and
The ability to think in terms of evaluation.
Computational thinking can be applied to a wide range of entities including:  human created objects, systems, processes, objects, algorithms, problems, solutions, abstractions, and collections of data or information.


Thursday, December 10, 2015

Sustainable Classroom resources


Get your students thinking about the future of sustainability… Amazing resources for all!


Resources for Rethinking is a project developed by Learning for a Sustainable Future. It provides teachers access to lesson plans, curriculum units and other teaching resources that integrate environmental, social and economic spheres through learning that is interdisciplinary and action oriented. We call this learning Education for Sustainable Development or ESD. 

Each R4R resource has been reviewed by an experienced classroom teacher and matched to relevant curriculum outcomes for all provinces and territories in Canada.

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Twitter-Tastic Teacher’s Guide


In this guide, you’ll discover 30 Twitterrific classroom activities to explore with your students. The activities include things like:

Following news feeds and blogs for class projects
Role-playing and quizzing as characters from fiction and history
Building a brand with Twitter and using it as a mini-portfolio tool
Scavenger hunts, art galleries, and meme-tracking
Class management tips and strategies, and more!


Get yourself a copy at globaldigitalcitizen