High School Physics with the Ipad

From Education Technology and Mobile Learning.  "Learn how other teachers have Physics
with the Ipad and how you can integrate a variety of Ipad content into your own Physics
classrooms.  You'll find examples of complete Physics lessons to complement your instruction."
Click here to see the website.

Random Acts of Kindness

Well the Board of Education calendar I have says that  Friday the 13th is   Random Acts of Kindness Day.  However it looks like our school is  celebrating today.  In honour of the Random Acts of Kindness Day, you might want to go their site and check out all the ideas the have.  To see the webpage click here.

Contextual Street Art

Michael Pederson of Sydney Australia delights in creating humorous signs that blend in to the sites of the city.  He uses things that already exist like abandoned chairs and signs to wake his viewers from their day to day life.  To see his Tumblr page click here.

Instagram used in the class

Stephen Veliz is a History teacher that uses Instagram throughout  the year by posting pictures and an associated question for his students  Students get bonus marks for answering the question correctly. To see his site click here.  

Protest Songs in English Class

Using pop culture and protest songs might be an idea to use in your English class.  Lesson plans can be found by clicking here.

One of the resources listed on the page has songs listed by the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty.

Engineering Essay Contest

Would you like to win $500.  Write an essay and maybe you will.  All you have to do is write an essay briefly describing the technology and what improvements you think it can provide in at least one of the four main areas of engineering responsibility: Safety, Health, Well-being and Environmental sustainability.   To see more click here.  The deadline is February 1st.

Animated Videos with Tellagami

Last Friday I posted about animated videos with Powtoon.  This week I am posting about an App for Android and Ipad.   It is as easy as picking your character and its mood.   Place your character and pick your background.  You can draw and doodle as well as record your voice.  To see the website click here.