Amanda Pitt

Occasional Teacher with the HWDSB

[Amanda Pitt @MsAmandaPitt]

Brand new YouTube sub-channel @crashcoursekids will offer fun and engaging educational videos for K-8s. Check it out: http://t.co/m5oEiAUtkF

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The complex but necessary measures to integrate a successful, safe cloud storage in the classroom http://t.co/jcjDcPKM3M via@EdTech_HigherEd

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A kind thank you card from my class at Templemead. It's been a privilege to have worked at such a wonderful school!

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Discussing great correlations between student understanding of multipliers and constants through grade 8 into 9. #hwdsbmathstrategy

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Different visual representations of patterns with triangles. Each person saw different constants. #hwdsbmathstrategy

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Perceptual agility: seeing multiple ways of organizing a structure. Allows students to really understand pattern growth. #hwdsbmathstrategy

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Using tables alone to look at algebraic problems limits students' ability to apply their learning to outside problems. #hwdsbmathstrategy

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Using visualization alone to come up with algebraic solutions at the HWDSB Algebra Workshop #hwdsbmathstrategy

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Google's Oppia has launched, a new open source tool to create interactive educational activities. More info at: http://t.co/TLClEVHMaC

[EdTech K–12 Magazine @EdTech_K12]

.@LEGO_Education’s efforts to provide the building blocks of effective learning http://t.co/SbGQvlHnII

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A great look at how to use Google Drive effectively in the classroom. http://t.co/m85guBBhaY More on this at #brocktechshowcase tomorrow.

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Saomya Saxena at EdTechReview discusses the benefits of having ICT literacy embedded in modern curriculum: http://t.co/plo7DpazY8

[Ms. Stanfield's Room @stanfieldhp]

Our principal just got his nails painted in anti-bullying pink! WTG! @QVHamilton @SYULL15

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Ms. Stanfield's class is really connecting with their read-aloud by only being able to talk with communication boards, just like Melody.

[EdTech K–12 Magazine @EdTech_K12]

The shift from paper to digital texts has brought on a whole new form of literacy: http://t.co/UxzV47MbJn #edtech

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#EdTechChohort Great experience at Queen Vic's PA Day, saw first hand how the staff comes together to collectively meet students' needs.

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Just earned another badge towards the completion of my TPACK training - Digizen! #techwhiz

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@Cmdr_Hadfield bringing together everyone at #WeDay with his message that the sky is not the limit!

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So many inspirational speeches given to a stadium full of 20,000 young minds. Great thanks to the words of Martin Luther King III #WeDay

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Guess who gets to go to We Day on the second day at her placement! #WeDay