Nessa Shipley

[Nessa Shipley @nessa_shipley]

@MichelleNanias @alainaro Definitely! I like the connection aspect for sure. My next goal is to connect my students with penpals from a french speaking country.
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[Nessa Shipley @nessa_shipley]

Heard Jody Carrington speak the other day, she was amazing! #upeied626

[Nessa Shipley @nessa_shipley]

@MsJoudreyJr Awesome Jessica! I use language games (taboo, headbands) in my french class, cause a) they are fun b) the kids learn while having fun!

[Nessa Shipley @nessa_shipley]

Have been trying to really concentrate on being grateful in my daily life. Looking at life differently and trying to model that for my students. #upeied626

[Nessa Shipley @nessa_shipley]

One of my goals is to not rescue students as much and embrace the struggle. Because.. "But removing the struggle for students also removes the cognitive heavy lifting that leads to deep learning and understanding." #upeied626

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[Nessa Shipley @nessa_shipley]

@LangilleKrista Oh so many, but I think the general theme for me, is to not become stagnant with our teaching strategies. It's so easy to do what you did before, but I need to keep taking risks, co-creating projects/assessments with my students, pushing myself. #upeied626

[Nessa Shipley @nessa_shipley]

"Outline what must be covered, and challenge them to come up with interesting and creative ways to get it done. You could begin by looking at the whole course, and asking for suggestions about projects." #upeied626

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[Nessa Shipley @nessa_shipley]

@Andrew_Newcombe Very good point Andrew- we all have our 'stories' and we all want others to know our stories, don't we? It's so powerful when we know our students' stories, they really respond to that love.
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[Nessa Shipley @nessa_shipley]

@alainaro @heatmorley So true! reducing screen time and increasing nature time. It was awesome this summer because my kids started running around the neighborhood with the other kids. They got dirty, they got hurt, they problem-solved, and they grew because of it. #upeied626

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[Nessa Shipley @nessa_shipley]

My daughter said she was bored about 10 times this weekend. I just smiled at her and said the best ideas come from being bored. #upeied626
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[Nessa Shipley @nessa_shipley]

@amorrison_pei I do feel I have lots of goals to try: flipped classroom, penpals, more co-creating projects, more technology integration. What next? Keep working on improving myself and my classroom for my students. Keep collaborating with colleagues, keep being willing to take risks!

[Nessa Shipley @nessa_shipley]

@melinda_crowell YES! I love that. The most I did, (way back when) was make the mark at the very end, after my comments. haha! Didn't work though, they got on to that pretty fast.

[Nessa Shipley @nessa_shipley]

@Andrew_Newcombe right?!? I got my grad pics done today, I felt so scared starting this program! I can't believe 2.5 years have flown by!

[Nessa Shipley @nessa_shipley]

@melinda_crowell One hundred percent agree. In another lifetime I taught English Language Arts, then got away from marking their essays with feedback. I conferenced with them instead and was there every step of the way. Summative feedback, they don't read.

[Nessa Shipley @nessa_shipley]

@heatmorley @melinda_crowell Really? huh! It's just our marks program, so what's great about it is that the parents receive the students' summative/formative marks, but I do more than that. I send comments home about formative marks. Students can access it too. How do you send marks home, what program?

[Nessa Shipley @nessa_shipley]

I couldn't teach French without technology. The kids LOVE to listen to songs, I'm going to integrate penpals, and I use online comprehension exercises. We peruse monoprix flyers from France to see language that is used. #upeied626
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[Nessa Shipley @nessa_shipley]

@amorrison_pei NICE!! I liked the vid, you did well. I particularly liked your thoughts that through PBL we are 'giving them the gift of critical thinking +passion for lifelong learning'

[Nessa Shipley @nessa_shipley]

"Modeling how to evaluate sources to find the answer to deep-dive questions is important for students to develop in any subject area, for any learning objective." Knowing how to integrate tech in the best way for the students.
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[Nessa Shipley @nessa_shipley]

@melinda_crowell I struggled a bit when my students froze at the suggestion of co-creating our own project. I realized I needed to do more of this inside my classroom so they feel comfortable with the task. I think choice within lesson plans/projects etc..teachers being open to taking risks.