Merilyn Winslade commented on the post, It’s Not a Fight!, on the site Behind...
Hi! It is hard sometimes to remain positive amongst a sea of negativity but hang on in there! Positivity breeds more positivity. People in general can’t continue being negative in the face of reasoned...
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Hey Scott! Welcome to the COETAIL Club! I’m just finishing with course 5 now. You are going to learn a lot. I find that my students are very connected socially but they don’t seem to transfer that to […]
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They can easily make something, but it would take them hours to make it look really good. You have to ask yourself if that is time well spent for them?
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Hi Anjana Things are changing – you are right. However, in rural sub-saharan Africa, that change is really slow. This is mainly because people have other priorities like water, sanitation, food and...
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I really poured my heart into the post you are referring to in your own post. I’m glad that it struck a chord with you and it seems that we share the same concerns for this weird kind of arrogance that...
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Merilyn Winslade wrote a new post, Trialling the iPad - Tips for Teacher Use,...
My school is toying with the idea of going 2 to 1. All students already have laptops and the next step is possibly to add an iPad mini into the mix. This hasn’t happened yet but most of the teachers...
View ArticleMerilyn Winslade wrote a new post, Collaborative Mind Mapping Tools, on the...
I’ve been searching for a free, online, collaborative mind mapping tool. And frankly I haven’t found anything that has really satisfied me so far. Here is what I have tried and what I think about...
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Merilyn Winslade wrote a new post, Coolest Chemistry App Ever!, on the site...
My school is about to trial iPad’s in 7th grade. We have supposed to be focussing on apps which can be used across the board and less on subject specific tools. But I just couldn’t help myself with a...
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Sorry it has been so long since I’ve been in touch. We are just in the process of putting together our science fair plan at our school. We will be trialling iPads with our grade 7′s during it so we...
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Merilyn Winslade wrote a new post, Beginning Blogging Tips I Wish I Had A...
I really enjoy blogging now but when I first started a year a go, it would take me hours, even up to an entire day, just to knock out one post. This was partly due to being worried about the quality...
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Merilyn Winslade wrote a new post, Teching Up the Traditional Science Fair,...
Have you run a science fair at your school? Do your students have access to iPads? Can you give advice on what apps would be useful for students to have? Then keep reading! :) At my school, we are...
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Hi Jennifer Feel free to add any tips you’ve discovered. I write a lot about Chemistry particularly on my school blog so learning the subscript thing was a huge revelation! What about you?
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Merilyn Winslade wrote a new post, Comments on COETAIL, on the site Merilyn's...
Apart from my final project, this is my last post for the COETAIL course. This post is mostly for me. I’ll publish it but I won’t be tweeting it or linking it to other posts or waiting with tense...
View ArticleMerilyn Winslade commented on the post, privacy in Asia, on the site A...
They’re not being used for anything. It is like the picture I have of Leslie Ash (an actress from a British tv show called Men Behaving Badly) which I had my 10 year old passenger in the car take as I...
View ArticleMerilyn Winslade commented on the post, You all know way too much about me...
Wow! I had totally the opposite reaction to course 2. Instead of increasing all my privacy settings, I totally let them go! I think the best thing to do to “cover your bases” is just not to behave...
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Thanks, I’ll check that out. I’m also currently exploring Mind42.com. It seems interesting too!
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Merilyn Winslade wrote a new post, The Google+ Experiment - Where to From...
Cooking Chemistry I teach IB Chemistry and the course is both long and challenging. It can be a very frustrating job at times. The course is content heavy, so just getting through it is in itself, a...
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I totally recommend it. I can’t tell you how much the course has opened my eyes. And I thought that I had a fairly reasonable level of tech before I started. Now I know I was a huge doofus! :)
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I think they’re ok. The trick is to get the students to answer those questions themselves. When I was setting this up, Dan Slaughter gave me some good advice. If you see an answer that a student has...
View ArticleMerilyn Winslade wrote a new post, "Splicd" Up Your Life, on the site...
I had a problem today when preparing my Grade 6 MYP Science class. I really wanted to show them a section of a great BBC documentary about the human reproduction system called The Human Body. I didn’t...
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Merilyn Winslade wrote a new post, Using Yenka to Create Simulations, on the...
In my post about teaching the mole concept, I mentioned how difficult this idea is for many students. Giving students practical work to do can help to make the idea relevant for them which aids in...
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Wow! Ok I am trying to do the exact same thing. For me, twitter is an invaluable source for me as a way of gathering professional resources from complete strangers! But I know that you know this as we...
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Merilyn Winslade wrote a new post, Explain Everything v Show Me (apps for...
My school has recently begun an iPad trial and one of the apps that has been showcased for teachers new to using an iPad in the classroom is ShowMe. I was asked to do a little “speed geeking” session...
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Totally agree. Can’t wait to read your blog post!
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Hi Clare I would also love to know what infographic maker was used for that image. I keep giving infographics a go and then giving up when the free online maker programs restrict me too much. Anyway,...
View ArticleMerilyn Winslade commented on the post, Course 5 Project Thoughts, on the...
I think what you are doing is transformational in your context. It might not be transformational for someone else but it is for you at this time. Could you get a interview with a native American over...
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I found one! Most graphic organiser builders that are free online are really restricted. But I found one on the weekend that is much more powerful and I’ve started using it already. It is easel.ly It...
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Here is the link to a little video about it – couldn’t work out how to embed a vimeo video into a comment! Merilyn
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Merilyn Winslade wrote a new post, Infographics - Best left to the...
A well put together infographic is a beautiful thing. Eye-catching, informative and often amusing all at the same time. After finishing course 3 of COETAIL I have been itching to make one myself but...
View ArticleMerilyn Winslade commented on the post, In Awe, on the site Technically...
Hi Louise, I was also brand new to blogging when I started the COETAIL course around this time last year. I can’t tell you how valuable I have found the course. A couple of words of advice… 1. Use a […]
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Interesting. I’m a total FB devotee. I have lived almost my entire working life overseas and I’ve met a lot of people in a bunch of different countries because of that. I recently returned from a trip...
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Hi Nicki! Thanks for your comments and sorry it has taken me so long to reply. Since finishing up COETAIL a few months ago, I have only written one post but I’m currently working on my next for this...
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You should be able to access it via the link in the post. Sorry it took me so long to reply! In reply to - Merilyn Winslade wrote a new post, Differentiating the Mole – A Confounding Chemistry Concept,...
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Merilyn Winslade wrote a new post, Globalisation and Me!, on the site...
My task for my first activity in my new academic pursuit (a masters in Development Education) was to create a diagram to illustrate my own experiences and connections with globalisation. I used a...
View ArticleMerilyn Winslade wrote a new post, North and South, on the site Merilyn's...
For my module on ‘North-South Partnerships’ as part of my masters in Development Education, I’ve been asked to comment on a video from DFID. I have a couple of thoughts. Firstly, I don’t like the world...
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Merilyn Winslade wrote a new post, Recurring Tasks in Google Calendar, on the...
I have always used a calendar of some form to organise my life. It started in high school where I used to buy the cheapest homework diary I could find in the local newsagent at the start of the school...
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Merilyn Winslade wrote a new post, Engaging Middle School Students in Global...
It was my first year of taking over the middle school Global Issues Network (GIN) club and only my second year at the school. I still hadn’t worked out the librarians name or how to order new board...
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Merilyn Winslade wrote a new post, Creating Communities, on the site...
Adventures at Learning2 Over the last three years, I have been using a Google+ community with my Chemistry IB students. My students and I have found it to be the easiest way of sharing resources, work...
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Merilyn Winslade wrote a new post, Development - What does it mean to me?, on...
What a question! My first writing task for my new module on Principles and Practices in Development Education. My first thought for this was simple. Development means choice and opportunity. Having...
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Merilyn Winslade wrote a new post, Digging Sources for Minerals in Grade 7,...
Grade 7 have begun their first research assignment for Science this year. They are studying a topic on elements and compounds and are looking in to the types of materials that go into making the...
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Merilyn Winslade wrote a new post, IB Chemistry Teachers Unite!, on the site...
We often hear that the best PD is when teachers can just get together and share their experiences. Certainly some of the most useful PD I’ve done, has occurred separate from the scheduled agenda of...
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Merilyn Winslade wrote a new post, On the path to enabling critical global...
So far this year, I’ve been working on a module for my masters in Development Education and Global Learning. The module is looking at different concepts of development and how they have changed over...
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Thanks so much! That’s really kind of you. I’ve found Google+ to be great with my DP students. With my younger students I’m exploring using Google Classroom. Stay tuned for a post on that coming up! In...
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Your welcome and I have to say that I’m still using the community I created with my DP classes. I really think that it is a very useful tool for getting people involved. The students love it. In reply...
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Merilyn Winslade wrote a new post, Assessment - Two Great PD's and One New...
It has been a great spring break but it is fast approaching an end and I’m starting to think about school again since I’ll be back to work on Monday. My musings have included reflecting on the...
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No worries. Glad you found it useful. I’m still using the community today for my grade 11’s and 12’s and they find it really useful. I’ve also started a community for IB Chem teachers which is...
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Merilyn Winslade wrote a new post, A Pilot Program for Teaching Global Issues...
This year we tried a new program that is in development in partnership with UCL for teaching global issues to middle school students. The program is called Nodebook. There is nothing more dangerous...
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Hi Kimette You are quite right and I actually haven’t used this lesson for some time. My last grade 11 class only had 4 kids in it! Instead we started with topic 5 (energetics) and integrated the moles...
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