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Guangzhou, China
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Any recommends for online intro comp sci for 8th or 9th graders. Will be a teacher facilitator in room, but no CS experience. Looked at Code Academy. Any others? Would like assessments built in, unlock next assignment etc. Low-cost or no cost. Not heading to AP or IB CS.
Dear PLN. #AISG would like to connect with other IB schools using innovative scheduling. Schedules that adapt to the needs of students and classes dynamically, rather than a fixed block rotation, but honoring IB requirements. Anyone willing to share what they are doing?
And our #AISGZ students are so fortunate to have educators like @MeghanGw to learn with every day. #ACAMIStech Day 1. So many professional learning opportunities and it's just the half of it!
So much fun with @MeghanGw today at the #ACAMIStech conference watch party at @ncpa_china. Macgyver quick challenge-design a COVID friendly doorbell ringer for trick or treaters
It's Science Friday in #AISGZ Oliver Ferris' Gr. 4 classroom. This week students learn about transpiration as their celery stalks drink up different colored water and proceed to change to that color. Students used their iPads to zoom in on the leaves & document their learning.
Had a chance to visit #AISGZ @AisgJohn and found his multimedia students getting exceptionally creative. Complete new species coming out of the classroom, such as this Monarch Elephant. And the Rhinoshark (gene splicing still underway). Magical creativity on display!
#AISGZ turned our kitchen into a laboratory yet again. This summer the living room turned into a glyphosphate experiment with mugwort. Our other boy studied fermentation rates in 55 samples of white flour w/ varying endosperm content. Took over the dining room table for a week!
Imagine if your hospital depended on donated saline solution, antibiotics and other supplies. Or if your doctor had to buy her own scalpel and other equipment to operate on you. We wouldn't tolerate it, yet teachers have to do this all the time.
When you think about it, #clearthelists and #donorschoose are kind of sad. Why do educators need to have anyone provide the materials they need to do the job well? This should be something the #government ensures is provided. #clearthelist #teachertwitter #EducationForAll
Trouble getting your admin to support a flexible furniture initiative? Share this 2015 UK study with them. The impact of flexible seating options & student choice on math scores is astounding. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article… @net_lep @projectILETC #AISGZ
Teaching biology in a uber-urban setting doesn't mean it can't be fun. #AISGZ Oliver Ferris' students are learning about carnivorous plants. They fed ants to their venus fly trap plants and were extremely happy to explain the process and plant parts. Made for a fun visit today!
#AISGZ welcomes Gr. 4 Teacher Taralyn Lefebvre on campus! While quarantine remains a COVID feature in China, once our teachers are out, a whole lot of excited kids and happy colleagues welcome them on campus!
How long until your new school opens? 1, 5 or 10 more years? Cathy McDermod at #AISGZ isn't making her kids wait any longer. She & her entire team discarded the traditional schooldesks this year. Kids have 8 different seating/standing options to chose from @net_lep @projectILETC
Working like a charm @Ms_Siemens @CoreyKydd Glad #aisgz was able to get this added for the start of this year. And thankful the games are even happening!
Didn't apply for #MIEExpert you can still follow people like @mtholfsen @Jenallee1 @microsoftedu and any of the thousands of others associated with #MIEE or education.microsoft.com It's like getting an entire Educational Service Unit of experts right at your school! Never alone!
OK, so how deeply is Teams embedded in our #AISGZ DNA? Check out this Grade 5 bulletin board. That's right, you don't even need turn on your IPad to log into Teams. It's just there!!! We're glad our Grade 5s are using Teams for collaboration here in south China. @mtholfsen
At #AISGZ seems #MicrosoftTeams is embedded in our DNA. 2 weeks ago we added student announcements to the Workplace Hub. Now we've had 15,000 hits on that icon. Our 30 day total for chat is 200,000. Will easily hit 2 million this year at our school of a thousand in south China.
We're proud of our new buildings & excited to see the what lies ahead. But I remarked to a faculty member, building it is the easy part. The real challenge is leveraging it. Beautiful disappearing walls, if we carefully schedule the right classes next to each other. @projectILETC
Important to acknowledge the support @aisgz received to get to where we are today. Our first PD was with @foley_amy at @SASchina , a site visit to @SAmericanSchool with @teachingchrisb and early inspiration from @j0hnburns at @SISGeckos Their willingness share was a true gift.
At #AISGZ seems #MicrosoftTeams is embedded in our DNA. 2 weeks ago we added student announcements to the Workplace Hub. Now we've had 15,000 hits on that icon. Our 30 day total for chat is 200,000. Will easily hit 2 million this year at our school of a thousand in south China.