Sunday, October 27, 2013

Saturday, September 21, 2013

National Geographic Books Online

Today I discovered a symbaloo page with a collection of National Geographic online books. This will be perfect for when the Gr 4's begin their science unit on Habitats and Communities :)
Check them out!

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Meet the Teacher and Curriculum Night

   The Grade Four team is having a joint presentation about the basic procedures and expectations for a Fourth Grader at St Cecilia Catholic School.  As we had mentioned in our presentation, all of the pamphlets can be found in the les nouvelles/newsletters  page of my website.
   If you would like to know more about the Gr 4 FSL Immersion Curriculum along with other concepts (e.g, Digital Citizenship, Learning through Inquiry, Common European Framework) that shape my teaching, see the presentation below.


Thursday, September 5, 2013

C'est le retour à l'école!


Bienvenue!  

C'est le retour à l'école.

Welcome back to school!
Thank you for visiting my classroom website. 
This website caters to both my Gr 4 French Immersion homeroom and Gr 5 and 6 French Extended afternoon classes.
Here you will be able to learn about what is happening in our classes, find important notes/newsletters, parent info and much more.
Here students will be able to check their homework, important dates and practice their French through educational links.

I can't wait to work with all my students this year!
~Mme Krawiecki

Thursday, August 15, 2013

The Importance of Teaching Digital Citizenship


As I begin preparing for the 2013-2014 school year, I am not thinking twice about teaching Digital Citizenship. When reflecting on how fast technology is being implemented throughout the schools in my school board, Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB), I feel strongly about the importance of educating students, parents, teachers and administration about internet safety. There are more and more resources online (e.g., NETS, Ophea) that provide information for school communities. There are some ministries that have implemented Digital Citizenship in their curriculum (e.g, Alberta, Quebec). As a teacher, it is motivating to know that I have support from my board (OCSB) who has started to provide more resources about digital citizenship to implement in our teaching.

As a leader in technology, I hope to do my best to bring awareness and inform my new school community about the importance of educating students to become responsible digital citizens.

"In order to help students become effective
digital citizens, we must help them see
technology that is largely invisible to them."
 Jason B. Ohler (Digital Community, Digital Citizen)