7.b. Lemon squares (not very spooky)
A few days ago a friend of mine posted a picture of some lemon squares they made and they looked absolutely amazing. Since I was on this baking kick I knew I had to ask them for the recipe. After … Read More
7. Bringing ideas into the physical world
Learning about 3d printing and modelling was one of the highlights of discussion for this week. Using TinkerCAD we were able to design 3D objects for printing in a future class. We were given a number of choices of objects … Read More
6b. A twist on the bagels
I decided I wanted to try some different flavourings in some bagels I made and see if my technique had improved at all with what I had learned from the last time I made them. The main recipe I used … Read More
6. EdCamps and wellbeing
The concept of EdCamps was introduced this week in class. The basic premise is that a group of professionals (i.e. teachers at a school) group together and list topics they would be interested in discussing. These topics are then narrowed … Read More
5b. A sweet evening, Brownies
This week I decided to try something sweet and easy. It has been a while since I made some brownies and I thought that would be the perfect after dinner snack. I found a recipe that claimed to be the … Read More
5. A “bit” of info to make clean and efficient projects
Making assignments and lesson plans look clean and streamlined is something I care deeply about. Visual aesthetic is one of the things people take in first when they look at a project. One way that I found that is a … Read More
4b. A few of my favourite things
Since it was so busy this thanksgiving weekend I decided to forgo the homemade donuts and instead make something with the ingredients I had in the house to avoid the chaos of grocery stores. I remembered one of my favourite … Read More
4. New tools, for a new classroom
My favourite part of this week was learning the use chrome extension Hypothesis. I found it such a useful and simple resource that filled a empty niche. Before I get ahead of myself and get carried away just praising the … Read More
2b. Bagels, an attempt at first
A friend of mine recently posted some pictures of a batch of homemade bagels she made. Me being the bagel lover I am knew that I had to try to replicate her success. I asked her to send over the … Read More