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Look what my principal dropped off to me today, will be reading this next, after I finish my current book! (Plus the note from my principal, it's sometimes the littlest things that can make a big difference in the culture of your school!) @meehanedu.bsky.social @mrmatera.bsky.social

Finished up #ITCamp at @mme-mccarthy.bsky.social session on Cardboard Creations in the Classroom, as we were challenged to create a sustainable city, my contribution was the windmill and coded a @microbit.org to light it up! #EDUsky

@mrmatera.bsky.social If I have to talk about one thing that is working in my classroom, it's always #EMCLearning! #ITCamp2025 #EDUsky

Thanks to Karine Babineau for her session on "Student-Led Conferences" love the idea of using Google sites to create student portfolios, will definitely be doing this for the upcoming school year! #ITCamp2025 #EDUsky

Big thanks to Joseph Chaisson and his session "Level Up Learning: Gimkit's Daily Grind to AI-Enhanced Mastery" now I know to create a class to speed up student login and have all my students names so reviewing reports will be so much faster! #ITCamp2025 @gimkit.com

Learned about "All Ten" from @mrslobodnick.bsky.social when learning about "Supporting Mathematical Rich Tasks Using AI and Technology" today at #ITCamp2025 took me until the night to finally get 2 and 3 but I got all ten!!!

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Those look awesome! Hope you're taking a little time off to rest and relax over the summer! But I'm always excited to try new ideas and activities from #EMC2Learning

I had fun doing this, thanks for challenging me to post everyday, not sure how social media people do it to be honest, you now have to get @mrmatera.bsky.social on here to like all my #EMC2Learning posts!

Day 31: Another great review game from #EMC2Learning Territory Takedown, students love the choice options of this review game, it allows all students an entry point and the power-ups can be a real game changer for any team! @mrmatera.bsky.social @meehanedu.bsky.social #EDUsky

Where did you pick those up? Might need to try them!

No Bitcoin, but one day I will try the #EMC2Learning activity Coin Crashers with my class!

Day 30: My Grade 5s learned about the harmful effects of homophobia today and what it means to be a LGBTQ+ ally, then they created pins after learning what my rainbow pin means and why I wear it everyday to school, some very creative pin designs! #EDUsky

Day 29: Releasing my last two cards for Free Card Friday in my gamified class to help those guilds and players finish strong! Love these #EMC2Learning comic card templates! @meehanedu.bsky.social @mrmatera.bsky.social #EDUsky

I'd love to do a collaborative project with you on this idea of power-ups, I'd love to get my class to design some elementary level power-ups to go with Track-Attack that matches all your themes, I think this is something my students would go crazy on, let me know if you agree and have the time!!!

Day 28: We used Color Me Creative from #EMC2Learning as our activity in Text Quest today, students had to create nail polish that went with a scene from their book, the twist - the winner of the previous challenge got to pick a colour that each group couldn't use! @meehanedu.bsky.social #EDUsky

Day 27: When I find an #EMC2Learning activity that my students really like I try to get everything printed in colour and laminated so that I can use them over and over again! @mrmatera.bsky.social @meehanedu.bsky.social #EDUsky

Day 26: Wanted to spotlight a couple of poetry picture books that I recently purchased for my class! They are a big hit with my grade 4/5s! Poems about science, poems told in comic form and fairy tales told in verse then in reverse! #EDUsky

Day 25: #EMC2Learning has Gamified their intro to their site for new and experienced EMC2 users, I've been with them since launch but I've started Teacher Quest to get ideas and try resources that I haven't used yet, first up Candy Bar Challenge! @meehanedu.bsky.social @mrmatera.bsky.social #EDUsky

Day 24: New to #EMC2Learning try one of their Penny Pedagogies like Upside Down Understanding, students get the chance to dream up an alternate universe for information they’ve learned in class, think of it as adding a little multiverse fun to your classroom! @meehanedu.bsky.social #EDUsky

Day 23: Had a little time at the end of the day to do a little bookcase organizations, not done yet but a good start! These are my read alouds, education books, book club books and my mentor texts as well as my Lego! #EDUsky

Day 22: I haven't used AI to create lesson plans but I have put my math outcomes and indicators into AI and asked "I have _ days to cover _ what would I teach and in what order would I teach so skills build on each other" then I go over it to ensure it makes sense! #EDUsky

Fingers crossed for this Friday as a resource drop, I'll be checking #EMCLearning for these! Still have 5 weeks plus, so I should be able to try out this resource this school year! Keep cranking out the hits @meehanedu.bsky.social @mrmatera.bsky.social

Day 21: My Grade 5s are learning about a Canadian First Nation of their choosing using Triple Threat Throwdown from #EMC2Learning students used sketchnotes, Story Dice and Lego to show their learning. Every single student was engaged in learning! @meehanedu.bsky.social @mrmatera.bsky.social #EDUsky

Close! Triple Threat Throwdown! #EMC2Learning

Day 20: All set up for tomorrow #EMC2Learning @meehanedu.bsky.social @mrmatera.bsky.social What do I have planned? More info on this activity tomorrow! #EDUsky