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Search Engine Optimization

Hey guys! I’m currently learning about search engine optimization, which I think would be a great thing to teach students. The following pictures are screenshots of a Twitter essay that I wrote explaining SEO (based on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqg3F-8jBec). 

You can read it from the beginning by scrolling down on this post (start at tweet 1 and read up to 8). You can also see my Twitter essay (gifs and all) here: https://twitter.com/christina_amico

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Khan Academy Kids App Review

LINK: https://www.khanacademy.org/kids?from=lohp

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A Revolution in Chocolate

Welcome to the wonderful world of chocolate. Death by chocolate anyone?

Our Mission

Introducing some of the best chocolate you can find on the market! Our mission is to improve the world by reinventing everyone’s favourite food - chocolate! At XOXO we are doing it right in every way, from justice for farmers and processors to the ingredients we use. Our chocolate is fairly traded with Peruvian farmers in the Valleys of Peru. We believe in farmers’ rights - no big factories here! Directly from your purchasing power to their hands, this is a revolution in chocolate!

Our Product

Every ingredient we use is non-GMO, always real, and never artificial. Our chocolate is made without gluten, corn, or soy. Each chocolate and candy is made with sustainably sources, fairly traded natural ingredients that make every bite taste so good. We offer three flavours that are sure to rock you!

Our Promise

Purchasing from XOXO will not only rock your tastebuds and wallet, but it will also bring your joy! Where else can you buy something so sweet that tastes so right? 

We hope that you will join us on an incredible journey. Join us in making the world a place where you can enjoy your favourite treat while knowing that your purchase is contributing to making the world a better place.

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When I try to remind students that the internet is forever

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As we entirely recognize all preschooler in this world enjoy to play whole time in their childhood. By bringing them the mobile technology along with an accented educational application system any kid can have a head start on learning. So in our modern…

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When students don’t pay attention and are on their phones all the time

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School is a weird thing, I’m not sure if it works. There are a lot of teachers who don’t care about teaching, and it’s impossible for children to learn when they’ve got a teacher who’s just there for the money.

Johnny Depp (via depper-than-you)

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My Journey to Teaching

All About Me

My name is Christina D’Amico and I am a third year primary-junior Concurrent Education student majoring in Religious Studies. What this means is that when I graduate from my 5 and a half year program, I’ll have a bachelor of arts in religious studies and a bachelor of education, and I will be qualified to teach grades 1-6. I am already so excited!

How I Came to be Involved in Teaching

For as long as I can remember I have wanted to be a teacher. When I was a young girl, I would set up my dolls in my room and “teach” them. I would make lesson plans, homework sheets, and schedules...I even had picture day for them. I now recognize that my love for teaching at such a young age was a little bit extreme, but at least it motivated me to work hard in school! 

Eventually, although my phase of playing with dolls ended, my love for teaching continued. Since I couldn’t teach in an actual classroom as a teenager, I spent lots of time working with children and youth in roles such as a hockey coach, a babysitter, and an extended day leader at an elementary school.

Although I loved those jobs, nothing can compare to my first day of student teaching during my first year at Queen’s. The joy that I felt when I was first called “Ms. D’Amico” is indescribable! I have been a student-teacher in a grade 1 and grade 6/7 class, and am currently looking forward to this my placement this year in a grade 4/5 class.

Social Media’s Role

I believe that social media can play a large, positive role in teaching. The generation of children that I will teach will likely be avid social media users and will be accustom to social media platforms. In order to engage my students and enhance their learning, I’ll be able to use social media platforms as part of my assignments and lessons. For example, I could do a social studies lesson where my students have to research Justin Trudeau’s Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook in order to learn more about his day-to-day job. A social-media scavenger hunt would be much more engaging than reading a textbook!

As a teacher, social media could also be used to communicate with my students and their parents. For example, I could have a class Facebook group where I post homework, reminders, and announcements. Or, I could have a classroom blog that keeps parents up-to-date on what their children are learning. 

I believe that many teachers see social media as a obstacle to teaching and learning rather than a helpful tool, and I want to help to change that. In this area, I have been really inspired by my father, who works for the Ottawa Catholic School Board. He is well-informed on incorporating technology (and social media) in the classroom, and he always has new ideas. 

The possibilities are endless!