Today at an ES parent coffee we had students share how they are using technology in their classes. It was so powerful to hear their voices explain their uses. We finished it off with a talk about different types of screen time and policies we have in place as a school
#ScreenTime #OurACS #ACSLearns

Working on my drawing skills in Procreate. This mandala makes use of layers, brushes and radial symmetry through the assisted drawing tools. #acslearns #acsabudhabi

Spent the weekend at the Foundations of Adaptive Schools training. It was great to attend face-to-face professional development, connect with so many educators, and continue to build a collaborative culture for our students @Think_Collab and @AdaptiveSchools #ACSLearns

Planning a SDG sorting activity for our grade 8 students to get (re)acquainted with the #SDGs next week. The goal is to help build their background knowledge before we dig into some research #ACSLearns #GlobalGoals @TheMiddleCourse @mstoddsclassacs

We had fun over the past week doing Starbooks themed book tastings! Sampling different genres and building our 'To Be Read' lists - time well spent. #ACSAbuDhabi #ACSLearns @EspiOnFire @mstoddsclassacs @TheMiddleCourse

Just finished our first virtual #BattleoftheBooks practice trivia with more than 30 enthusiastic middle schoolers. Good bookish fun! #ACSLearns @lhoiseth @parklibrarian @travel1ibrary

The 10th annual MESAC tournament is about to begin. This year, Academic Games will be the only event happening for MESAC. It looks very different, but we are together and having fun. @BurchGretchen @EspiOnFire @acsabudhabi @ACSAbuDhabiHS #acslearns

Thank you @MaithaALkhayat for an excellent morning at the #HayFestival Abu Dhabi! Our Heritage Arabic speakers at @acsabudhabi had a great time and loved 'cooking up a story' with you. #HayAbuDhabi20 #ACSLearns @julieannedot

We had an amazing 3 days with visiting author & illustrator, Matt Holm! Our students are so lucky to get a window into the life of a writer. #acsabudhabi #acslearns #picturebooks #graphicnovels #mggraphicnovels #mattholm @julieannedot

Thank you @EspiOnFire for leading a session on Culturally Responsive Practices at #ACSAbuDhabi I hope we continue these important conversations. #ACSLearns

For our PL day we were given 20% Time to pursue our own learning. I chose to listen to @theyarnpodcast; build my TBR list and reflect on some books from 2019 that I loved. Thank you @jenricks & @CHordenchuk for a well planned "soft-landing" back to school #ACSAbuDhabi #ACSlearns