mindfully thinking about learning
Let’s Get Creative! Exploring the Whose Land App from TakingITGlobal This workshop was originally created for ECOO Camp Peterborough and this is also posted on Teach Ontario. We were ambitious in thinking about what we could accomplish in 50 minutes and ended up with some really valuable discussion about how the interactive map and the…
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One of my favourite Ontario events is the Teacher Learning and Leadership Program (#TLLP) . This program, supported by a partnership between the Ontario Ministry of Education and the Ontario Teachers’ Federation, has just celebrated its 10th cohort of educators engaged in teacher-driven learning and leadership projects–an option available to every school district in the…
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We hear a lot these days about the idea of INNOVATION. Not to be confused with invention, innovation means to improve upon, to make things better. How do you connect to innovation in your practice? Jennifer Kranenburg is a teacher from Ontario whose story is an inspirational example of how creative educators, focused on responding…
Read MoreIt was great to visit the York School this week to attend #MakerEdTo. This was a fantastic opportunity to connect the #iicti AQ course members to a network of educators interested in constructivist and constructionist uses of technology. An added bonus was that they got to hear all about Seymour Papert from the Keynote Speaker…
Read MoreI’m headed back to the classroom .5 this fall as I also move into my new role as Vice Principal. So, after about 7 years of being in a central board position, I’m back at it with lots to be reminded about; different deadlines, report cards (writing and reading), assessment and tracking and the weekly…
Read MoreThis post was first published on August 11, 2014 for voicEd.ca As teachers, we don’t always know our impact unless our students come back and share with us. Similarly, as global teacher learners, we don’t always know the people that we reach and the positive impact we might have on the growth of other educators. …
Read MoreFor quite some time now I’ve been questioning our desire to have students who are critical thinkers. Do we really want that? What happens when these students that we’ve empowered to have wonderfully evaluative thinking skills decide that they need to make improvements to their learning environment? Will you stand beside them and support them? …
Read MoreOriginally Posted by Brenda Sherry on Feb 8, 2013 in Voices From the Learning Revolution, Voices For a long time I’ve watched my husband Steve, a drama teacher, work his magic in his classes and dramatic productions. Lately, I’ve been reading posts from core subject teachers (e.g., science, math, history) who are beginning to move…
Read MoreI just love this clip from Randy Nelson – formerly from Pixar. He explains how Pixar finds graduates who have depth, breadth, communication and a collaborative nature. As educators I think there is a lot we can learn from his view about error recovery. Nelson mentions that if we need graduates who will be innovators,…
Read MoreAttending Waterloo Goes Wireless was a pleasure for me not only because many of my favourite Waterloo Region DSB folks were there, but because it was the culmination of a PLP Network project for one on the Waterloo teams, the amazing Zodiyaks. An excellent keynote from Royan Lee kicked off the day, with break out sessions…
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