It’s been exciting to see a project in which my son Kieran is involved take shape this past year. Filming is about to begin and Director Jeff and his team have been crowd sourcing some financial support in order to make their film as professional as they can – and they’ve met their goal! This…
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PBL Experts Are Among Us
Originally 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…
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I always find it exciting when I come across someone who is willing to take a chance and try something new they don’t know much about. Jen Apgar (@jenapgar) and I did some working together last year when her class was getting ready for Digifest 2011. We got chatting about some new things we were…
Read MoreLooking deeper into creativity
It’s been a great journey with the PLP ConnectU group from Australia so far. We are developing a unit in order to explore “What is Creativity” with students. Kynan Robinson, who has been studying creativity for some time now, shared some readings with us recently and I’ve finally had a chance to do some reading and…
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As we are about to really settle down to plan our PLPConnectU PBL Unit about Creativity, I’d have to say our group has already done some big thinking about Creativity! Both PBL and Creativity are pretty huge topics so I’ve been wondering about what we’ll do next. I’m wondering if other people in the group…
Read MoreCelebrating Teachers of the Arts
I’m pretty excited as I go back to school tomorrow, because one of the projects I’m helping with is a day for Arts teachers in our Board (drama, dance, visual art, music). For a long time I’ve watched my husband Steve, (drama teacher extraordinaire), work his magic in his classes, production courses and extra-curricular events,…
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