PART 1 – Intentional serendipity ≠ engineered serendipity 
I am giggling at the interest in the term Intentional Serendipity. I even tried to get it included in my job title – Manager of Intentional Serendipity. … More
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Parent Engagement: A Canadian Theme?
I always find it interesting through Twitter and blogs to take in the differences in approaches to parent engagement and as well taking in the discussions about involving parents in the dialogue about changes in education. … More
Skinny Down Your Technology
The other day I was reviewing some draft system communications with @maryhingley and she commented that we should “skinny this down” to a cleaner more streamlined document. While the comment regarding the document we were reviewing was bang on, it also made a connection for me to an earlier conversation that day about the constant evolution of technology tools.… More
The More We Get Together
I was asked to consider something about our current education system that is serving us well. What we absolutely, 100% cannot lose, in the push for transformation of the education system is face-to-face interaction between students, and between students and their teachers.… More
PD For Teachers in Canada
While reading twitter, @dougpete mentioned an article from the National Post by Tristin Hopper called “Is the PD Day Broken? Professional Development Days May Do Little to Improve Teaching.” It talks about Bill Whelan’s (a Medical Physicist at the University of P.E.I.) recommendation as co-chair of a one year commission tasked with modernizing P.E.I.’s school system.… More
21st Century Learning: The Access Question
What is 21st Century Learning, besides a not-so-clever marketing slogan?
I pondered this a few months back when I came across a post from Heidi Siwak, and she pretty much asked the ultimate question:
“These students are limited by the structure of school and have to pursue their learning goals outside of classroom hours.… More
