My original post can be found at The Trouble With Technology (and Teaching).
I just finished reading a blog entry by Denise Krebs called “What Does Technology Have to Do With It?” and it made me want to write an entry of my own.… More
CARRY YOUR OWN COSTS
This semester, I’ve continued my practice around student enterprise in a Grade 12 Business classroom. I’ve tried to frame our classroom activity (the enduring understanding) around ‘Creating Value’ and ‘Making Exchange’.… More
Why Do We Need Innovation In Education: An Invitation to Gather Around A Question
The Canadian Education Association (CEA) is inviting Canadians (and others) to consider some vital questions around the need for innovation in education—a narrative that has come to be accepted in many circles.… More
Performance Anxiety: A Personal Story
This is a cross-post of a piece that I published on the Canadian Education Association site earlier this week. With all of the important talk about mental health and our young people, should we be looking at ways that schools might be contributing to a feeling of unease among our students?… More
Islands Of Excellence
Do you ever feel like you are out there on your own make it up as you go along? Feeling like your support system is a bit rocky? That your aspirations are bigger than your circumstances can handle?… More
An Attachment to our Traditions
With advancements in technology, literacy has started to move away from explaining the visual in words toward a stronger connection between the texts and the visual as well as the audio and spatial needs of the reader. … More
Challenging Smart Students: Do AP and the IB Provide the Right Challenge?
Personalized, student-centred learning is the centerpiece of the B.C. Ministry of Education’s new plan to enrich student learning through “individualization” aimed at providing high quality teaching and learning, more flexibility and choice, and fuller utilization of the power of technology. … More
A New System, a Textbook and a Sledgehammer to Conformity!
The rise of education in Canada is highly connected with its societal changes, economic needs and political agendas of the time. In the 17th century, children were educated through apprenticeship training. … More
