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The Gentle Way
Alan Watts spends some time in his book What is Tao? describing Judo. It is a familiar martial art to many but I know little about it. My exposure to martial arts has been the movies and the many years...
View ArticleRSA Animate – Changing Education Paradigms
via youtube.com Sir Ken Robinson – Changing Paradigms is another great RSA Animate. I have got to find some way to share it with my colleagues (and parents). I found this on a tweet, yet another...
View ArticleBreak out of the Box | Connected Principals
Project Tomorrow, a national education nonprofit group, conducted a 2010 survey of more than 250,000 students and asked them to speak about their vision for 21st century learning. Three essential...
View ArticleRSA Animate – Choice « RSA Comment
via comment.rsablogs.org.uk “Fusing sociology, psychoanalysis and philosophy, Professor Renata Salecl shows that individual choice is rarely based on a simple rational decision with a predictable...
View ArticleCustomized Learning – Empower Learners by shifting responsibility for design
via educationrethink.com I recognized John’s point this year as I struggled with differentiated learning in my classroom. Effective differentiation at an individual level is only possible if you...
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iPad apps supporting multiple intelligences
Educational Technology and Global Learning I think a school can invest too much on apps for iPads. We need to explore the efficacy of an app before purchasing multiple copies of it. When we do...
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Literature Circles: old school comfort food
Last week I began a short chapter book study of As Long as the Rivers Flow by James Bartleman a Canadian diplomat, author, and the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. As Long as the Rivers Flow is...
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Schooling vs Making
Constructing Modern Knowledge The term making has just burst into my awareness in the last year. It doesn’t seem to be a remarkably new concept, but it is one I think that is been largely overlooked in...
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Silent, sustained personal reading
I suppose I always appreciated being read to as a child, but point of singularity for me was when I began adolescence. At twelve or thirteen I became a ferocious reader. Summer camp has its memories...
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Some walk, some run
This poster connects to my Thursday conversation on homework and grading (the contentious zero debate) with Saskatchewan educators on Twitter. By the way, join us Thursday’s at 8:00 PM Saskatchewan...
View ArticleAn invitation to Grow
Creating positive learning environments has so many nuances that we could explore and discuss… Questions to start us thinking: What do we mean by “learning environment”? Who is responsible for the...
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