Earlier this month I had the opportunity to collaborate with my Ministry of Education colleague, Jessica Weber, as we facilitated a keynote session for Waterloo Catholic DSB’s Education Innovation Conference 2018. This conference brought teachers, Read more…
There is an often given and seldom followed bit of advice for people trying to get somewhere… “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” From individuals Read more…
This week Mishaal and I had the opportunity to take our learning and reflections on Design Thinking on the road. We traded the ballroom for Ryerson University’s DMZ and Sandbox locations in Toronto and Read more…
The term ‘Tinklusioneers’ represents the spirit of tinkering and engineering for inclusion. This learning partnership between technology, special education, and classroom teachers allowed individualized learning ‘apps’ to be created by students using the Scratch coding Read more…
Here at St. Joseph’s School we are incorporating innovation into our inquiry and learning. Our maker spaces are inviting our students to explore and create new and inventive ways for guided self- learning. Innovation Students Read more…
Using Inquiry to Engage Grade Nine Geographers! I have the pleasure of teaching geography to an incredible bunch of teenagers at a high school school outside of Barrie. In our room we work to create Read more…
My grade 7 and 8 students and I are of a global movement called Go Baby Go. This project began at the University of Delaware as its founder, Dr. Cole Galloway realized that there are Read more…
One of my students just told me, “You’re just all robots all the time now, are you? Other teachers are worried about report cards, but not you.” Luckily, I finished my report cards because it Read more…
A school in LK uses Padlet to visually capture their professional learning and experiences in the classroom using manipulatives to support conceptual understanding in mathematics. Each time the staff meets, the Padlet is opened up Read more…
Our alternative education site has made a great commitment to plant, grow, and harvest a vegetable garden. The food grown is used to support community meals for staff and students and extras can go home Read more…