Ms. Hammond’s post “Igniting the Fire of Learning” powerfully illustrates the connection between motivation and success, based on Matthew Kelly’s explanation of “the differences between highly engaged versus disengaged people”. But that begs the question, if the connection is so clear,…
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A Framework for Student Motivation?
Tagged with: framework for success, motivation, motivation in school, personal clarity, TedxKidsBC
Posted in Education
Posted in Education
Twitter Hygiene
I’ve been made aware of some concerns among our Johnston Heights twitter users (many of you signed on during our JH Twitter Workshop). If you are following some of our JH staff, you may have been getting some unexpected messages. …
Learning From Our Students
Over the past two years at Johnston Heights we have seen a lot of conversations take place between staff, students and parents about the kind of learning community that we are and the kind of learning community that we want…
Tagged with: inquiry based learning, johnston Heights, Learning, student leadership
Posted in Education, Project Based Learning
Posted in Education, Project Based Learning
JH Twitter Workshop
At JHSS this year we have begun a commitment to adult learning among teaching and support staff. Following a session on the influence of technology on how our students learn led by George Couros, our staff asked to get hands…
Tagged with: Education, johnston Heights, Killawee, social-media
Posted in Education, Social Media, Technology
Posted in Education, Social Media, Technology
My Learning
When I heard Elliot Eisner speak about 10 years ago he said that schools should be centres for teacher learning as well as student learning. This stuck with me and has constantly challenged me. I’m the kind of guys who loves…
Posted in Education
The Magic of Technology
Today’s post is guest written by Taylor Kim, a teacher in the Home Economics Department at Johnston Heights. Just in the last several years, countless Hollywood Blockbusters have been made around the idea of the impending doom technology will bring…
Johnston Heights Pulse Energy Competition Week
Today’s post is guest written by Leia Kim, a grade 11 student in the Leadership Program at Johnston Heights. Being one of the coordinators for Energy week was a tiring yet worthwhile experience. For many weeks, our JH leadership team…
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High Quality Leadership – Students telling their stories
The Student Leadership program at Johnston Heights is based on a philosophy of local and global action on real issues. This means that students take on projects at the school level that range from helping set up for school events,…
21st Century Learning Vs. Learning with Technology
The teacher stands at the front of the room, students focused on the SmartBoard screen beside her. Using a special digital pen she highlights areas of a digitally projected satellite image to show various coastal landforms – bays, peninsulas, isthmuses…
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Keeping the Connection
(response to “What Happens When our Connection is Severed?”) I felt a bit like a treasure seeker with a metal detector, only what I was seeking was a wireless signal on my iPad in our neighboring elementary school. Just one…
Tagged with: Education, johnston Heights, McLuhan, technological change, technology
Posted in Education
Posted in Education
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