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I love writing and sharing ideas. The idea of writing a blog was immediately appealing to me. It’s a platform to create and share the things that interest me, both as an opportunity to connect with others who…
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Turning a page
I want to share here what I’ve shared elsewhere. A new chapter is opening up in my life. In September I will be working with the staff and students of Ranch Park Elementary as the principal, and I can’t wait.…
The Fun They Had…
I remember a story by Isaac Asimov called “The Fun They Had“, about a future where education was the responsibility of computers in students’ homes. In his story, first published in 1951, Asimov described how a young lady, Margie Jones,…
The Uses of Inspiration
Sometimes you just want to hear some straight up excitement about the work you do every day. Jenny Megeira spoke to educators in Surrey Schools a few months back, and she more than delivered. She was extremely well spoken, creative…
Tagged with: Adventure, Change, Education, Innovation, leadership, Learning, Magiera, Risk, Risk Taking
Posted in Education, Innovation, Project Based Learning, Risk Taking, Technology
Posted in Education, Innovation, Project Based Learning, Risk Taking, Technology
Ron Smid and Analog Thought
My first draft of this post was on paper, written by hand. I’m not an analog romantic – most of my world is digitally mediated, and I will normally do all of my drafting and rewriting on a computer. But…
Tagged with: analog, analogue, Douglas Coupland, film, large format photography, manual camera, photography, Ron Smid, Vancouver Art Gallery
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Make
In my last post I was looking at the Raspberry Pi with my kids, and their interest was high while we were looking at the physical make-up of the device, but it dropped when the problems started with the operating system.…
Tagged with: Gary Stager, inquiry based learning, MaKey MaKey, motivation in school, Possibility, Sylvia Libow Martinez, technology
Posted in Education, Project Based Learning, Technology
Posted in Education, Project Based Learning, Technology
A Second Helping of Pi
This spring break I’ve been testing out some of the Maker materials advocated by Sylvia Martinez and Gary Stager, and supplied by our district. My kids, ages 8 and 10, are my co-experimenters, and we’re checking out some of the new learning oriented…
Tagged with: Gary Stager, inquiry based learning, Raspberry Pi, Sylvia Libow Martinez, technology
Posted in Education, Project Based Learning, Technology
Posted in Education, Project Based Learning, Technology
Try some Pi
Continuing from my post last week, in my reading of “Invent to Learn” by Martinez and Stager, I’m intrigued by the intellectual and philosophical framework of the Maker Movement. As we continue to discover, there are rarely truly new ideas.…
Tagged with: Dewey, expeiment, Gary Stager, inquiry, Maker Space, Raspberry Pi, Sylvia Martinez
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Posted in Education
Making
I’ve taken my time on engaging the Makerspace movement. Not personally (I love making, repairing and tinkering with things), but as an educational leader. We are bringing a lot of change to our schools, and I find myself asking, “Where…
Tagged with: Gary Stager, maker movement, makerspace, Piaget, Sylvia Libow Martinez
Posted in Education, Project Based Learning, Technology
Posted in Education, Project Based Learning, Technology
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