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.…
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Tagged with: Gary Stager, inquiry based learning, MaKey MaKey, motivation in school, Possibility, Sylvia Libow Martinez, technology
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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
The Best Learning…?
The plane bounces in the air after a delayed departure. I look at my colleague and we wonder if we’re in for a rough flight. It takes a few minutes, but the turbulence starts to settle down, and we each…
Tagged with: Adult Learning, Assessment, Calgary Science School, ConnectEd, ConnectEdCA, inquiry based learning
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Posted in Education
Looking back at old ideas
The book I’m currently reading, “The Clockwork Universe” (by Edward Dolnick) rides along with the scientists and thinkers whose ideas made our modern world possible, in both it’s philosophical and technological forms. These pioneers and thought explorers didn’t live in…
Tagged with: Edward Dolnick, inquiry based learning, Isaac Newton, Mass Production, Roger Bacon, Scientific Inquiry, The Clockwork Universe
Posted in Education, Project Based Learning
Posted in Education, Project Based Learning
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
Pedagogy 2.0
Image from the IDEO “Design Thinking Toolkit for Educators“. Sometimes we look all over the world for innovation, only to find it in our own backyard. A learning project in Maple Ridge takes students into a new world where mobile…
Tagged with: Education, educational technology, inquiry, inquiry based learning, Mobile, technology
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Posted in Education
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