The timetable is the frame for all aspects of school life, and a well designed timetable lays the foundation for a quality learning experience for students and for teachers. Designing a change to a timetable is a significant challenge, and…
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Johnston Heights Web Design Challenge
How many of us would trust the design of your business’s website to a 15 year old? This past month, I met some JH students who could do exactly that. Mr. Post invited me to his class for a most…
Tagged with: authentic, Education, educational technology, johnston Heights, technological change, technology
Posted in Education, Social Media, Technology
Posted in Education, Social Media, Technology
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
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
School Liason Officers – Building Fitness and Positive Connections
A dozen students gather on one wall of the large gym. Some talk, some look about quietly, some pace. Filling half of the gym is a set of cones, mats and obstacles. They are here for the final test of…
Room for risk taking?
Four big screens dominate the front of the room, and it’s a large room, packed with round tables surrounded by intense conversation. The screens hold images from the presentation by David Warlick (http://davidwarlick.com/twocents) on the middle screens, and the side…
Tagged with: David Warlick, Education, johnston Heights, Killawee, Learning, Learning in Failure
Posted in Education
Posted in Education
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