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…
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The Uses of Inspiration
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
My daughter turned six in January.
My daughter turned six in January. Like most kids, she loves the whole experience of birthdays – inviting friends, having cake and cards, and especially gifts (“Can I invite three more friends? Then they’d each bring a present too!”). She…
Tagged with: authentic, Creating, creativity, kindergarten, Learning
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
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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