This is a cross-post that originated on the blog of my Fusion (STEM) Cohort at St George’s School. References to location of student blogs and further details are available at https://sgsfusi...
This year is the beginning of a new programme at my school and I’m at the heart of it. It is a STEM programme aimed at our grade 10 level and has enrolled 21 boys (reminder: we are an all-boys...
After yesterday’s heavy dose of skepticism, I headed out to day 2 of Vancouver’s Mini Maker Faire with the hope of finding someone who was doing STEM right. Recognize that I’m not ...
Two years ago, I made my first visit to a Maker Faire. I wrote about that trip and about how I was both excited and confused by what I saw. I loved the fact that there were far more different kinds of...
Today, I’m thinking about design sprints. I was introduced to the concept of design problems that are tackled in very short amounts of time. High level of intensity, but a relatively simple ...
Have I ever told you how lucky I am? Over the last week, I’ve gone from a Design Thinking for School Innovation course to our school’s Arts Week where I got to hang out with some incredi...
Quite some time ago, I published a post called The Role of the 21st Century School Librarian that still seems to garner some attention. In it, I spent some time wondering about what a School Libra...
The great experiment has begun. Not sure where it will go and what success will look like at this point, but that’s half the adventure! We officially have a Maker Club at St. George’s....
We celebrate the arts every year at our school through an Arts Week that brings together speakers and activities through many of the fine and performing arts. We had some AMAZING speakers (photograp...
Those who are regulars around these parts, will know that I’m engaged in an Action Research project that is involved in looking at the broad question of maker learning as an inquiry approach to ...