Design Inquiry Learning Thinking
I keep coming back to this, but I think that it’s important. As teachers, we explore different ways of setting up learning experiences for students. We play with pedagogies, keep ideas that ...
STEM – Doin’ it right on the other side of town
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 ...
Should students think?
OK, dumb question in a world with no dumb questions! But I have to wonder how many of us teacher-folk really walk the walk. I’m reminded of this this week by my good friend, Leslie Maniotes ...
Tightrope Walking
We started a new Guided Inquiry unit this week with a Grade 8 Creative Writing Class. The idea behind this unit is that students use research around world issues, specifically the UN’s 17 Sust...
Maker Heaven!
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...
Learn to Make – Make to Learn
I’ve been spending my Spring Break wading through Learning Logs, interviews, assignments, and surveys trying to distill common threads from the thinking of a number of students in a Social Studi...
Guided Inquiry – Evaluation
What a week! I’ll write about my fantastic trip to Boston with members of our Socials Department, my Librarian colleague from our Jr School and Leslie Maniotes in another post, but while I was...
Guided Inquiry – One Overview
If you are looking for the, quintessential overview of Guided Inquiry, look no further. You should be reading Carol Kuhlthau, Leslie Maniotes, and Ann Caspari’s books on the topic Guided Inqui...