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A grade 12 rhizomatic learner's journal entry

The questions Dave Cormier asks in week 1 of #rhizo15 are lived, explorative questions for me.Below is a journal entry from a student who was in the learn-whatever-you-want pilot year of a hastily...

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Guest blog: What are we designing?

#rhizo15 week 1: How do we design our own or others learning when we don’t know where we are going? How does that free us up? What can we get done with subjectives that can’t be done with...

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Connecting in #rhizo15

In response to Jane Van Galen's desire to get to know the people "beneath the tweets" she asked about a favourite image.Below is an image I took at least 25 years ago while on a hiking trail at the top...

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Three key learnings after 26 years of teaching

A year ago I was ready to quit my job. At the end of May, 2015, I submitted my resignation deciding to move forward rather than to quit. Having the superintendent give me a parting hug was an affirming...

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Mastering a New Narrative of Learning

I found myself nodding like a bobblehead while reading Will Richardson's From Master Teacher to Master Learner.Richardson argues that with our ability to use technology to connect, create and share...

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The more you don't know, the smarter you get

Last week I had fun sharing my curiosity and passion with a number of other Manitoba educators at an Ignite hosted by Dean Shareski from Discovery Education.My presentation was influenced by my own...

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Let learners curate and certify their own learning

They say exercise is good for the brain. Here's the post I mentally constructed (with assistance of a mobile device) on my run today.Much is being written these days about personalizing student...

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The teacher will see you now

You leave the parent-teacher meeting with a prescription to be administered daily: your child should develop better study habits (especially for tests), become more organized (ex. use a planner), not...

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Do I dare disturb the universe?

In conversations with teachers and other educational administrators, I hear many saying they would do things differently if someone would show them what they should do. Well, there are many consultants...

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Why change? And time to change your why?

We spend too much effort trying to get students to fit the programs we've designed. Rather than start from a perspective that says, “We have what you need,” what if we started with asking, “What is it...

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Recovering character over credits

I worked with a student last year with whom I was supposed to help "recover" a credit. The student had failed a grade 10 math course. We worked on her math skills, but I was more interested in...

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Opt-out teens need other options

“To look for confirmation rather than refutation of what we already know, our assumptions, theories, and taken-for-granted beliefs can become significant barriers to critical thinking.  (Daniel...

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Why is our thinking so average?

"If I notice something that doesn't make sense any more, it frustrates me because why are we doing things that don't make sense any more? Why are people in pain? Why are people underutilized? Why are...

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There is something rank in the state of education

Fit in. Stand out. Don't rock the boat. Be yourself. Just do what's expected of you. Make a difference. Act normal.Can't I just be myself? With all the talk of personalizing education, shouldn't we...

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From dropout educator to learning entrepreneur

I have a passion for learning and working with students to help them see and develop their own lives as being meaningfully unique. Having quit my teaching job last year, I recently realized I'm also a...

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From empathy heartset to innovation

 http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/6030In a recent post, George Couros outlines a "process for innovation in teaching and learning." I agree that "teaching and learning starts with empathy" and...

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Three ways to embrace complexity & build open teams to improve learning...

In a recent article, "rebel" Edmonton teacher Mike Joly is described as advocating solid discipline policies and character education, believing that students should get zeros for incomplete work and...

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I believe in the gospel of doubt

Having listened to Casey Gerald's TED sermon, I confirm here that I am, and have long been, a believer in the gospel of doubt, the belief that is possible not to believe.It is possible the answers we...

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Engagement needs a relationship

What does it mean to engage? be engaged?From Google:The word originally meant ‘to pawn or pledge something,’ later ‘pledge oneself (to do something),’ hence ‘enter into a contract’ (mid 16th century),...

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If the body keeps score of trauma, what are we keeping score of?

I just finished part 3 of "All in the Family," a CBC Radio exploration of a massive study called "Adverse Childhood Experiences," or ACE, which shows thatchildhood experiences, both positive and...

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