PBL in the Valley
In assuming the role of Assistant Superintendent in Abbotsford, I have been most impressed...
Learning Conversations: What Questions Are You Asking?
In his recent post, 21st Century Schools or 21st Century Learning, George Couros provides...
Revisiting The ‘Why’ Behind the Faces of Resistance
In working through budget decisions, District implementation and the inevitable change that confronts us...
One School, One Teacher: Why it Matters
Unless you project hope for your students, your efforts to teach them to read,...
Appreciating the Bad
If you’re going to be good at teaching, you’d better be bad at something....
A Framework Wrapped in an Action Plan
I’m writing this, my first post of the new school year, after reading a...
ESC
The function of literature isn’t to illustrate moral precepts but to illuminate human...
A Pecha Kucha & A New Way of Doing
A few days ago I wrote about transforming a school library into a Learning...
The “Why” Behind A School’s Learning Commons
Last week I was fortunate to have the opportunity to create a pecha kucha and...
Stop Believing the Mythology. Only Connect . . .
About a week ago I came upon David Burkus’ video post, Expanding Your Creativity....