Birds, Bats, Bees & Butterflies
Birds, Bats, Bees, and Butterflies is the title a small cohort of colleagues and myself have given to a new environmental stewardship initiative at our school, Ralph McCall in Airdrie. The goal of the...
View ArticleHow Open are You to New Ideas?
As an educator of young children, the question of how we engage children is at the forefront of everything we do. We are part of an age where children are entertained with “screen time” from their very...
View ArticleWe Are All Makers
The desire to make things with our hands is deeply rooted; think of the feeling of satisfaction you’ve experienced from creating something you were proud of. Listen to the engagement evident in these...
View ArticleMaking Learning ‘Stick’!
When thinking about student learning, most of us would not dispute that the goal is to find out what learners know and what can they do. When I dig deeper and really think about it, this list might be...
View ArticleAre You Ready to Create Positive Social Change?
Engaging students should be at the forefront of everything we do as educators. We know that once students are engaged, learning is more likely to be alive and fluid. There is nothing more energizing...
View ArticleAsk not what your community can do for you
In his recent post on this blog, Thomas Elbel argued that community engagement in education is more important than ever before, and I couldn’t agree with him more. I believe we are in the midst of...
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