A few weeks ago I was asked to lead a full-day workshop on inquiry as part of an annual retreat for Delta principals and vice-principals. The day before the event one of the event organizers Aaron Akune and I got talking about Twitter backchannels, something I’ve used as a participant, but not as a...
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Over the last few weeks I’ve been involved in facilitating a 5 part math-lesson study. This exciting event involves 22 local math teachers working through open-ended math problems first as learners themselves and then with their students.  There’s been some great discussion so a far – and one of the coolest things is how...
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“Unless teachers have opportunities to develop their own understanding of the richly webbed core concepts and modes of inquiry in the fields they teach, they are not likely to perceive their goals in such terms. Few schools make such opportunities a priority for their in-service teacher development activities.” This quote comes from “Teaching for...
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Just I finally finished all the revisions on my thesis. So nice to get that done. It’s called “Caught in the rush of the news: the young, the old and the promise of educational technology”. For those who might be interested, I post it here in it’s entirety for you. Enjoy! Bookmark on Delicious...
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This post is an excerpt from my recent Master’s Thesis entitled: “Caught in the rush of the news: the young, the old and the promise of educational technology” As a bit of context, I argue through my thesis that the psychological archetypes of the young (puer) and the old (senex) are a useful way...
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Tomorrow I’m giving a short talk to 400 student teachers at the University of Calgary. When it came time to gather advice – I decided to outsource the heavy lifting to twitter.  Here’s what came back: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it...
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This post is part of the “Implementing Inquiry Based Learning” series. Authenticity: Adapted from the Inquiry Rubric created by the Galileo Educational Network Authenticity includes tasks, activity or work that is associated with a result or outcome that has clear meaning and value to the student. (Schlechty, 3) The starting point of inquiry-based learning...
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I’m currently working on a ‘field guide to inquiry’. My goal is to create a document (that is somewhat concise and practical) that can assist teachers as they begin to adopt an inquiry-based teaching perspective into their classrooms. I just wrapped up the intro. I’d love thoughts and feedback… “The meaning of knowing has...
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…. what might happen if we approached curriculum topics as abundant, or alive, unfinished conversations with space to ‘become?’ How might schooling look differently if we approached learning as the play between what is known and what is not yet? This could be framed as taking an inquiry approach to the disciplines we teach.  The...
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Guest post by Lindsey Wright Rigorous use of educational technology has become something of a buzz expression over the past decade. As more and more people begin considering attending an online school as a viable option for education, school districts across the country have been encouraging teachers to integrate technology into their classrooms and...
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