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Nov
7
Interviewed on Seedlings
Category: Learning Conversations, blogging, connecting online, networks, pairadimes, presentation, student leadership, technology | 
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On Thursday October 30th, I had the honour of being interviewed by Alice Barr, Cheryl Oakes and Bob Sprankle on Seedlings hosted by EdTechTalk.
Here is my interview on Seedlings.
And here is the chat transcript. I couldn’t get onto EdtechTalk at school and rushed home minutes before we started, so that added a few kinks for […]
Jun
27
THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO HMMMMMM…
Category: Learning Conversations, Pro-D, School2.0, blogging, education, leadership, metaphor, pairadimes, presentation, student leadership, technology | Leave a Comment
This blog has a subtitle: Reflections on Education, Technology and Learning
My other less-frequently used blog, ‘Practic-All’, is subtitled, Pragmatic tools and ideas for the classroom. Recently I started using this other blog to provide a digital addition to my Principal’s weekly e-mail update. I did 9 of these to end the year off. I called […]
Jun
17
What comes around
Category: Social Responsibility, compassion, cyberbullying, instructional design, pairadimes, student leadership | 1 Comment
The task was simple: Have your advisory pick an issue in the school and then create a video that promotes awareness of the problem and/or a solution to the problem. This is what Mr. Williams’ advisory came up with last year.
I like the use of camera direction to help tell the story. This to me […]
May
18
“Release the Hounds” by Chris Harbeck
Category: Pedegogy, Pro-D, School2.0, education, learning, pairadimes, presentation, student leadership | 4 Comments
You can go to the K12Online page or to Chris’ wiki page.
To put it simply… there is something here for everyone!
Description
This presentation takes participants along my journey into integrating 2.0 applications and “21st Century Learning” into my pedagogy. The presentation will show how teacher driven assignments and projects teach students some of the skills they […]
May
6
Transitions, Transformations, and Transgressions
Category: blogging, books I like, leadership, learning, metaphor, pairadimes, reflection, student leadership | 1 Comment
- Originally posted August 28th, 2007 -
If you come to a fork in the road, take it. - Yogi Berra
Transitions
I’ve taken a job at a high school and I am looking forward to the new challenge! After seven years of teaching Grade 8’s and two years of teaching Grade 9’s, I will now […]
May
4
The Capacity to Lead
Category: compassion, education, leadership, learning, metaphor, pairadimes, reflection, student leadership | 1 Comment
Students of all ages have the capacity to lead.
For a few years now I have taken a group of Grade 7 and 8 students to our feeder schools to teach the incoming Grade 5’s the “Seven Secrets of Leadership”, but really it is about so much more than that!
This is from the e-mail I send […]
Apr
26
$3,881.65 for one night’s work
Category: compassion, education, leadership, learning, pairadimes, student leadership | Leave a Comment
…more on Empathy.
Friday night I camped out at the school with 49 students, each raising a minimum of $50- to earn the opportunity to sleep over at the school. We hosted a 24 hour famine to raise money for our Me to We Club… we are fundraising to build a school in Sierra Leone.
It was […]
Mar
31
Candy Cultures - Reflections on a leadership activity
Category: leadership, lessons, pairadimes, reflection, student leadership | 1 Comment
For a number of years I have used The Candy Cultures Activity, first as a multiculturalism activity, then as a leadership activity. I had a chance to experience it on two other levels recently. First, I ran the activity at our Pro-D with staff a week ago. I also shared it with the Student […]
Mar
31
Three Quotes- Servant Leadership, Creative Tension & Vision, Knowledge Sharing in Schools
Category: books I like, leadership, pairadimes, restructuring, student leadership | Leave a Comment
This one is on Servant Leadership - providing students with capacities and competencies…
“Through their programs schools can provide the opportunity for the development of capacities and competencies, that enable young people to get started on the path of acting with a sense of civic responsibility. Through programs of community and “service” learning, student leadership programs, […]
