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Aug
9
hidden pain
Category: Learning Conversations, compassion, education, pairadimes, reflection | 
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I’m back from a wonderful holiday… in 12 days we visited my sister and family in L.A., and went to San Diego where we visited the Wild Animal Park, Zoo, and SeaWorld (twice). We also went to Disney/California Adventure for 3 days. My kids had a fantastic time, and I found more joy in their […]
May
31
Most Influential
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, School2.0, connecting online, education, leadership, learning, networks, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring, technology | Leave a Comment
We are influenced by so many things in our lives. Identifying what has a significant influence on us can be difficult. Here are two things that I believe can be categorized as most influential… and they both happened Monday.
1. Fifteen year old Kristine wrote a very influential blog post last May. It coincided with […]
Apr
8
Learning Conversations
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Square Peg, blogging, connecting online, education, instructional design, leadership, learning, metaphor, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring, technology | 1 Comment
Learning Conversation_ Part I
It was refreshing to hear Maureen Dockendorf, our staff development co-ordinator, (Director of Instruction), speak at our Building Leadership Capacity (BLC*) series introduction.
She encouraged us to become ‘intellectual companions’ that enter into ‘learning conversations’. The part I liked most about her talk was the direction of the conversation. She spoke of:
Not the […]
Apr
8
Articulate Your Thinking… (an e-mail correspondence)
Category: Learning Conversations, Pedegogy, Square Peg, books I like, education, instructional design, leadership, learning, pairadimes, reflection, restructuring, technology | Leave a Comment
In my last post about my Numeracy Tasks Pro-D session with Peter Liljedahl, I mentioned an e-mail I wrote almost 3 years ago. I dug up that e-mail and found an interesting ‘conversation’ between Gary Kern and I. My comments are after the e-mails.
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From:David
Sent:May 10, 2004 9:55 PM
To: [Our Math […]
Mar
30
Christopher D. Sessums’ “Competing Paradigms and Educational Reform”
Category: Pedegogy, education, learning, pairadimes, restructuring, technology | Leave a Comment
A great article: Competing Paradigms and Educational Reform that asks,
What has this dominant paradigm actually done for public education except manufacture a crisis?
Not only does it list initiatives and consequences of this paradigm (read the post!), it also suggests a paradigm shift with the following perspective:
• Human freedom and empowerment are more […]
Mar
27
Application of Constructivist Principles to the Practice of Instructional Technology
Category: Pedegogy, Square Peg, education, instructional design, learning, metaphor, pairadimes, technology | 2 Comments
Application of Constructivist Principles to the Practice of Instructional Technology By Bonnie Skaalid
I found this while procrastinating on finishing my masters paper.
Disgusted with how this has transformed from a labour of interest and love to one of ‘hoop jumping’ that is just what I Googled… along with ‘education’. This is just what I was […]
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