Archive for the 'Personalized Learning' Category

Feb

18

A Weekend Conference

February 18, 2012 | 1 Comment

This past weekend, I attended the British Columbia Schools Superintendent Association’s (BCSSA) conference in downtown Vancouver. There were many speakers focused on Pathways to Personalization: Shifting Practice and Traditions. The speakers included: Charles Leadbeater (Click here for his profile on TED) Larry Rosenstock (Click here for a video about his High Tech High) The Minister [...]

Nov

9

BYOD

November 9, 2011 | 5 Comments

What is BYOD? BYOD stands for Bring Your Own Device (sometimes know and Bring Your Own Technology). We are embarking on a journey of trying to integrate students’ own technology into our classrooms, and some of us are excited about the chance to try. This morning I met with the grade 7 students in Mrs. [...]

Oct

26

Creativity

October 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment

“My contention is that creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.” ~ Sir Ken Robinson How we encourage creativity in children? How do we celebrate creativity? How do we kill creativity? View this video from TED2006. What will we do to establish classroom cultures [...]

Oct

25

Personalized Learning Stories

October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Today at school, two of our classes and a group of senior students were involved in a North Vancouver School District video project: Personalized Learning for the 21st Century. This video is being created in collaboration with the Argyle Digital Media Academy. Students in Mme. Zwart’s class were working on science, and were filmed dissecting [...]

Oct

11

Personalized Learning

October 11, 2011 | 2 Comments

Personalized learning is currently a significant topic in the teaching world, and it relates to our teaching practices and how we support all learners. Teachers, administrators, special education aides and others are all talking about how we need to understand our students, and how we need provide a more diverse set of learning opportunities to [...]