I’m Starting My Vlog
Ok, I'm finally doing it. I'm starting my vlog. When I started Cohort 21 this year, my action plan...
Category: Reflective Practice
Success = Boredom.
Today during Cohort 21, a notification popped up on my phone. It was letting me know that Casey Neistat, one...
The Courage To Fail
Imagine a running race that takes place in the remote mountains of Tennessee. The course is five loops of...
Google Innovators: Finding Your Hedgehog
I currently have 22 tabs open on my computer. I’m writing a blog post, following the #deeperlearning Twitter posts...
Google Innovators: Mindfulness Can Be Fun?
I grew up in a blue collar, industrial town near Sarnia, ON. It is a great place to live: a...
Google Innovators: How to Build a Moonshot
Note: This is the first in a series of posts in which I am processing my experience at the Google...
Innovation is a Mindset: My Google Experience
Last week, with the support of my school, I had the incredible opportunity to attend the Google Certified Innovators...
Action Plan, Meet Google.
Back in December, a couple of my colleagues (thanks Charles) nominated me for the Google Certified Innovator program. I...
What is the Purpose of School?
Should schools focus on preparing students for real life or for University? Wait...aren't those the same thing? As I...
Step 1: Know Your User
It's the third week of November. Report cards are just finished looming, piles of marking are stacking up, students...
What Can Friday Night Lights Teach Us About Learning?
Note: In 2014-15, I am honoured to be a Facilitator for Cohort 21, a professional development program for teachers...
An Equation for Effective PD
Note: In 2014-15, I am honoured to be a Facilitator for Cohort 21, a professional development program for teachers...
Continuity and Change
"Your job is to change the world, okay?" - Dr. Pearl Rock Kane on redefining the perception of what...
Teaching is Like Running
A scene from this morning's run through Lawrenceville. The campus solar farm and bee hives (!!)While here in Lawrenceville,...
Affirm, Challenge, Repeat.
The past three days have been a bit of a roller coaster for me here at the Klingenstein Summer...
What is Thinking?
In my last post, I wrote about my aspiration of developing a culture of thinking in my students. But...
A Practical Exercise in Philosophy
Our first full day at the Klingenstein Summer Institute (KSI) has come to an end we’re all feeling like...
Success=Innovation
"The capacity to innovate — the ability to solve problems creatively or bring new possibilities to life — and...
Choose Your Own Adventure
At the end of my second year of teaching, I met with my instructional leader and the coordinator of...
NYC: Practice what you teach
Last weekend, as "superstorm" Sandy was zeroing in on New York City, I was in NYC on a field...
Radical Education Research Collective
For the past two years, I have been a member of a group known as the Radical Education Research...
Interactive Lectures: Learning Cycles
After teaching the same lesson on the Elements of Democracy last year, this year I updated the lesson based...
The Farm Project
As part of the projects-bases focus of the Grade 11 Green Industries course, I designed a project that would...
Engaging Students Through Social Action
As Coordinator of Service Learning, it is always my goal to engage students in the wider community, helping them...
Listen Right! and Thoughts on Front Loading Content
Before the break, I tried using one of the strategies that Don shared with us in our Y2G PD...