Design Thinking 101
You've heard about Design Thinking in Education. You've maybe even been to a workshop, read some resources or used...
Category: Think Forward
Vlog #002: Innovation Everywhere.
The first real episode of the blog is ready for viewing! This episode chronicles the crazy 72 hours I...
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...
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...
My Next Big Adventure: Future Design School
In Greenwood’s awards assembly yesterday, where I saw grade 12 students who I have watched grow up since grade...
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 Draw Toast
As you may know, for the past two years I have been doing a “20 Time” project with my...
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...
Teaching is Like Running
A scene from this morning's run through Lawrenceville. The campus solar farm and bee hives (!!)While here in Lawrenceville,...
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...
Choose Your Own Adventure: Student Designed Curriculum
Last week, my grade 12 students presented their final "deliverables" created in their "Choose Your Own Adventure" (CYOA) unit...
Design Thinking in the Classroom
* This article was originally posted on the Greenwood College School blog, PersonalizedLearning.ca In a recent New York Times...
Success=Innovation
"The capacity to innovate — the ability to solve problems creatively or bring new possibilities to life — and...
The Great Green Roof Debate
At the start of the third term, I was approached by a colleague seeking to collaborate on a new...
Keeping It Real: The Green Line Competition
One of my priorities as an educator is to connect students to the real world while also making...
Flipping Civics
One of my goals for my third year as a teacher has been to develop the Civics course into...