TRIBES STRATEGIES AND ENERGIZERS!!!
When you start your year, do not forget to set up your classroom climate with researched based
Tribes Strategies, (Phillips, 2011).
Gail Phillips has completed research for her Ph.D. in Toronto and has found Tribes to be an effective strategy that makes a measurable difference in developing effective classrooms that are conducive to learning.
The Tribes Learning Community Web Page is found at: Tribes.com
Here is a connection that is an amazing resource of: Learning Tasks and Energizers
This NEXT connection takes you to TRIBES and an overview of the Program. Tribes Overview!
At the bottom of the entry is the very important learning task called Life Maps. Life Maps!
Tribes is an effective strategy for new and seasoned teachers and administrators.
See the classroom management tab above for more information.
;-)
Sunday, 11 September 2016
Monday, 22 August 2016
Tragically Hip - An Incredible Study In Pop Culture
Brock Prof Says The Tragically Hip Brought Canada Together
CBC broadcasts the Hip Concert live and with no commercials.
The first time that has been done since the 1972 Hockey summit series with the Russians.
Read more about this incredible event by clicking the link below.
Click Here For The Article
Brock Prof Says The Tragically Hip Brought Canada Together
CBC broadcasts the Hip Concert live and with no commercials.
The first time that has been done since the 1972 Hockey summit series with the Russians.
Read more about this incredible event by clicking the link below.
Click Here For The Article
Sunday, 10 April 2016
9 Elephants In The Classroom
By Will Richardson
FUTURE DIRECTIONS - BIG QUESTIONS
OUTSTANDING ARTICLE
One of the best articles I have read on these issues outlined below:
Posted April 10/16, by Zoe Branigan Pipe Facebook Enrichment Page.
I wonder if there is a ministry of education, anywhere around the world, that has addressed these elephants in the classroom.
I worked at a school in the 90's that due to the principal leadership did address these issues. But when he left the elephants returned.
Educational leaders and philosophers have been talking about these changes for decades. (Fullan, Kohn, Freire, Sir Ken Robinson, ) .
Ministers of Education, Directors of program at the Ministry, Directors of Education in Boards, (along with you Zoe, and George Couros and forward thinking educators) need to develop an Inquiry to change what we are doing or we are always going to get what we have gotten in the past.
Factory model classrooms, and curriculum are not the way of the future. Zoe Branigan-Pipe, the classroom environment you are developing should be in every classroom in Ontario.
Why isn't it? What do we do about it?
Mark
THE NINE ELEPHANTS:
1. Most knowledge we teach is forgotten after the test. What really needs to be taught?
2. How do we make schools engaging? Handing a student an iPad is not good enough.
3. How do we structure the physical environment of factory model schools for 21st Century teaching and learning?....and universities and colleges ?
4. We need to assess what matters. What actually matters? We need to stop training students for exams that computers can pass.
5. Learning is being destroyed by administering grades. Look at Kohn's research on what Grades do to learning. See my Blogs Assessment Tab above.
6. What should the 21st Century Curriculum look like? We are not there yet.
7. We know that separating learning into discrete subjects and time blocks is not the best way to prepare kids for the real world.Why are we doing it? Even age groupings are not wise. I had a grade 2 student who could beat every intermediate student in chess. What do we learn from that?
8. We know the system of education as currently constructed is not adequately preparing kids for what follows if and when they graduate. Look at Ontario's Math scores. We better look at what we are doing to remedy that beyond add 20 minutes a day to that old fashioned Math block!
9. And finally, we know that learning that sticks is usually learned informally, that explicit knowledge accounts for very little of our success in most professions.
Click Here for Article: http://willrichardson.com/9-elephants-classroom-unsettle-us/ http://willrichardson.com/9-elephants-classroom-unsettle-us/
This article is also visible under this Web Pages Blog tab.
By Will Richardson
FUTURE DIRECTIONS - BIG QUESTIONS
OUTSTANDING ARTICLE
One of the best articles I have read on these issues outlined below:
Posted April 10/16, by Zoe Branigan Pipe Facebook Enrichment Page.
I wonder if there is a ministry of education, anywhere around the world, that has addressed these elephants in the classroom.
I worked at a school in the 90's that due to the principal leadership did address these issues. But when he left the elephants returned.
Educational leaders and philosophers have been talking about these changes for decades. (Fullan, Kohn, Freire, Sir Ken Robinson, ) .
Ministers of Education, Directors of program at the Ministry, Directors of Education in Boards, (along with you Zoe, and George Couros and forward thinking educators) need to develop an Inquiry to change what we are doing or we are always going to get what we have gotten in the past.
Factory model classrooms, and curriculum are not the way of the future. Zoe Branigan-Pipe, the classroom environment you are developing should be in every classroom in Ontario.
Why isn't it? What do we do about it?
Mark
THE NINE ELEPHANTS:
1. Most knowledge we teach is forgotten after the test. What really needs to be taught?
2. How do we make schools engaging? Handing a student an iPad is not good enough.
3. How do we structure the physical environment of factory model schools for 21st Century teaching and learning?....and universities and colleges ?
4. We need to assess what matters. What actually matters? We need to stop training students for exams that computers can pass.
5. Learning is being destroyed by administering grades. Look at Kohn's research on what Grades do to learning. See my Blogs Assessment Tab above.
6. What should the 21st Century Curriculum look like? We are not there yet.
7. We know that separating learning into discrete subjects and time blocks is not the best way to prepare kids for the real world.Why are we doing it? Even age groupings are not wise. I had a grade 2 student who could beat every intermediate student in chess. What do we learn from that?
8. We know the system of education as currently constructed is not adequately preparing kids for what follows if and when they graduate. Look at Ontario's Math scores. We better look at what we are doing to remedy that beyond add 20 minutes a day to that old fashioned Math block!
9. And finally, we know that learning that sticks is usually learned informally, that explicit knowledge accounts for very little of our success in most professions.
Click Here for Article: http://willrichardson.com/9-elephants-classroom-unsettle-us/ http://willrichardson.com/9-elephants-classroom-unsettle-us/
This article is also visible under this Web Pages Blog tab.
Friday, 8 April 2016
ONTARIO CONNECTED EDUCATORS
Ontario School and System Leaders Edtech MOOC
This is an incredibly informative site where you can check blogs of many educators through Ontario.
It is a massive resource for Edtech learning.
Developed by Donna Fry
Provincial Lead for Leading Technology Enabled Learning & Teaching
Scroll down the right side of her web page for 50 educator blog sites.
Click Here: Ontario Connected Educators
This is also posted under my favourites on this web page and under blogs that inspire
Ontario School and System Leaders Edtech MOOC
This is an incredibly informative site where you can check blogs of many educators through Ontario.
It is a massive resource for Edtech learning.
Developed by Donna Fry
Provincial Lead for Leading Technology Enabled Learning & Teaching
Scroll down the right side of her web page for 50 educator blog sites.
Click Here: Ontario Connected Educators
This is also posted under my favourites on this web page and under blogs that inspire
Donna Says:
So with #OSSEMOOC, we are trying to build capacity and promote connections.
We need to create a sustainable learning environment in Ontario that promotes self-directed learning for education leaders, and...
- considers all learning preferences
- allows for all levels of readiness
- provides numerous entry points
- is flexible
- allows choice
- respects limitations of time
- supports a variety of learner interests
- promotes the development of connections and connected learning
Check out her site!
You will come back to it time and time again!
Mark
Monday, 4 April 2016
Multiple Intelligence and Learning Styles
A great article on Howard Gardner's work on Multiple Intelligence and the difference between that and Learning styles.
Check out this great article
Click here: Multiple Intelligences: What Does the Research Say?
eduTopia: April 4/16
A great article on Howard Gardner's work on Multiple Intelligence and the difference between that and Learning styles.
Check out this great article
Click here: Multiple Intelligences: What Does the Research Say?
eduTopia: April 4/16
Thursday, 3 March 2016
Marks and Grades
How useful are they anyway?
Here is an article by Alfie Kohn who indicates his research shows marks and percentage grades do not promote learning.
There are other ways to assess work, provide feedback and promote learning in the 21st Century.
Read and reflect on his message.
How useful are they anyway?
Here is an article by Alfie Kohn who indicates his research shows marks and percentage grades do not promote learning.
There are other ways to assess work, provide feedback and promote learning in the 21st Century.
Read and reflect on his message.
Kohn, A., (2011, November). The case against grades.
Educational Leadership. Retrieved
Thursday, 25 June 2015
Chimamanda Adichie and Leila Janah
Chimamanda Adichie and Leila Janah are two of my favourite leaders and speakers.
Listen to two great speakers of this decade.
Links below:
Chimamanda Adichie at the Wesley College Commencement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcehZ3CjedU
Leila Janah on End Poverty and Give Work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i2ddkCHqZY
Chimamanda Adichie and Leila Janah are two of my favourite leaders and speakers.
Listen to two great speakers of this decade.
Links below:
Chimamanda Adichie at the Wesley College Commencement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcehZ3CjedU
Leila Janah on End Poverty and Give Work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i2ddkCHqZY
Sunday, 21 June 2015
Thursday, 18 June 2015
Spirit of Brock Medal Presentation
Congratulations to Bill Morgan.
Bill is a wonderful candidate in my Methods classes, at the Faculty of Eduction, Brock University.
He is a visually impaired candidate that worked tirelessly to complete all of the expectations of the Teacher Education program, and achieved stellar results.
Proud of this great guy!
Click Here for Presentation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnMbcWJcc1I&list=PLISoSpDHh3OcHh0pQiM5YqttZKL6IiU0N&index=12
Congratulations to Bill Morgan.
Bill is a wonderful candidate in my Methods classes, at the Faculty of Eduction, Brock University.
He is a visually impaired candidate that worked tirelessly to complete all of the expectations of the Teacher Education program, and achieved stellar results.
Proud of this great guy!
Click Here for Presentation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnMbcWJcc1I&list=PLISoSpDHh3OcHh0pQiM5YqttZKL6IiU0N&index=12
Monday, 15 June 2015
FACULTY OF EDUCATION, BROCK UNIVERSITY
CONVOCATION SPEECH 2015
My colleague, Dr. Peter Vietgen, Professor of Art Education delivered our convocation address in June, 2015!
Listen to his top 10 countdown of priorities for our new Grads!
Awesome job to send off our new Graduating class!
Keep the Arts in focus!
Great countries do!
CLICK HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx7iWC_RooI&feature=youtu.be
CONVOCATION SPEECH 2015
My colleague, Dr. Peter Vietgen, Professor of Art Education delivered our convocation address in June, 2015!
Listen to his top 10 countdown of priorities for our new Grads!
Awesome job to send off our new Graduating class!
Keep the Arts in focus!
Great countries do!
CLICK HERE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx7iWC_RooI&feature=youtu.be
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