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Students as Blog Leaders
I have previously written posts on Principals as Blog Leaders (here), highlighting the blogs from our district leaders and leaders in each of our schools. I have profiled the 17 BC superintendents in...
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Trying New Things
Trying to do something new or different can be a real challenge sometimes. Last week I had the opportunity to teach a class to students at Gleneagles Elementary School and West Bay Elementary School,...
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The Sentinel iPhone App – A Real-Real Example
We tried to stop them, but they just wouldn’t take “no” for an answer. As a follow-up to my “real-real” learning post (here), last week I had the chance to spend some time with four Sentinel Secondary...
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Another Serving of West Van
I want to check back in and share some of the work going on in West Vancouver. I last blogged about Some West Van Stories in November. Director of Instruction Lynne Tomlinson got a boost for her most...
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Some Early Summer Inspiration
IF YOU ARE RECEIVING THIS POST VIA EMAIL YOU MAY HAVE TO OPEN THE POST IN YOUR BROWSER TO VIEW THE EMBEDDED VIDEOS. In April, I wrote about TEDxMania sweeping West Vancouver when we hosted two amazing...
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When Teachers Have Devices
Last year, we began a program that can best be described as “classroom modernization” across the district. Our Board of Education recognized the importance and education need for the modernization...
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BYOD – How to Walk Before You Run
In some ways, this is a follow-up or companion piece to my post last week when teachers have mobile devices in the classroom, on our findings and efforts to ensure digital access for all of our...
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Another Serving of West Van Stories
Checking in on the blogs across the district is a useful way of getting a sense of the topics that are being highlighted this fall. I have written several times about the power our schools are...
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Maybe I Was Wrong About Blogging
If five years ago I looked into my crystal ball, I would have said that in 2016, all staff and students would have blogs. These would be spaces of reflection and also for portfolios. I would have...
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My Own Watershed Moments
Dean Shareski posed an interesting challenge last week. Through his blog post on his own watershed moments of learning, he asked those in his network to do the same. At first, this seemed like a...
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