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What I mean by teachers being the only real agents of school reform
This post is actually a comment in the conversation around school change over at Public School Insights – Casting Call for Teachers. It’s pretty much in the same state, maybe an extra sentence or two. I think it helps to clarify what I mean when I say “Teachers are the only real agents of school [...]
Sunday morning quickie re: learning & assessment
Yup, we definitely need to continue re-thinking learning and assessment. Content is cheap and easy to access. We need to be learning and assessing context and skills – how we manipulate content to create new contexts. Top News – High-tech cheating? Students see it differently. Thanks to @scottmcleod for this link. Technorati Tags: assessment, edtech, Reform
Bridging gaps. In cultures. In my ideas.
Bridges. Sun rising. Strong metaphors for change in education.
reiterations
The tree is rife with reiteration. Reminds me of this process of knocking out a solid dissertation proposal.
Reforming Reform v.2
What is our focus in education reform?
How is this normal?
Don't tell me that the system is not sick...because I won't believe you.
The Curious Case of Ped Days in Quebec
Quebec teachers have it made. We have 20 pedagogical (PED) days throughout the school year.
History, Oh History…
At the bottom of this post is a link to a series of question and study sheets, including some sample essay questions, for the Secondary 4 History of Quebec and Canada course in the province of Quebec. I’ve only uploaded the questions and study sheets for module 4 so far. The rest should be up [...]
Gaining focus in reform
I really think that we are focusing on the wrong things in education reform. Recent education reform in Quebec – and I am sure it is similar in other areas – has focused on creating new curriculum for students. Technology reforms focus on how we can best use technology in the classroom to improve student learning and [...]
Preparing the waters for change.
Image: photo of the St Lawrence River taken by me, available on flickr. mrsdurff introduced me to Class 2.0 in a recent comment on Understanding the Machine. I love the idea behind this site, and behind different workshops that places like LEARN in Quebec offer teachers. How do we negotiate the space between resources on the one [...]