Month: March 2008

John Dewey: My Pedagogic Creed

The more things change, the more things stay the same…no? I’ve highlighted some juicy morsels :) my pedagogic creed John Dewey’s famous declaration concerning education. First published in The School Journal, Volume LIV, Number 3 (January 16, 1897), pages 77-80. ARTICLE I–What Education Is I believe that all education proceeds by the participation of the John Dewey: My Pedagogic Creed

Travel Day

Montreal Metro Tunnel 1 image by Flowizm on Flickr Every day 2 of our 9-day cycle at school I take my older group of students out on a travel day. We take public transportation to travel from Chateauguay to Montreal. Each day 2 we try to go to a new place, and each time I Travel Day

Tagline Props

My tagline: metamorphosis, no better metaphor for this… comes from No Compromises, performed by Invincible, a Detroit MC. I love how the words string together, and I love the idea of positive change for the future it invokes. mp3 No Compromises originally downloaded from: FREE THE P! Palestine Takes NYC’s East Village by Storm, article Tagline Props

New Theme

I am trying out tried out this great new theme by Michael Oeser. It’s called WyntonMagazine – here’s a screen shot of the original template: I liked the magazine layout, however It turned out that I wasn’t happy with the fact that there was no sidebar on the main page, so I searched around some New Theme

Shout Out – Glenn Moses

You must learn…just like I told you…You must learn. KRS One Here’s what’s appalling, to me. Every year we get 180 days to work with young people and every year we waste most of their time getting students ready for our past instead of getting them ready for their future. We focus on curriculum instead Shout Out – Glenn Moses