“Collaborative inquiry that challenges thinking and practice involves people working together in meaningful ways to deepen understanding and challenges what they already know and do.” S. Katz & L, A. Dack (2012) What does it look like to engage in a journey to explore innovative learning as teachers and students? Chimney Hill Elementary school…
The Pilot: Communicating Student Learning
“The formative assessment process is lightning in a bottle. It costs nothing. You can put it to work for every grade level and every subject during every minute of every school day. This powerful learning process enhances the learning of those who are already excelling; jump starts and sustains learners who are smoldering with potential,…
The Curse of Eleven: Getting our Homework Done
Tag. I’m it. Worst yet—I’ve succumbed to the dreaded virtual chain letter. I’m late to the party so I am hoping there will be no curse that lands on my family and me if I haven’t completed this on time. The rules: Tell 11 interesting facts about yourself and respond to 11 questions posted by…
My Top Three List for 2013 (with Apologies to Chris Kennedy)
Linus: ‘I guess it’s wrong to be worried about tomorrow, maybe we should only worry about today?’ Charlie Brown: ‘No, that’s giving up: I’m hoping that yesterday will get better!’ Charles Schultz I am inspired, yet again, by Chris Kennedy who leads the way with the Culture of Yes post wrapping up the “Top…
Treasure Wild Ducks: The Flight of Innovation
Innovation, in the true sense, is something that is applied. For CIOs (CEOs), one best practice they can help drive within their organizations is what we refer to at IBM as “treasure your wild ducks.” This means that we must embrace new ideas and nurture those who think differently. …
The Story of How I Found My Joy
I have a confession to make. I’m terrified of flying. After the harrowing experience of a “non standard landing” (translation: plane crash) I had had a difficult time with flying. If I had a choice between a three day camel ride or a flight, I’d take the camel. No question. But this sunny Friday…
Transforming Education: Creating a Radical Social Movement
Below is the transcript (with minor adjustments) from my keynote at the Calgary ConnectEd Conference. I have been encouraged to post it and so it is here. Good evening….It is a privilege to speak here tonight and to actually be in the room with so many people that are already doing this work. There are…
James Ardiel Elementary: Our ILD Journey
Guest Post: Thank you to Iram Khan, the Vice-Principal at James Ardiel Elementary school for sharing their school’s Innovative Learning Designs journey. James Ardiel had an eye opening and inspiring year. At the end of the last school year we were ecstatic to hear that we were one of the Surrey schools who were successful at…
We are just scratching the surface: Panorama Park
Guest Post: Lucky Kalair, Grade 6/7 Teacher at Panorama Park Elementary Panorama Park’s Innovative Learning Design Story: A continuing journey of reflecting and sharing…. we are just scratching the surface. Context: School with a population of 350 students, high ELL Prior to ILD: • slow wireless connection, limited experience with iPads, only a couple…
Guiding Principles: What do we believe?
What do we believe? We have some guiding principles that have anchored our digital learning journey as a district. Our vision has grown and is best represented through our Digital Learning Principles. Below is a short form of the “baker’s dozen,” a series of belief statements that guide our work. These principles, outlined in the district strategic…