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  • Live Fully Now

    A quick post on an Alan Watts quote that drew healthy discussion (and some tears) at a recent presentation. Continue reading

  • Ready, Steady, Flow: #GAFESummit Presentation

    My breakout session at the recent #GAFESummit held at our school. How can we use the tech we have to do the high-impact stuff well and efficiently… so that we can use the tech less and have more fun with… Continue reading

  • The Dropped Knee

    A surfing anecdote. Sometimes we’ve got to suck it up and get back to basics if we want to improve. Continue reading

  • Trivium 21C Review in International School Magazine

    After last issue’s feature on A Pragmatic Approach to Inquiry, I have two short articles in the “Milestones” 50th issue of International School Magazine. One is a celebration of Canadian Academy’s centennial, the other a review of Martin Robinson’s Trivium… Continue reading

  • Designing a Service Learning Cycle

    Note (March 2018): This 2014 post is a few years old now, and the Service Learning Cycle is gathering momentum in the school in its use by students for service learning. The current working version is at the end of… Continue reading

  • “This will revolutionize education.”

    Note (2018): If my inbox (edumarketing fluff) or the internet (hyperbole) are anything to go by, this video is still as relevant as when Derek posted it 4 years ago. Not a lot more recent, but still memerific, here’s another… Continue reading

  • “Culture does not make people. People make Culture.” Chimamanda Adichie

    Another great TEDx Talk from Chimamanda Adichie, on “We should all be feminists.” She describes her journey as a feminist and her interactions around feminism with others. “A feminist is a man or a woman who says ‘Yes, there’s a… Continue reading

  • Global Contexts & Avoiding the ‘Single Story’

    This last couple of weeks we’ve been busy preparing faculty PD on the Global Contexts and their role in developing International Mindedness & Global Engagement (IMaGE) in our students. It has been a lot of work, but as we kicked… Continue reading

  • No, I Don’t Personalize Learning

    Originally posted on Moments, Snippets, Spirals: Personalized learning. Differentiated learning. Individualization of learning. Three jargon elements that twist any teacher’s grey matter in spectacular motions. Which is what? Add to that the pressure that may come through a school PD… Continue reading

  • New Challenges: Director of Curriculum & PD [for 2015-2017]

    In the exciting time of year where international school friends and colleagues are making decisions about their futures – stay or go, which fair, which country, which school – we feel some relief at having made the decision to stay.… Continue reading