Wayfinder Learning Lab – Stephen Taylor

Stephen

  • Authenticity in assessment, (re-)defined and explained

    For a while I’ve been banging the drum of the importance of definitions and I was reminded of its importance at the weekend as I took part in the #GAFESummit at CA and the whole-school PD session on Learning Principles.… Continue reading

  • 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

  • Educate for hope, not despair, for a fair and sustainable world.

    I wrote this post in 2014, but come back to it often. See edits and additions below the main body. We tread a delicate line between hope and despair; between student action for change and not overwhelming our young learners… Continue reading

  • Making Meaning

    In amongst a million other things I am taking part in an IB Educators’ Network up-skilling course (as part of my role as an MYP Site Visitor). One of the discussion questions asked us to reflect on a memorable learning… Continue reading

  • Mars-Shot Thinking

    Howdy @MarsCuriosity ? Keep in touch. I'll be around. — ISRO's Mars Orbiter (@MarsOrbiter) September 24, 2014 Mangalyaan, the India Space Research Organisation‘s Mars Orbiter, has just become the first spacecraft from an Asian country to reach Mars – and… Continue reading

  • A pragmatic approach to inquiry: my article in IS magazine

    The most recent issue of International School Magazine has run a feature written by me on how we interpret and frame inquiry, and is adapted from one of my recent Bath MA assignments. Continue reading