EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion, Teaching

Classroom Innovation Means Giving Up Control

The essence of what drives innovation begins with what kids want to learn.

by: Donna Miller Fry

Curriculum, Engagement, Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices, School Community

The Education Reform Movement (Part 2)

Running the Obstacle Course

by: Peter H. Hennessy

Assessment, Engagement, Leadership, Opinion

Motivation and Mastery – The Problem with Deferred Data

by: Bruce Beairsto

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community

TedXWilfrid-Bastien

Sharing innovative ideas in addressing the important question of the transition to a 21st century pedagogy.

by: Pierre Poulin

Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Why the UnPlug’d Canadian Education Summit Matters

Canada’s foremost edu-tweeters spend a rare weekend offline and develop a collective vision for the future of K-12 education in Canada.

by: Max Cooke

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Equity, Opinion, School Community

Parents Please BYOD

When parents become active participants in their child’s learning - something that is made amazingly easy with mobile devices – everyone benefits.

by: Lorna Costantini

Assessment, Engagement, Opinion, Teaching

An assessment shift in practice

How one teacher is using a growth mindset to guide her writing inquiry

by: Brooke Moore

Assessment, Engagement, Leadership, Opinion

What is the question?

Politics get in the way of improving learning for ALL learners

by: Brooke Moore

Engagement, Opinion, School Community

Canadian EdWire – Our Public Schools: Consumer-driven?

As back-to-school time approaches, the growing parental demand for niche market programs reflects a desire for their children to be more engaged in school.

by: Max Cooke

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

How Blogging and Tweeting Reinvigorated my Passion for Teaching

Exploration and risk-taking have become the norm for teachers who want to invite the world into the classroom.

by: Colleen Rose

Engagement, Opinion, Teaching

Professional Learning Begins and End with Ourselves

Ten things that I've learned after a career of teaching

by: John J C Myers

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Innovation is the Beautiful Chaos that 28 Young Learners Create

Our challenge lies in how best to capture, synthesize and share the magic of learning that happens in authentic contexts.

by: Brian Harrison

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community

The Classroom Might Remain Relevant

While the institution of school incentivizes control and predictability, the irony is that relevant skills result from autonomy and self-direction.

by: Eric Rosenberg

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Is the iPad the Answer?

by: Bruce Beairsto

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

ConnectED Canada: Building a National Network for Change

by: Neil Stephenson

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion

Jumping into Inquiry

What do you want to learn?

by: Brooke Moore

Engagement, Opinion, Pathways, Policy, School Community

Let’s get serious about community-based education

by: Peter H. Hennessy

Assessment, Engagement, Opinion

Mixed Martial Arts and Life-Long-Learning

What we can learn from Mixed Martial Arts

by: Brooke Moore

Curriculum, Engagement, Opinion, Pathways, School Community

How to set up community-based education?

A four-step plan to give teenagers a good dollop of community experience under their belts

by: Peter H. Hennessy

Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices

More Students Share Reflections on What’s Standing in the Way of Change in Education

by: Speak Out