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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Poutine Glaciation

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The end of a "geomorphology" unit in Geography 12 means one thing... the students have pulled out the stops and are unleashing t...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

When did thorough go out of fashion?

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I am excited by project-based learning. As a Socials teacher, this has been the meat of my course planning sandwich for 15 years, and is c...
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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Freerunning and well-spent youth

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My very dear friend Derk and I used to run around jumping off of things in university. UBC endowment lands circa 1989 -- tree stumps and th...
Friday, November 25, 2011

Red Fife

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I was giving a lesson yesterday on the big immigration drives during Laurier's time as prime minister (1896-1911) and the work of his ...
Monday, November 21, 2011

open letter to trustees re new choice program

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Dear trustees, First of all, I notice this is your final meeting in the current composition, and I would like to thank you for your most rec...
Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Weathered Stone

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As my students continue to make fabulous connections to their heritage and ask questions about what defines oneself, I find myself drifti...
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Saturday, November 12, 2011

kudos for staff websites

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There are so many great ways, ancient and new, that we all conduct our teaching practices. I'd like to thank and encourage the teachers...
Thursday, November 10, 2011

Peace and Remembrance, the Tight Rope

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I wrote about this last year , about respect for the war dead, and thought I'd update my thoughts. It didn't really occur to me u...
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011

A little hymn book

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Hailey brought in more artifacts today as part of her heritage inquir y for Social Studies 10, a yearbook from PGSS 1988, where her mom went...
Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Stories keep breaking like waves on the shore

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where Beatrix Potter bought her tinned veggies and tea I am astounded at how many of my students are learning basic history about their ...

The Big Connection

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Joachim and Caroline Murat Students working on their Heritage projects  in my SS10 classes are coming up with all kinds of interesting...
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Monday, November 07, 2011

The Blogging Supers

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I was reading a post about blogging superintendents on Chris Kennedy's blog . This was also reposted to Janet Steffenhagen's ...
Sunday, November 06, 2011

routes trailer from blackspruce films

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Routes Trailer on pinkbike.com Top shelf film from two former students Josh Patterson  and Jared Urich, premiering at the PG Playho...
Friday, November 04, 2011

4 stories, 4 connected students

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What a great day to be a Social Studies teacher! I had two SS10 classes in the library today taking a 2nd, deeper look at what they could ...
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Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Cross Hairs

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I was reading a post on a former colleague's blog and my comment for him turned into a bit of a diatribe... perfect for a post here!!! ...
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Friday, October 28, 2011

Heritage redux

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Another year, another two groups of SS10 students embarking on heritage projects . This is so cool, and I'l trying to stay "present...
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