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Sunday, March 06, 2016

Making the case for storytelling

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Some recent thoughts and discussions have made it clear to me that something is missing from the new BC Social Studies curriculum. Up until ...
Thursday, March 03, 2016

Q and A on New Curriculum and SS9

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Recently, I was asked some great questions about my draft/sample Social Studies 9 outline that I am using at the moment to pilot the new B...
Sunday, February 07, 2016

Heritage Inquiry Stories

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Each time I have taught Social Studies 10 for the last fifteen years or so, I have cleared some space in the lessons about Confederation, ...
Friday, January 29, 2016

Matt Pearce

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I thought I'd post a couple of things I've written lately about the passing of Matt Pearce, the well-known Prince Georgian. The fi...
Sunday, January 24, 2016

UNBC/CNC/SD57 Joint Feedback on proposed BCED Geography 11/12 Courses

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Last fall I put a call out for interested teachers and post-secondary Geography faculty to meet and discuss the Draft BC Curriculum: Human G...
Friday, December 18, 2015

Generational Change in Leadership

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This fall's federal election was remarkable for many reasons, one of which is that it resulted in more "Generation X" MPs el...
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Monday, November 02, 2015

Draft Curriculum Feedback

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I thought I'd post an edited version of what I posted on the BC Ministry of Education site for curriculum feedback < https://curri...
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Thursday, October 01, 2015

BYOD if you dare

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Some observations related to the state of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) in School District 57: 1. Since a series of cuts began in 2010,...
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Monday, September 28, 2015

The new curriculum

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BC is part way through a "transformation of the education system" which has, at its heart, curriculum revisions throughout K-12....
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Sunday, September 20, 2015

Whither SPSS

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Once again the school year dawns and we hear about the elusive School Plan for Student Success (SPSS) -- the annual document that the school...
Saturday, August 01, 2015

Journey of the Hathlo

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Where to begin? My friend Adrian Barnes, author of Nod ([update:] and Satan à la Mode !) had some sound advice for procrastinating writers ...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Generations

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Here's a photo from a student Social Studies project showing five generations in one family, the youngest in the photo being the stude...