ePortfolios: Documenting Our Changing Relationships and Digital Environments

As usual, I am indebted to my colleague Tamara Malloff at Mt. Sentinel Secondary for posting this TEDxABS talk on the SD8 Professional network yesterday. I am also thankful for her inspiration and forward-thinking approach about what 21st century learning will look like for both students and teachers.Here's Dr. Helen Barrett, the grandmother of electronic … Continue reading ePortfolios: Documenting Our Changing Relationships and Digital Environments →

L.V. Rogers Secondary Celebrates Freedom to Read Week

Our freedom to read whatever we want as Canadians is protected under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. L.V. Rogers Secondary School celebrated Freedom to Read Week at the end of February by sponsoring a student photo contest. The theme? "My freedom to read whatever I want is..."The 2011 photo contest finalists:http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649And the most read 'challenged' book … Continue reading L.V. Rogers Secondary Celebrates Freedom to Read Week →

A Sad Relationship: Facebook & Anorexia

How Social Networks Spread Eating DisordersI suppose that it was only a matter of time before Facebook would be held accountable for enhancing the spread of one of the harshest, most relentless societal-driven illnesses today: eating disorders.Recent research has shown that body image impressions can be transmitted, like a virus, through a social network to … Continue reading A Sad Relationship: Facebook & Anorexia →

Not All Teachers Are Created as Doctors…?

Hmmm...ponder with me for a moment:What if Doctors were Treated like Teachers?Thomas Baker, an American educator for over twenty years, eloquently frames the mindset that, some might argue, plagues not only educators, but anyone else who considers themself a teacher or instructor or community youth worker: justify your value.For as long as I can remember, I have always worked with kids: … Continue reading Not All Teachers Are Created as Doctors…? →

BCTF 21st Century Learning Discussion Paper

BCTF researcher, Charlie Naylor, released the long-awaited 21st Century Learning Discussion Paper last month. The paper itself is being touted an avenue for much needed discussion among educators in the province about the shape of education. And while the paper admonishes the government for failing to hold these conversations over a decade ago, it does offer much … Continue reading BCTF 21st Century Learning Discussion Paper →

Polygamous School Ranks Perfect: The Homogeneity Factor?

Last week, according to the latest Fraser Institute rankings of British Columbia elementary schools, the polygamous commune school, Bountiful Elementary-Secondary School (BESS), along with twelve other mostly lower mainland top independent schools, received a perfect score of 10 on the 2011 Education Report Card.Shocked?Appalled?Completely confused?Me, too.After several years of turning a blind eye to these … Continue reading Polygamous School Ranks Perfect: The Homogeneity Factor? →

School Libraries: A Right

Earlier this week, United Kingdom-based, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) released a statement, School Libraries - A Right, on the role and value of school libraries. It sets out the core entitlements that every child, school's teaching team and wider school community should expect to receive. It provides the case for a … Continue reading School Libraries: A Right →

BCTLA Celebrates "Love Your Library" Day

What better day to celebrate school libraries than with showing the love? Join the British Columbia Teacher Librarians Association and hundreds of teacher-librarians and school libraries around British Columbia on Monday, February 14th with Love Your Library Day! Drop by your school library and check out the goings on including contests, free book giveaways, and … Continue reading BCTLA Celebrates "Love Your Library" Day →