One thing I’ve come to appreciate over the past 3 years while working at the Ontario Ministry of Education as an Education Officer (lol to that job title – no policing ever occurred) are conceptual
The focus of the entire year in my class is how to be a better thinker, collaborator and problem-solver. Students learn to use thinking tools and then constantly reflect on how their thinking abilities have
This week we spent time considering ideas, and how to think about them. I had circulated through the class asking, “What have you always wondered about?” and recorded their thoughts. These thoughts became the
It is only a few weeks until Bring IT Together, Ontario’s education technology conference. I am thrilled to be presenting an introductory workshop on Integrative Thinking on November 4th and even more thrilled to be
“I want to be a really great IDEO thinker.” Students are embracing the practice of testing ideas as soon as possible and “rapid fail” has entered the classroom lexicon in a meaningful way. One group
From our inquiry into writing and assessment a rubric has emerged that synthesizes student ideas and curriculum expectations.
We have begun to grapple with several fundamentals of knowledge building. Monica Resendes suggested that our “Rise Above” work also reflects Promising Ideas and so today I created
Back in the fall, I happened to have my screen open to a page on visual notes. A student spotted it and asked, “What’s that?” I explained that some people prefer taking notes visually as
Make sure you make it to the end of this post to see the rubrics students create. For most students, assessment can be a bit of a mystery, which is really unfortunate given how much
