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Conceptual Frameworks as a Starting Point for Teaching
Cynefin, Decision Making, Inquiry, Integrative Thinking, Knowledge Building

Conceptual Frameworks as a Starting Point for Teaching

By Heidi Siwak December 23, 2018 December 27, 2018 0

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

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Collaboration, Inquiry, Integrative Thinking, Knowledge Building

It’s About the Shift, Not the Conclusion

By Heidi Siwak November 11, 2015 November 12, 2015 2

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

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Tearing Apart an Idea
Inquiry, Integrative Thinking, Knowledge Building

Tearing Apart an Idea

By Heidi Siwak October 18, 2015 December 31, 2015 2

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

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Collaboration, Design Thinking, Inquiry, Integrative Thinking, Knowledge Building

Almost there! Bring IT Together 2015

By Heidi Siwak October 16, 2015 November 10, 2015 1

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

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Rapid Fail in Action
Collaboration, Creativity, Design Thinking, Inquiry, Integrative Thinking, Knowledge Building, NPDL, Problem Solving

Rapid Fail in Action

By Heidi Siwak March 14, 2015 March 14, 2015 0

“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

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A Rubric has Emerged
Assessment, Inquiry, Knowledge Building

A Rubric has Emerged

By Heidi Siwak February 10, 2015 February 12, 2015  assessment, rubric 0

From our inquiry into writing and assessment a rubric has emerged that synthesizes student ideas and curriculum expectations.

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Coming to Terms with Promising Ideas
Inquiry, Knowledge Building, NPDL

Coming to Terms with Promising Ideas

By Heidi Siwak February 6, 2015 February 9, 2015 0

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

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Rise Above: What does it mean to be in a knowledge building community?
Inquiry, Integrative Thinking, Knowledge Building, Uncategorized

Rise Above: What does it mean to be in a knowledge building community?

By Heidi Siwak February 4, 2015 February 21, 2015  knowledge building, rise above 0

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And this gem …
Creativity, Inquiry, Knowledge Building

And this gem …

By Heidi Siwak January 29, 2015 January 29, 2015  inquiry, student voice, visual notes 1

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

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Allowing students to deeply understand assessment.
Inquiry, Integrative Thinking, Knowledge Building, Problem Solving

Allowing students to deeply understand assessment.

By Heidi Siwak January 29, 2015 January 31, 2015 7

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

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Workshops and Speaking Dates

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Quest 2015: Deep Learning in a Digital World
Toronto, Canada
November 18 and 19, 2015

Featured Speaker
Science Teachers Association of Ontario Conference
November 13, 2015
Workshop Bringt IT Together 2015
November 4, 2015
Closing Keynote Bring IT Together 2015
November 6, 2015

Spring Workshop, Hamilton
May 23, 2015

Rotman School of Management
December 3, 2014
Association for Media Literacy, Toronto
October 18, 2014
Bring It Together, Niagara Falls
November 6, 2014

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