tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578518581840678648.post665442237285554317..comments2020-03-01T16:31:58.812-08:00Comments on A Place To Learn: What if we had the time? Myths, Maps & Multiplication.imaginefunlearninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17189492769226356148noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578518581840678648.post-37005527760669753672012-02-18T17:05:05.501-08:002012-02-18T17:05:05.501-08:00Thank you David and Laurie, both of you for your e...Thank you David and Laurie, both of you for your encouraging comments. I feel I am only at the beginning of this journey I am on, now in my 13th year of my teaching career! As far as Twitter, I am sure I will get around to that just as the newest, latest social media comes along to replace it...I am usually a few years behind on these things, and I'm not even sure if I would even have enough ideas to tweet:) <br /><br />What I do value is that through collaboration like this with others, my thinking is growing and expanding in new directions I had never anticipated just a year ago. Thanks!imaginefunlearninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17189492769226356148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578518581840678648.post-83556421293158503412012-02-18T09:59:54.981-08:002012-02-18T09:59:54.981-08:00Hi! I have really enjoyed reading your posts! I ...Hi! I have really enjoyed reading your posts! I particularly loved your comment "I don't ask what I am going to be able to cover in prescribed learning outcomes (PLOs); rather I wonder about what I might be able to uncover, reveal, and encounter in collaboration with my students." I have found that, when you open yourself up to the possibilities, to learning and inquiring along SIDE your students, the rewards are INVALUABLE! The learning is much deeper and the engagement and personalization is much more authentic! Do you have a Twitter account? If so, I would love to follow you. If not, it is an AMAZING on-line PLN ... and you should give it a try! (@RentonL) Thanks for the awesome posts! :)Laurie Rentonhttp://globalgrade3.cbegloballearning.ca/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578518581840678648.post-30996558065288324702012-02-17T23:30:59.290-08:002012-02-17T23:30:59.290-08:00Fantastic post Johathan!
Here is a quote from a b...Fantastic post Johathan! <br />Here is a quote from a blog post back in 2008. I was making notes from a talk by Maureen Dockendorf, now our assistant superintendent who is also seconded to the Ministry of Education:<br /><i>"She encouraged us to become ‘intellectual companions’ that enter into ‘learning conversations’. The part I liked most about her talk was the direction of the conversation. She spoke of:<br />Not the Knowing, but the Process of Inquiry.<br />Not covering the curriculum, but ‘uncovering’ the curriculum.<br />A focus in innovation and creativity… how do we model this… every day?<br /><br />Maureen also spoke of the 5 needs that we (students/teachers/learners) have:<br />The need to feel confident,<br />The need to feel like we belong,<br />The need to be potent- feel you have made a difference,<br />The need to feel useful, and<br />The need to have a sense of optimism."</i> <br /><br />I think you've figured out a way to do just that. Keep up the great work!<br />DaveDavid Trusshttp://pairadimes.davidtruss.com/noreply@blogger.com