Entries Tagged as 'emergent design'

Friday, November 9th, 2007

Making sense of multi level special ed teaching

Probably around the time of my last post I was given an added challenge. I now teach my Bridges group (6 strong!) at the same time as I teach an 8 student learning centre group.
Yes, at the same time.
I am teaching in the original one room school house, with ages ranging from 12-19.
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

Zoho.com and organizing Bridges ideas

I’ve realized that I need to organize my thoughts about this whole thing and in doing my favourite procrastination technique did some research…and found zoho.com, an online office application.
So far I have only played with the presentation (Zoho Show) and, though there are some glitchy parts (like no undo or spellcheck!) it is quite easy [...]

Friday, September 14th, 2007

Sunrise on a bridge as a metaphor for emergent design in education

Dom Luis Bridge at Sunrise, Santarém, Portugal
Originally uploaded by bridgepix
I love the imagery here of the sun rising mid-bridge. It reminds me that while the destination is the ultimate goal, crossing the bridge - the journey - is what makes it meaningful.
It is very much in keeping with the design principles I am [...]