Entries Tagged as 'students'

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.
8 [...]

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 [...]

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

mind maps, emotional intelligence: the learning begins

Emotional intelligence mind map, the 1st
I will eventually set up some kind of cooperative learning program for my students, peppered with some academics like reading, math, science, and personal development all rolled into project-based learning activities.
Until then, we are learning strategies to organize our thoughts and regulate our emotions - both [...]

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

first day…

One of my students left after homeroom. He attended 1st period, then homeroom, and never came back for 2nd or 3rd period.
oops.

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Allowing curriculum planning to remain curious

I’ll be meeting my students tomorrow. All 3 of them. There may be 4, but most likely 3. There also maybe a few more before the next month or so is over.
I’m wondering a little bit what exactly we will do together all day long
Things I am planning:
An academic curriculum, steeped in their [...]