Narrating and Demonstrating the Work We Do
This past Friday and Saturday, SD73 hosted its second annual Google Apps for Education (GAFE) Summit at TRU. While I didn’t attend the conference, it was abundantly clear that attendees were treated to two days of inspired presentations from a superstar cast of Googling educators. This is a good thing. There were certainly more than […]
As I have indicated previously, SD73 has a tremendous resource in @KOOL. Unfortunately, enrolments in @KOOL have declined this year. At a time when online learning is expanding at an extremely rapid rate in post secondary education, and many universities are beginning to require students to take at least one online course in order to […]
Here is an excellent follow up to part of my post from yesterday. This comes from Tom Whitby, whose blog is a must-read. Tom warns of the dangers of imposing modern technologies onto 19th century teaching methods. It doesn’t work. Stop 20th Century Thinking | My Island View. Please note that this does not in […]
In 2014, there are significant pressures on the public education system. This post will describe three of those: budget cuts, demographics, and technological change. Budget Cuts If you live in British Columbia and you aren’t aware that funding for public education is inadequate, then you haven’t been paying attention. It is important to note that […]
School District 73 has a tremendous resource in Kamloops Open Online Learning (@KOOL). With a widely dispersed population, stretching from Blue River to Logan Lake and Westwold, SD73 needs a plan to provide high quality learning experiences to students who may not have access to programming in their hometowns. Online delivery of education has a […]
Late last week, the following tweet showed up in my timeline… 15 School Districts continue to disregard the Provincial RWA by withholding payment for #Sept19 http://t.co/JTKTIhbR8m #BCEd #BCPoli — #BCEd Watch (@BCEdWatch) October 17, 2014 Knowing that Sept 19 was the Friday preceding the Monday that classes started, I knew that the day would be […]
Why do I think that SD73 would benefit from implementing an open education resource (OER) policy to encourage more schools and teachers to use OERs? The simple answer is that OERs support high quality teaching and learning and they do so in a way that is both financially and environmentally sustainable. What is an OER? […]