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Category Archives: Differentiated Instruction
Learning to Code Using Hopscotch – Engaging, Purposeful, & Challenging Learning
What is coding? I didn’t know much about it either prior to December of 2014. I learned that it is another language and knowing how it works will open up a lot of possibilities for my students and our classroom. … Continue reading
The Joy in Saying “YET!” What a 3 Year Old Can Teach Us About Having a Growth Mindset
The other day I took my 3 and 5 year olds to a playground at a local park prior to watching my wife play her slo-pitch game. My 5 year old easily crossed a chain bridge and then my 3 … Continue reading
Posted in Differentiated Instruction, Education, Family, Genius Hour, Personal Growth, Student Work
Tagged #sd36learn, @hughtheteacher, Carol Dweck, Facing Challenges, Fixed Mindset, Genius Hour, Growth Mindset, Hugh McDonald, Joy, Mindset, Parenting, Power of Yet, When things Get Hard, YET
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Dear Mr. McDonald, I Will Never Forget Genius Hour
Near the end of this post is an emailed letter I received from a thoughtful grade 7 student the day after our final day of school. It warmed my heart and brought a tear to my eye. It will have … Continue reading
Out of My Mind
I picked up Sharon Draper’s “Out of My Mind” after signing up my class for the Global Read Aloud 2013. It is a brilliantly written novel intended for young adult readers. However, it is really a story of triumph and … Continue reading
How Do You Define It? How Bad Do You Want it?
This year my colleague and teaching partner Gallit Zvi and I showed an inspirational video “How Bad Do You Want it?” just before our school’s annual Terry Fox Run. We wanted to engage students in a discussion about success. Students … Continue reading
Caine’s Arcade Style: Project Based Learning
We have been doing a lot of learning this year that is different than I would have imagined if you would have asked me 17 months ago. My teaching colleague, Gallit Zvi and I embarked on our own journey of … Continue reading
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February 4, 2013
Tagged @gallit_z, @hughtheteacher, @wrightsroom, Caine's Arcade, Cardboard Journey, Chinese Proverb, Collaborate, Engaging the Digital Learner Dinner Series, Gallit Zvi, Genius Hour, Hugh McDonald, Kurt Lewin, learning, Math, PBL, Personal Learning Network, PLN, Project Based Learning, Shelley Wright, Stephen Johnson, Student-Centred, Surrey, Surrey School District, surreyschools.ca, Teacher-Centred, Tony the Tiger, Where Good Ideas Come From, Youtube
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Making the Most out of Every Second
Below is a video shot in a relatively short time span this morning while my wife was running errands and I was hanging out with my 3 year old and my 21 month old. It is a video inspired by … Continue reading
Posted in Differentiated Instruction, Education, Family, Genius Hour, Personal Growth, PLN, Student Work, Technology, Twitter
Tagged #geniushour, #sd36learn, @gallit_z, @hughtheteacher, @jpulvers, @shareski, @vendram1n, Antonio Vendramin, creativity, Dean Shareski, digital story telling, digital storytelling, Engaging the Digital Learner Dinner Series, Engaging the Digital Learner Series, Gallit Zvi, genius, Genius Hour, Hugh McDonald, iMovie, iPad, Jodi Pulvers, PLN, SD36, Surrey School District, surreyschools, Twitter, Youtube
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Working on Presentation about “The iPad as an Assessment and Learning Tool”
This is a repost of a blog entry by my colleague and teaching partner Gallit Zvi. We are working on a couple pro-d presentation and would really appreciate the help of our awesome PLN. Any help you can give by … Continue reading
Posted in Differentiated Instruction, Education, PLN, Technology, Twitter
Tagged Denise Krebs, Facebook, Gallit Zvi, iPad, linoit, Pro-D, repost, Twitter
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