Telling it Like it Is, Part II: Action Research and Data Collection
© Todd Berman In my previous post on Action Research in the classroom, I wrote about the idea of action research as a form of self-directed professional learning. I think that we learn to be better...
View ArticleHoward Gardner at the Global Education Conference
I recently had the privilege to hear Howard Gardner interviewed by his son, Andrew Gardner, at the Global Education Conference. I did not have to go to the conference; it came to me through Blackboard...
View ArticleReflective practice as professional development
Art (c) Todd Berman A few weeks ago, I had lunch with a group of educators, among them a pair of Cycle One teachers from the francophone sector. We got to talking about a series of learning and...
View ArticleOnline PD or What I’ve Learned In My PJ’s
photo by Sharon Drummond It was our last class together as senior seminar students with Dr. Anderson. For most of us, the moment represented the penultimate step in completing a rather lengthy graduate...
View ArticleA Mentoring Model for Professional Development
photo credit: Amy Loves Yah I’ve always been interested in the way professionals learn (or fail to learn) in practice. As far back as 1998, when I worked with the South Shore School Board (yes, before...
View ArticleVideoconferencing: Pitfalls, Pedagogy and Possibilities
by superkimbo I have a love/hate relationship with videoconferencing (VC). Ok, hate might be a tad strong. Love/irritation? Love/frustration? You see, living in a rural community here in Quebec, I get...
View ArticleA Mentoring Model for Professional Development Part II: Epilogue
Mary Ellen Lynch (at left) in her classroom with participating teachers from RSB Towards the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year, I wrote about a multi-board professional development initiative that...
View ArticleOnline PD: Tasters and Takeaways
F2F Robotics Workshop with Christiane Dufour In early October, I blogged wistfully about my experiences as an online grad student and highlighted a spanking new teacher PD project that we were...
View ArticleAlways Learning – possibilities and practicalities
Photo by Chris James, shared under a CC license The beginning of the school year always has me energized. I’m ready to learn new things and switch around the way I do things. I’m no longer in the...
View ArticleConjuguer est bien plus qu’un art ! 2e partie
Collaboration spéciale de Nicole Brunet, enseignante et formatrice en didactique de la grammaire. Conjuguer est bien plus qu’un art ! 1re partie L’enseignement de la conjugaison remis en question Ici...
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