Visit Mr. Eric Williams’ grade 8 math class in Toronto, Ontario to see how he utilizes Math Techbook to support and engage his students The Big Idea Mr. Williams’s students are exploring geometry and specifically angles and measurement. He has arranged his classroom with a variety of stations that include a basic understanding of
College and Career Readiness Ideas from Principals
With this month’s theme being College and Career Readiness, we’ve already shared several great resources and strategies to support it. We also know that there are a myriad of ways that schools are creating awareness around this theme. Here are a few ways, many easily implemented to ensure your students have opportunities to increase awareness
Social and Emotional Learning: A Principal’s Perspective
While Social and Emotional Learning is beginning to gain traction in schools, it is still being implemented to varying degrees in schools around the world. One principal and school in Michigan is very serious about this topic. Rachael Postle-Brown and Pinewood Elementary were recently profiled for their efforts. Hearts and Minds: Social-Emotional Learning Improves Content
Hive Mind Sessions: Staff Development
Today we’re sharing the work of Jason Landherr and Andy Ross of Mehlville School District outside St. Louis, Missouri. Jason and Andy participated in our HIVE mind sessions at the DENSI Principal’s Summit. In case you missed it, here’s what the HIVE Mind sessions were all about. Andy and Jason are helping to develop a
Hive Mind Sessions: DENSI Principal Summit
We’re always interested in adapting our professional learning to create more invigorating, more dynamic experiences that take advantage of our amazing community. This year at our DENSI 2018 Principal Summit, we tried something to that effect. We called them HIVE MIND sessions: “…a collective consciousness, analogous to the behavior of social insects, in which a
Community Update April 27, 2018
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Learning is: Exposing Misconceptions in Math
Learning is: Exposing Misconceptions in Math Visit Mrs Harach’s grade 7 class in Spruce Grove, Alberta Canada. This month, they allowed our Discovery Education Community to join them in using an SOS in their Math class The Big Idea Mrs Harach uses Discovery Education’s SOS to facilitate student learning in Structures Mathematics. Students have utilized the
Learning in 360: Exploring Engineering in Grade 3
Learning is: Allowing Students to Explore and Make Connections to Others Visit Mr Cote’s grade3 class in Spruce Grove, Alberta Canada. This month, they allowed our Discovery Education Community to join them in their study of forces within their Engineering Unit. The Big Idea Mr Cote uses Science Techbook to facilitate his students’ learning on Structures
Learning in 360: Introducing Ancient Civilizations
Learning is: Allowing Students to Make Connections to Ancient Civilizations Visit Mr McDonald’s grade 6/7 class in Surrey, British Columbia Canada. This month, they allowed our Discovery Education Community to join them in their study of Ancient Civilizations and specifically Mesopotamia. The Big Idea Mr McDonald introduced his students to Ancient Civilization using this video
Ignite Your Passion for Discovery: Vancouver Again!
We love our Ignite events. Vancouver really loves their Ignite events. On May 16th we held our 4th in the area since 2014. This time we featured several community members from Alberta who were attending another Discovery event for leaders. As always, Rose Pillay was in attendance. If you don’t know Rose, she’s worth following