As part of my Professional Seminar, we were asked to create a hypothetical grant proposal in groups and present this to the class. My group decided to plan a visit to three charter schools in New York City to see…
My third field experience took place over three months at Beurling Academy in Verdun. I had a great time teaching three wonderful Grade 10 and 11 math classes (science option) and was sad to leave the school. Below I have…
This is a poem I wrote for my Media and Technology in Education class at McGill. The Internet is for (An epistemological poem) The internet’s for porn, they say (at least about a third per day) Could this, then, be…
Here is a Learning and Evaluation situation I created for a Grade 10 CST (Cultural, Social and Technical) math class last year. The LES is presented on a self-contained WordPress site and should be self-explanatory. It covers the single-winner voting…
I recently experimented with flipping the classroom in a practice learning situation in my Math Methods class at McGill. This teaching technique involves assigning the expository material as homework (e.g. requiring students watch a video in advance) and using class…
What better topic to do a podcast on than… podcasting? With a group of McGill students, I investigated the use of podcasting in teaching, and especially the use of podcasts in inclusive settings. Take a listen to our conclusions by…