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Student-Centred Learning

A Brief History of Student-Centred Learning Student-centred learning is not a new phenomenon. John Dewey outlined many educational theories including the importance of how ‘students should have the opportunity to take part in their own learning’, in 1897. Project-based learning, Problem-based learning and more recently the apple launched Challenge-based learning all discuss the importance of student-centred learning, and inquiry being […]

Are you using more tech than a 2nd grader?

Post author By amandamccloskey
Post date 19 June 2015
Categories In Reflections

School has broken up for the summer holidays! This is a wonderful time of the year to appreciate all our students have achieved. As I reflect on my adventure in educational technology this year I can’t help but wonder how many educators would also achieve our grade 2 tech goals for this year. So before […]

Exploration (Grade 2 PYP Unit of Inquiry)

Post author By amandamccloskey
Post date 11 March 2015
Categories In Course 1
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I have just completed a Grade 2 PYP unit of inquiry on ‘Exploration’. I was pleased that one of our activities had been to use My Maps to record our personal histories. Students used markers to record places that were relevant to them around the world, and added images to authenticate the location. I was pleased that we […]

#doweneedafingerspace

As I continue on my digital inquiry I can appreciate that Heraclitus was right ‘Change is the only Constant’. Assessing the effectiveness of new technologies available in education, and the impact they are having, is an ongoing task. As I find authentic ways to successfully embed technology in my classroom, many questions have been raised […]