by alicjawp | Jul 2, 2020 | Compass Tool, Featured, Infographic, PBL, Project Based Learning, Social Justice, Systems Thinking, Uncategorized
* I teach at a private school in Mexico with a predominantly Mexican student population with a few students from the USA and a few minority students, mostly from South Korea and India. My ideas for teaching presented here are for these students in mind. “The...
by alicjawp | Apr 29, 2020 | Collaboration, Featured, Innovation, Mindfulness, Systems Thinking
“How can we prepare ourselves and our children for a world of such unprecedented transformations and radical uncertainties?” – Yuval Noah Harari 21 Lessons for the 21st Century In an inspiring letter to his students, “To Expand the Moral Imagination in the...
by alicjawp | Jun 19, 2019 | Capstone, Collaboration, Featured, Presentations, Technology
With the completion of the school year and coursework for AP Capstone Research being finalized – that magical moment when all the check marks show completed submissions for students’ work – it’s worth reflecting what it means to take on a new course,...
by alicjawp | Dec 6, 2018 | Collaboration, Featured, Running, Uncategorized
My last blog post was posted right around when I started training for my marathon and it took several months of training and the actual marathon (and recovery weeks!) to finally write a new post that is not coincidentally about running AND teaching. And while the...
by alicjawp | May 3, 2017 | Collaboration, Featured, Innovation, Presentations, Technology
Some of the best teaching moments are really just moments of facilitation. It sure makes teaching sound unromantic but really, we facilitate opportunities for our students to learn and grow. If we work hard, and the facilitation is successful we are happy to watch...
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