by alicjawp | May 15, 2019 | Collaboration, Compass Tool, Innovation, Technology, Uncategorized
Who would’ve thought that documenting the awesome teaching activities that support sustainability and the environment could be done via My Google Maps? At ASFG we’ve been organizing a Earth Day oriented meeting meant to support sustainability for approximately the...
by alicjawp | Mar 6, 2019 | Collaboration, Social Justice, TECHO, Uncategorized, Week Without Walls
The trip where so much went wrong but the students learned so much! In education, there is a lot of talk about experiential learning: “the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience. Knowledge results from the combinations of...
by alicjawp | Dec 6, 2018 | Collaboration, 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 | Aug 14, 2018 | Innovation, Uncategorized
Recently a colleague (and friend!) recommended a book by Shawn Achor called The Happiness Advantage. The premise of the book is that happy people are successful; not that success leads to happiness, as is commonly believed. Achor works with Fortune 500 companies to...
by alicjawp | Jun 8, 2018 | Capstone, Innovation, Systems Thinking, Uncategorized
David Brooks’ article, “Everyone a Changemaker” struck a chord with some of the goals I feel education should strive for. Brooks refers to Bill Drayton, a “legend in the nonprofit world” to describe the need for “changemakers”: “Drayton believes we’re in the middle of...
by alicjawp | Feb 28, 2018 | Compass Tool, TECHO, Uncategorized, Week Without Walls
Today, I had one of those ‘my heart will break in a million happy pieces’ teaching moments. It started with a conversation with a student in the hallway (as the best teaching moments do). She started a little anecdote about Miguel Ángel, a boy she took to...
by alicjawp | Feb 13, 2018 | Capstone, Collaboration, Compass Tool, Infographic, Systems Thinking, Uncategorized
“Systems thinking enables educators to help their students develop the knowledge, skills and dispositions necessary to participate in a complex and interdependent world.” (Mike Johnstone – Compass Education) One of the many things that I love about teaching...
by alicjawp | Nov 28, 2017 | Capstone, Collaboration, Google Classroom, Uncategorized
This year I am challenged with teaching a new course: AP Capstone Seminar. It’s a course that really captures what teaching should be like: skill development such as reading and analyzing a variety of texts; inquiry based learning where students are guided to come up...
by alicjawp | Sep 19, 2017 | Google Classroom, Innovation, Technology
I appreciate and take pride in subtle details, both in life and in teaching. The expression, “it’s all in the details” can be applied to more than just fashion, good food, and hospitality experiences. For example, the subtle steps in a lesson that lead students to a...
by alicjawp | Sep 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
New year, new blog! Ok, maybe we’re already 3 weeks into the school year; however, most of my Canadian counterparts are starting school this Tuesday so I’m still in the season of a new school year. Teaching is a busy job! Of course, with every year come new year...
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