by alicjawp | Jul 29, 2022 | Collaboration, Learning Service, Mindfulness, Social Justice, Systems Thinking
This summer I had the incredible opportunity to be a course instructor for a Students Shoulder-to-Shoulder field study to Nepal, and it was one of the most enlightening experiences in my education career: first, for how I much I learned as an educator; second, for how...
by alicjawp | Apr 29, 2020 | Collaboration, 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 Yuval Noah Harari, in his novel 21 Lessons for the 21st Century does not give us...
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 | 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...
by alicjawp | Feb 21, 2017 | Google Classroom, Technology
I love using Google Classroom. In English class it is ideal for creating project templates with links to various resources; students refer to Classroom whenever they need a certain resource; and, essays are easy to grade with a student list of assignments for me to...
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