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November 2015 – therefore,
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Prophets came and prophets come. With voices of the numb. Walls are painted, they’ll be painted more. In colours that bleed. The promises they swore. Prophets came and prophets come;. Prophets came and prophets come. Prophets came and prophets come …. While many an armchair martyr. In waiting rocked wild. To the sound of a rattle. 8211; in the hands of a child. I penned “Prophets” twenty years ago in response to events at the time. It is a collection of mere words, not reason nor justific...And, yet, we ...
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Let it go – therefore,
https://ikrips.wordpress.com/2016/07/02/let-it-go
Teaching activities, deciding when students may stand up or sit down. Over time, we get very good at being managers of our practice. In fact, we become very gifted control freaks. So, when do we really listen for learning? This is the point of this post, inspired by a very rewarding week I spent in Australia recently. The first was at meeting at Mount Scopus Memorial College. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). July 2, 2016. This time each year. You a...
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#unleashinglearning has only just begun – therefore,
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Unleashinglearning has only just begun. International conferences for educators have three very distinct categories of people in them:. Or you are an expert in your field. Perhaps you were one from the very beginning or have grown to be one over the years. You are invited to conferences to share what you know so others may learn from you. Your role, in short, is that of a teacher. It is true that in recent times some of the boundaries have been breached with the advent of Twitter. 8211; “a conferen...
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And, yet, we failed Matt – therefore,
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And, yet, we failed Matt. At six feet and almost two hundred pounds, he was clearly a misfit in middle school. By looking at him, you could tell that he was also a few years older than his classmates. His grades, not surprisingly, were within the broad range of Ds and Fs, and yet he was promoted each year to the next class. Photo Credit: samantha celera. I taught him for a year when he came to high school, and got to know him beyond his reputation as one of those ‘slipping through the cracks’. He was cou...
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Let it go – therefore,
https://ikrips.wordpress.com/2016/07/02/let-it-go/comment-page-1
Teaching activities, deciding when students may stand up or sit down. Over time, we get very good at being managers of our practice. In fact, we become very gifted control freaks. So, when do we really listen for learning? This is the point of this post, inspired by a very rewarding week I spent in Australia recently. The first was at meeting at Mount Scopus Memorial College. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). July 2, 2016. This time each year. You a...
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March 2016 – therefore,
https://ikrips.wordpress.com/2016/03
Unleashinglearning has only just begun. International conferences for educators have three very distinct categories of people in them:. Or you are an expert in your field. Perhaps you were one from the very beginning or have grown to be one over the years. You are invited to conferences to share what you know so others may learn from you. Your role, in short, is that of a teacher. It is true that in recent times some of the boundaries have been breached with the advent of Twitter. 8211; “a conferen...
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June 2016 – therefore,
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This time each year. But what I cherish more are their personal stories. Stories of their several journeys – from being overwhelmed to being in control, from being tentative to becoming confident; from the shift that happens from giving up to going the extra mile, sometimes on little less than mere fumes; from toil and tears to triumphs and trophies. Every one of them. I am grateful for the privilege of the many who did return. I hope that they, too, are safe. And well. June 14, 2016. And this is my point.
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December 2015 – therefore,
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I’m younger than that now. I began this journey I am on as a teacher twenty years ago. I was so much older then. Photo Credit: Demmer S. S words, A self-ordained professor’s tongue / Too serious to fool /. Who] Spouted out that liberty / Is just equality in school / Equality, I spoke the word / As if a wedding vow.’. And then shift happened. Technology has brought new hardware into the classroom in the form of devices, devices that breed faster operating systems that spawned more intuitive software for a...
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#unleashinglearning has only just begun – therefore,
https://ikrips.wordpress.com/2016/03/29/unleashinglearning-has-only-just-begun
Unleashinglearning has only just begun. International conferences for educators have three very distinct categories of people in them:. Or you are an expert in your field. Perhaps you were one from the very beginning or have grown to be one over the years. You are invited to conferences to share what you know so others may learn from you. Your role, in short, is that of a teacher. It is true that in recent times some of the boundaries have been breached with the advent of Twitter. 8211; “a conferen...
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And this is my point. – therefore,
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And this is my point. Aki slouches at her desk at the back of the class. She has found it easier to disappear there since the second week of her first year in middle school. She does not remember the curious child she used to be in primary school. It was only a summer ago, but it already feels like it was ages ago. Back then, and in spite of her challenges with English, she was a happy, engaged learner. Back then, she enjoyed. Both Aki and Daryl are but snapshots of a very vulnerable demographic in any s...
