Today I made my first year class write about their dream job and then share that dream with one another in small groups. After everyone had shared their stories, I then asked them to think about what the first step on the road to that dream would be; what could Full Article
One, Two, Three … Eyes on Me!
What is this need for students to be sitting upright, focused on the instructor at the front of the classroom? We say they won’t learn if they are not paying attention but I really wonder if this is truly about attention at all. Is it not more about power issues Full Article
Empathy in Drowning
As we hit Week 3 of September a familiar pattern has begun to emerge: my home is filthy, my desk is over flowing, I have more lesson preps and marking to do than I could have imagined a month ago and I’m engaging in avoidance behaviour. This morning it was Full Article