http://teachercalder.ca/2011/03/communities-and-schools/ Teacher by trade. Learner by nature. Thu, 21 Apr 2016 02:40:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 http://teachercalder.ca/2011/03/communities-and-schools/#comment-35 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:17:16 +0000 http://teachercalder.ca/?p=173#comment-35 Thanks for the comment Chris!
I agree completely. I love the idea that each community fine-tuned the concept to become what worked for them.
We started a PD opportunity here for our schools and teachers this year that provided release time for teachers to build capacity around a technology that supported their specific school improvement plan and needs. No prescription. We supported and encouraged Families of Schools getting together to collaborate. You should see the amazing things that have come out of this! We supported creativity, innovation and self-directed or collaborative/networked learning. They took it and ran in amazing ways we could never have thought of.
I love the idea of supporting those individual or specific needs of communities/schools. 🙂
Rodd’s #31daygame really does rock!

]]> http://teachercalder.ca/2011/03/communities-and-schools/#comment-34 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:44:52 +0000 http://teachercalder.ca/?p=173#comment-34 I first saw the Dave Eggers’ Pirate School TED Talk last summer and was blown away by the simplicity of the idea. They identified a need and figured out what needed to be done to address that need. If we believe that teachers fix what we see, then I believe we need to see things differently. We need to be willing to change how we have done/do things in our schools and classrooms. The #31daygame is a wonderful method to get teachers to see the opportunities we can take to help our students.

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