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Summer Reading

It’s been a month of intense reading. The Return by Hisham Matar – A recommendation from Barack Obama’s reading list. Hisham Matar’s family was exiled from Libya and lived in Cairo where he attended an American school. Later, both Hisham and his brother attended school in Europe under false identities because of threats to theContinue reading “Summer Reading”

A Community of Learners, Near and Far

This is a story about some of my favorite learners who live throughout Alberta. They access their courses online, connect in Blackboard Collaborate sessions, and share in small groups via Google Meet. Once a week, those that can, meet for for a full day of learning and exploring together. These young students know that youContinue reading “A Community of Learners, Near and Far”

Your Brain is Amazing!

All I can say is, “Thankfully we are developing a deeper understanding of how we learn.” Once upon a time I lived in a world of the fixed mindset¹ and likely you did too. Some students were smart and others were not. Intelligence was viewed as fixed at birth and one of the roles ofContinue reading “Your Brain is Amazing!”