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180 days. 6 hours each. September to June.

By On June 17, 2012 · 1 Comment · In COETAIL, Curriculum, Ideas in Education, Literacy

180 days. 6 hours each. September to June.
That’s the way it was when I was growing up in Toronto. That’s the way it is for my students growing up in Yokohama.

Each year when we receive our weekly schedules at YIS, I stare at it dumbfounded. How the heck am I supposed to […]

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What to read… What to read?

By On June 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In COETAIL, Design, Ideas in Education, Literacy, Travel

Very ambitious infographic on summer reading from teach.com… Probably more of an exercise in design than a useful device, but a well executed one anyhow! Now… Where’s the category for enviro travel adventures through Southeast Asia?

Via Teach.com and

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GREEN RIDERS: Southeast Asia

By On June 3, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Design, Experiential Education, Ideas in Education, Outdoor Education, Service Learning, Travel

I haven’t been pushing it much, but in just over three weeks I’ll be on the road for the summer, riding a bamboo bike thousands of kilometers across Southeast Asia in pursuit of stories of environmental struggles and successes, as well as interesting examples of social enterprise.

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A Greener Shade of School

By On June 3, 2012 · 6 Comments · In COETAIL, Experiential Education, Ideas in Education, Outdoor Education, Service Learning

I read an article today that got me thinking about the notion of Green or Environmental schools. The Hindu, an English-language Indian newspaper, featured the school Sholai Cloaat. A small “enviro-ed” school in the mountains of Tamil Nadu.

The Sholai School is the brainchild of […]

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Midnight at the Sausage Factory

By On June 3, 2012 · 7 Comments · In COETAIL, Ideas in Education, Literacy, Technology in the Classroom

This afternoon a friend called me up and asked if I could meet him for a coffee and take a look at a paper he was writing for his Masters program. This friend is one of the clearest thinking people I know, and he was feeling really spun around by the expectations of his program.

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