educational reform Archive

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    Fine tooth comb

    Here’s the thing about editing, choosing the best content is tough. We get attached to our media and have a hard time deciphering the relevant material from the unnecessary. As a result, it’s always a longer process than you think to produce a finished product.If...

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  • Michel Foucault

    Contemplating Foucault

    Oh boy, reading philosophy has always intimidated me. Bottom line: I hate it. I remember one of the first classes I chose in University when I was 19yrs old was called “the philosophy of love”. Naturally, I thought, this will be EASY!!… Big mistake!  I...

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    The Sound of Freedom

    OK, I’ll confess, I’m a bit of a Montreal snob when it comes to our artistic culture in this town. It’s just that ol’… je ne sais quoi. Case in point: this past weekend I invited my neighbor, who’s new to Montreal, to meet my...

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    Freedom Writers

    Well now, I haven’t sobbed like that in a while! I’m one of the programmers for the wonderful Regent Park Film Festival (in Toronto) and I just finished viewing a documentary film based on the Freedom Writers Diary which is about how a high school...

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  • Sir Ken Robinson

    Sir Ken, once again…and Scott

    It looks like Sir Ken was invited back to TED recently. Big inspiration all over again! He adds that “new-media”/techies and teachers need to collaborate more than ever today if the educational environment wants to keep up with the contemporary and future creative landscape… OK…...

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