Three news stories caught my attention in the past couple of weeks. Each, in its own way demonstrates how technology has allowed and, in some cases, encouraged students to raise their “voices” above the crowd. And we’re not just talking about being heard throughout the house, the neighbourhood, or in the schoolyard. No, in these three [...]
Well, not surpisingly, the opening of the Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition has grabbed the headlines around major Canadian newsrooms; yesterday, the touring sex show (and the fact that taxpayers are actually footing the bill for some of this) made it to the floor of the House of Commons! I’ve collected some of the headlines from [...]
The following is a guest post by voicEd.ca author and long-time educator, Michael Harding. The post is a response to yesterday’s piece highlighting the Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition that opens today at the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa. At the end of the piece I asked readers to remember an edgy field trip [...]
A new exhibit opens tomorrow morning at the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa, but it’s probably nothing like the museum trips that you were forced to take on your school trip to the National Capital. It’s called Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition and if the name doesn’t grab your attention, some of the content [...]
So, perhaps the idea of identifying a work of art that somehow expresses your beliefs about teaching and learning didn’t resonate with everyone. So here’s another metaphorical challenge, this one with a more athletic theme: What sport most closely connects with your vision of the teaching—learning relationship? This time, I’m going to jump in with [...]
For the past few years I’ve been a huge fan of TED, the folks that have brought so many inspiring and thought-provoking lectures and presentations to millions of people around the world. Like many others, I’ve come across very few TED talks that have proven to be a waste of my time. In fact, like [...]
In honour of Mother’s Day, here’s one that was used at the end of a church service that I attended today. I had never seen it before. The voice of your Mother, from a Mom’s perspective! It’s the Mom’s Song by Anita Renfroe. Enjoy…Happy Mother’s Day.
My wife and I don’t usually eat dinner in front of the T.V., especially on Saturday nights, the evening normally reserved for our weekly date night. Earlier in the week, however, I received my DVD copy of Touch of Greatness, a documentary about New York State teacher, Albert Cullum, who in the late 1950′s/early 1960′s [...]
Maybe We Don’t Need to Raise our Children’s Voices: Maybe They’re Doing Just Fine On Their Own!
National Capital “Sexhibition” Draws Expected Attention–and Criticism
Risky Business?
Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition (They didn’t have field trips like this when I was a kid!)
If Teaching Were Sport
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