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Jaime Groeller & Ivy Waite~ Grade 8 Humanities This post is part of a series. Read the previous posts here, here, and here. As discussed in a previous post, on April 30 we conducted a formal survey of our students regarding the team teaching approach we have taken up over the last 9 months. We… Continue reading Team Teaching: Student Survey Results & Analysis Pt. 2 – Triumphs!
Jaime Groeller & Ivy Waite This post is part of a series. Read the previous posts here and here. On April 30 we conducted a formal survey of our students regarding the team teaching approach we have taken up over the last 9 months. We had conducted informal surveys twice before, and tried to take… Continue reading Team Teaching: Student Survey Results & Analysis Pt. 1 – Challenges
Kevin Sonico~ Grade 9 Math and Science Some have referred to them as glorified whiteboards. SmartBoards have had the unfortunate reputation of digitizing technology that was already in its own way a useful tool. Some teachers may have even requested for the removal of SmartBoards for the use of that valuable real estate behind it.… Continue reading Using the SmartBoard to Teach Algebra
Erin Couillard~ Grade 5 Math/Science, Learning Coach I have been thinking a lot about community building in the middle school. I began my teaching career in a very small K-8 school in a rural Alberta town where one didn’t give much thought to community building, as the school WAS the community. Parents were in the… Continue reading Community Building in the Middle School
John Cadman & Greg Neil~ Grade 6 Math/ Science Teachers Calgary Science School This is a design for an open ended wind tunnel. This means the fan pushes air into the tunnel instead of pulling it out the end. Assembled it is 4ft long, 2 feet wide, and 2 feet high. Our hope in building this… Continue reading Grade 6 Wind Tunnel: Air and Aerodynamics
Ivy Waite & Jaime Groeller This post is part of a series. Read the previous post here. SPACE Jaime’s “Work Room” (Left) & Ivy’s “Collaborative” Room (Right) When we set up our classrooms in early August 2012, we were both so excited to begin this adventure. We spent time thinking about how we could provide… Continue reading Team Teaching: The Reality
The Calgary Science School is pleased to be hosting the ConnectED Canada Conference for a second time. This is a unique education conference where the first day of the event is held at our school during an operational school day with students. Student tour guides will host groups of educators as they visit classrooms, view… Continue reading ConnectED Canada 2013
David Scott and Jason Publack ~ Grade 9 Humanities Over the last few years there has been increasing talk within educational circles around the potential of the flipped classroom to enhance learning. Historically, and this is confirmed by a great deal of research, classrooms have been places where students spend a great deal of their… Continue reading Student Insights into the Educational Potential of the Flipped Classroom
We started the school year looking for new ways to collaborate beyond the walls of our building. We investigated the opportunity with the Rocky View School Division. Acknowledging that collaboration is more than linking people through curriculum, Darrell Lonsberry, and Dan McWilliam met with Josh Hill from RVSD and identified 3 stages or levels of collaboration for a… Continue reading Cross Authority Teacher Planning Institutes
