The Dolphin Senior Public School Forest of Reading Makerspace is back in 2019 with a long and growing list of activities ranging from sea glass poetry and paper aliens to VR excursions, Almost Epic Makey Makey Mr. Potato Head, and even green screen portraits that come to life! Follow the link below to the Forest […]
Read more "Forest of Reading 2019 Makerspace"An Augmented Reality Sandbox projects topographical and other geographical information onto the sand, turning an ordinary sandbox into an interactive, 3D map. The program was developed by a team of educators at the University of California at Davis. This AR Sandbox was created by a team of teachers and technicians at Dolphin Senior Public […]
Read more "AR Sandbox Resources"Check out my new WordPress website at sourcebundle.wordpress.com featuring virtual “source bundles” for different strands of the Ontario Grades 7 and 8 History curriculum. Each bundle is a collection of 2D and 3D images of different sources and artefacts, and 360 degree images and videos of historic sites and architecture.
Read more "New Virtual Sources Website"Inquiry does not occur in a vacuum; students need to have a context in which to pursue their interests. Primary sources can provide that context. I am pleased to have the privilege to share some primary sources that I have collected over the years and discuss how they can be used to generate inquiry at […]
Read more "What is That? Primary Sources & Inquiry"It seems, for many people, that Project Based Learning and Inquiry Based Learning are the same thing. When I started teaching, I made most of my units project-based, with a project planned for the end of the unit, preceded by a series of lessons that prepared students for the end product. I have since learned […]
Read more "Project Based Learning vs. Inquiry Based Learning"What is the purpose of the history textbook? Are we about to experience the end of the textbook, and make history textbooks history? Or are we at the dawn of a new beginning, a new history of the history textbook? Are we about to make history textbook history? With italics, we italicize two meanings […]
Read more "History Textbook History"After attending workshops on flipping the classroom I have been trying to get my class on board. This has involved making short videos about Canadian history, posting them on our classroom website, and asking them to watch the video and make a comment. (The videos can be found through the Flipped Classroom page on this […]
Read more "Flipped Classroom"This site is dedicated to the promotion of teaching Canadian history and geography with a focus on inquiry. It will include discussions and teacher resources aligned with the new Social Studies, History, and Geography curriculum in Ontario.
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