Month: October 2016

$I Tell (Math) Stories.$

Imaginative Education (IE): Activities & Insights Wonder-Full Links & Resources

I Tell (Math) Stories.

October 27, 2016

By Gabriel Mateescu (MEd. Imaginative Education, Math Teacher Surrey School District) When you hear the word imagination what do you think of? I doubt many of you reading this initially thought of Math. Yet Math and imagination are closely linked. The greatest mathematical minds in our history had immense imagination to create and discover new connections […]Read More

Imaginative Ecological Education (IEE): Activities & Insights

Guidelines For Assessment Of Place-Based Learning

October 25, 2016

I’m really pleased to be a part of the Place-Based Education (PBE) Thought Leadership Campaign at GettingSmart. My first contribution to the campaign looked at the role of imagination and relationships in PBE; read it here. This post is about assessment in the context of place-based and imaginative learning: Assessment of learning is a complex and sensitive process. In the context of […]Read More

Wonder-Full Links & Resources

Two OnLine Resources To Support Imaginative Language Teaching

October 18, 2016

Hi there! I’m Susan Lavallee and I teach 6th Grade English/Language Arts. I love integrating technology into my imaginative practice—I like to call myself the iPodTeacher! This post shares a few of my favourite language-teaching practices. The first is a resource for cross-curricular teaching that combines content knowledge with rhythm and rhyme. The second is an excellent […]Read More

Random Ideas About Education

My Teaching “Top 5”

October 14, 2016

Earlier this year I connected with other educators who like to blog. We came together over #sunchat, a Twitter-based Sunday morning chat. We called ourselves the #Sunchatbloggers! We provide each other with feedback and encouragement. Someone in the group suggested we all post on the same topic: our “Top 5”. Some people will post about strategies, […]Read More

Wonder-Full Links & Resources

A Cell-ebration Of Reading: A Science & Literacy Project

October 12, 2016

By Melissa Chouinard-Jahant (MSEd) ‪@ChouinardJahant‪ The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination -Albert Einstein Learning about cells can be challenging for many students because cells are microscopic and seemingly intangible. A few years ago while teaching cells I decided to do something different than teaching about the standard cell model or cell factory. […]Read More

Imaginative Education (IE): Activities & Insights Wonder-Full Links & Resources

Calling All Second Language Teachers! What’s In Your Toolkit?

October 4, 2016

Songs, games, rhythm and rhyme, imagery, and the odd (and not-so-odd) joke are all tools that help us to learn. Dr. Kieran Egan calls these “cognitive tools”; they make knowledge meaningful by tying it up with emotion and imagination. I can tell you from personal experience (7 years as a French Second Language teacher) that […]Read More

Imaginative Education (IE): Activities & Insights Learning In Depth (LiD)

See What’s New

October 4, 2016

Topics include: Imaginative Education: International Scene Celebrations! Collaborate With Us: New Programs (Applications Now Open) Connect OnLine: #imaginEDchat Read about IE practice from imaginative educators around the galaxy Learning In Depth: Updates and Support Find out about the NEW LiDKiD sharing site Hear from LiD teachers Read More