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In the latest ShiftED podcast #15 I spoke with Ian Shanahan, editor and chief at Green Teacher. We discussed leveraging OutdoorEd, inquiry based learning and student agency. Please find out more at https://greenteacher.com And be sure to signup to their newsletter, so many rich ideas on integrating outdoor learning into your subject areas and cross-curriculars. Stay Connected https://twitter.com/GreenTeacherMag

THE CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT (CEBM)

​As a support to the 10 English School Boards of Quebec, the CEBM aims to enable boards and their staff to find developmentally friendly and trauma informed interventions that are effective in helping students who are struggling with behavioural

challenges in the school setting.​

Visit https://www.cebm.ca

The project was an evolution of a previous project where donated shoes were upgraded with art. This year, they brought in a filmmaker to help the students make great videos!

You can find traces of James Lyng projects and original music on Up Next Recordings (https://www.upnextrecordings.com/).

In the most recent ShiftED podcast I had the great privilege of talking with preschool educator/consultant Katherine Divolis, currently working as Conseillère en éducation préscolaire, at Ministère de l'Éducation et de l'Enseignement Supérieur du Québec (MEQ). We had a rich conversation about the newly revised preschool program that was just launched in the last school year which is currently being implemented across the province.

LEARN had the privilege of talking with Brian Silverman and Artemis Papert recently, about programming in our Quebec schools. Being the first episode of this school year, I wanted to have a casual conversation about how education is shifting more and more towards computation and programming/coding. Brain and Artemis have been exploring computers in education for the better part of their lives, developing and supporting programming from Logo to Scratch, always with the idea that more programming in schools only makes students lives more relevant. Their beliefs are entrenched in project-based learning with code as just another tool for demonstrating ideas, concepts, learning, and that it is crucial for our learners to develop computation as a necessary skill. Fascinating conversation with many thoughts to ponder and process!

In Dec 2020, students in Stephanie Jonker’s grade 5/6 class were asked to look around and identify an authentic community need. Since this was in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, what they saw were so many blue disposable masks being thrown away, or littering the ground. 

Using a grant from LEARN’s I Belong project, they decided to TAKE ACTION.

Ms. Jonker and the students followed a Community Service Learning process to address this authentic need and implement a Mask Recycling Project in their community.

Check out LEARN’s Community Service Learning planning tools and templates to TAKE ACTION in your own community.

During this episode of ShiftED I caught up with Dr. Sheryl Smith-Gilman of McGill University's education department to touch base on how our future educators were dealing with their pre-service schooling during a pandemic. Our intriguing conversation revolved around the changing educational landscape in Quebec, dealing with online learning and teaching, and the new pre-school program that was recently released by the ministry.