Sharing Ideas
As teachers, we are always learning. Please use this space to share ideas or materials that you have created or used that you have found valuable in developing your pedagogy or engaging students, for example, project based learning and inquiry resources, a math website, or a one-pager assignment (found in the AVID workbook).
Ideas: 
Understanding by Design (Backwards Design)
This resource explains this approach one slide at a time and makes sure to let you know that implementing this approach into ones pedagogy takes 3- 5 years but can have amazing results for your learners.
Differentiating for Your Students
This resource is a 3 page research brief from the University of Alberta. The brief outline the key aspect of differentiated instruction and provides a list of suggested tips for teachers. Differentiated_Instruction
Blended Learning
Check out the link below to watch a 6 minute video about how Rosland Secondary School is introducing the blended learning model. Something to consider………………
rssblendedlearning.wordpress.com/
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Here is a little video on what Universal Design for Learning is all about: Video
Project Based Learning
Here is a little video on what project based learning is all about: Video
Here is a link to Edutopia, a webpage that has many examples and explains PBL, www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning
Inquiry
Teacher Inquiry: Curious about something related to your pedagogy, want to check it our, look into it and try it? If you act of this, you are inquiring.
Students Inquiry: If a students is curious about something that you are teaching and wants to look into it deeper and you allow them to explore this, then they are inquiring. Or, if you come to class with a problem, big or small and they want to solve this problem for you, and learn about the subject matter listed in the PLO’s, then perfect! They are inquiring.
Here is a fantastic resource to help guide you through your inquiry on student inquiry: galileo.org/
Curious about Pedagogy?
Here is a website that was developed by Ministry of Education in Ontario. It is a site full of Webcasts for teachers by teachers. You can even specify a grade, or topic by using the page buttons at the top or the search function.