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Learning to Question to Wonder to Learn by Jamie McKenzie

I’ve been following the work on Jamie McKenzie for some time know and was fortunate enough to go to one of his workshops in Hong Kong.

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The Questionable classroom – school inset

In preparation for this short workshop, I asked participants to check out a short TED video by Adora Svitak.  The thing that stuck with me was the idea of viewing ‘childish’ thinking as more of a positive than is oft … Continue reading

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Jamie McKenzie in Hong Kong

After much to-ing and fro-ing I managed to secure a place at a two day workshop with Jamie hosted by South Island School. Titled “Combining Rigorous Inquiry with  Smart Use of New Technologies”, the content covered briefly a range of … Continue reading

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Adventure based learning – school inset

After a call for workshops, I decided to move away from an ICT based one and try and relive some past glories using ABL activities.  As I initially trained as a PE/Outdoor Education teacher it was great to show some … Continue reading

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