unlearn inspirations ...

By now, I imagine you have enjoyed some opportunities to be inspired by the unlearn posters ~ with your students, and perhaps with staff or others at your school.
In order that we can continue to learn from one another, why don't you take a moment and share how you've used them, and perhaps some feedback about how the students reacted.
I look forward to reading what you share - thank you in advance!

October Thoughts

October can be a challenging month in schools. Discussions about whether to celebrate Hallowe'en, wear costumes, provide 'alternative activities', etc. can polarize staffs. How is this handled in your school? Do you have any experience or ideas to share? How might we support each other and bring others on board as we try to create inclusive events in our schools?

October 2nd Workshop

It was wonderful to see all of you at our unlearn workshop! Our afternoon together was tremendously engaging, thanks to Abhi's meaningful presentation and the deep conversations that it inspired.

My comment to you at the end about wishing there was a way to leverage the passions of this group has been front and centre in my thoughts. I don't want this energy to fade, so I decided to act on this and have created this blog. I am hoping that it can be a place for us to gather online and continue to share and discuss some of the issues that mean so much to all of us. There were so many important conversations that were initiated at the workshop that deserve more 'air-time'. Perhaps this blog will provide a forum for these discussions to continue.

I have created this blog using Blogger, a Google service, not connected to the WRDSB in any way. I hope this will allow us some freedom to share, problem solve, vent, express opinions openly - all within a framework of honesty and respect. I have set it up so that anyone can add a comment to posts written by me. If you would like to create posts yourself (basically this means that you would initiate a conversation), please send me an email and I will add you as an editor of this blog. It is a simple thing to do, but I didn't want to presume that you'd want to do this without asking first. To comment, simply click on 'Comments' and add your name and comment.

In the comments area for this first post, I'd love for you to share feedback from the workshop, or any thoughts you have about this blog.

I value the opinions of each of you, and look forward to our continued discussions.......