Day: September 4, 2016

Homework Club!

3:15-4:15 in LSS (C142)
Teachers are ready to help you study, work on assignments, relearn material taught in class, and clarify anything that you are confused about, or you can find a quiet place to work on anything you need to work on.

Everyone grades 6-12 is welcome!

This Friday – Burst the Bubble: Goose Chase

Burst the Bubble: Goose Chase

WHEN: At 4:00 on Friday, September 9th.
WHERE: In the Centre Entrance of NIS.

  • Choose your own team or be teamed up with others.
  • (Max. 5 teams – At least 3 people per team)
  • Submit names by Thursday at 3:15 please.

You will need a VPN on your phone and 3G or 4G.
Teams might spend money for certain missions, so bring along a card or cash.

Contact Joe Barder for more info.

ASA Cycle 1 Starts Monday Sept 5th

ASA cycle 1 starts today (Monday).  Would instructors of G1 and 2 ASAs please note that you will need to collect the kids form their classroom before the ASA and at the end of the ASA they must be collected by an adult. If you have any questions please let contact me.

The LEA – (Learning Alchemists Environment)

Greetings fellow academic-practitioners,

  • Do you bask in the perusal of readings, plus those suggested and referenced in said articles as well?
  • Do you love finding new ways of thinking?
  • Are you comfortable with cognitive dissonance?

If so, starting on September 8th, and continuing every
Thursday, in the Strategy Room
at Lunch
we will create a:
Learning Alchemists* Environment

We will:

  • Survey current, seminal, and even abject books on education, learning, and the periphery;
  • Analyse, elucidate, and debate Peer Reviewed articles;
  • Reflect on TED videos and the like;
  • Criticise and appraise current practice, gadgetry, and trends;
  • Share Ideas and “best practice";
  • Create an ongoing agenda as a group.

You need to:

  • Update your iPhones ?
  • Be prepared for controversy and aha moments
  • Bring a lunch (Maybe we’ll order in sometime)
  • Do prior readings – or watchings (if called for)

You do not need:

  • To come every week or for the whole of lunch (You can drop in and leave any time)

For our first encounter, we will watch a video,
comment on and critique it,
and create an agenda of items, readings, and videos for the next few meetings.

Come one, Come all.
Nihil Sine Causa (or is there?)

Contact Tom Johnson for more details

*Alchemy – "a power or process of transforming something common into something special”

Reference
Alchemy. (n.d.). Retrieved August 30, 2016, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alchemy

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