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On the Road to Being An Active Citizen

5/10/2014

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PictureThis is a picture of my brother who I am riding for today in Uptown Waterloo.
Teaching is changing me.  

For the last three years, I have been "teaching" Civics as part of the Futures Forum project.  I put teaching in quotations because at the same time as teaching, I have been learning.  In fact, my learning has changed the way that I look at my life and my role as a citizen in a democratic nation.

That's a big change.

I give most of the credit to using Regan Ross's brilliant Civic Mirror program that I use within my classroom.  A blended online and face to face role playing simulation, his program allows students to turn their "classroom into a country" and experience the process of making democratic decisions.  What makes Ross's game fascinating is that each student receives a Hidden Agenda that contain their ideological or economic standpoint.  These Hidden Agendas -- Conservative, Liberal, Humanitarian, Capitalist, Socialist, Environmentalist, etc -- force students to see and debate issues from different standpoints.


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    About This Blog


    This blog began when I asked my Grade 10 students to blog for an English class in 2011.  I chose to focus on an exploration of Wordworth's poem "Lines above Tintern Abbey". 

     Why? I wrote a very bad essay about this poem in first year university and in my own way, I am trying to make amends with that failed attempt.

    Its evolving into a reflection on my adventures in education, motherhood, life and most recently as a student in  UBC's Optional- Residency MFA Creative Writing program and WRDSB's 1:1 Chromebook Pilot Project.

    Currently, I am teaching with the Waterloo Region District School Board in Ontario, Canada. Opinions are my own.

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