I did a short video for the Calgary ATA locals on what they need to do and be aware and engaged as community leaders and citizens of Calgary and Alberta.
There is so much changing in learning these days and teachers are needed to be at the forefront of dealing with those changes. We need an expanded definition of learning, literacy and now we have no choice but to be lifelong learners.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI6ltnESuG0&feature=digest
There is another related video clip we did on Calgary's challenges and the impact on teachers and education that I will post later.
BTW the report on the Inspiring Education public dialogue initiative of Minister Dave Hancock is scheduled for release June 2.
Cambridge Strategies is a co-sponsor of two public dialogues entitled "Learning Our Way to the Next Alberta" featuring Gwynne Dyer, David Peat and Scott Murray May 31 in Calgary and June 1 in Edmonton. We are half sold with two weeks still to go. There is obviously lots of interest in this topic. You can get tickets at http://www.learningourway.ca/
Also, you can join over 700 people who have signed a petition on the future of education in Alberta...go to http://www.gopetition.com/online/35101.html
ReplyDeleteKudos to those involved in making this youtube video! I am so proud to witness, as a lifelong educator, that those that champion "learning" in its broadest definition and application, see that it can lead the way to broad citizen understanding and positive action for the common good in Alberta, and by extension and the significant influence held by our thought leaders, elsewhere in the world.
ReplyDeleteI would also add to Dennis Sumara's comment regarding our need to recognize what teachers know, as well as what they do, as being a germaine next step to positioning learning as a vital component of what happens in the building of a new Alberta. I would add that it is also crucial to recognize the importance of what they are as individuals and "bearers of the torch" in the preparation of our next generation for an as-yet, unknown future, where individual thought and collective action will be paramount in building our preferred future.
So beautiful Landscaping in Calgary . really it is admirable...
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