doug — off the record

just a place to share some thoughts


November 2016

  • Sort of a post

    One of the topics that I always found a challenge to teach was that of sorting.  I struggled with learning the concept myself as a student and I always found it difficult to make it tangible and visible for students.   I did all the chalk and talk things that I could think of.  But… Continue reading

  • OTR Links 11/30/2016

    Our Transforming Classroom | Living Avivaloca Our Transforming Classroom | Living Avivaloca https://t.co/1QuMya1O5A — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) November 30, 2016 tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us Leslie Boerkamp on Twitter: “Guess who’s still meeting? @BringIT2016 conf committee are online & already planning for #bit17 #bit16 #onted #on21clearn https://t.co/UHCOSW71xn” RT @lboerkamp: Guess who’s still meeting? @BringIT2016 conf committee… Continue reading

  • Similarities and Differences

    Wouldn’t the world be boring if we were all the same? It would be very antagonistic if we were all different and at each other’s throats all the time. For the most part, I think that we’re just a bit of this and a bit of that and it’s the similarities and differences that help… Continue reading

  • OTR Links 11/29/2016

    The Best of Ontario-Educators Daily The best of ontario-educators daily is out! https://t.co/QoDzhGpoEo Stories via @siriusnerd @NoelineL @TJGoertz #onted #edchat — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) November 29, 2016 The best of ontario-educators daily is out! https://t.co/QoDzhGpoEo Stories via @markrenaud2 @nobleknits2 @StephWardRanger #edchat The best of ontario-educators daily is out! https://t.co/QoDzhGpoEo Stories via @markrenaud2 @nobleknits2 @StephWardRanger #edchat… Continue reading

  • #ourlearningspace

    Something very interesting happened over the weekend. It started with my Friday post of “This Week in Ontario Edublogs“.  One of the blogs that I had read recently was Peter Cameron’s post “My Transformed Classroom“.  He had taken a 360 degree video that highlighted the various things that contribute to the learning environment for his… Continue reading