
BOBs- Personalizing Projects That Build From the Inside Out
I will never forget what one of my students said, and it often echoes in my mind when I am creating a new project. “There are no wrong...


3 is a Magic Number-The Enchanting Power of Tri-BOBs
3 is a magic number. Jack Johnson sang about it. It was the name of the pilot episode of Schoolhouse Rock. Pythagoreans asserted that is...

BOB- A Twist on PBL's
Project Based Learning (PBL) is a powerful tool in the classroom. It allows teachers to be learning collaborators in real time and...


Orchestrating Symphony
As we move forward in education, we need more symphonic thinking. I made that declaration during one of the three Ontario, A Learning...

A Quick W.I.N.
During my MEd at OISE (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education), I took a course called Consulting Skills. In it, I learned a lot...


MomentUS and The Tip of the I.C.E.B.E.R.G. Project
From the moment I first heard of Hannah Alper as a blogger, I was drawn to her. Not only because is she the daughter of a childhood...

Going Global- Sharing My First Globally Connected Tri-BOB Trifecta
When I came across the the call for proposals for the Global Education Conference, I wondered if my news-oriented Tri-BOBs could be...


The Power of Nostalgia
You hear it, and you're instantly transported to another time, a past place or a space of sentimentality. Sometimes, it only takes a few...


WE Did It!!
What began as a casual conversation between Craig Keilburger, champion of youth leadership and service learning and co-founder of WE, and...


A Good Case of Stripes
When people are true to themselves, they are found to be happier and better-adjusted. This is, of course, as true for students as it is...