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Hometown:
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
School / Work Affiliation
University of Saskatchewan
About Me:
I have been a teacher for 36 years; I've used personal computers in my classroom since 1980 and I currently help faculty in the College of Medicine to move to a more student centered approach.
Blog:
http://blogs.usask.ca/medical_education/

Active Learning in Web2

I am interested in creating environments where students can actively engage with the course content and each other. I have a toolbox for doing this in the classroom, see http://blogs.usask.ca/medical_education/archive/2007/04/using_active_le.html for some of these. I'm uncomfortable about the overemphasis on text in many online environments.

I have a wiki about tools for teaching and would love suggestions for tools I might add http://wiki.usask.ca/db/index.php/Technology_Tools

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Deirdre Bonnycastle

What did you learn on your school holidays?

This month's Active Learning Carnival asks "What did you learn on your school holidays?" I've been thinking about the effects of organized, indoor activities replacing children's outdoor play because of an ad on my television for summer school and because of a presentation I attended on increasing childhood obesity. What do you think?

Posted on July 9, 2008 at 12:36pm —

Deirdre Bonnycastle

Assessing students in a constructivist classroom

This special edition is up at http://activelearningcarnival.blogspot.com/ April's edition will focus on assessing creative projects. You can submit articles at http://blogcarnival.com/bc/submit_2804.html

Posted on March 14, 2008 at 2:33pm —

Deirdre Bonnycastle

February Active Learning Blog Carnival

The latest edition of Active Learning Blog Carnival is up at http://activelearningcarnival.blogspot.com/. This month, you get two editions for the act of going to one site, assessing how well students remember http://activelearningcarnival.blogspot.com/2008/02/assessing-a

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Posted on February 4, 2008 at 1:29pm —

Deirdre Bonnycastle

Third Edition of the Active Learning Blog Carnival

The latest edition of the Active Learning Blog Carnival is up at http://activelearningcarnival.blogspot.com/. This months Big Question is "What motivates students to be actively involved in learning?". Please take a minute to comment sent links to this months carnival.

Posted on January 7, 2008 at 1:00pm —

Deirdre Bonnycastle

Active Learning Blog Carnival

The second edition of the Active Learning Blog Carnival is up at http://activelearningcarnival.blogspot.com/ I recieved 38 submissions and accepted 24. Content is organized under the following headings:

  • Debate of the Month
  • Recent Articles
  • K-8 Examples of Active Learning
  • High School Examples of Active Learning
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Posted on December 3, 2007 at 11:52am —

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At 8:44pm on October 3, 2007, Terry Smith said…
Just looked at your active learning site - great examples. My grade 4 kids are doing many similar things with blogs, wikis, video and lots of project based learning. It's amazing how fast these technologies are finding their way into little kid classrooms!
At 6:40am on August 6, 2007, Jim Lerman said…
Your wiki is very nicely done...informative, simple, and to the point. Thanks for a great resource!
At 9:43pm on June 9, 2007, Kerry Hicke said…
By the way...the website you gave is very interesting. You know, they don't teach Canadian history here in the states. When I met my husband, I didn't know where Saskatchuwan was! Sorry if I spelled that wrong! :)
At 9:40pm on June 9, 2007, Kerry Hicke said…
Deirdre,
Hey ! My sister-in-law attends your school! My husband is from MooseJaw. We will be visiting MooseJaw in July! I love it there !
At 12:16pm on June 8, 2007, Deirdre Bonnycastle said…
The wonders of Canada for all the geography buffs http://www.cbc.ca/sevenwonders/results.html
At 10:30pm on June 7, 2007, M. SESHAGIRI said…
Namaste,
Thanks for your invitation.
I would like to be your friend.
Please be in touch.
At 4:50pm on June 7, 2007, Georgina Farmer said…
Hi Deidre,

Lovely to meet you and greetings from Australia. You will be looking forward to summer and winter is coming here. We have had a terrible drought and will really welcome any rain that falls this winter. I love this Board; everyone is so friendly, but am still finding my way around
At 5:03am on June 7, 2007, Phil Pound said…
Hi Deirdre
Thanks for the invite.
It sounds like you have a busy time in Canada.
Looking forward to the conversations in this group.
At 3:38am on June 7, 2007, ben reynolds said…
Greetings from warmest Baltimore!
At 8:17pm on June 6, 2007, Lynne Wolters said…
Greetings from Washington state. Thank you for the invite. I look forward to following any posts you provide here. The work you are doing is similar to my own.
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