Sylwia Bielec | November 15, 2012
I’ve always been interested in the way professionals learn (or fail to learn) in practice. As far back as 1998, when I worked with the South Shore School Board (yes, before the linguistic school boards!) on technology...
Read MoreSylwia Bielec | October 10, 2012
Earlier this year, Susan van Gelder started the conversation about blogging with her post here. She then inspired me to tell a story. A good friend of mine, we’ll call her Clarisse, has a son in elementary school. And,...
Read MoreSylwia Bielec | September 19, 2012
This year, we will be featuring on our blog talented and committed educators from our community. I hope that the personal paths and ways of doing of individual teachers inspire you as they do me. Enjoy this first teacher...
Read MoreSylwia Bielec | August 15, 2012
As Sophie’s time in Malawi continued, she was fortunate to be invited not only to observe classrooms in action but to speak also with the Malawian teachers about the daily struggles that they face both in and out of the...
Read MoreSylwia Bielec | July 31, 2012
Before delving into this third posting from Malawi, I think it will help the reader get a better sense of what they are reading if they get to know a little bit more about the man who has so kindly invited us all into his...
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