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Making tweaks and changes: Tailoring the Out of Eden Learn experience for educators of younger students
In the last post I outlined some of the ways in which we hope to build teacher community around the walk. That post did not exactly generate a flood of debate and discussion – however, it is fair to say that there is a palpable excitement amongst our latest cohort of educators. We are particularly […]
Building an Out of Eden Learn Educator Community
In December our team held a “mini-retreat” to review how things have been going on Out of Eden Learn thus far and to develop our vision for the coming year. One theme that emerged from our very productive meeting was that we would like to develop more of a sense of educator community on Out […]
Paul’s Youngest Travel Companions: Out of Eden Learn in the Preschool Classroom
Deb McLean is an early childhood/special educator in a preschool classroom at the Blanchard Memorial School in Boxborough, Massachusetts. While attending the Project Zero Institute last July, I learned of Paul Salopek’s amazing Out of Eden Journey and Project Zero’s involvement in creating online learning communities for middle and high school students. As Liz Dawes […]
Our new platform is on its way
Things are going to be moving quickly over the coming days as we count down towards the launch of our beautiful new learning platform. We have been working with an amazing team of web designers and believe that users will be suitably impressed by the end result. Here are some important announcements: A NEW NAME. […]
Looking differently at the world: what older students can gain
(Until recently I was the Head of Social Studies at Crofton House School in Vancouver, Canada. This fall I take up the position of Assistant Principal at Bodwell High School, also in Vancouver. In this second of two blog posts, I reflect on what I and my 11th grade students gained from participating in the Out […]
Looking Differently at the World: Engaging Younger Learners in the Out of Eden Walk
Tabbatha O’Donnell is a 4th grade teacher at Palm Beach Day Academy in Palm Beach, Florida. I first learned about Paul Salopek and his journey on Project Zero’s website. I was amazed. How could someone walk 21,000 miles, for 7 years? Having the opportunity to visit and learn about so many different cultures and countries […]
Better People?
Cameron Paterson is a history teacher and the Mentor of Learning & Teaching at Shore School in North Sydney, Australia. In July I attended the Project Zero Classroom in Cambridge and I had the pleasure of participating in the ‘Slowing Learning Down’ workshop led by Liz and Carrie in which they shared the Out of […]
Learning Made Real
Jerome was focused entirely on his camera. From his run up the hill I could see he was unaware of me as I walked our dog, Luna, at dusk in Pancho Villa State Park. When I greeted him with a wave and a “Hey, hello!” his intent framing of a picture prevented his hearing. Before I […]
Lessons from the Project Zero Classroom
Last week was the Project Zero Classroom, our biggest annual institute that brings together educators of all stripes from around the world here to Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was our first major opportunity to share our Out of Eden work in person with practitioners: Carrie James and I ran a mini course and gave an evening […]
Connecting our lives to a bigger human story
As a former history teacher I have an ongoing interest in how young people think about the past. I am particularly interested in understanding how they think about themselves in relation to the past – and how educators might tap into those ideas to help make history and social studies curricula more engaging and personally […]
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