To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. (Ulysses, Lord Tennyson) Every year at the end of August many K-12 and post-secondary teachers like me feel excited and a little bit nervous. What will the next academic year… Read moreA New Challenge or a New Opportunity
This is a list of my recent interviews on the topics related to the education in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: A Zoom Interview with e-Tek on the topic of Education in Canada: E-Tek Webinar#42 https://www.facebook.com/events/823480324869044/?ti=ls A phone interview… Read moreSelected Media Interviews: Education in the Times of COVID-19
It is the middle of August… Moreover, it is the middle of August 2020, which has been one of the strangest summer months in decades. Most of us have spent this summer at home, or had a chance to do… Read moreGetting Ready for a New & Unusual School Year
I was honored to give an invited talk at the International LUMAT Research Symposium 2020 on June 3, 2020. The goal of my talk was to consider the following questions: What does it mean to move from STEM to STEAM?… Read morePresentation at the International LUMAT Symposium 2020
While it is clear that the pandemic wreaked havoc in many areas of education, there is a clear positive outcome of the pandemic – we realized that we can use technology to bring us closer, rather than to move us… Read moreThe Silver Lining of the Pandemic: Implications for STEM Teacher Education
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They came through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. – Khalil Gibran… Read moreSupporting Children’s Education during the Pandemic: A webinar for UNA community
I have been asked a lot lately to compare online learning our children are experiencing now with the face-to-face learning. I try not to do it for a very simple reason. It seems to me that what is going on… Read moreOnline education vs. Emergency remote teaching
I have watched this video a number of times now and I realize that I do want to share it with you. I love the title and even more, I feel the plight of this mom of four who is… Read moreIf Corona Doesn’t Kill Us, Distance Learning Will
To support our community during the pandemic, I was asked to give a free interactive lecture on online learning and homeschooling. I will be doing it on April 23, 2020. It will be an interactive seminar where I will show… Read moreOne Hour @ UBC
