{"id":120,"date":"2016-02-05T14:43:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T21:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/phillips\/?p=120"},"modified":"2016-02-05T14:43:30","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T21:43:30","slug":"taking-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/phillips\/2016\/02\/05\/taking-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February 5, 2015<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/phillips\/files\/2016\/02\/IB.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-121\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-121 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/phillips\/files\/2016\/02\/IB-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IB\" width=\"319\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/phillips\/files\/2016\/02\/IB-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/phillips\/files\/2016\/02\/IB-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/phillips\/files\/2016\/02\/IB.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a great new year. The beginning of the term has provided me with a wealth of practical knowledge and resources that I\u2019ve been weaving into my lessons.\u00a0 I\u2019ve even noticed some resources at my practicum school that are helping teachers bring the \u2018act\u2019 portion of the IB action cycle into their lessons. The picture I\u2019ve attached is a notice I found in the staff room, highlighting 16 activities teachers can bring into their classes every day. It\u2019s been great to observe and be a part of a school community where action is being taken, and as I continue to look for action, I notice a number of examples every day. Here are a few:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The crosswalk kids: Every morning students go outside with \u2018official\u2019 red jackets to ensure that cars are following the speed limit<\/li>\n<li>Organizing Jump Rope for Heart day: Before school, teachers collaborate ideas on dates and locations that will allow the activity to run smoothly<\/li>\n<li>Salmon spawning: Some students have expressed their interests in the salmon cycle, so a couple faculty members have brought in a fish tank and they are spawning salmon on school grounds<\/li>\n<li>Big buddies: Older students are working with younger ones during recess and lunch hour to provide company and support if any problems or questions arise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The list of action-based activities goes on, and each of these activities works toward empowering the students. I\u2019ve talked to many of the students regarding their choice of action, and it\u2019s clear that they\u2019ve formulated strong opinions and are confident in their learning directions. It\u2019s been inspiring and informative to see the effects of \u2018act\u2019 within the action cycle. I\u2019ll be keeping my eyes open to see if I can spot students in the \u2018reflect\u2019 portion of their work.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks,<br \/>\nChris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 5, 2015 &nbsp; It\u2019s been a great new year. The beginning of the term has provided me with a wealth of practical knowledge and resources that I\u2019ve been weaving into my lessons.\u00a0 I\u2019ve even noticed some resources at my practicum school that are helping teachers bring the \u2018act\u2019 portion of the IB action cycle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35987,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[620988],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ib"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/phillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/phillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/phillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/phillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35987"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/phillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/phillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/phillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/phillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/phillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/phillips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}