{"id":856,"date":"2017-01-08T21:38:34","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T04:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/?p=856"},"modified":"2017-01-10T20:59:56","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T03:59:56","slug":"hello-from-the-north-shore-of-vancouver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/2017\/01\/08\/hello-from-the-north-shore-of-vancouver\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello from the North Shore of Vancouver!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone,<\/p>\n<p>My name is Bryn and I live on the North Shore of Vancouver. \u00a0I teach a grade 6\/7 class for the West Vancouver School District at an awesome school on Bowen Island in the middle of Howe Sound. \u00a0I have moved into teaching elementary just over a year ago and was previously teaching senior math and physics at various high schools around the world. \u00a0I began teaching in China for 3 years and then taught on a tall ship\u00a0with a program called Class Afloat. \u00a0I have really enjoyed my recent shift to the elementary level but look forward to returning to high school math and physics one day.<\/p>\n<p>I feel fortunate to be working in a school district and community that fully embraces technology in the classroom. \u00a0Students bring their own devices to school and I incorporate technology in almost every unit of instruction. \u00a0Google Apps for Education, Khan Academy, and the inquiry-based model are all cornerstones in my classroom and I love trying out all sorts of innovative programs in my classroom.<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to expanding my understanding of technology in the math and science classroom and\u00a0explore current best practice with devices in the classroom. \u00a0 I look forward to gleaning new ideas from my new set of colleagues and sharing my experiences with you all as well.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond teaching, I love adventuring outside. \u00a0My free time is often torn between kayaking, mountain biking, skiing, trail running, sailing, and cycling.<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to working with and learning from you all this semester!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone, My name is Bryn and I live on the North Shore of Vancouver. \u00a0I teach a grade 6\/7 class for the West Vancouver School District at an awesome school on Bowen Island in the middle of Howe Sound. \u00a0I have moved into teaching elementary just over a year ago and was previously teaching [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47611,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1669395],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-introductions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47611"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":857,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856\/revisions\/857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/stem2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}