Once upon a time, a long long time ago, research says ... the earth is the center of the universe. Oh, and by the way the earth is flat too! It took about a thousand years for Copernicus to “disprove”... Continue Reading →
Why electronic portfolios? Traditionally, the way to report on a student's progress is through a paper-based report. This report is usually a mix of either letters or numbers and perhaps a teacher comment to indicate the student's performance throughout his... Continue Reading →
For those that have never heard of it, The Marshmallow Test was a study led by Dr. Walter Mischel at the Bing Nursery School in Stanford during the 1960s and 1970s. In a nutshell, the test involved offering pre-schoolers their... Continue Reading →
In Brief We started the year 2015 by exploring Bali and the surrounding islands in Indonesia. Beautiful, fun, and easy are all adjectives that spring to mind but humid is the term that sticks with me most. The rainy season... Continue Reading →
On November 6,7, 8 (2014) I had the opportunity of attending Reading and Writing Through Inquiry, a category 3 IB PYP Workshop hosted by the Western Academy of Beijing (China) and led by Carla Holmes. It was an interesting learning... Continue Reading →
I recently had the opportunity to travel to Beijing for an IB conference hosted by the Western Academy of Beijing. Due to the flight schedule we had some lag time and decided to make the most of it. Here are... Continue Reading →
What exactly does it mean to be Canadian? The BBC has some interesting thoughts. If I had to choose one word and one word only to define a Canadian, my choice would be ... wait for it ... nice. A... Continue Reading →
Alex Lancia 