Inspire. Innovate. Create.

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." - Carl Sagan
As an educator, I work hard to foster student curiosity through hands-on inquiry-based learning. Students spend time designing, building and testing ideas in the context of the curriculum instead of reading textbooks. They become adept at research, collaboration and construction. Technology is their important ally. Projects are grounded in citizen science and directly correlate with 21C skills. They fail, but learn from their mistakes. They leave the classroom each day equipped with an increasingly refined critical view of the world. They are scientists.

Educational Philosophy

Experiential learning is the foundation of modern education. Incorporating challenge-based learning, MakerSpaces, and problem-solving fosters innovation, creativity and grit in students. 

Professional Development

Tools, tips, hacks!
Check out some of the important (and mostly free) resources that I use in my classroom.
Future Design School - Building creativity
Educational Presentations
Coding without tears
This presentation focuses on the use  of  mostly free apps to teach code in the lower and middle school grades.
Link to Keynote version
Invention Convention
This presentation was facilitated at York Region District School Board's QUEST.  It  reviews our annual innovation fair called Invention Convention
Work from the lab
NASA needs you!
Students used innovation, research and engineering to design the next generation of robotic space explorers looking for life in our solar system.
Click here to see what other exciting projects are taking place in the science lab!
Important people on Twitter

​George Couros @gcouros
Tom Daccord ‏@thomasdaccord
Michael Mantra @mrmantra
Cohort 21 @cohort21
Justin Medved @jmedved
Garth Nichols @think_teach
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Work from the lab