The learning blogosphere

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Don’t miss Alex’s video clips he put together on blogging: The learning blogosphere. For no other reason, it is fun to hear his voice overly compressed. But in general, this thoughts are always well contextualized and measured. Will be required watching for my winter course.

Cinema

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Welcome to the Lemmingworks » Cinema is a new page I’ve set up on my blog.

I’ve been thinking about putting together a film series on the topic of children around the world, and present this at Ryerson for ECE students, and others who might be interested. SO I’m making up a list of films here, with annotations and links as I find them. Thoughts and comments appreciated.

1 - Alice in den Städten (Alice in the Cities) - Wenders, Dir.- German (1974)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0069687/
2 - Rabbit Proof Fence - Noyce, Dir. Australia (Aboriginal / English) (2002) http://imdb.com/title/tt0252444/
3 - La Cité des enfants perdus/City of Lost Children - Jeunet, Dir. - France (1995)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0112682/
4 - Io speriamo che me la cavo / Ciao, Professore! - Vertmuller, Dir. - Italian (1992)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0107225/
5 - The Secret Garden - Holland, Dir. - US/UK (1993)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0108071/
6 - Luna Papa - Khudojnazarov, Dir. - [Russian language] Germany / Japan / Tajikistan / Uzbekistan / Austria / Switzerland / France / Russia (1999)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0170259/
7 - Kikujirô no natsu (Kikujiro), Takeshi, Dir. - Japanese (1999)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0199683/
8 - Zamani barayé masti asbha (Time for Drunken Horses) - Ghobadi, Dir. - Iran (Persian/Kurdish) (2000)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0259072/
9 - Istgah-Matrouk (The Deserted Station) - Raisian, Dir. - Iran (2002) -
http://imdb.com/title/tt0333645/
10 - The Incredibles - Bird, Dir. - USA (2004) http://imdb.com/title/tt0317705/
11 - The River - Renoir, Dir. - (English) France/India (1951) http://imdb.com/title/tt0043972/
12 - Natsu no niwa (The Friends) - Shinji Sômai, Dir. - Japan (1994) http://imdb.com/title/tt0110630/
13 - IP5: L’île aux pachydermes (IP5: The Island of Pachyderms) - Beineix, Dir. - French (1995) http://imdb.com/title/tt0104473/
14 - The Wooden Camera - Ntshaveni Wa Luruli, Dir. - France / UK / South Africa (English) (2003) http://imdb.com/title/tt0402590/
15 - Hideous Kinky - MacKinnon, Dir. - UK / France / Morocco (English / French / Arabic )(1998) http://imdb.com/title/tt0136244/
16 - Paddle to the Sea - Bill Mason, Dir. - Canada http://imdb.com/title/tt0060810/
17 - The Great Toy Robbery - Hale Dir. - Canada (1963) http://imdb.com/title/tt0223400/
18 - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (Dr. Seuss) - Rowland, Dir. - US (1953) http://imdb.com/title/tt0045464/

Year-round schooling

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My buddy and mentor was interviewed for the Toronto Star on Year-round schooling for their education blog.

[photo by me, but they didn’t give me credit!]

It’s the middle of summer — should your child be in school? In some boards, including a handful in Greater Toronto, children are in class instead of on vacation. What is year-round schooling? Does it help children learn, and retain what they’ve learned, better than the traditional school calendar? The Star asked Joel Weiss, an expert on the topic, about the strengths and weaknesses of a modified school calendar.

Read it if you’re interested in what the issues surrounding year round schooling is about, and even more so if you’re interested in the history of the school year calendar.