Vibrio Educational Network

A collobratory of education professionals. See pinned tweet for details.

[Vibrio Educational Network @NetworkVibrio]

Well, hello. Here is what I'm thinking.

[Calgary Public Library @calgarylibrary]

A new curriculum is being proposed for Alberta grades K-6. On June 29, join us as we discuss the proposal with educators from @mountroyal4u, examining the potential benefits and challenges of the plan: https://t.co/6hsMc2dyWq #calgaryschools #yyc #yyckids

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So many opportunities for thinking and wondering and noticing...

[Werklund School @UCalgaryEduc]

Our new online database details 250+ books, poems, songs, art collections & websites by Indigenous creators. This resource will help K-12 teachers bring Indigenous storytelling into the classroom. Visit: https://t.co/O7qbbRosQ4 #WorldBookDay #Indigenousknowledge #abed #curriculum

[Dianne Gereluk @dianne_gereluk]

This is an incredibly helpful website for those who want to read different scholarly analyses of the draft Alberta curriculum. https://t.co/IYt3F2TlRy

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@cfquinnhall In the middle, where we always are.

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I’ve been thinking about the ethical space of consent in classroom-based assessment - what it is that students implicitly agree to when their learning is subjected to evaluation and how they assent to that information being used. Thoughts on who I should be reading on this topic?

[Collette QH @cfquinnhall]

@NetworkVibrio Reading Gayatri Spivak. “We all know that when we engage profoundly with one person, the responses come from both sides: this is responsibility and accountability...The object of ethical action is not an object of benevolence, for here responses flow from both sides.”

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@ArmstrongYYC

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OK. So. If we agree that curriculum development in AB requires the collective efforts of students, parents, experts, Elders and teachers operating at arm’s length from the provincial government, it makes no sense to sit around and wait for the government to create such a body.

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@ArmstrongYYC Was it the choice of fonts that gave away its age?

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Rather than trying to convince the powers that be that this is the right thing to do, what if we do the right thing and let the work speak for itself?

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Listening to Landemore discuss participatory democratic processes to address complex societal issues has me all fired up about the notion of a citizens’ assembly for curriculum development. https://t.co/kWP8MyPU4X

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@dinnerwithjulie This is your daily reminder that YOU DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS. We love you. This would be fantastic. You don't have time to teach Foods to 9000 online learners.

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Allies like this make me all weepy with gratitude.

[Kent Sutherland @SutherlandProd]

An open letter from the Alberta Music Advocacy Alliance to The Honourable Adriana LaGrange about the draft #Alberta Curriculum #ab #abed #ableg #yegarts #yycarts #yeg #yyc #yegmusic #yycmusic

[Vibrio Educational Network @NetworkVibrio]

If you are looking for a proper backstory on curriculum development in Alberta, start here. (You can probably end here, too; she’s that good.)

[University of Alberta Faculty of Education @UAlbertaEd]

Dr. Dwayne Donald interview with Windspeaker online regarding the UCP draft K-6 curriculum. https://t.co/nxf4zswfkc #indigenousknowledge #abed #abcurriculum

[MJ @MjMjeverett]

The actual data speaks for itself as opposed to the way the narrative has been spun by the Minister.

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@ca_orr @AllisonColpitts That's really interesting. Thanks for sharing!

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There has been much debate around the draft k-6 curriculum documents released by the Alberta government last week. Unlike most posts and opinion papers I’ve read, I *don’t* think our provincial government should make revisions to this curriculum. Hear me out.