Neil Stephenson's Blog – March 2009 Archive (2)

Based on positive feedback from a number of our teachers about the Professional Development model we're using this year, I thought I'd share the format.



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Right now my students are working through a chunk of Canadian History, examining a series of events that lead up to Confederation. In order to have them understand this flow of events, and how they lead from one to another to the final creation of our country, I have asked students to create a timeline. Last year, on a similar chunk of history, I had students use xTimeline, but in the end I wasn't that pleased with the products the students… Continue