
Future-ready students need to be creative. They need to know how to communicate their ideas and how to collaborate as problem solvers. To master these and other twenty-first-century requirements, they will need to be critical thinkers. Engaged students are more likely to internalize learning and apply it to situations beyond the classroom. So how can you get your learners to engage?
Follow Brian’s journey from his early days as a substitute teacher, to more recently, as a University Instructor, three time TEDx speaker, best selling author and Canadian Prime Minister’s Award Recipient For Teaching Excellence.

Some interesting thoughts that I also have been struggling with. When I reflect on technology, makerspace, and following the student’s interests I become very excited as the possibilities are endless for true learning and growth. My excitement dwindles as discussions in staff rooms and around schools focus on the reporting aspect of public education and the obligation to cover the vast curriculum. That thinking is always in the back of my mind and I am not sure how to quiet that voice and just go for it to see where the students lead me and if I can work the curriculum in.
Maybe invite some students along for the ride and see what they think, what observations they have about what works, what sparks them to want to learn more, and what opportunities they might suggest that would engage them fully..