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Creating Shared Meaning around the Idea of Colonization
On February 21, 2012, Daily Page prompt that greeted the students was, “What do you know about the word colonize? You may write and/or draw…
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A Center for Learning
Opal School is a learning place for both the young people who come to class daily as well as for educators who attend our workshops…
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Skills for Life
A few months ago, it was hard to open a newspaper or turn on the radio without running into Paul Tough and his book, How…
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Continued explorations and discoveries in writing
Last week, the students celebrated and completed the writing that emerged from the year’s first genre study (previously discussed here and here and related to the outing at Camp…
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Continued explorations and discoveries in writing
Last week, the students celebrated and completed the writing that emerged from the year's first genre study (previously discussed here and here and related to the…
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Opening Doors
We've been thinking deeply about the role of digital technology in learning at Opal School lately. How, we wonder, can we embrace new media in…
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How did Explorer’s Workshop get started in Opal 4?
How do teacher intentions frame a year of project work? Before the school year started, Matt and I looked over the State of Oregon’s social…
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Literacy Studio
What is Literacy Studio? Literacy Studio is an approach to developing increasingly sophisticated reading and writing skills and attitudes through the application of the arts, lived experience,…
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Celebrations: Stone Soup
The social life of the learning community is incomplete if it doesn’t include celebration, festivity, and fantasy. All these are integral parts of the human…
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Experiencing Camp Collins
Camp Collins. Thirty hours of being together, facing new challenges and getting to know ourselves and each other in very new ways. On Friday morning,…
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