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Collins GLS keynote

11-Jun-10

For those of you who werent able to get to this mornings keynote by Alan Collins, here are most of his slides (in text form, and can I just say that I type waaay faster on the iPad than I do on a laptop because of Apples super-smart autocorrect. Thanks Apple!) (though I wish I [...]

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Learning to Paddle: Broad-range Activities

11-Sep-09

Playing on the Edge Here I discuss a structured learning activity, in the broader curriculum of canoeing, that allows for a range of skill levels to engage in, and be challenged by. At Flying Moose Lodge, after campers have had some experience and instruction on how to do the basic C- and J- strokes, and [...]

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Learning to Paddle: Allowing the “Wrong” Way

10-Sep-09

Why Ruddering is Good: There’s a certain structure to learning any task. As educators, we are often cognizant of  ”inefficient” moves, or the “wrong way” to do things (that we may have gone through or done ourselves when learning), and we often try to squash guide learners around these moves. I argue that sometimes it’s [...]

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