Next year The Stoppels Show will be moving from Brookfield High School to Woodroffe High School to teach in their General Learning...

Last weekend I was at the Bronson Centre (in Ottawa) to see one of my top three favorite bands, Less Than Jake. But one of the opening...

Today we're celebrating #GivingTuesday! It is touted as a "global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations...

Hi All, I just wanted to reach out with another update! There's one more week in Movember and I've absolutely CRUSHED my goal! I...

If you're interested, take a look at this website to follow along what I'll be doing with my classes this semester. I decided to take the...

Language or Learning? At the last PD Day, we started the day talking about Building Belonging Classrooms. It’s not really a new concept,...

Mr. Stephen Lecce, The public education system in Ontario was designed with an outcome of “knowing.” Students go to school from...

I just started teaching at a new school this year. I'm really excited about the new challenge and the fresh start! The last school...

Teachers need to stop talking about teaching. We need to start talking about learning. Students don't need more direct instruction. ...

The title of this blog post seems simple enough, and yet, after reading Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta, he pointed it out, we get it all...

When we invite students into our classroom, tell them to sit down, open their books and get out something to write with so that they can...

The Process This is the process I want to use to promote lifelong learning for my students. What’s the question? I use Sugata Mitra’s...

This letter is a call to action to all my fellow teachers in Ontario. Stephen Lecce and Doug Ford love to brag about how Ontario has the...

2020 has by far been the best year of my career. Hands down. The global pandemic has seriously put a damper on a lot of things, and I...

“Punk rock changed our lives,” is the opening line to Sublime’s 40oz. To Freedom Album and I couldn’t agree more. The Punk Rock...

I found out that I would be teaching SBI3U for the first time in the first quadmester about a week before it started. I taught the...

I did a fetal pig dissection with my grade 11 biology class today and it was awesome! And the best part was it was not for marks. The...

I was driving into school this morning with a half-assed plan about what I wanted to do with my classes today. I was listening to the...

I love flying. But I'm not a pilot. However, one of my best friends is! I remember getting the opportunity to get into the back seat of...

Life is crazy, man. Especially these days! This week has been an especially tough one as far as finding motivation goes. Imagine how...