Author Archives: rjohannson

As my final blog entry in PME 811, I have a few thoughts about what has struck me the greatest from the course. When thinking about the concept of innovation I have seen lots of literature on what makes good innovation, what may look like innovation and is not, and what bad innovations may lookContinue reading “This is the End”

As one of my last musings for this course, I have happened back upon this topic that we seem to have as our innovation goddess. I can think of many times through the years that some new technology was promised to be the next greatest thing in advancing the field of education and learning. InContinue reading “Technology not just a type of dance-logy”

So why does educational innovation take so long to proceed? This is an age old question. Just the other day we were discussing in a staff meeting the concept of outcomes based reporting, noncummulative reporting, absence of percentages on middle school report cards, going paperless with report cards and so on. These ideas or conceptsContinue reading “Educational Innovation for All!”

While reading an article for my PME class, I was struck by an interesting part. The author of the article was lamenting the fact that even though his country comes up with lots of great innovations in the educational field, it does a really poor job of implementation. The amount of resources poured into innovationContinue reading “Globalizing Innovation in Education”

In the past week I have had to self-evaluate my progress in the PME course. I often make my students self-evaluate. And the results are often unpredictable and sometimes amusing. Self-Evaluation is fascinating, for people who enjoy talking about themselves and have a strong sense of confidence in their abilities it is easy to evaluate.Continue reading “The Value of Self-Evaluation”

Whenever I teach about gender issues, First Nations issues, colonial issues amongst the many other that we teach about I find it difficult at times. The reason for this is that I do not have the experiences of any of these groups that were oppressed or minimized with their dealings with the Anglo-Saxon male. HistoricallyContinue reading “Gender and First Nations”

A thought occurred to me while writing my last post. The teaching profession like so many others loves looking for and implementing the next great thing. In my 20 years of teaching and learning, and my 18 years of learning prior to that (and no it didn’t take me that long to finish high school….)Continue reading “Innovation it is Everywhere”

In preparation for the Module 2 assignment defining the terms innovation, creativity, teaching, and learning I have been wandering the internet, reading articles, and watching Youtube clips on various topics. After emerging from an off topic tangent inside Youtube (which happens often, given the amount of fun content on the internet these days), it madeContinue reading “In the Pines: It’s a Wilderness out There.”

For the past 20 years I have watched the shape of education in Alberta go through various changes. This evolution of education philosophy has at times been interesting and fun and at other times has been nerve wracking and stressful. I have always considered myself a life long learner, and I have always enjoyed lookingContinue reading “Innovation in Learning First Thoughts”

Hello, my name is Ryan Johannson, I am a high school teacher in Central Alberta. Social Studies and the Industrial Arts are the areas of specialty I currently work in. I have been teaching for 19 years in the same school division that I myself was educated in. I live out in the country onContinue reading “Introduce Yourself”