Learning Outside

Day 29 (of 187) – October 15th, 2018

It’s been 3 days since my last blog. This might be a reoccurring theme… me catching up on my daily blog of learning… BUT… I do appreciate the time to think, reflect, and land. Literally… LAND. I’ve got to remember to register for the UBC MOOC on Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education AGAIN. What I took away from the last time I took this online 6-week course was LAND IS IDENTITY. That course validates how I feel here in Prince George and how I directed my learning in EDUC 454 – Quantitative Approaches to Environmental Education. I’m presenting at the Northwest Math Conference in Whistler this upcoming Provincial Pro-D day and I am presenting about what I have learned building math efficacy while teaching EDUC 454 at SFU Burnaby Campus in 2017.

On this Monday, I learned more about my PLACE at UNBC. I just discovered a new wing of UNBC campus and I am always curious about learning about where I am working this school year. It’s a beautiful facility. I have to remind myself to WALK to get to know my place better, but also take the opportunity to explore and learn. Of course, I was just leaving a meeting this afternoon and I was looking through the windows thinking about a conversation I had with my colleague about learning spaces and learning places. A one end of the hallway, all I could see was the greenery of the courtyard (where baby deer was born last year). As I walk through the hallway, I see this. My colleague teaching students OUTSIDE. A nice surprise. Loved it. Let’s find ways to learn outside.