What - A Better WAY to Learn, Teach, and Play
Why - Because the 'Nothing' is Coming
How - Learn to play, play to learn.
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Teachers today face an impossible task. Classrooms are louder, attention spans are shorter, and expectations keep rising. More rules, more discipline plans, and more technology have not solved the problem. The truth is simple.
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The best discipline tool a teacher has is a great lesson. When students are curious, challenged, and working together toward something meaningful, behaviour problems fade into the background. SWAY Canada was created to help teachers do exactly that. Through simple tools like CAP Notebooks, Pathfinder Profiles, and the WAY Game, teachers can turn everyday lessons into collaborative projects where students:
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• think
• create
• solve problems
• and share their learning with others
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Instead of competing for attention, students become teammates on a mission. The goal is simple: Better lessons. Stronger relationships. More joyful classrooms. If you are a teacher, parent, or school leader who believes learning should be engaging, creative, and meaningful, you are in the right place.
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Welcome to SWAY Canada. Welcome to my Virtual Classroom
the WAY Game
a Grade 5 Demonstration
Here's the plan:
1. Recruit grade five teachers.
2. Demonstrate to grade five teachers.
3. Apologize, then teach grade six, teachers.
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One Class - One Day
Brian created this mess and will help your class understand the who, what, when, where and especially the whys. Invite a couple of parent volunteers to observe and help out.
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In The End
Learn WAY Cards - Multi-use Student Identity Cards
Learn Pathfinder - Student Learning Profile
Learn CAP Notebooks - Graphic Organizers
Play with WAY Game Cards - Create a History of You
Free and available to all 365/24/7
I'll walk you through playway.ca so you can walk alone; then with others.
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WAY Game Simulation
Feedback Survey - the Good, Bad & Ugly.
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Hi, my name is Brian; I'm a retired teacher from Calgary. Allow me to guide you through my Virtual Classroom. Along the way, you will learn more about people, how you learn, and how to turn lessons into popular games.
Do you want to play?
Listen to a Teacher's Stories
Evergreen Support
I continue to make this site more user-friendly by clearly designing focus questions, steps, files, and training videos. Your Teacher or Parent Volunteer learns how to play and teaches you with the help of this virtual 'Textbook'.
This means - self-directed, you do it, and if you get stuck, ask your Study Buddy, AI, to help.
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It all depends on your roles and responsibilities as to what you take from this site. There is something for everybody.
CAP Notebooks
1} Preserve and respect learning.
2} Create a History of You!
3} Transform Ideas into Reality.
4} Turn Lessons into Games!
Print a CAP Note
Study this Site!
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