​The WAY Game brings together classroom participation, teamwork, curriculum review, and student-created questions and activities.

Students can contribute through seven games:

Answer It, Act It, Draw It, Spell It, Question It, Speak It, and Move It.

Several tools support the game:

WAY Cards help organize participation, teams, and classroom responsibilities.

Pathfinder gives students an opportunity to reflect on their interests, strengths, and goals.

CAP Notes provide a structure for recording and reflecting on learning.

Game Cards allow students to create questions and activities based on what they've learned.

The aim is to give students more opportunities to participate actively in their education.

Teachers can introduce these tools individually before organizing a complete WAY Game.

Entrepreneurial Project-Based Learning encourages students to apply what they've learned by creating something meaningful.

Projects might include:

• A classroom performance or puppet play

• An art exhibition

• A student-created product

• A community service project

• A classroom fundraiser or business simulation

Students can practise planning, communication, cooperation, creativity, budgeting, and problem-solving.

Not every project needs to make money.

Sometimes the most valuable outcome is learning to create something useful for others.

​Classroom Teachers

Begin with WAY Cards, introduce CAP Notes, or explore the complete WAY Game.

Substitute and Guest Teachers

Explore the Sub Plot, a collection of practical activities that can supplement assigned lessons when appropriate.

Students

Learn how to participate, create Game Cards, organize information, and reflect on what you've learned.

Parents and Grandparents

Discover ways to encourage learning, ask thoughtful questions, and share meaningful activities with children.

Homeschoolers

Adapt the WAY Game, CAP Notes, and project-based learning activities to your own learning environment.

Retired Teachers and Community Volunteers

Explore opportunities to share your experience, organize learning activities, or introduce the WAY Game in appropriate community settings.

TeacherPreneurs

Consider how SWAY tools and techniques might support educational services, workshops, community activities, and other ventures.

​Digital lesson planning can help teachers organize curriculum content, prepare activities, present information, and develop reusable lessons.

SWAY Canada includes examples and templates developed using SMART Notebook and related digital teaching techniques.

The emphasis is on creating lessons that have a clear purpose, encourage participation, and include opportunities for reflection.

Technology is a tool, not the objective.

A well-organized lesson can be effective with or without a SMART Board.

​After 33 years in the classroom, I retired with a collection of teaching tools, techniques, and ideas that I wasn't ready to put away.

Some had worked well. Others had evolved through years of trial and error.

I wanted to share what I'd learned with people who might find it useful.

That's how SWAY Canada came about.

SWAY stands for A SMART WAY to Learn, Earn, and Play.

It's a collection of practical educational resources intended to encourage participation, reflection, creativity, responsibility, and learning through experience.

You don't have to join a program, attend a training session, or change everything about the way you teach.

Explore the resources, choose something useful, and try it for yourself.

​I suggest starting with one resource that addresses something you'd like to improve or explore.

To encourage classroom participation, start with WAY Cards.

If you want students to reflect on their learning, explore CAP Notes.

To help students create questions and activities, introduce Game Cards.

For team learning, watch a WAY Game classroom demonstration.

If you want to improve your digital lesson organization, explore SMART Digital Lesson Planning.

If you want students to create something for a real audience, investigate Entrepreneurial Project-Based Learning.

If you're a substitute teacher, start with the Sub Plot.

You don't have to learn everything at once.