Friday, May 14, 2010 Are you a teacher looking to use online games in the classroom? Interested in issues relating to education and technology? Check out this week’s top links! 1)  Assessment is always ...

Wednesday, May 12, 2010 You can find comprehensive Teachers’ Guides for grades 4-10 at PathoftheElders.com, but to get you started here are 3 easy ideas for integrating On the Path of the Elders into ...

Monday, May 10, 2010 While you’re busy avoiding black bears and trying not to sink your canoe at PathoftheElders.com, don’t forget to check out our extensive photo gallery! Browse through pages ...

... and motivation in her blog post “The Effectiveness of Educational Gaming and the New Possibilities of Engaged Learning.” This is a fairly quick read that will give you some basic information about the ...

Thursday, May 6, 2010 Do You Know What “Pine” Means? We ran into a problem during the creation of On the Path of the Elders: we couldn’t find the literal translation of “pine”. Maybe this doesn’t sound ...

... the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Culture Online Strategy. Created with additional financial assistance from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and the Inukshuk Fund. ...

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 Listen to Mary Linklater describe women’s work in the Mushkegowuk Cree community: Women’s work - Path of the Elders Or listen to Gilbert Faries recount a Cree myth: Why the ...

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Are you looking for innovative ways to connect your students to Aboriginal culture and history? While creating On the Path of the Elders, we found a surprising lack of interactive ...

... project was made possible with the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Culture Online Strategy. Created with additional financial assistance from Indian and Northern Affairs ...

Monday, April 5, 2010 A fatality inquiry into a Tsuu T’ina teenager’s suicide demonstrates the urgent necessity for more Aboriginal-focused resources like PathoftheElders.com: Fatality report into Tsuu ...

Thursday, April 1, 2010 This is the revolutionary but easily overlooked statement Jane McGonigal makes during her Ted talk on how gaming can make a better world. “We have to start making the real world ...

Monday, March 29, 2010 This is the question Jane McGonigal asks in her inspired Ted Talk, “Gaming Can Make a Better World”: After launching On the Path of the Elders last week, it was rewarding to ...

Friday, March 26, 2010 The public launch of PathoftheElders.com on Wednesday, March 24th was celebrated by the project’s collaborators and select members of the public at Carleton University’s Art Gallery. ...

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 We’re pleased to announce the launch of PathOfTheElders.com! What: PathOfTheElders.com is a free online educational resource exploring the culture and history of the Mushkegowuk ...

Monday, March 22, 2010 Reading my previous post, you may have come to the conclusion that I am against the concept of winning in game-based learning. This is not true. Winning defines the majority ...

... project was made possible with the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Culture Online Strategy. Created with additional financial assistance from Indian and Northern Affairs ...

Saturday, March 13, 2010 Do you “walk and use your feet” to get to work? Do you “work and write a report”? Of course not. The “and” is self-evident. So why do we use phrases like “education and technology” ...

Saturday, March 13, 2010 “Not all Aboriginal communities experience youth suicide. ... 90 per cent of the suicides take place in just 10 per cent of B.C. communities.” (Honouring Life Network) These ...

... with the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Culture Online Strategy. Created with additional financial assistance from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and the Inukshuk ...

Thursday, March 4, 2010 This was one of the questions we faced while creating On the Path of the Elders -- a free, online educational resource that explores Cree and Ojibway history and culture, in particular ...