Path of The Elders Blog

So, how are you at reading animal tracks and hard-nose bargaining? THE NEAT THING ABOUT THE TRAPPING GAME IS THAT IT INVOLVES A LOT MORE THAN SIMPLY CATCHING ANIMALS. First of all, you need t...

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“... we have sold ourselves into a fast food model of education. And it’s impoverishing our spirit and our energies as much as fast food is depleting our physical bodies.” – Sir Ken Robin...

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AFTER YOU WATCH THE E LDERS’ STORIES VIDEO COLLECTION AT PATHOFTHEELDERS.COM , CHECK OUT “THE BATTLE FOR ABORIGINAL TREATY RIGHTS” IN THE CBC’S DIGITAL ARCHIVES WEBSITE.  Through 17 s...

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While you’re busy getting ready for the upcoming contest by playing the games at PathoftheElders.com , don’t forget to check out some of its other features! THE ELDERS’ STORIES VIDEO COLLE...

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FROM USING GAME-BASED LEARNING (GBL) FOR JOB TRAINING, TO HOW NAZIS USED GAME BOARDS AS PART OF THEIR PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN, HERE ARE THIS WEEK’S TOP LINKS! What stands out for me in these arti...

http://pathoftheelders.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-games-affect-our-lives-from-job.html

THINK YOU’VE GOT PATH OF THE ELDERS ALL FIGURED OUT? PROVE IT. PATH OF THE ELDERS IS GETTING READY TO ANNOUNCE ITS JUNE CONTEST! So, have you been practicing your canoeing and portaging s...

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THE HEALING GAME : THIS WEEK'S FEATURE! ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR GAMES AT PATHOFTHEELDERS.COM , THE HEALING GAME IS MODELED AFTER AN OLD-FASHIONED SCAVENGER HUNT! It’s up to you to collect a...

http://pathoftheelders.blogspot.com/2010/05/learn-cree-language-during-scavenger.html

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 a hot to...

http://pathoftheelders.blogspot.com/2010/05/this-week-in-education-and-serious.html

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 THE CLASSROOM!�...

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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 of rare photogra...

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ALL WORN OUT FROM MOOSE HUNTING, TRAPPING, AND CANOEING ON PATHOFTHEELDERS.COM ? Check out this week’s interesting articles on education, technology, and games! 1) Nicola Whitton’s blog ab...

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 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 s...

http://pathoftheelders.blogspot.com/2010/05/preserving-cree-language-path-of-elders.html

Looking for a little inspiration? Check out Adora Svitak’s recent TED Talk, “What Adults Can Learn from Kids”: Just twelve years old, Adora has published two books, been interviewed on nu...

http://pathoftheelders.blogspot.com/2010/04/case-for-irrationality.html

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 squirrel has...

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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 online reso...

http://pathoftheelders.blogspot.com/2010/04/5-free-educational-interactive-websites.html

HAVE YOU NOTICED THERE IS A SURPRISING OVERLAP BETWEEN EARLY EPIC (QUEST-BASED) VIDEO GAMES AND VICTORIAN GOTHIC NOVELS? If you’re unfamiliar with the Gothic genre, think Dracula or Frankenst...

http://pathoftheelders.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-gaming-survived-gothic-renaissance.html

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 T'ina sui...

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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 more like a...

http://pathoftheelders.blogspot.com/2010/04/we-have-to-start-making-real-world-more.html

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 listen to McGo...

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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. Terr...

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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 Cree and A...

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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 of our lives: ...

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You may remember my first post discussed how game-based learning gives students freedom from failure.  So I think it’s time we talked about winning. GAMING VS REALITY Jesse Schell, Profe...

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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 technolo...

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“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 were the find...

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