About the Teacher
I've been teaching at KCI since 1991, and I was also a student here in the 80's (with big hair and leg warmers). I've worked with environmental clubs, social justice clubs, Me2We, GSA, multi-cultural clubs, a Gender Equity club from way back, and the Transformers. My educational background is in philosophy, social sciences, art, and religion.
Contact Info: E-mail me at snyder271@gmail.com, message me on facebook, or leave a message at 519-745-6851 x 589. I reply to e-mail and FB messages fastest.
Need to see me?
My schedule from September 2017 to January 2018:
Before School - I'm usually in 271 by 7:30.
A, B, & C - Teaching - Please don't interrupt (8:20-11:30).
Lunch - room 115 or 271 - COME IN (Tuesdays - library supervision)
D - Prep - I'm usually in 115, but you might find me in 271 later in the term
E - My MSIP in 270 - COME IN
After School - I'm often in 271 until about 3:30.
Let me know if you need to meet at a different time. Please don't hesitate to ask for help. Your taxes pay my salary!
Club links: Come see me if you want to start a club. In the past few years I've supervised and helped facilitate OneEarth, Fed/Prov, and KCI-PIRG.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
E-mail is fastest, easiest, and preferred: snyder271@gmail.com
You can call, but sometimes I'm in front of a class (see above): 519-745-6851 x271.
You can call and leave a message, but I don't check messages as often as e-mail because I almost never have any: (519-745-6851 x589)
I've summarized useful books, essays, and documentaries here.
Some of my PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION posts are here:
On Classroom Discussion
On Student Stress and Workloads
On Time Limits on Work - Expectations and Due Dates
On Incompetent Grads and "Counterfeit" Diplomas
On Why We're Reading Primary Source Documents Even Though It's Hard
On the Stickiness (and Necessity) of Repeated Information
On the Perception that Hard Work is Bad for Mental Health
On Finnish Schools and Why They Work
On the Usefulness of Final Exams
On Sex Ed and Double Standards
On Lit Tests and Stifling Ability with Devices
On Teaching the Differently-Abled
On the Importance of Learning Your Limitations
On the Usefulness of Boredom
Book Clubs Across Schools
Constructivism/Progressive Schooling (I'm not a fan):
On Educational Reform
On the New Math
On Schools Stifling Creativity
On Education, Stress, and Success - and Letting Kids Fail
On Teaching Through Video Games for Digital Natives
On Teaching as a Profession (pro-union stance):
On Unions and Boycotts
On Evaluating Teachers: A Long Time isn't always a Good Time
On Teacher Accountability
On Protesting Job Action
On the Importance of Workers' Rights
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION:
Copy any of my assignments or handouts freely and without credit. I'm not in it for the glory.
GENERAL WRITING:
I wrote a chapter on Sartre's existentialism in Louis C.K. and Philosophy
When I have time, I blog about the environment, movies, philosophy, and education.
Random Articles in the News (by or about me)
A Teacher's Guide for the HSB 4MI course
Writing By Tens, Vol 1 (edited a collection of our students' writing - 2011-12)
Some Favourite Links:
Ted Talks - my favourites
(Compare Ken Robinson's views with Steve Dutch's ideas)
illdoctrine
Hyperbole and a Half
Monbiot
Greg Palast
dustbury
Montreal Simon
Some Favourite Books:
How the World Works - Noam Chomsky
The Chrysalids - John Wyndham
Status Anxiety - Alain de Botton
The Drunkard's Walk - Leonard Mlodinow
The Essays - Michel de Montaigne
Civilization and Its Discontents - Sigmund Freud
Heat - George Monbiot
The Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
The Zoo Story - Edward Albee
The Shock Doctrine - Naomi Klein
Armed Madhouse - Greg Palast
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu
Contact Info: E-mail me at snyder271@gmail.com, message me on facebook, or leave a message at 519-745-6851 x 589. I reply to e-mail and FB messages fastest.
Need to see me?
My schedule from September 2017 to January 2018:
Before School - I'm usually in 271 by 7:30.
A, B, & C - Teaching - Please don't interrupt (8:20-11:30).
Lunch - room 115 or 271 - COME IN (Tuesdays - library supervision)
D - Prep - I'm usually in 115, but you might find me in 271 later in the term
E - My MSIP in 270 - COME IN
After School - I'm often in 271 until about 3:30.
Let me know if you need to meet at a different time. Please don't hesitate to ask for help. Your taxes pay my salary!
Club links: Come see me if you want to start a club. In the past few years I've supervised and helped facilitate OneEarth, Fed/Prov, and KCI-PIRG.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
E-mail is fastest, easiest, and preferred: snyder271@gmail.com
You can call, but sometimes I'm in front of a class (see above): 519-745-6851 x271.
You can call and leave a message, but I don't check messages as often as e-mail because I almost never have any: (519-745-6851 x589)
I've summarized useful books, essays, and documentaries here.
Some of my PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION posts are here:
On Classroom Discussion
On Student Stress and Workloads
On Time Limits on Work - Expectations and Due Dates
On Incompetent Grads and "Counterfeit" Diplomas
On Why We're Reading Primary Source Documents Even Though It's Hard
On the Stickiness (and Necessity) of Repeated Information
On the Perception that Hard Work is Bad for Mental Health
On Finnish Schools and Why They Work
On the Usefulness of Final Exams
On Sex Ed and Double Standards
On Lit Tests and Stifling Ability with Devices
On Teaching the Differently-Abled
On the Importance of Learning Your Limitations
On the Usefulness of Boredom
Book Clubs Across Schools
Constructivism/Progressive Schooling (I'm not a fan):
On Educational Reform
On the New Math
On Schools Stifling Creativity
On Education, Stress, and Success - and Letting Kids Fail
On Teaching Through Video Games for Digital Natives
On Teaching as a Profession (pro-union stance):
On Unions and Boycotts
On Evaluating Teachers: A Long Time isn't always a Good Time
On Teacher Accountability
On Protesting Job Action
On the Importance of Workers' Rights
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION:
Copy any of my assignments or handouts freely and without credit. I'm not in it for the glory.
GENERAL WRITING:
I wrote a chapter on Sartre's existentialism in Louis C.K. and Philosophy
When I have time, I blog about the environment, movies, philosophy, and education.
Random Articles in the News (by or about me)
A Teacher's Guide for the HSB 4MI course
Writing By Tens, Vol 1 (edited a collection of our students' writing - 2011-12)
Some Favourite Links:
Ted Talks - my favourites
(Compare Ken Robinson's views with Steve Dutch's ideas)
illdoctrine
Hyperbole and a Half
Monbiot
Greg Palast
dustbury
Montreal Simon
Some Favourite Books:
How the World Works - Noam Chomsky
The Chrysalids - John Wyndham
Status Anxiety - Alain de Botton
The Drunkard's Walk - Leonard Mlodinow
The Essays - Michel de Montaigne
Civilization and Its Discontents - Sigmund Freud
Heat - George Monbiot
The Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins
The Zoo Story - Edward Albee
The Shock Doctrine - Naomi Klein
Armed Madhouse - Greg Palast
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu
Charlie!
Shhhhh
