Krispii

krispii is a philosophy. A philosophy which emphasizes that everything we do has to have value and purpose. Ultimately, our goal is to create critical and creative thinkers who are able to make connections - with each other, with their educators, and between ideas. We are compelled to empower learners of all ages to make a difference - whatever tha... t is or wherever it may be. We don't just make "a platform" and load it with content. What we provide is a flexible, simple, creative infrastructure for teaching and learning. krispii makes learning possible at any level. We are all students. We are all teachers. At the core of what we do is the old Latin principle, Docendo discimus: the best way to learn something is to teach it. We firmly believe that ideas are best understood when we can establish that no subject domain is an island, and that fostering those connections between domains is paramount to creating critical and creative thinkers. At krispii, everything we do - from the toolset to our core library - ultimately empowers teachers and students to focus on exploring and expressing those connections. Donna and Petros, with the help of Andrew and a few others, produced, wrote, designed, edited, and directed the production of a Grade 6 Learning and Evaluation Situation (LES) about wolves. The project focused specifically on the Great Bear Rainforest - with the help of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the photography of Ian McAllister. This served as a model for all future projects. Now knee-deep in projects on subjects as varied as farming, technology, ecology, advertising, conservation and self-expression, we saw the need for an online library of freely-available classroom resources for Québec educators. Over time, the library developed into a dynamic streaming-ready resource centre for ELA teachers in both the English and the French systems across Québec. Educators in other provinces also expressed interest.. We continued honing our production skills on a wide range of projects: farms, social ...Read More