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By Dominic Maggiolo on May 10, 2016

Character Profile Sheet

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Character Name: Stonelord Orsik Granitebeard. “Nerd” – voice in at a distance.

Full Name: Dominic Maggiolo.

Nick Name: My students call me Mr. D.

Origin: Born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario.

Current Location: Vancouver, British Columbia.

Language(s): French and English.

Careers:

  • Current: I teach grades 5 & 6 at Henry Hudson Elementary in Vancouver.
  • Past: Before teaching, I worked as a cartographer and researcher. I had all the bells and whistles; including up-to-date data sets, technology to run and develop maps, and the privilege of working with a small team of scientists and GIS nerds, all with the common goal of saving the environment. It was cool work, but teaching is better.

Trained in:

  • Undergraduate: Geography/GIS – Laurentian University.
  • Undergraduate: B.Ed. – University of Ottawa.
  • Graduate: MET. – University of British Columbia.
  • Other: I took a clown course. I can juggle and paint my face…

Friends/Allies: Good coffee, my bike hand-pump, optimal WIFI, a great support healer in role playing games and my lovely future wife.

Enemies: Capitalism, weak coffee and terrible pedagogical trends and buzzwords.

Beliefs/Religion: Science, FTW.

Dreams/Life Goals: Visit and fish in as many lakes as possible.

Hobbies:

  • I play soccer twice a week.
  • A year-round cyclist.
  • Amateur cook. I like making bread.
  • I do orienteering, weekly.
  • I hike and scramble mountains.
  • My fiancé and I camp often with our dog.
  • I play a lot of video games and role playing games.

What’s it like in my class: My class and I run a pretty impressive school garden. Currently we are at 3 beds producing vegetables, 70 + pots of potatoes and 4 pollinator gardens. I hope to continue growing this in the future. I tend to run my classroom like an alternative classroom and have seen nothing but positive results and good feedback from students and parents. I have 3 couches and a bunch of alternative seating, NO desks. We learn in different ways and challenge them to be different in how they want to learn. It’s a good space.

Other: I’m looking forward to this course, not only because it is NOT on Blackboard (lame) but because it SEEMS to want to be innovative in some way, which is exciting. This is my 7th course. I’m getting married this summer so I’ll most likely be trying my best to get stuff done ahead of time. Professionally and academically I’m mostly interested in cybercultures, games theory and critical digital pedagogy. 

Contact:

Pretty much everything + more that I said here is on one of these avenues. Feel free to connect.

Site: www.dominicmaggiolo.com

Twitter: @tchrdom (feel free to connect)

Medium: https://medium.com/@dmaggiolo

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14 May Posted on Hey hey!

Nice intro, Dominic! Weak coffee is also my enemy. Your background is interesting. I have a good friend who studied as a cartographer and I thoroughly enjoy hearing her speak about the creation of maps. Looking forward to engaging with you on this course. Regards, Esther

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esthertester @estherdu

Nice intro, Dominic! Weak coffee is also my enemy. Your background is interesting. I have a good friend who studied as a cartographer and I thoroughly enjoy hearing her speak about the creation of maps. Looking forward to engaging with you on this course. Regards, Esther

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12 May Posted on Hey hey!

Hey Sarah, thanks for the comment and nice to meet you! With scrambling, you should only be really attempting it if you're experienced as well as with others who are experienced. The terrain can change quite frequently. Last summer I was out with a friend camping for a few days and we scrambled a montain in the area. Unfortunately when we got up we noticed our "down" path was covered in ice and snow. We didn't have our ice axe or proper boots for snow. Anyway. Just to say even with experience, nature can surprise you. As for my classroom, we rotate spaces on a weekly basis. For the most part, my students are able (as I let them too) to work in all parts of the school including the space we have here in the classroom. We're quite active so its rare I have most of my students in my class all at once. Some decide to go in the library, others in the stairwell. It works and its super cool to see.

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Dominic Maggiolo @maggiolo

Hey Sarah, thanks for the comment and nice to meet you! With scrambling, you should only be really attempting it if you're experienced as well as with others who are experienced. The terrain can change quite frequently. Last summer I was out with a friend camping for a few days and we scrambled a montain in the area. Unfortunately when we got up we noticed our "down" path was covered in ice and snow. We didn't have our ice axe or proper boots for snow. Anyway. Just to say even with experience, nature can surprise you. As for my classroom, we rotate spaces on a weekly basis. For the most part, my students are able (as I let them too) to work in all parts of the school including the space we have here in the classroom. We're quite active so its rare I have most of my students in my class all at once. Some decide to go in the library, others in the stairwell. It works and its super cool to see.

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11 May Posted on Hey hey!

Hey Dominic, Love the "Character Profile," especially your character name! Totally agree that strong coffee is a must. Also, I had to look up scrambling a mountain AND orienteering. That's mighty brave of you. Pretty sure I would freak right out lost in the woods. Your garden project sounds really cool and so does your classroom. This year I was able to design (with some limitations) a 21st-century classroom and implement it. We do have pods of tables that pull apart into different configurations, tall enough to be a standing workstation, but I do love the idea of no desks. Do you lay down any ground rules about the space or let your students kind of "tire kick" and figure out how they want to use it? ~ Sarah

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Sarah @sarneal

Hey Dominic, Love the "Character Profile," especially your character name! Totally agree that strong coffee is a must. Also, I had to look up scrambling a mountain AND orienteering. That's mighty brave of you. Pretty sure I would freak right out lost in the woods. Your garden project sounds really cool and so does your classroom. This year I was able to design (with some limitations) a 21st-century classroom and implement it. We do have pods of tables that pull apart into different configurations, tall enough to be a standing workstation, but I do love the idea of no desks. Do you lay down any ground rules about the space or let your students kind of "tire kick" and figure out how they want to use it? ~ Sarah

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11 May Posted on Hey hey!

Hey Cole, nice to meet you! Squamish is a rad area and we're often there for day hikes. Might head to Elfin Lakes to do our yearly hike there soon. I love Brohm lake. Its such a nice place to swim. I use to do a lot of geocaching in University but got out of it a year after. Now I do orienteering, which is different. Have you ever done it? Its fun and great to do if you have a family as well. I'm actually a trained social studies HS teacher, but working at the elementary level, haha. Look forwarding to learning from you as well.

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Dominic Maggiolo @maggiolo

Hey Cole, nice to meet you! Squamish is a rad area and we're often there for day hikes. Might head to Elfin Lakes to do our yearly hike there soon. I love Brohm lake. Its such a nice place to swim. I use to do a lot of geocaching in University but got out of it a year after. Now I do orienteering, which is different. Have you ever done it? Its fun and great to do if you have a family as well. I'm actually a trained social studies HS teacher, but working at the elementary level, haha. Look forwarding to learning from you as well.

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10 May Posted on Hey hey!

Hello Dominic Maggiolo! I really enjoyed reading your introduction post. It seems like you and I have a lot common interests. Even though I teach high school in Surrey I love to go hiking in Southwestern BC. In fact I'm going with a few friends to hike around Brohm Lake and the Tantalus Ridge Viewpoint this upcoming Saturday morning. I was wondering when you said you do orienteering weekly are you talking about Geocaching? It is an activity I have been introducing to my Social Studies classes in the last two years. It have been very popular with the students and because of geocaching and earthcaches they are now starting to understanding what GPS technology is all about. I am looking forward to learning from you this semester.

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cole anderson @coleande

Hello Dominic Maggiolo! I really enjoyed reading your introduction post. It seems like you and I have a lot common interests. Even though I teach high school in Surrey I love to go hiking in Southwestern BC. In fact I'm going with a few friends to hike around Brohm Lake and the Tantalus Ridge Viewpoint this upcoming Saturday morning. I was wondering when you said you do orienteering weekly are you talking about Geocaching? It is an activity I have been introducing to my Social Studies classes in the last two years. It have been very popular with the students and because of geocaching and earthcaches they are now starting to understanding what GPS technology is all about. I am looking forward to learning from you this semester.

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