Media Portfolio
Clay McLeod, the owner and operator of Continuum, has created a number of videos, Prezis, posters, and presentations. Here are some of them:
"More Than a Grain of Salt" (Talk presented at TEDxUBCO 2018)
Mindfulness and Engagement (A YouTube video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eaNQMrZZh8
This video introduces the viewer to ideas at the heart of the book A Mindful Teaching Community: Possibilities for Teacher Professional Learning. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498558846/A-Mindful-Teaching-Community-Possibilities-for-Teacher-Professional-Learning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eaNQMrZZh8
This video introduces the viewer to ideas at the heart of the book A Mindful Teaching Community: Possibilities for Teacher Professional Learning. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498558846/A-Mindful-Teaching-Community-Possibilities-for-Teacher-Professional-Learning
Guided Loving-Kindness Meditation (A YouTube Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Dg_dpvMNFc
This video guides the listener through a loving-kindness (Metta) meditation.Guided Loving-Kindness Meditation (A YouTube Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Dg_dpvMNFc
This video guides the listener through a loving-kindness (Metta) meditation.Guided Loving-Kindness Meditation (A YouTube Video)
Mindful, Communicative Kindness (A Prezi)
http://prezi.com/k_so0s4pakqn/mindful-communicative-kindness-for-school/ (for school-aged children or teens) or http://prezi.com/u8x5ie0nbex5/mindful-communicative-kindness/ (for adults)
This Prezi summarizes some of the key ideas about the concept of mindful, communicative kindness, a concept that I developed while working on my Master's thesis.
http://prezi.com/k_so0s4pakqn/mindful-communicative-kindness-for-school/ (for school-aged children or teens) or http://prezi.com/u8x5ie0nbex5/mindful-communicative-kindness/ (for adults)
This Prezi summarizes some of the key ideas about the concept of mindful, communicative kindness, a concept that I developed while working on my Master's thesis.
Here it is on YouTube, narrated by Clay McLeod.
Intellectual Self-Defence: A Teaser Summary (A YouTube Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuxKPoEJG_w
This 5 minute-long video summarizes some of the ideas and concepts that were explored during "Revealing Diversity through Critical Consciousness," a seminar at the Summer Institute in Education 2013 at UBC's Okanagan campus. It briefly introduces the idea of intellectual self-defence and critical consciousness.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuxKPoEJG_w
This 5 minute-long video summarizes some of the ideas and concepts that were explored during "Revealing Diversity through Critical Consciousness," a seminar at the Summer Institute in Education 2013 at UBC's Okanagan campus. It briefly introduces the idea of intellectual self-defence and critical consciousness.
Introduction to Intellectual Self-Defence: The Propaganda Model and How Media Functions and Performs - 2013 (A YouTube Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH24-JzMAHs
This 39 minute-long video summarizes some of the ideas and concepts that were explored in the first session of "Revealing Diversity through Critical Consciousness," a seminar at the Summer Institute in Education 2013 at UBC's Okanagan campus. It reviews some of the key ideas in Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky's propaganda model and Naomi Klein's shock doctrine of disaster capitalism.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH24-JzMAHs
This 39 minute-long video summarizes some of the ideas and concepts that were explored in the first session of "Revealing Diversity through Critical Consciousness," a seminar at the Summer Institute in Education 2013 at UBC's Okanagan campus. It reviews some of the key ideas in Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky's propaganda model and Naomi Klein's shock doctrine of disaster capitalism.
Introduction to Intellectual Self-Defence: The Propaganda Model and How Media Functions and Performs - 2012 (A Vimeo Video)
http://vimeo.com/45407570 (with video clips from The Matrix, Manufacturing Consent, and The Shock Doctrine) & http://vimeo.com/34317785 (without video clips)
This video summarizes some of the ideas and concepts that were explored in the first session of "Learn intellectual Self-Defence," a seminar at the Summer Institute in Education 2012 at UBC's Okanagan campus. It reviews some of the key ideas in Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky's propaganda model and Naomi Klein's shock doctrine of disaster capitalism.
http://vimeo.com/45407570 (with video clips from The Matrix, Manufacturing Consent, and The Shock Doctrine) & http://vimeo.com/34317785 (without video clips)
This video summarizes some of the ideas and concepts that were explored in the first session of "Learn intellectual Self-Defence," a seminar at the Summer Institute in Education 2012 at UBC's Okanagan campus. It reviews some of the key ideas in Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky's propaganda model and Naomi Klein's shock doctrine of disaster capitalism.
Revealing & Questioning Assumptions (A Prezi for the "Learn Intellectual Self-Defence" seminar)
http://prezi.com/jzgmz58brt0q/revealing-questioning-assumptions/
This Prezi explains how established power has arranged the furniture of our minds to make the status quo seem natural and justified. It also explores how worldviews, or paradigms, although they seem invisible while you participate in them, can shift over time. This Prezi provides a framework for the second session of "Learn intellectual Self-Defence," a seminar at the Summer Institute in Education 2012 at UBC's Okanagan campus
http://prezi.com/jzgmz58brt0q/revealing-questioning-assumptions/
This Prezi explains how established power has arranged the furniture of our minds to make the status quo seem natural and justified. It also explores how worldviews, or paradigms, although they seem invisible while you participate in them, can shift over time. This Prezi provides a framework for the second session of "Learn intellectual Self-Defence," a seminar at the Summer Institute in Education 2012 at UBC's Okanagan campus
Learn Intellectual Self-Defence (A Prezi for the British Columbia Teachers for Peace and Global Education 2011 Conference, Education, Not Indoctrination: A Practical Approach to Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century)
http://prezi.com/969rppmtxgvf/learn-intellectual-self-defence-general-teachers-version/
This Prezi explores the concept of “intellectual self-defence. ” Intellectual self-defence is about thinking critically and for one’s self about what to believe and think about history, current events, and politics. It involves questioning commonly-held assumptions, seeing connections between issues, analyzing bias in media, recognizing underlying themes and perspectives in media messages, and evaluating opinions. Explore what questions you can ask about what you read in the newspaper and on the Internet, what you see on TV and YouTube, and what you have been taught - and what you teach - in school.
http://prezi.com/969rppmtxgvf/learn-intellectual-self-defence-general-teachers-version/
This Prezi explores the concept of “intellectual self-defence. ” Intellectual self-defence is about thinking critically and for one’s self about what to believe and think about history, current events, and politics. It involves questioning commonly-held assumptions, seeing connections between issues, analyzing bias in media, recognizing underlying themes and perspectives in media messages, and evaluating opinions. Explore what questions you can ask about what you read in the newspaper and on the Internet, what you see on TV and YouTube, and what you have been taught - and what you teach - in school.
My Teaching Philosophy (A Prezi for a Parent-Information Session at South Kelowna Elementary School)
http://prezi.com/3njkavzq43yj/my-teaching-philosophy/
This Prezi explores Clay McLeod's approach to teaching Grade 4/5.
http://prezi.com/3njkavzq43yj/my-teaching-philosophy/
This Prezi explores Clay McLeod's approach to teaching Grade 4/5.
“Communication for Community: Connecting by ‘Speaking Peace’” Committee for Action on Social Justice: Peace and Global Education Group
http://www.bctf.ca/uploadedfiles/Public/SocialJustice/Programs/GlobalEd/PAGE-Listen.pdf
This poster is part of a series of posters, produced by the Peace and Global Education Group of the BCTF advisory Committee for Action on Social Justice, based on the themes of Manifesto 2000 for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence. Clay was involved in the planning of the poster series, the conceptual design of the image, and he was the primary author of the text on the back of this poster.
http://www.bctf.ca/uploadedfiles/Public/SocialJustice/Programs/GlobalEd/PAGE-Listen.pdf
This poster is part of a series of posters, produced by the Peace and Global Education Group of the BCTF advisory Committee for Action on Social Justice, based on the themes of Manifesto 2000 for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence. Clay was involved in the planning of the poster series, the conceptual design of the image, and he was the primary author of the text on the back of this poster.
“Economic Justice: Moving from Free Trade to Fair Trade” Committee for Action on Social Justice: Peace and Global Education Group
http://www.bctf.ca/uploadedfiles/Public/SocialJustice/Programs/GlobalEd/PAGE-Share.pdf
This poster is part of a series of posters, produced by the Peace and Global Education Group of the BCTF advisory Committee for Action on Social Justice, based on the themes of Manifesto 2000 for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence. Clay was involved in the planning of the poster series, the conceptual design of the image, and he was the primary author of the text on the back of this poster.
http://www.bctf.ca/uploadedfiles/Public/SocialJustice/Programs/GlobalEd/PAGE-Share.pdf
This poster is part of a series of posters, produced by the Peace and Global Education Group of the BCTF advisory Committee for Action on Social Justice, based on the themes of Manifesto 2000 for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence. Clay was involved in the planning of the poster series, the conceptual design of the image, and he was the primary author of the text on the back of this poster.
The Foundation Skills Assessment: Discussing Some Concerns (February, 2009)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLyX8ths7dE
This video takes the viewer through a PowerPoint Presentation critiquing the Foundation Skills Assessment (the FSA), a standardized test given to students in Grades 4 and 7 in British Columbia. It was produced as part of the British Columbia Teachers' Federation's 2009 campaign against the FSA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLyX8ths7dE
This video takes the viewer through a PowerPoint Presentation critiquing the Foundation Skills Assessment (the FSA), a standardized test given to students in Grades 4 and 7 in British Columbia. It was produced as part of the British Columbia Teachers' Federation's 2009 campaign against the FSA.