LCS Talks

In this episode, Berkley and Kevin talk tech tips, internet safety, creating healthy tech environments, and digital citizenship with Eric Bylenga (IT Manager) and Joel Ditson (High School Principal). The panel explores questions of how our vision of tech usage as a Christian learning community goes much further than simply what is intended in the BC education plan. We explore how to imagine our LCS technology guiding principles as parameters that lead us to move from fear to hope and that our students will have courageous families that encourage them to reflect on their decision-making as it pertains to technology usage.

In this episode, Berkley, Dave, and Kevin chat about two key areas of silence in our spiritual formation in Christian communities: the role that the cell phone plays and the implications of pornography. These are challenging topics, so we invited Dr. Robbie Rhea, Associate Vice President of Student Life from Trinity Western University to talk with us. Rob completed his doctorate in spiritual formation from Biola University, researching issues pertaining to pornography in our spiritual formation. Join us as we unpack how to have conversations with elementary, middle, secondary-aged students, and adults about cell phone usage and catch a vision for wisdom in our tech usage.

In this episode, Berkley Glazer and Kevin Mirchandani talk with Matt Grose (Grade 6 Homeroom Teacher) and John Van Weelden (High School Teacher) about our Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies (ADST) courses and programming. The discussion is filled with examples of how our teachers are encouraging learning that invites students to reflect on Biblical principles for innovative technology use. Mr. Grose and Mr. Van Weelden help us think Biblically, theologically, and practically in terms of what it looks like for a Christian learning community to build programs that help students develop technological citizenship with a future-oriented vision of Christian education.

In this fourth episode, Berkley Glazer (Middle School Principal), Dave McVety (High School Counsellor), Lauren Enns (Youth Care Worker), and Kevin Mirchandani (K-12 Director) dialogue about some of our

LCS Talks is a Podcast designed to report to our LCS families on our staff professional learning.

We are tackling the void of being silent on key issues in K-12 School Education from a christian faith based foundation.

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In this episode, the LCS Talks team connects with MIT PhD candidate, Jessica Van Brummelen. Jessica shares about her research work on Artificial Intelligence, engaging girls in STEM education, and the relationship between science and Christianity in terms of answering big questions about our existence.

In this episode, the LCS Talks team connects with Pastor Matthew Price from North Langley Community Church. Pastor Matthew recently led his church through a series called “Digitology” that explored the concept of discipleship and apprenticeship in the digital age. They

In this second episode on Faith, Technology, and Identity, Berkley Glazer (Middle School Principal), Dave McVety (High School Counsellor), and Kevin Mirchandani (K-12 Director of Instruction and Christian Foundations) dialogue with one another about key scripture passages, share about their own experiences with technology, discuss the season ahead, and explore some emerging guiding principles for Christian learning communities engaging with technology.

In this first episode, Berkley Glazer (Middle School Principal), Eric Bylenga (IT Manager), Dave McVety (High School Counsellor), and Kevin Mirchandani (K-12 Director of Instruction and Christian Foundations) dialogue with one another about key scripture passages, share about their own experiences with technology, discuss the season ahead, and explore some emerging guiding principles for Christian learning communities engaging with technology.

We hope you were able to tune into season 1 of our podcast where we explored topics of faith, identity, and sexuality. The podcast was originally designed to report to our school community on some of our staff professional learning. Since we released the podcast, we have had a lot of positive reception. So we thought, why not continue to share our learning.

This next season explores the topic of faith, technology, and identity. We discuss important questions about the future concerning spirituality, science, the way we organize and present ourselves online, human flourishing, wisdom, and what it means to be a Christian learning community.

As we think to the role that technology is playing in our identity formation, we hope you will join us as we look at scripture, dialogue with some great thinkers, and support all our learners for how to steward these important tools that we have been gifted.

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Here is a zoom link to our Middle/Secondary professional learning conversation with Dr. Mark Yarhouse.

In this final episode of the LCS Talks Season 1 podcast on Faith, Identity, and Sexuality. The team reflects on some of their learning from their Friday, February 28 PLC session with Dr. Mark Yarhouse.

Berkley Glazer, Joel Ditson,Dave McVety, and Kevin Mirchandani also share some of their reflections and key learning from the season including some lingering questions and encouragement to families. They also share an exciting announcement, so be sure to check out this episode.