Imagine This - Ideas & Stories for Creative, Meaningful Teaching

What does it mean to learn from where you stand? In this episode of Imagine This, Dylan sits down with EdTech coach and fellow Classmate teammate Carlo Sayo to talk about place‐based education. Carlo, who holds a master’s in art education, walks through the core principles of place‐based learning and how his own experience as the child of immigrants shaped his understanding of belonging, land and...

How do you make creative, cross-curricular projects easier to assess? In this episode of Imagine This , Dylan sits down with BC educator Jennifer Moroz to talk about the assessment frameworks that make rich classroom projects worth doing. From student podcasts to theatrical performances, Jennifer explains why assessment is what legitimizes creative learning and helps teachers clearly communicate w...

What changes when students stop going on field trips as visitors and start showing up with a job to do? In this episode of Imagine This, Dylan sits down with fellow Classmate teammate and Educational Technology Coach, Jen, to explore a project that transformed a traditional visit to the Vancouver Aquarium into a full-scale documentary filmmaking experience. Instead of simply observing exhibits, Gr...

How do you teach five-year-old students not just to speak, but to communicate with purpose?   In this episode of Imagine This , Dylan sits down with kindergarten teacher Caterina Gabriele to explore how intentional language routines, outdoor learning, and purposeful technology use can transform even the youngest learners into confident communicators. From daily “I can” messages to a powerful outdo...

What does it actually look like to support over 300 classrooms every year? In this episode of Imagine This , Dylan, Jen, and Carlo take you behind the scenes of their work as educational technology coaches. From co-planning lessons with teachers to jumping between kindergarten and grade seven classrooms in a single day, they share what they’ve learned about designing meaningful, engaging learning...

What happens when a teacher turns storytelling into a live, collaborative classroom experience? In this episode of Imagine This , Dylan sits down with Grade 7 teacher Patricia Berlanga to talk about a creative project that brought the spirit of Dungeons & Dragons into her classroom. What started as an idea inspired by tabletop role-playing became a full-day, Scooby-Doo-themed storytelling expe...

Imagine This is a podcast about what’s possible in classrooms. Hosted by Dylan Ismail from Classmate, a team that partners with educators to co-create fun, collaborative learning experiences, this podcast blends reflection and storytelling. Each episode, Dylan talks with educators from across the school-age spectrum, and sometimes with his own colleagues, to explore the innovative and creative way...