by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Feb 8, 2021 | #socialLEADia, Engaging in Courageous Conversations, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures
I left New York City in 2019 after the incredible Google Innovator experience with the idea to create a Student Digital Leadership Playbook after engaging in the design thinking process around the challenge of fostering student mentorship when it comes to using social...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Dec 22, 2019 | #socialLEADia, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures
Very often we talk about “Stranger Danger” when we talk with kids about being online. That person you are talking to can be a 40 year old pedophile disguised as a young gamer. Stranger danger is one of the things that has parents and teachers in a panic...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Feb 24, 2018 | #socialLEADia, Engaging in Courageous Conversations
Last week I had the honour of being involved in a Mental Health Summit which was organized by Lisa Craveiro and the Jack.org committee at my school, along with Natalie Rovere and the student leads at her school. It was a day dedicated to eliminating stigma and having...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Nov 26, 2017 | #socialLEADia, Aligning Resources with Practices, Engaging in Courageous Conversations
This week in my Principles of Learning Course, we talked about an article called Brain/Mind Natural Learning Principles (Caine & Caine, 2012) which outlines 12 principles of learning. I focused Capacity #2: All students have the capacity to comprehend more...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Sep 4, 2017 | #socialLEADia, Engaging in Courageous Conversations
I spent all day yesterday curled up in a blanket reading Wonder, by R.J. Palacio. It is an older book, but I had never read it before and wanted to read it before the movie came out in November. I cried about a dozen times. I didn’t make dinner or clean my...