by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jun 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
A friend of mine is going to teach a Senior Academic English course this summer and I excitedly offered to help. I haven’t taught ENG 3U in 5 years. So I spent the day pouring over my old resources and my electronic files. When I left the classroom to come...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jun 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
A few days ago, my 15 year old had an interview over Skype for a camp counsellor position. She was extremely nervous, as could be expected, as it was her first interview ever. So we thought of some possible questions together and she practiced how she would answer....
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jun 18, 2015 | Aligning Resources with Practices, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures, Uncategorized
I had the privilege of being invited to the 1st ever Student ED Tech Day at St. Stephen’s last week. The logistics of the event were organized by a group of teachers (Fab Grossi, Laura Bagnara, Melissa Alonzi, and Jason Pacheco) and three students who were part...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jun 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Have you ever been in a room with a group of people that are complaining or hostile? Then, almost like magic, a facilitator is able to turn things around so people leave the meeting or session on a positive note? A truly great leader is not only able to do that, but...