by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Nov 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
Ok, maybe the title of my post is a bit of a misnomer, for those of you who know me and my Twitter addiction. I really do love Twitter as a platform for connecting, sharing, and learning. BUT, I have to say, that Voxer, the walkie-talkie app that seems to have been...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Nov 29, 2015 | Engaging in Courageous Conversations, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures
Full disclosure: I am not and never have been a gamer. When my friends were playing PacMan and Space Invaders, I was listening to my Wham albums and writing in my journal. I never had the patience or the hand-eye coordination. Even now, when my two teens and my...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Nov 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
There has been much talk in education about removing grades and how grades detract from learning. The Globe and Mail article, Why some schools are giving letter grades a fail, by Erin Millar explains the discussion well. In my own experience I have seen a grade...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Nov 18, 2015 | Engaging in Courageous Conversations, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures
After dinner last night, my daughter was perusing an American Girl catalogue and occasionally looked up with dismay. Not only had she noticed the fact that there was an inequity in the representation of the white vs visible minority dolls, but before we knew it, she...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Nov 16, 2015 | Engaging in Courageous Conversations
When I think back to my days of teaching high school English, I realize that we spent an incredible amount of time teaching the literary essay and my kids spent most of their time writing variations of the literary essay YEAR after YEAR in their high school English...
