by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Aug 31, 2020 | Engaging in Courageous Conversations, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures
With so many boards choosing so many formats for what learning looks like, I know there is much anxiety about how to deliver curriculum. And yet, we need to recognize that students coming back may be just as anxious as we are and may have burdens at home which we have...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Aug 24, 2020 | Aligning Resources with Priorities, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures
I had no idea that Bitmoji classrooms had become such a point of controversy for educators. There are teachers who are being criticized for apparently spending in excess of 3 hours learning how to create them and other teachers who have made them as a form of personal...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Aug 16, 2020 | #socialLEADia, Aligning Resources with Practices
If you are like me, you are feeling exhausted and overwhelmed. How will I manage synchronous and asynchronous learning? I have a ton of experience in the classroom and with technology, and I am still feeling uneasy, so I can’t imagine how newer teachers are...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Aug 9, 2020 | #RaisingDigitalLeaders, #socialLEADia, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures
Near the end of the school year, we offered our grade 11 students an opportunity to have a LinkedIn Workshop as part of our Individual Pathways Program and get career ready. My friend Terri Romeo, had done something similar at her school, and as it turned out, because...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Aug 8, 2020 | #socialLEADia, Engaging in Courageous Conversations
I want to live in a world dominated by peace, love, empathy, and mutual understanding of differences. I want my own kids and students to grow up in that kind of world. So how do we address important issues of inequality and injustice with other teachers and students?...