Student ED Tech Day at St. Stephen’s
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 […]
Twitter and the District-level Consultant/Resource Teacher
I’ve been thinking about the role Twitter plays in my work as a Literacy Consultant for a few weeks now. As an avid user of Twitter for my own professional
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Great Leaders Use “The Flip”
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
Children’s Rights in the Digital World
I’ve been thinking about Student Voice quite a bit lately. Not just on a theoretical level, but because about a month ago when confronted with a social media problem because
Retirement Parties & Retrospection
Last night, I honoured my former English teacher, colleague, and mentor upon his retirement. I created a video tribute and spent hours writing and re-writing a speech for the occasion. His
Do you know about Periscope?
A couple of days ago, I received a query from an Administrator about the new Periscope App recently launched by Twitter. Given our negative experience with Yik Yak, he was
Reflections on using tech in lesson planning
I recently shared this image on Twitter. It was presented by Eric Sheninger in his keynote at Connect 2015. It’s not a new image by any means, but lately
Our Student EDTech Day
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On Being a Connected Educator
One of the most exciting things that has happened this month is the many number of YCDSB educators who have joined Twitter. This is partly due to the fact that
Cross-grade Collaboration
I had the privilege this week to work with two awesome teachers: Eric Fabroa (Communications Technology teacher) and his RAMS Media Film Club, and Rob Cannone, a grade 6 teacher. We had