Reflecting, sharing learning and resources on topics of education, social media, and parenting.
Picture Books, Digital Wellness and our new book!
I was fortunate enough to work with the Central Okanagan District in Kelowna British Columbia on Digital Wellness professional learning for teachers. Their philosophy matched mine: digital wellness is more than limiting screen time A part of that included working with...
Social Media in the Science Classroom
I an age of misinformation and social media dependence, Dr. Samantha Yammine, aka Science Sam (@Science.sam) is a Science communicator with a PhD in Neuroscience and Cell Biology who focuses not just on the negative aspects of social media but the positives of social...
What’s Happening in Canada: META refuses to show Canadian News
If you follow any Canadian News outlets on Instagram, you may have noticed the following: This is a direct result of Meta's pushback against The Online News Act. The Online News Act (Bill C-18) states the following from Government of Ontario site (bolded text is mine)...
New Ontario Curriculum: Digital Skills our Students need
The Ontario Government released the new grade 9 destreamed curriculum for this school year and I have never been so excited to see a curriculum in my life. You see, I have dedicated so much of my time and energy over the past several years impressing upon teachers the...
Media Literacy and the Media Triangle
October marks the beginning of Media Literacy week in Canada, but if you know anything about me or my work, you'll know that I believe every day provides an opportunity for media literacy. So whenever you are reading this is a good time to begin Media Literacy Week!...
A new beginning? Educator Connections: Threads and BlueSky social
It has been happening for months. Teachers have left Twitter en-masse when Elon Musk took over. I am in an Edumatch group (led by Sarah Thomas) and there were several dozen posts about creating a fresh start on Mastodon: touting a decentralized social media platform....
What I learned from 30 kids in Europe over Spring Break
For almost a year, I had been planning a Europe trip for our students from grade 10-12 at our school. The paperwork was complete, parent night questions answered, and we were off! What commenced was a whirlwind adventure as 30 students and 5 teacher chaperones...
3 Big Ideas to amplify student voice in your Library Learning Commons
I recently contributed to a School Library Planner published by DEMCO which highlights a variety of ideas shared by Librarians and Media Specialists across the world. I focused on amplifying student voice in the Library. I decided to focus on 3 big ideas: 1. Include...
Learning more about Chat GPT in Education
Last week, I had the honour of keynoting a talk for The Manitoba Association of Computing Educators called Technology as the Ultimate Equalizer in which I shared accessibility tools students with learning disabilities could use to help their achievement match their...
Striving to model digital leadership every day
Books & Publications
Although Social LEADia published by DBC Inc, is my big, official publication, my work has also been featured in a few other blogs and magazines.
Social LEADia
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Resources
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Publications
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