Reflecting, sharing learning and resources on topics of education, social media, and parenting.
Maslow, Connection, & the Smartphone: Ideas for the Classroom
Every educator is familiar with Maslow’s Heirarchy of needs and for many of us, have learned about it as a hierarchy, understanding that in order for the students in our care to become fully self-actualized, they need to have their basic and physiological needs met....
Ideas for having FUN in the classroom this school year
I recently watched a TED Talk by Catherine Price called, Why Having Fun is the secret to a healthier life. She states that "fun is the secret to feeling alive". She posits that fun makes us healthier and happier and makes us more present in the moment; fun unites us...
Getting Ready for School: A Television Interview
I was contacted by a television news program, Global TV for an interview about how parents can help prepare their kids for return to school after a very difficult two years which is to be aired nationally. I was kind of nervous when I jumped onto the Zoom. Would I...
New Twitter Communities: Will this better our Twitter experience?
I recently shared a lesson and provocation by KQED asking if the internet was expanding our minds or limiting them. "Is the internet expanding your mind or making you more narrow minded? Great provocation and lesson about algorithms via @KQED https://t.co/JJYoChsQug...
Attention and Focus in the Classroom
I was fascinated by a conversation with my Book Club students on Friday. Many of them implored me to buy print copies of the book, because many of them could spend an entire day engrossed in a novel, but if the novel is on their phones, they said they could not resist...
Negative TikTok Challenges and Student Digital Leadership
Last week, I created this Instagram reel for parents about the TikTok Licks trend which was contributing to a rise of vandalism in schools. The challenge does not mean that your really awesome and conscientious child is going to suddenly break the law and vandalize...
Hybrid Learning Lessons
It has been three weeks of teaching Hybrid here in Ontario and I am November-level exhausted! The model here in Ontario doesn't feel sustainable and I have spent most of the weekend so far, trying to rest and rejuvenate but I wanted to put a few ideas down so I have...
Reflection: Keep it! Tweak it! Ditch it!
After a unit, I will often give students the opportunity to provide the following feedback: Keep it: what I really enjoyed. Tweak it: what I would change. Ditch it: what I would take out and why. Over the years, the responses to these questions have been enlightening,...
Ideas for the First Week of School
Happy New School Year! Here in Ontario, we still have a few weeks of summer left, but I know that many friends have already begun a new school year or are gearing up to start. I used to be the teacher who handed out a syllabus AND a diagnostic on the first day of...
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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