Reflecting, sharing learning and resources on topics of education, social media, and parenting.
Google Earth Projects & Learning More About Each Other
This past week, our Student Council leaders wanted to create Heritage Week activities to celebrate the diversity of our school community. They created a Google form asking students to identify a city, province, or country which they identified as a part of their...
A different take on gaming
Every educator and parent I talk to right now is super concerned about screen time and in particular, their children gaming-like all the time! As a result, we often spend more time in conflict with our kids because we are so frustrated and worry about the impact of...
Courageous Conversations about Filters and Body Image
An interesting article in Forbes magazine, From 'Instagram Face" to "Snapchat Dysmorphia": How Beauty filters are Changing the Way we See Ourselves, has brought to the forefront an issue that has been around since media has been and one I have tackled extensively both...
Empowered Digital Leaders Spring Cohort & Teacher Appreciation Week
I had a conversation with a friend of mine whose child was the victim of some serious cyberbullying earlier this year. She shared how poorly it was handled. She said she looked at the curriculum and realized that we are missing out on so many opportunities to embed...
Addressing Screen Time Concerns
I have had the honour of presenting to several parent communities this week. One of the most prevalent questions and concerns by parents and teachers in the audience is one that has been made more intensified by Covid19 and restrictions that are still in place in many...
Clubhouse App and a Family Media Plan
As you may know, I have tried to stay off screens for several weeks now as I recover from a concussion and so I missed the flurry of invitations and excitement around the iOS app, Clubhouse. Since last week was Spring Break, I used my screen time to jump in and check...
Behind the Mask
You may have not noticed, but I haven't been around online much lately. About a month ago I got on a Snowmobile with my husband for a lovely almost normal (except for the masks) outing with friends on the beautiful Haliburton trail. Little did I know, that that would...
Going back to in-person learning: Multiple Perspectives
I was honoured to be a featured speaker at the IDEACon/TCEA conference last weekend. In one of my sessions, Empowering students to be digital leaders, I used my LEAD framework as an organizer, and I decided to use a sample activity: a four-hats approach for engaging...
FREE Student Digital Leadership Playbook 1.0
I left New York City in 2019 after the incredible Google Innovator experience with the idea to create a Student Digital Leadership Playbook after engaging in the design thinking process around the challenge of fostering student mentorship when it comes to using social...
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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