I had a great conversation with a group of educators a few weeks ago about education technology and something a young teacher said struck me. It is the same feeling […]
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1999 Teacher vs 2020 Teacher So I get that this video is about showing how learning English has been made simpler by the use of technology, and before people send
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Just the other day, I heard about two Toronto Firefighters who were suspended for making inappropriate comments on Twitter. As I embark upon a year-long journey with a team of colleagues
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It’s been a full week since the Connect 2013 conference in Niagara Falls and I am just now sifting through the big ideas and new learning. Though I was unable
Professional Development has moved towards virtual platforms such as Adobe Connect as a cost-saving measure. School Boards, quite simply, cannot afford to release teachers as often as might be warranted.
Since I first discovered Voicethread a few years ago, I’ve been trying to introduce it to teachers in my Board. Why? The Growing Success document (Ontario policy on Assessement and
I’m sure by now every person working at the system level as I do has read, highlighted, and committed certain parts of Dweck’s article about Fixed and Growth Mindsets to
In the past two days, I’ve taken part in two separate Adobe Connect/webinar sessions administered by two unrelated educational organizations. In theory, it’s brilliant isn’t it? I don’t need to
I recently presented to a group of principals on the topic of OSSLT and Critical Thinking. One of the activities I asked them to do was to unpack an OSSLT
I think that the Q-Chart (question matrix chart) is by far the most powerful tool we can use in the classroom. How often do we give students reams of questions
