Empowered Digital Leaders: Fall Cohort
This weekend marks the 1 year anniversary of my Google Innovator experience in New York. There, I set out to address a problem in education: an increase in students using […]
How are you doing? Making time to check in
I have been using the fun Rubber Ducky check in and many of the others generously shared by Jenn Giffen on a regular basis and I have to tell you,
Managing virtual and in-person synchronous instruction
I was walking my dog. By myself. No headphones, just the rustling of trees so I could think. I am collaborating on a resource for our teachers with some of
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Building Community and Supporting Mental Well Being
With so many boards choosing so many formats for what learning looks like, I know there is much anxiety about how to deliver curriculum. And yet, we need to recognize
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Bitmoji Lockers and Classrooms and Getting to Know our Students
I had no idea that Bitmoji classrooms had become such a point of controversy for educators. There are teachers who are being criticized for apparently spending in excess of 3
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6 FREE Resources for Anywhere Learning
If you are like me, you are feeling exhausted and overwhelmed. How will I manage synchronous and asynchronous learning? I have a ton of experience in the classroom and with
What do your alumni have to offer? Mine showed me how to rock a LinkedIn Profile
Near the end of the school year, we offered our grade 11 students an opportunity to have a LinkedIn Workshop as part of our Individual Pathways Program and get career
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Slacktivism, Social Justice, and Social Media
I want to live in a world dominated by peace, love, empathy, and mutual understanding of differences. I want my own kids and students to grow up in that kind
#EmpoweredDigitalLeaders: Grow your PLN
I consider myself an educator who is truly connected. I have spoken at length about how Twitter has transformed by practice and how I have met educators on Twitter (and
Overwhelm
I write this post in the middle of grading assignments for my summer school class and so I don’t have much time to write a full post, nor do I