by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Sep 13, 2017 | Aligning Resources with Practices, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures
I often blog about my bad days or my short-comings or my learning reflections (often about social media). Today I am writing to share my awesome day! I decided to change my Library Orientation into a Breakout EDU. A few teacher-librarians I know had done this, Thanks...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jun 11, 2017 | #socialLEADia, Aligning Resources with Practices, Aligning Resources with Priorities, Engaging in Courageous Conversations
Google’s Be Internet Awesome is a newly released resource that combines internet safety with gaming. It looks like it would work well for upper primary/junior students. It uses a Quest motif and an imaginary land called, “Interland” and its purpose...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Mar 28, 2017 | Aligning Resources with Practices, Engaging in Courageous Conversations, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures
I love this image created by David Carruthers during #IMMOOC because I truly subscribe to Global Teacher mindedness. Using technology and social media to reach beyond our classroom walls is both a passion and an obsession of mine. It is also the very anchor of student...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jan 27, 2017 | Aligning Resources with Practices, Engaging in Courageous Conversations, Uncategorized
5/10 Last week on Twitter, there was a conversation about whether innovation was necessary in some traditional subject areas based on this criteria identified by George Couros in The Innovator’s Mindset. I have been thinking a great deal about this because of my...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jan 19, 2017 | Aligning Resources with Practices, Engaging in Courageous Conversations, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures, Uncategorized
I noticed that I had a blog post in draft form from the summer. Do you do this as a blogger? I’m not sure why I didn’t post it then; maybe it didn’t feel complete or I wasn’t happy with it. Nonetheless, I pushed myself way too hard yesterday...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jan 16, 2017 | Aligning Resources with Practices
Update: I have had to change my goal from 10 blogs in 10 days to 10 blogs over the next two weeks. I just couldn’t do it and need to be realistic and gentle with myself and my recovery! When I saw Tina Zita’s challenge: 10 Posts in 10 Days in my inbox...