by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Aug 27, 2016 | Aligning Resources with Practices, Aligning Resources with Priorities, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures, Setting Goals
I was at a family function last weekend when my sister said it. No one had talked about the fact that I was changing roles in September. Now I know why–they had talked about it amongst themselves. She said, “So you went from being the Literacy...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jul 28, 2016 | Aligning Resources with Priorities, Engaging in Courageous Conversations, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures
The other day my 13-year old daughter took a picture of a sunset and told me that she uploaded it to VSCO. Are you thinking what i’m thinking? What is the heck is that? I had never heard of the app, but a whole bunch of her friends are posting and sharing on it. VSCO...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jul 24, 2016 | Aligning Resources with Priorities, Engaging in Courageous Conversations, Uncategorized
“Just as schools have played a role in preparing students to be citizens in the traditional sense, educators must now ensure that our children are ready to be active and responsible participants in our increasingly digital society” (Couros & Katia,...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jul 16, 2016 | Aligning Resources with Priorities, Engaging in Courageous Conversations, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures
I remember George Couros when he came to our District, asking the question, “If you don’t know what a hashtag is are you considered illiterate today?” I thought about that as I read a recent article by CEO of Hootsuite, Social media skills millenials...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | May 17, 2016 | Aligning Resources with Practices, Aligning Resources with Priorities, Engaging in Courageous Conversations, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures
“The sheer volume of digital information that is available makes it increasingly challenging to find the information you are interested in. Curation in a digital world isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity.” –Stephen Dale As I embark on a new...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Apr 30, 2016 | Aligning Resources with Practices, Aligning Resources with Priorities, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures, Setting Goals, Using Data
Are you like me? It seems that no matter what I’m doing, I always seem to connect things back to education. I guess I know that teaching and learning is a vocation for me, not just a job. So I was in Spin class this morning and couldn’t stop thinking...
