Is it time to innovate your staff meeting?
I have time to write a blog post tonight. Want to know why? Our administration team is taking to heart the idea of innovation and “Flipping our Staff Meetings”. Year […]
Rethinking the traditional High School Book Club #HSGBC
Ever since I started teaching, moderating the Book Club at my school was what I loved doing most of all. One of the problems has always been that our numbers
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A Narrative Reel
I just happened to have a conversation with a student yesterday who went to Centro Scuola (an overseas summer school program with the York Catholic District School Board) which reminded
Leading & Building a Positive Culture as a Teacher-Librarian
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
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Learn. UnLearn. ReLearn. Repeat.
I often come back to The Innovator’s Mindset book by George Couros which I have read a couple of times now because so many ideas in it really resonate. Today
Character Day–A good start to the school year
I had a really interesting conversation last night with Diana Hale, a teacher in the Toronto District School Board about the negative experiences she had in her classroom and her
Critical Thinking and Tech Tools: Let students choose
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
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Digital Citizenship, Learning, and Student Voice
“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
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New to Twitter? #FollowFriday
(Originally posted on uoitmed.wordpress.com) One of the most relevant things to remember about using Twitter for professional development is that it is more important to follow really interesting and thought-provoking
Social media as Literacy
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