by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Aug 8, 2020 | #socialLEADia, Engaging in Courageous Conversations
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 of world. So how do we address important issues of inequality and injustice with other teachers and students?...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Sep 4, 2017 | #socialLEADia, Engaging in Courageous Conversations
I spent all day yesterday curled up in a blanket reading Wonder, by R.J. Palacio. It is an older book, but I had never read it before and wanted to read it before the movie came out in November. I cried about a dozen times. I didn’t make dinner or clean my...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jul 9, 2017 | #socialLEADia, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures
Have you ever had a summer cold? Happens to me every year! This year, it seems particularly awful! I’ve been feeling miserable for days and even more so because I had to cancel plans with my Book Club on Friday AND give up the opportunity to go see Ed Sheeran on...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jan 23, 2017 | Engaging in Courageous Conversations, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures
4/10 Last night I moderated a panel discussion about Instagram in the classroom. It was my first time doing anything that cognitively demanding in 3 months. There were a few guffaws (for example you will need fast forward 3 minutes because I didn’t realize we...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Sep 24, 2016 | Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures, Uncategorized
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 dwindle as course work increases because kids find they don’t have as much time to read for pleasure....