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 | Aug 14, 2017 | #socialLEADia, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures
I have been on Facebook for as long as I can remember. It is where I connect with friends and family. It helps me keep track of birthdays and milestones. I know it tracks my posts because I get personalized ads & a memory pic every once and a while which usually...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jun 14, 2017 | #socialLEADia, Engaging in Courageous Conversations
The other day I was honoured to be on set of Family in Focus, a local television program hosted by my friend, Gillian Barker on Rogers television (Georgina). The topic: parenting out of fear. During the conversation I shared how parenting out of fear and control when...
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 | Jan 17, 2017 | Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures
When you have a teenage daughter and she knows you are interested in what she is doing with social media, she will likely keep you very up to date. So just in time for my 2/10 blog, my daughter showed me the Live video on Instagram Stories feature. Of course, I had to...