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....
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 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
(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 people, than to be concerned about how many...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jul 6, 2016 | Engaging in Courageous Conversations, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures
As a former English teacher, I am acutely aware of media messages and the fact that they are a construct of reality. When I first started teaching (just a few years ago), I taught my students the Media Triangle which we then used as a frame of reference whenever we...