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Category Archives: Instructional Practices
Minds on Math – Learning as a Community
This is a cross-post from my school blog here. This past Friday was a Professional Development day for staff at Glen Cairn PS — one of few opportunities we have throughout the year to come together for a full day … Continue reading
Streaming Live for a Learning Community
Yesterday morning I found this great post in my reader: “Livestreaming from the Classroom” by Jaclyn Calder in which she discusses the use of livestreaming by a couple of teachers in her district. I clicked the link to visit Cindy Beveridge’s … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity and Engagement, Instructional Practices
Tagged chicks hatching, Jo-Anne Pulley, livestream, ocdsb, WEJPS
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Emotional Labour – at the Heart of Teaching
Labor, particularly emotional labor, is the difficult task of digging deep to engage at a personal level. Emotional labor looks like patience and kindness and respect. It’s very different from mechanical work, from filling out a form or moving a … Continue reading
Lead Learner Series – The Big Five
The Ottawa Carleton District School Board’s “Board Improvement Plan for Student Achievement” (BIPSA) includes a key strategy focused on creative, innovative, and critical thinking and problem-solving. During a fall session of our leadership PLCs, we explored the question, “What … Continue reading
#ecoo11 reflection – “Developmentally Appropriate Evidence Gathering”
The Educational Computing Organization of Ontario recently held their annual conference in Toronto and I had the good fortune to attend. One of the sessions that really got me thinking was presented by Jonathan Rajalingam from the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic … Continue reading
#ecoo11 Session: Connecting to Lead Learning Communities
On October 21st at 8:30 am, George Couros and I will host a workshop / discussion at The Educational Computing Organization of Ontario’s Conference exploring how leaders and aspiring leaders in the field of education can use online tools and social … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity and Engagement, Engaging Everyone, Instructional Practices, Leadership Essentials, My Learning Project, Professional Development
Tagged #ecoo11, #learningproject, Chris Kennedy, Connected Principals, Dean Shareski, George Couros, Ontario Leadership Framework, shannon smith
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We’re all in this together
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Teaching about Digital Footprint? Google yourself!
When Jonathan Martin shared his post on Digital Citizenship bootcamp at his school, he saved me a lot of work. The resources and ideas are great and really appropriate for use with our students – thanks, Jonathan! After our students viewed … Continue reading
BYOD for Staff – 10 Apps for Educators
This fall we will be supporting teachers who bring their own devices by ‘gifting’ apps to them. We haven’t ironed out all the details, but I’m excited to support what many staff are already doing. We are deploying some ipads … Continue reading
