Critical Moves Using Technology That Are Transformative, Not Trendy We need to adapt to move forward has become a catchphrase. And like the game Catch Phrase – a mashup of Taboo and Hot Potato, we move like the timer on the game’s device, which beeps louder and faster as your heart races to find the…
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A Battle for Process Over Product in the Age of Chatbots For Christmas, we tried to pare things down. Our kids each got to request one gift from Santa and we supplemented with a board game — for my son, an 8yo strategist, chess player, and self-proclaimed gamer (which is really just for an hour…
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Title: Point-less: An English Teacher’s Guide to More Meaningful Grading Author: Sarah Zerwin Publisher: Heinenmann Grade(s): 6 -12 Originally Published: July 2020 Genre(s): Education, Destreaming, English Language Arts Teaching, Assessment, Student-Centered Learning, Literacy Pages: 171 Content + Trigger Warnings: n/a The Point is Not the Point: Reimagining Student-Centered Classrooms for Destreamed English It’s…
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Blog post written by Degmo Gedi. twitter account: @GediDegmo ELAN Reading Reviewer Coordinator/ History/Math/English Teacher, Toronto DSB Immigrating from East Africa to Canada in the early 90s, I had mixed emotions as I navigated through the educational system in Toronto. On one hand, I was hungry to devour new literature and learn about new cultures…
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Title: We Got This. Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be Author: Cornelius Minor Publisher: Heinemann Release Date: 2019 Genre(s): Education, Social Movements, Literacy, Anti Racist, Leadership Pages: 144 Content + Trigger Warnings: n/a “Education is about two things – teaching young people to create opportunity for…
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Typically, Indigenous book lists emerge annually in June – to recognize National Indigenous History Month. But why should all of the talented, Indigenous authors on Turtle Island only be given attention for 1 month out of the year? These books and authors should be celebrated year-round, so you’re encouraged to pick up one of these…
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