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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As we’re approaching the end of our second year of pandemic teaching, I think it’s safe to say we’re all feeling the grind. As such, the ELAN Ontario panel discussion, Amplifying Joy in the Classroom, proved to be a profoundly welcome respite on Sunday, May 1st. Hosted by ELAN executive member and newly-minted DPCDSB secondary…
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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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Title: Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy Author: Gholdy Muhammad Publisher: Scholastic Inc. Release Date: January 1, 2020 Genre(s): Education, English Language Arts Teaching Materials, Literacy Pages: 176 Content + Trigger Warnings: n/a When someone asks you to describe the students in your school what comes to mind first? Where do…
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