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Unlocking the Power of Student Voice and Choice
Allowing students to have voice and choice is often talked about as good pedagogical practice, however, it can be difficult to implement in the classroom. In this session for educators of grades 4-12, Andrew and Jamie will talk about how the creation and use of student videos, photos, social media, and other various texts allows …
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Media: Entertainment to Education
We live in a society where people are using media to share their thinking on a daily basis. Funny videos, memes, Snapchat or Instagram stories, screencasts, gifs, texts, tweets, and good old blogs provide the opportunity for people to have their voices heard in a more creative and often engaging fashion. Presenters Andrew Bieronski and …
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Going Deeper with OTF Planboard
Learn the power features of Planboard Be able to use and track their use of the Ontario Curriculum expectations Create templates for building lesson plans Collaborate with colleagues through sharing of lesson plans Share lesson plans digitally with students, parents and/or admin Learn how to easily reuse lessons/courses/grades/subjects in new semesters/years Appropriate for teachers of …
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Modern and Easy Digital Assessment with Growing Success
Ontario’s Growing Success, a foundational document for looking at assessment in public education, and the core of school boards assessment and evaluation plans, has been out since 2010. At its core is the idea of teachers using their professional judgement for assessment with as, of and for learning through the triangulation of data and students …
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Take Your Lessons Digital with OTF Planboard!
Many teachers use a wealth of digital resources in their lessons, but lesson planning has remained much the same using paper or simple tables. This problem is completely solved with the use of OTF Planboard, a free online lesson planning tool that blends perfectly with our digital world, offering integration of tools like the Google Suite Education that …