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Addressing Anti-Oppression: COPA & OTF’s Supportive Tools – Safe@School
As educators, we strive to create learning environments where children/youth, families and colleagues can thrive – free from racism, sexism, homophobia and other forms of marginalization. This pandemic continues to illuminate social injustices in our society that were present before current circumstances. This COPA webinar will explore and help add resources to your toolbox to …
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Ctrl-Alt-No Delete! Promoting Digital Citizenship
Teaching and learning in a digital age is prompting changing practices. This webinar, presented by the Ministry of Education, will focus on the emerging importance that Digital Citizenship is playing in ensuring the safety, well-being, engagement and achievement of students, as well as the role that teachers play in modelling effective and responsible citizenship and impactful …
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Safe Social Media
Today’s youth are coming of age totally immersed in a world saturated with media and technology. This webinar addresses how to help youth stay safe when using social media. Topics discussed include mixed messages, violence and bullying, social media impacts on youth perceptions of what kind of person that they are supposed to be, and …
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Ripping it up: Engaging boys and vulnerable students through technology, inquiry, and gaming
In this session, teachers have an opportunity to explore various ways to engage vulnerable students across the curriculum. An examination of current research surrounding vulnerable students, gaming in the classroom, and increasing student voice is highlighted. In addition, participants explore Google Apps for Education, various inexpensive or free games, and other free, web-based applications as a means …
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Coming of Age in the Digital Era
This presentation examines representations of males and females in media and addresses what these images say about gender stereotypes and normative masculinity and femininity. Topics discussed include mixed media messages, violence in media, the hypersexualization of girls, and how social media is impacting on youth perceptions of what type of person they are supposed to …