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Decolonizing Voice – Whose Voice Is It? – POST LINKS
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action in 2015 and the Calls for Justice in 2019, underscored the need for today’s students to learn about Indigenous issues, knowledge and history. All leaders in education need to be aware of appropriation challenges facing educators and how to do this work in a positive …
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Math?! Where do I begin? Part 2: Assessment
This session explores ways to engage students as co-researchers who test and evaluate teaching and learning strategies, who actively work to communicate what they know and who collaborate in planning their next steps. We will approach this session with the mindset that we are learners with our students in the quest to improve our collective …
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Gaming for Numeracy
Creating authentic and engaging content to link to real life experiences can be extremely challenging in mathematics. This session highlights specific apps, websites and video games that can make mathematics fun for any student. Participants are encouraged to “play along” on their devices while connecting, sharing, and collaborating via Google Apps for Education. Audience: Primary/Junior/Intermediate …
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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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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 …