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Cultivating Community & Collaboration via Digital Media Literacy: A Project-based Approach to ENL1W
Presenters Alexandra (Xan) Woods [email protected] Blog: https://medium.com/the-reciprocal-teacher X handle: @xanwoods Amanda Potts [email protected] Blog: https://persistenceandpedagogy.com/ X handle: @ahpotts Summary The OTF Connects webinar entitled “Cultivating Community and Collaboration via Digital Media Literacy” was presented by Zan Woods and Amanda Potts. The session focused on integrating digital media literacy into the curriculum to enhance student …
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Junior LITeracy: Tending the Fire
Lyndsay Buehler and Jehan Lalor give us a peek inside two Junior literacy learning spaces to see how two classroom educators are responding both to the 2023 Language curriculum and to the students who are bringing it to life. Summary The webinar, presented by Lyndsay Buehler and Jehan Lalor, focused on adapting teaching methodologies in response …
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OTF Connects : Climate Change Challenges: Educators Exploring the Opportunities – WIth Susan Elliott
Dr. Susan Elliott presents on integrating environmental education across K-12 curriculums, focusing on climate change, STEM education, and active learning. She emphasizes the importance of engaging students in hands-on, real-world problem-solving activities to make learning relevant and impactful. The presentation covers the utilization of resources like the Climate Learning website and the Climate Atlas of …
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Media Literacy and Serious Fun in the K-12 Classroom
How do our learners navigate and understand news on social media? How might dis-information impact their understanding of race relations? Of pandemic science? Of their own culture? This webinar will use a cross-curricular approach to focus on practical, stimulating, and critical thinking strategies for embedding media literacy frameworks into any curriculum. We will focus on …
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Central to the Economy: Bank of Canada Education Resources for Financial & Economic Literacy
Economic and financial literacy are core competencies for good citizenship but can be very puzzling to teach. The Bank of Canada is here to help. Representatives from the currency and museum departments will highlight activities, lesson plans, and resources for K-12 teachers and students, produced by educators for educators. They’ll highlight their most popular entry …