Learning Specialist & EAL Advocate. Empowering teachers with practical tips, engaging resources, & a dash of humour. Passion: deep learning.
Joined September 2021
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🌟 New Podcast Alert! 🎙️ Dive into Inclusive Chronicles: Tips and Tricks for Inclusion in Alberta with host Kelsey Bagnall as she chats with Landry Forand and Joshua LaFleur. Discover expert insights and practical strategies for implementing inclusive assessment practices!
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Do your students scribble notes furiously during lessons, only to stare blankly at pages of unprocessed information when it’s review time?
Learning specialist @ReaDesignpro suggests teaching this research-backed note-taking approach to help kids distill key information.
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When students take thoughtful notes, “they are telling their brains, ‘This material matters to me.’” 🧠 @ReaDesignpro shares a guide to upgrading note-taking in your classroom: edut.to/45qiPTo
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Everyday, this makes me think, inspires me and gives me joy and hope for math education: @Wipebook @pgliljedahl @BTCthinks
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The energy in the building was palpable, yesterday for RVS Battle of the Books! 📚 So many excited middle schoolers taking part in our In-Person Event at the Ed Centre. Great job Teams! Keep on reading! #RVSed @KerryKindermann @ncpgrade6 #RVSliteracy
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"Teaching strategies that build in think time, encourage students to listen to each other’s ideas, and include options for written responses can help make space for introverted voices."
@KaraNewhouse interview with @theVogelman via @MindShiftKQED
kqed.org/mindshift/62119/how…
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Beyond grateful for the participants of our 4-part literacy learning series. These teachers fully committed to designing learning that empowers students to be engaged readers and writers with an agency all of their own. #rvsliteracy @rvsed
Thank you @RobertsJaner and @rvsed for the amazing four part series on literacy this year! A phenomenal learning experience! 📚
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Drawing is a powerful way to learn—but teachers need to scaffold the process. By standing at the whiteboard and asking students clarifying questions like “What do you mean by ‘goes under the other,’ and how should I draw it?” you can ensure they truly understand the material. 🤩
ALT DID YOU KNOW? Students who draw new information remember nearly twice as much as students who write about, speak about, or visualize it. But be careful: When kids draw complex materials on their own, they can inadvertently commit mistakes to memory. By engaging in collaborative drawing at the whiteboard, teachers can “immediately deal with emerging inaccuracies and misconceptions by initiating revision.” Sources: Fernandes, Wammes, & Meade, 2018; Lardi & Leopold, 2022
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Some dinner and PL tonight on a great new book, The Shift to Student Learning. #rvsed #ncpgrade6 #mrlafleur4 #udl #shifttostudentled #CLMSRVS #eastlakervs Thank you to our great hosts and collaborators!
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Engaging in discussion around student-led learning. Let's go autonomy! Getting at the authentic opportunities for everyone to be passionate #rvsd #udl #shifttostudentled
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"Simply put, congruent instruction proactively answers the question, 'Why are we doing this?'"
@amirtaronED via @edutopia edutopia.org/article/3-steps…
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Giving students time for reflection on their learning is so good for them. This week @MarcusLuther6 shares a simple system he developed for giving students regular time for year-round self-reflection. cultofpedagogy.com/learning-…
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Some of my favourite questions to guide reflection, discourse, planning, & next steps into inquiry: 8 Questions to help Foster Agency, Create Equity, & Honour Accessibility.
The post:
trevormackenzie.com/posts/20…
The slides: docs.google.com/presentation…
#InquiryMindset
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“Those who teach and coach and lead girls can raise them up to be leaders by giving them opportunities to develop leadership skills and by always highlighting their strengths in an effort to empower and guide them to find their passion.” @TheColon_s @mradamwelcome
