EdCan Network, EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community

Brave Educators Possess an Inquisitive Nature to Pursue Change

We must provide guidance and reassurance to those who are ‘sticking their necks out’

by: Colleen Rose

Curriculum, Engagement, Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices, School Community

The Education Reform Movement (Part 2)

Running the Obstacle Course

by: Peter H. Hennessy

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community, Teaching

Prevent Teacher ‘YouTubing’ by Giving Students More Freedom to Learn

Banning student smartphones denies them the chance to learn communication, collaboration, and creation.

by: Alanna King

Assessment, Engagement, Leadership, Opinion

Motivation and Mastery – The Problem with Deferred Data

by: Bruce Beairsto

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community

Capturing Canadians’ Views on Change in Education

Results from the 2012 CEA Attitudes Towards Public Education Survey

by: Max Cooke

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion, Teaching

Classroom Innovation Means Giving Up Control

The essence of what drives innovation begins with what kids want to learn.

by: Donna Miller Fry

EdCan Network, EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices

Twitter and Canadian Education – The danger, and benefits, to developing Top 10 lists

by: Max Cooke

EdCan Network News

KCLC program earns national recognition

Assessment, Engagement, Opinion, Teaching

An assessment shift in practice

How one teacher is using a growth mindset to guide her writing inquiry

by: Brooke Moore

Equity, Leadership, Opinion, School Community

“Hello Equity, we’d like to introduce you to Accountability”

If real change and equity are the goal, we must treat education in a similar way to how we treat medicine

by: Jeff Kugler

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices

A Modest Proposal – Online Requirement for Graduation

by: Bruce Beairsto

Opinion, Teaching

Lunch and Learn

Professional conversations over soup

by: Brooke Moore

Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Why the UnPlug’d Canadian Education Summit Matters

Canada’s foremost edu-tweeters spend a rare weekend offline and develop a collective vision for the future of K-12 education in Canada.

by: Max Cooke

Assessment, Opinion

Physical reactions to “no marks” announcement

Marks encourage institutional engagement – not connected to learning

by: Brooke Moore

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

My Secrets for Innovating Classroom Practice – Part 2

Here is what I think classroom innovation looks like in action, with the caveat that my process is organic and continues to evolve.

by: Heidi Siwak

Assessment, Diversity, Leadership, Opinion, School Community, Teaching

Canadian Education Wire – Effects of Ministerial Belt Tightening Felt by Current and Would-be Teachers

A busy week of education media focusing on the fallout from Ministerial education budget cuts in several provinces, a case for year round schooling, and language learning in Nunavut.

by: Max Cooke

Opinion, Policy, School Community

Canadian EdWire – All’s Not So Quiet on the Education Front

Special-needs integration guidelines unveiled in Quebec, flare-ups involving religious accommodation, cheating, and school closures.

by: Max Cooke

EdCan Network News

Algoma District School Board Wins National Innovation Award

Assessment, Engagement, Leadership, Opinion

What is the question?

Politics get in the way of improving learning for ALL learners

by: Brooke Moore

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Equity, Opinion, School Community

Parents Please BYOD

When parents become active participants in their child’s learning - something that is made amazingly easy with mobile devices – everyone benefits.

by: Lorna Costantini