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Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, TeachingEdwire

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

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

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

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising PracticesEdwire

A Modest Proposal – Online Requirement for Graduation

by: Bruce Beairsto

Assessment, Engagement, Opinion, TeachingEdwire

An assessment shift in practice

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

by: Brooke Moore

Opinion, Promising Practices, School CommunityEdwire

Spring Comes in September

by: Bruce Beairsto

Opinion, TeachingEdwire

Lunch and Learn

Professional conversations over soup

by: Brooke Moore

Opinion, Policy, School CommunityEdwire

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

Assessment, Diversity, Leadership, Opinion, School Community, TeachingEdwire

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, Promising Practices, TeachingEdwire

Teachers as Nodes in a Network

We are not alone nor are we powerless against an inflexible and outdated system

by: Daryl Bambic

Engagement, Opinion, School CommunityEdwire

Canadian EdWire – Our Public Schools: Consumer-driven?

As back-to-school time approaches, the growing parental demand for niche market programs reflects a desire for their children to be more engaged in school.

by: Max Cooke

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, TeachingEdwire

How Blogging and Tweeting Reinvigorated my Passion for Teaching

Exploration and risk-taking have become the norm for teachers who want to invite the world into the classroom.

by: Colleen Rose

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising PracticesEdwire

Necessary Disruption (Part 7: Making the Change)

by: Bruce Beairsto

Engagement, Opinion, TeachingEdwire

Professional Learning Begins and End with Ourselves

Ten things that I've learned after a career of teaching

by: John J C Myers

Assessment, Engagement, Leadership, OpinionEdwire

What is the question?

Politics get in the way of improving learning for ALL learners

by: Brooke Moore

Curriculum, Equity, Opinion, Policy, School CommunityEdwire

Schooling for Democracy

by: Peter H. Hennessy

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, TeachingEdwire

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

EdTech & Design, Opinion, TeachingEdwire

Pulling It Together: The People Puzzle

by: John J C Myers

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, TeachingEdwire

Innovation is the Beautiful Chaos that 28 Young Learners Create

Our challenge lies in how best to capture, synthesize and share the magic of learning that happens in authentic contexts.

by: Brian Harrison

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, TeachingEdwire

My Secrets for Innovating Classroom Practice – Part 1

An outline of the steps I took to transform my practice so that it is now aligned with expectations for 21st Century Fluencies.

by: Heidi Siwak

EdTech & Design, Opinion, TeachingEdwire

Learning through Inquiry

What I learned during my students' inquiry

by: Brooke Moore