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Re-Imagine schools without Subjects or Periods. @TVInnovates is. Check out the full interview with @KimberliteENT
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No. The policy that you support starts with the false assumption that children are chattel - possessions of their parents with no rights of their own.
Religion needs 'father knows best' to survive.
State institutions strive to protect individuals from ALL FORMS of indoctrination.
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Such a fun day with our first @tvdsb system #TreeTeam 140 Gr7s #EcoPark planting trees. Thank you @H3ELPLeaders Gr10s for co-facilitating with GreenhouseAcademy! @Stoney_CreekPS @cedarhollowps @StoneyBSharks
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We need to meet them where they are, and help them see a way forward. Even if that doesn’t include school.
Our young people are listening, and they believe us. Let’s tell them something worth hearing. School isn't the only way to get an education. 7/
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After learning more about learning disabilities from a psychologist today, I Googled "neurodiversity". If you are a teacher, please read this article. It reminds me that we need #creative + #inclusive education, which starts with our view of learning: bbc.com/future/article/20191…
Learning is infectious. Kids are more likely to catch the learning virus from each other than they will from teachers.
Teachers, when it comes to learning, give kids a chance to infect each other.
Make learning go viral!
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⚡🪜⬆Level Up! Think-Pair-Share⚡🪜⬆
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#teachertwitter #edutwitter #k12
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Statistics can never be completely objective.
This is not just my opinion. It's a *mathematical* fact.
Read on if you want to learn a deep fundamental truth about data and its relationship to the universe we live in.
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Not sure I've ever read a better short take on the fatal flaw of accountability-based school reform - "the most efficient tool ever devised to destroy a student’s interest in learning" - as this one by @DLabaree. He zeroes in on the difference between effectiveness and efficiency
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Everyone has their purpose, the thing that gets them up and keeps them moving forward. This is mine. Finding proactive, human-centred, positive and effective ways to make life better.
Those looking for kindred spirits check-out Going Gradeless @TG2Chat
Struggling today to shift some student thinking from valuing a number to valuing the learning. We spend so long drilling into their heads that the goal is number. We do a huge disservice to them when we get them to association their self-worth with a number. #UNgrading
Agree. Traditional K-12 ed rewards (in fact depends upon) conformity.
Many of the issues since COVID can be traced to kids failing to fall back in line - failing to comply with passive normal.
Thinking this am about how the very way we conduct schooling makes the k-12 learner passive. They show up, no idea of the plan, waiting for us to lead them. How can we hope for their active engagement when we start with them outside? #edchat
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Talk about a sweet session! Thank you #SweetSisters for sharing how you developed a candy business with our #youngEntrepreneursInAction @TVDSB @SHSM_TVDSB @TVDSB_STEM Thank you!
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Thank you Mike & Jeff @GHAOntario ! Our #youngEntrepreneursInAction left your session believing in themselves to make their ideas a reality. Thank you for your ongoing collaboration with @tvdsb #SHSM @ExperienceTVDSB @TVDSB_STEM
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Thank you @YOU_London and @YMICafe for running a session #YouthEntrepreneursInAction and providing lunch for 500 students, educators, and industry partners. @TVDSB @SHSM_TVDSB @TVDSB_STEM
@Sam_Demma our @TVDSB team can’t express enough thanks for your keynote today. The energy and buzz in the room had 500 students feeling inspired at #youngEntrepreneursInAction conference to “unpack our backpacks” and literacy in action to read your book! @SHSM_TVDSB @TVDSB_STEM
Yeah Fred!!! And GO @steameducentres
FRED!!! Life is always exciting when a toy inventor, #STEAM wizard, innovator takes the stage! Thank you for sharing tips on “making a pitch” for our #youngEntrepreneursInAction @tvdsb students @SHSM_TVDSB @TVDSB_STEM … and having them get up and pitch their colourful chicken!
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What is ignored by the media -- but will be studied by historians?
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