Tag: Allison Tucker

A Common Understanding of Engagement

Donna Miller FryLeave a Comment on A Common Understanding of Engagement#essentialconversations, Allison Tucker, engagement, literacy, Regie Routman, Stephen Hurley

Participate on Twitter using the #essentialconversations hashtag.  Join the Twitter chat Thursday March 14, 2019 at 8:30 p.m. Newfoundland time,  and don’t miss Episode 2, Thursday, March 21, 2019 Newfoundland time (First day of spring!) on VoicEd Radio.  Please join in! When we speak of student engagement, what are we really talking about? What is our shared understanding of “engagement” in the context of school and learning? What is the at the heart of the word “engagement”? According to Regie Routman, engagement is different […]

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Getting “Lit” (or, Coming Out of the Cave)

Donna Miller Fry5 Comments on Getting “Lit” (or, Coming Out of the Cave)#essentialconversation, Allison Tucker, literacy, open, professional learning, professionallearning, Regie Routman, Stephen Hurley, VoicED Radio

Last Thursday night (March 7, 2019) was the absolute highlight of my many years in education leadership. As my friend and colleague Stephen Hurley phrased it, “the rock lit up“. The VoicEd Radio map was full of listeners from Newfoundland and Labrador. We were glued to our devices, listening to the voice of Allison Tucker, […]

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Essential Conversations

Donna Miller FryLeave a Comment on Essential Conversations#essentialconversations, Allison Tucker, engagement, literacy, Regie Routman, Stephen Hurley, Stephen Katz, VoicED Radio

Why should you participate? Teachers matter. “If we really want to impact on student learning and achievement, we do it through the quality of classroom instruction and practice. That there is in fact no single bigger predictor of student learning and achievement than the quality of classroom instruction that kids are exposed to.” Dr. Stephen […]

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Engagement, Excellence and Equity: Learning with Regie Routman

Donna Miller FryLeave a Comment on Engagement, Excellence and Equity: Learning with Regie Routman@NLESDLit, #essentialconversations, #voiced, Allison Tucker, Education Action Plan, Engagemeng, equity, Excellence, literacy, Newfoundland and Labrador, NLEDEAP, Regie Routman, Stephen Hurley

Newfoundland and Labrador English School District has partnered with author Regie Routman, and VoicEd Radio Founder/Podcaster/Host Stephen Hurley to host an open learning opportunity. The work will focus on the ideas found in Literacy Essentials: Engagement, Excellence and Equity for All Learners. An excellent introduction to the work can be found in a recent podcast […]

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The Myth of the Average Learner

Donna Miller FryLeave a Comment on The Myth of the Average Learner@ltoddrose, #nled, Allison Tucker, NLEDEAP, UDL

What do we design classroom learning for? Or perhaps we should be asking WHO we design classroom learning for. What is our image of the learner? Shifting the image of the learner  Good learning design isn’t possible without thinking through all the ways our learners vary. When we consider the wide variation in foot size; […]

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