Open Resources for #onted: Becoming a Digital Leader

You’ve decided to self-direct your professional learning on Twitter.  Your students want a class Facebook page.  Your school board is implementing a BYOD policy. Where can you go to ensure you and your students will thrive in online environments? OSAPAC has led the creation of three series of resources for Ontario educators. Digital Citizenship and […]

#InnovatorsMindset Blog Hop 4: Resources on Assessment for Learning

It’s March Break, and while I am taking some time away from thinking hard about innovation and education, I have been collecting some great resources that I will use to write a response to this blog hop question in a few days. The provocation: Here are some of the resources I have been reading to […]

#innovatorsmindset Blog Hop #3: What If?

“Daddy, what is that yellow stuff they are spraying on the plane?” “Daddy, what are those big white things for?” “Daddy, will we still be able to see the ground when we take off?” “Daddy, do you think it is snowing in Toronto yet? Will there be snow when we get there?” I heard all […]

#InnovatorsMindset Blog Hop #2: If I Could Build a School..

  This post is part of a collaborative blog hop.  We all write on a single topic, then post all of the links at once so that readers can read many different viewpoints at the same time.  Join in here. It’s never too late! If I were to build a school from scratch, I would […]

What’s Best For Kids?

For the past 24 hours I have been participating in the rich, immediate conversations in The Innovator’s Mindset Voxer Group. Last night, we were thinking a lot about the challenges of innovating from the middle.  When we challenge leaders to innovate their practice, we are seen as “rogues”, as troublemakers (I can’t tell you how […]

What Does Innovation Mean to Me? BlogHop for #InnovatorsMindset

This post is part of a blog hop on innovation.  Details can be found here. ________________________________________________________ Innovation in Education is… For me, innovation in education has two parts: a) successfully navigating barriers to create an inclusive, participatory, and responsive learning environment for everyone, and b) building relationships to successfully and collaboratively break down those barriers […]