Coding our own video games and then designing controllers to play RiversideEdCentre today!

Why are so many writing lessons about self-inflicted forms(stories, poems, essays)? The best writing we have today is created through hyper-collaborative methods(TV scripts/game scenarios/narrative podcasts)... My favorite writing lessons all stemmed from collaborative interplay

Yesterday I put 25 pieces of writing into GPT and asked it to score them using the Nova Scotia analytic writing rubric and also give me personalized feedback and teaching support strategies for each child. It took 5 seconds and was embarrassingly better than me.

GPTPrompt: Using the Grade 7 SS curriculum design a unit of study on the outcome evaluating the impact of Confederation on the Mi’kmaq. Create a range of activities using differentiated instruction and UDL. Build formative assessments for each task and design a rubric for it all.

Assessment is often the greatest challenge for educators to hit out of the park. It can feel abstract and time-consuming when going formative. The bottom line is that personal, human-to-human feedback is king. And guiding learners on how to respond to feedback is 90% of it all.

A group of Redcliff Middle School educators represented all staff and students of Redcliff Middle School at the University of Ottawa with over 50 schools across the nation RCÉL | CPSN conference

When you’re on the road all the time for CCRCE sometimes you feel a bit lost in the shuffle. today at GR Saunders, Ms. Horton’s class, where I’ve been a few times, invited me to join in their tradition of putting handprints on the wall with the class. I cried.

I thought that last call from my grandmother was a little clunky …

I had one of the best days yesterday attending Truro Middle School’s Advocacy Fair. I had a dozen impassioned conversations with students on topics around identity, disease, animal rights, reconciliation and much more.. so much for the June slowdown… every school should take note WOW

Suffering and adversity was a blessing early in my career. I didn’t see it then, but without that struggle I would have learned nothing and have no foundation.

I’ve been devouring Haidt’s new book. His research on social media’s impact on mental health is profound. Phone-based childhood is a root to so much of our ailments.

Reading research is not a replacement for direct practice either. You can read all the research you like but when you’re out there on your own be it in teaching or leadership, you’re going to need way more than the innards of a research journal to actually do the job well.

And we should have the guts to do the same: Ontario to tighten regulations on cell phone use in schools: source cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

There’s a lot of good research to suggest that the rise and integration of digital writing skills has affected a decline in literacy skills. Though typing is essential, the mind-body benefits of learning writing stamina and independence are foundational.

Agreed, many systems are now more data-rich than ever, but sometimes tilt to being data-demeaning. The flashlight analogy is a great way to think about our partnerships in responding to our children and our problems of practice

Student Agency looks like: - Collaborative teams - Freedom of movement - Self-determination: defining problems of practice - Giving each other feedback - Asking hard questions - Planning to gather #StreetData on their questions

How should we deal with extreme #AI risks? In this new co-authored paper for Science, "we outline a comprehensive plan that combines technical research and development (R&D) with proactive, adaptive governance mechanisms for a more commensurate preparation". READ IT IN FULL>>

Protip for 24-25: learn about brainrot humour before entering a classroom this year. Just got a 45 minute lesson from my son. It’s … enlightening

Embedded quizzes in a multimedia lesson improves learning performance and particularly supports the learning of students with low working memory capacities. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…