So grateful to hear from Dr. Anita Archer again!!! What a great list of Archerisms to go home with!! #LitLearn2024 IDA Ontario

Exactly why I attended this conference and will be attending the Science of Learning by researchED Canada next weekend. Both are imperative! #LitLearn2024

“Teaching the best and leaving the rest.” Anita Archer. Everyone should implement warm calls and active participation for all. #LitLearn2024 IDA Ontario

The most amazing learning in one weekend. Here’s an idea York Region DSB and all Ontario school boards: How about covering the cost for every willing educator to attend IDA Ontario’s Literacy conference next year?!?! May need a bigger venue though. #LitLearn2024

“Success + Value => motivation.” Anita Archer. Again! Students will be motivated and excited to read those decodable books that are “boring” because they are successful at reading them!! #LitLearn2024

Looking forward to this! Who’s coming with me???

I am going to use this new word every day in my classroom. “Wooooo.” Who’s with me? #LitLearn2024

Showing off my merch from #LitLearn2024 at school today! Maybe all my colleagues will join me next year!

Hoping to inspire these future teachers to learn about the Science of Learning so they are well prepared for the classroom! Looking forward to a great day of learning researchED Canada conference today!

What a privilege to learn from all the greats at this year’s #rEDTO24! If you are an educator, go to an education conference! Any education conference! You will thank me. researchED Canada

Imagine if PA days were spent learning at conferences like researchED Canada #rEDTO2024 or IDA Ontario #LitLearn2024. I volunteer to help organize one with my board York Region DSB! Who’s with me?

Credentialism is strong in ON Education. I do not take AQ courses. I take courses to LEARN, which is why OG, RS, EBLI, SWI, ThinkSRSD…. are just some of the courses I’ve taken in the last 5 years. But I don’t have a Specialist qualification. This means I am not qualified.

📒 Barak Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction offers 10 evidence-based strategies that all teachers should know based on key research from cognitive science and research on master teachers. This poster outlines the lot! 👊 REPOST and grab a free HQ copy here:

If you’ve never heard of cognitive lead theory, you need to and here is the best video to start your journey!

I wonder how many students would tank the reading tests if AI were used instead of them being allowed to click a button and have the text read to them? tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

Phonemic Awareness & letter sounds are not only the things required to learn to read by the way. Students actually need to PRACTICE decoding ON THEIR OWN with new words not previously read together.

You know you’re rubbing off on your children when you are at church and they hear the word “advent” and turn to you to ask if it is related to “adventure”!

Looking forward to this! Get your tickets and join me!

Will schools in Ontario start scaling back their one-to-one technology policies? My daughter's high school is one and it's frustrating trying to reduce screen time and phone and iPad use when she is expected to have it in class to "learn". Time to rethink these harmful policies.

The course "Educational Implications of Contemporary Cognitive Psychology" Memorial University should be mandatory for all current/future educators. It will completely transform how you teach and understand student learning. It's a game changer! #CognitivePsych #EduTwitter #TeacherPD