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How to coddle a volunteer
This week I finished my volunteer stint as co-planner for the Ontario School Library Association, which for a rough estimate, is about 100 hours per year. As one of the best volunteer experiences of my life, I’d like to take you through why it’s such a fine way to give your time back to your…
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Looking back on my PD journey in 2018 in #OntEd
Waking up to more cutbacks in #ontEd funding is never fun. So I decided to look at the data. This post is all about the different ways I developed professionally in 2018. There were so many great happenings around the province this year. It never ceases me to amaze me the passion that Ontario educators…
#pb4t, amnesty international book club, Brian Weishar, BringITTogether, Chelsea Klukas, Colinda Clyne, CONNECT conference, Diana Maliszewski, ECOO, Edugains, Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD), first nations metis inuit, Jenn Coleman, Jess Longthorne, Leigha Turner, OLA Superconference, Ontario education, ontario library association, Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, Ontario Teachers Federation, OTF Connects, Pam Eurig, professional development, Sandra Herbst, Sandy Kritzer, Sean Hamilton, self-directed learning, Stephen Hurley, Tina Ginglo, Todd Pottle, Trish Morgan, Upper Grand District School Board, VoicEd Canada
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Creating the ideal writing program
What are the components of a great writing program for students? A great writing program for students has structure and freedom, allows for choice but also sets parameters, it teaches technique and reliable devices but allows for discovery while building skills and discipline. It needs to use models for writing that stretch the horizons of…
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Trickster Drift by Eden Robinson
Trickster Drift by Eden Robinson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Eden Robinson you have created such delicious characters. If Jared or Georgina or any of them knocked at my door and said, “There’s an emergency! The coy wolves are eating the dolphin people and they need your help!” I’d shape-shift into my amphibious alter-ego,…
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Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson
Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson My rating: 5 of 5 stars A set of this book was generously purchased for our school by our First Nations, Metis and Inuit (FNMI)consultant at the board office. 5 pages into it many of our teachers were too scared to teach it and put it down. Boldly…
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Celebrating school libraries today!
I am the Head of the Library and Learning Commons at my secondary school, and that means I work 4/6 in the library, 1/6 in a EWC 4C/4U classroom, and 1/6 in a fully online ENG4C class. I have held this role since 2010 with variations on which classes I teach. So my year…
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