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Safer by Design : A call for teaching practices that empower young people to become more connected, critical and compassionate digital participants
It has never been more important to consider how we are centring connection in our work in Education. In this keynote talk, I offer some insights on how we might centre connection, critique and compassion in the work we do, systemically in schools to support learners. Resilience is a complex and multifaceted process — and…
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In a click: Podcast with Jamilee Baroud
I had the chance to meet up with Jamilee Baroud this week to record an episode for her new Podcast called In a Click. Jamilee is an up-and-coming superstar in the ed-tech/critical digital literacies research community and it has been such a privilege to work with her during her PhD program at the University of…
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New Article: Digital literacies learning in contexts of development
In July of 2018, the International Development Research Centre of Canada invited me to conduct an external review of key findings in a set of 44 reports of research on digital learning. The reports, funded between 2016 and 2018 were incredibly diverse in their methods, questions, and findings. That report (currently in press with the…
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Beyond the Screentime Debate: NCTE Panel Presentation
With colleagues, I will be adding my perspectives on children and screentime to an important session at the NCTE Annual Convention in Houston, TX today. From our proposal: “There are legitimate concerns about children’s physical, intellectual, and emotional well-being; yet conversations about screentime focus predominantly on the time spent on devices, often overlooking fundamentally important…
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Pedagogical Designs for Digital Literacies Learning in Schools
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New Resource: Choose a Path that Includes Math Website
The Province of Ontario has just launched a new resource for teens, their parents and for teachers. Focused on the many ways that we use math in school, in careers and in life, the Choose a Path that Includes Math website is a super useful toolkit of resources for helping teens make choices that will…