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The Canadian Institue for Digital Literacies Learning
The Canadian Institute for Digital Literacies Learning | L’Institut canadien pour l’apprentissage des littératies numériques is an exciting blended learning experience for Canadian K-12 teachers focused on exploration, collaboration and innovation. For me, this Institute represents years of thinking, of working, of building understandings and developing relationships with scholars whose work has inspired me to…
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What do teacher candidates wonder about on their first day?
I started my first teaching job in September of 1996 and today, 20 years later, I had the privilege to welcome students at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Education to their very first class in their professional preparation program. The course I’m teaching this semester is about Curriculum Planning, Instruction and Assessment. It’s a…
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Cult of Pedagogy.com Makes Me a Better Teacher
CultofPedagogy.com is a rich and powerful information resource for teachers at every stage of their career, which is why it makes me a better teacher. I like to think I remember the details of every stage of my own career — how it felt to be new to this profession, the questions I asked, and…
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Launching a new Digital Hub Strategy
This week, I’ll be introducing a new Digital Hub strategy to B.Ed. candidates at the University of Ottawa. The strategy, which I co-authored with my colleagues Linda Radford and Maria Robinson-Cseke, is designed to support our B.Ed. candidates as they develop a positive digital presence for themselves as professionals. There will surely be MANY insights…
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Negotiating and advocating for more access to technologies at UO
I feel like I just had a terrific success that I need to document here. Maybe these reflections will encourage others, especially those new to the Academy who are finding their way in their new institutions. A little context. I arrived as a new Assistant Professor in Educational Technology at the University of Ottawa last…
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Quand je serai grande…
While cleaning out my youngest daughter’s backpack yesterday on the last day of school, I discovered this picture. For those who don’t read Kindergarten French, it says, “When I grow up… I will be a teacher.” I thought I would share this here to say thank you to all of the teachers in my children’s…
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Teachers Teaching Teachers @UOttawaEdu
The final week of the teacher education program is upon us at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Education — and it is punctuated by a two-day series of professional learning seminars for teacher education candidates. I’ll be presenting to a group of students today on online inquiry. My presentation brings together some of my…