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Media Literacy and Serious Fun in the K-12 Classroom
How do our learners navigate and understand news on social media? How might dis-information impact their understanding of race relations? Of pandemic science? Of their own culture? This webinar will use a cross-curricular approach to focus on practical, stimulating, and critical thinking strategies for embedding media literacy frameworks into any curriculum. We will focus on …
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Pathways to student success in Social Studies, History and Geography: Exploring engaging possibilities
In this webinar, participants will examine approaches, strategies, habits of mind and resources that lead to deeper learning, critical thinking and skill development in the areas of inquiry, historical thinking, and global competencies. Participants will also explore an approach and resources, developed by the Ontario Elementary Social Studies Teachers Association, that support learning through an …
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A Kids’ Guide to Canada
A Kids’ Guide to Canada project is a national teacher-led initiative which has been organized by elementary teachers across Canada to provide rich and meaningful educational activities for K-8 students marking Canada150th+. All K-8 students are invited to help create Canada’s first ever multi-lingual, multi-cultural interactive guide to Canada made by kids and for kids, …
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Wow! Math is Useful?
One of the reasons our students struggle in mathematics is because math is often taught as an isolated subject. Students don’t see the real-world value of the math skills they are learning and often don’t realize that mathematics is relevant and can actually, *gasp*, be fun and exciting and useful! In this session, teachers will …
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A Kids’ Guide to Canada
A Kids’ Guide to Canada project is a national teacher-led initiative which has been organized by elementary teachers across Canada to provide rich and meaningful educational activities for K-8 students marking Canada150th+. All K-8 students are invited to help create Canada’s first ever multi-lingual, multi-cultural interactive guide to Canada made by kids and for kids, …