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OTF Connects Presents: In Conversation With…Éric Gauthier
Our expert facilitator Joanne Myers will explore and celebrate phenomenal teaching and learning with outstanding teacher Éric Gauthier Éric Gauthier is a high school science teacher who loves to invent all sorts of new classroom contraptions for every possible educational occasion. Having grown up on a small farm as the youngest (and smallest) of four siblings, …
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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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Indigenous Education in the Elementary Classroom
This webinar will explore a variety of resources that have been developed in partnership with Indigenous knowledge keepers and community members by the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education Association of Ontario. These digital resources have been designed to provide accurate content along with curriculum connections to support the learning of Indigenous peoples, and truths …
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Building Nature Connections: How to Organize an Eco-Fair at your School
In this webinar, participants will learn about the steps in the journey of a student-focused and inquiry-led eco-fair project. Come explore ways to engage your students from an ecological and environmental perspective in the creation of student inquiry projects. The workshop will take a hands-on, inquiry model-based approach and participants will take on the role …
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Lessons From Beyond – FNMIEAO
Lessons From Beyond is a comprehensive digital resource that engages students in learning about the mysteries of the cosmos through Indigenous knowledge systems. The ongoing impacts of colonization have led to the destruction and fragmentation of Indigenous knowledge systems, methodologies, pedagogies, and epistemologies. As a result, First Nations, Metis and Inuit Education Association of Ontario has reached out across the …