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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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Getting GIPHY
GIFs: Perhaps you’ve seen them on your social media feeds. Or maybe they’ve popped up in your text messages. Let’s explore the many ways we can capitalize on a strategic use of GIFs in our classrooms and programs. From reading to “writing” our own, we will explore quick and easy tools to have you creating …
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Art Class, Distance-Learning-Style!
How can you teach art when you don’t have access to your classroom studio and all of your materials? Find out how one teacher is using social media, videos, and online resources to try to make the most out of learning while in quarantine. Zoom Webinar Presentation Presenter: Colleen Rose Audience: 7 – 12 RESOURCES …
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Unlocking the Power of Student Voice and Choice
Allowing students to have voice and choice is often talked about as good pedagogical practice, however, it can be difficult to implement in the classroom. In this session for educators of grades 4-12, Andrew and Jamie will talk about how the creation and use of student videos, photos, social media, and other various texts allows …
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Sketchnoting
Ever seen a sketchnote and wonder how they did it? Sketchnotes are visual notes that use shapes, handwriting, drawing and other visuals. You may have seen some of Sylvia Duckworth’s education sketchnotes on social media. Join us for an evening of co-learning as we explore what sketchnotes are all about, the uses for sketchnoting in …