We have completed six Octomesters in our board, and we just embarked on Octomester seven. For some of our teachers this is their seventh class online, and for some it's their first. But since we are now ALL online throughout Ontario I thought I'd take a few minutes to share what has been working for … Continue reading Successful Secondary School Online Learning
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Preparing our New Teachers
It's mid-December, and I know that the Teacher Candidates who began our pre-service program imagined a very different reality than we know today. They were promised a program of teacher-preparation, with placements with Associate Teachers which would prepare them to enter classrooms upon graduation. Instead, they've had to pivot their university courses from face-to-face, to … Continue reading Preparing our New Teachers
School Online – Journal – Day 29
After more than a week of delays, then finally a memo outlining our reporting process, there is now an entire "about face". I can't share it, because I'm not the official "messenger", but I know it is making the rounds in Facebook and Twitter. And yesterday's post seems prescient: many of our Ontario school boards … Continue reading School Online – Journal – Day 29
School Online – Journal – Day 28
I began my day with the voice of Stephen Hurley of voicEd.ca, in conversation about "rhythm". And that had me thinking about schedules and cycles within education. Then, when I listened to CBC Radio One, near the end of the day, it was Bruce Sellery talking about Income Inequality in Education with Gill Deacon on … Continue reading School Online – Journal – Day 28
School Online – Journal -Day 22
Teaching Synchronously: On August 13 of his year, the Ontario Ministry of Education released Policy/Program Memorandum No. 164, referred to by the short form: PPM 164. It defines "remote", "synchronous" and "asynchronous" learning. And it addresses seven areas: minimum requirements for engaging students during remote learning minimum requirements for synchronous learning process for exemption from … Continue reading School Online – Journal -Day 22
School Online – Journal – Days 19, 20 and 21
This should have been only Day 19, but both Saturday and Sunday were filled with work, attempting to connect new teachers to class lists so that classes could begin today. We were partially successful - but there are still many classes without a teacher, despite efforts by our team over the past two weeks, without … Continue reading School Online – Journal – Days 19, 20 and 21
