Jeff Thompson

Grade 4 Literacy Learning Leader at Mahogany School in the CBE. Addicted to opening new schools.

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Trying to get this out there to all my teacher friends. Google chat gpt. This is a new AI tool (launched on Dec 1st) that is going to change education. Many of your students are already using it write essays. Tons of applications for teachers too.

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Well, day two started to bring it all back to me! Yesterday I felt a bit like a fish out of water, but those elementary instincts were sharp as tacks today and I was on fire!!

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Whoa. My first day teaching grade 4. Haven't taught elementary since 08/09. Those kids were awesome, and it was pretty amazing to be there again. But, I'm also very...very tired.

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So excited to be among the people interviewed by @CBCKimJ for a piece on @CBCHomestretch about @mahogany_school !!

[Ms.Brianne - CVS @msbrianneyyc]

Thank you @insideeducation for an awesome #insidepd this week. The CVS is feeling inspired to get started on our A+ For Energy Grant this year. #gardenproject #enviroed

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@sj_bartlett @alliespins @audraastevenson @luckybydesign @UCalgaryEduc I absolutely loved hearing from this panel! Really brought me to this understanding of the importance of finding different perspectives.

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Finding so much knowledge and wisdom in @schock's Design Justice. Required reading in @sj_bartlett 's class on Human-Centred Design, Social Innovation, and Entrepreneurship at @UCalgaryEduc. #codesign #smashthepatriarchy

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@sj_bartlett @UCalgaryEduc So grateful to be having the opportunity to work with and learn from you!

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Finished reading 'Group Genius' by R. Keith Sawyer for my @UCalgaryEduc masters course starting tomorrow. Wow.

"When we collaborate, creativity unfolds across people; the sparks fly faster, and the whole is greater than the sum of its parts."
https://t.co/bAs6ZSQO6v

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Was a sad goodbye to Nelson Mandela High School this week and a lot of good friends and memories. Beginning my journey with Mahogany School with an open heart and connecting with the land. @MandelaUnited @mahogany_school

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Started reading "What happened to you?" by @BDPerry and @Oprah. The lessons from this book make me feel like so many parts of my life are clicking together like pieces of a puzzle. So grateful for this chance to understand myself and my future students. #traumainformed

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I'm excited to get started with my second year of my MEd @UCalgaryEduc this summer. Signed up for my classes in collaborative creativity and human centred design today and am pretty excited that @sj_bartlett will be my instructor!!

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Love working at @MandelaUnited

[XBOX @XBOX]

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@lovejivansidhu @MandelaUnited @yyCBEdu We'll miss you too buddy. You are a pretty important part of our school community and I hope you know you've made as much of an impact on us as we have on you

[Wab Kinew @WabKinew]

This is not ancient history:

“The youngest survivor to testify at the [TRC] went to the Cowessess school. Amber Pelletier testified that school officials cut her hair and assigned her a number in 1993.”

https://t.co/FX18gfGH1X

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@Ms_KStarnes @UofCGPE @andieshaffer1 @lifeistoblived @SoroushSabb @krista_francis @kimkoh @armandobabb Hooray!!! Congratulations!

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This article shows that Alberta specifically is 3rd in the world for reading, 3rd for science, and 8th for math. Not sure why the government feels there is a big problem with our education system.

https://t.co/n0pUczY2jc.

[Matt Armstrong @ArmstrongYYC]

So grateful to @deirdrebailey and her return to blogging! Can you imagine looking at these GLOBAL rankings and saying “let’s blow this mother up!” #abed https://t.co/6k1k9fVOxH

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@notaprodigy1 @ABearthling @kddohan @alliejayne_ Also, I have taught in elementary, junior high, and high school.. and when I taught elementary school I taught grade 5 and 6's in the gifted program... My gifted 5's and 6's would have struggled with the grade 2 curriculum.. and my grade 9's would not have kept up.