Avi Spector

Education Consultant at Riverside School Board and RECIT AGE Provincial Service, dad, geek, speaker

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Apple previews Live Speech, Personal Voice, and more new accessibility features - Apple #accessibility https://t.co/9Nqi9bCdyM

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@mrgwrites summarizing our group conversation about challenges/solutions about IEPs following from primary to secondary in the #recitais workshop at #fcc2022 #recitqc

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First time all together again! #recitqc #fcc2022

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A Comiccon in school? Why not! A great post about engaging students to share their passions (in a second language).

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"Thursday, May 19, 2022, marks the 11th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access/inclusion and people with different disabilities" via https://t.co/E4bLlVAeed #GAAD #accessibility

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“.. Worse than a reward is an award. Awards are artificially scarce, only one person can get one. Competition teaches children that other people are obstacles to their success. It's not a caring community if you need other people to fail in order to succeed.” #alfiekohn #LCEEQ22

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Rewards vs punishments in education result in the same thinking: “What do the people who have all the power want me to do, and what do I get for doing it?” via #alfiekohn #LCEEQ22

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@jess_ksb Neat! This is great. It’s exactly Theodore Grey’s “The Elements” iPad app but free for the web. Thanks!

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Love this visual of the periodic table according to relative abundance. Also: bonus points for #70s groovy look.

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I'm proud to share our #LCEEQ21 workshop website on maintaining community and connection: https://t.co/leEhq2lTq6 - workshop presentation, student and teacher wellness guides, resources, and other goodies. Assembled by @Kish_Gue @tracyrosen @a_spector

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@tracyrosen @Kish_Gue @lceeq Yes, that workshop was like medicine! It was such a pleasure preparing and presenting with @tracyrosen @Kish_Gue at #lceeq21 - loved every part of it!

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@jamesburnedu @StuartGrayEDU @GoogleForEdu Agree! Incredible presentation by @StuartGrayEDU. Learned lots. You guys rock! Thanks @jamesburnedu for organizing this.

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Do's and Don'ts #posters on designing for accessibility via @LEARNQuebec #RECITqc https://t.co/52QGeQX6BX

[ISTE+ASCD @ISTE_ASCD]

NEW year. NEW dates. NEW name! 🎉

On June 26-30, let's design a new learning landscape at the fully virtual #ISTELive.

Powerful voices will join us in our dynamic, online platform to share a treasure trove of resources for EVERYONE. Register now! https://t.co/YjT2qs9TB4

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I'm thrilled to share the new site for PACC's Social Integration Services (SIS) satellite program. The site has been designed by SIS teachers Debi and Karen DuPont https://t.co/9Mwu26jx0E #adulted #LBPSB

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@ebowles_RECIT Wow, this is GREAT! We’re always looking for uniform looking icons.

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Hello @TechRav @ollyfriedman! Are you two taking collaborative ISTE notes again this year? It wouldn't be ISTE for me without the yearly notetaking spreadsheet :)

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Couldn't agree more. These two colleagues are awesome and have helped me grow professionally over the years. Woohoo! Go Nicole and Sonya! :) @CSRiversideSB @ACCESS_RSB @rsb_access

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Happy Education Professionals Week!
Nicole and Sonya, our Andragogical Consultants, support teachers in delivering the best learning practices to their students.
Their collaboration ensures that students get the most valuable education possible. Nicole and Sonya, we salute you!

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@lisashieldsmcd @Catlin_Tucker @ebowles_RECIT Cool. Never thought of that! I guess Mentimeter would be neat as it would update in real-time. Students would see Qs as they pop-up and it would be anonymous too.

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To ensure a more equitable online/offline #hybird learning experience, does anyone have a suggestion(s) for an online tool that would allow the teacher to gather student questions from both groups in real-time? #edchat @Catlin_Tucker @ebowles_RECIT

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@ebowles_RECIT This particular teacher wanted to keep track of her online/offline students as they asked questions and make it equitable. However, yes, "pinging" would neat too! I guess wondering if there a tool made for this, not a hack of Google Slide or Sheets.