Ruth Childs

Professor at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

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Great work by #oise students @AmandaBrijmohan, @Fatima_Samji, Ceara Khoramshahi, Aryel Lutchmie-Maharaj, and Grace Ryu! https://t.co/f1VJp7wIry

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Congratulations to the winners

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@amelialibertuc1 Hi, Amelia, All 12 spots in tomorrow's LHAE Write-In are filled, but come anyway -- I'm sure not everyone will show.

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#EDUhackCA: "Prototyping Innovative Ideas in Education" in Toronto, June 14-16, brainstorm of 2 UofT doctoral candidates, see eduhack.ca

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Mike Jancik uses dodging a question as a teachable moment... #OERS13

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Discussion of 21st century skills: Do we start by strengthening these skills in teachers? #OERS13

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Ruth Kane: SWST effects great within classroom, but rarely reached beyond. Challenge to find ways to spread effects. #OERS13

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Ruth Kane: SWST teachers and host teachers reported studying student work together was amazing PD. #OERS13

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Debra Cormier: Student Work Study Teachers work with host teachers to study students' work -- provide model of collaboration. #OERS13

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Taylor: Teachers in EPCI learned to document their own and their students' learning, importance of social learning. #OERS13

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Linda Radford and Judith Taylor: Evaluation of Early Primary Collaborative Inquiry showed EPCI connected with other initiatives. #OERS13

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Jess Whitley and Linda Staudt: Evaluation of DIPLS showed we can't assume teachers know what Differentiated Instruction really is. #OERS13

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Evaluators and implementers session: How do Ministry initiatives on professional learning relate to student 21st century skills? #OERS13

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Discussion of (1) sample application to conduct action research and (2) methods of educ research with OERP in Trinity V. #OERS13

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Malloy: start by talking with one or two people to learn how to have conversations with parents. #OERS13

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Stephanian: translating newsletters isn't enough if concepts don't make sense -- HWDSB having success with Q&As with a translator. #OERS13

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Great parental engagement at Prince of Wales was initiated there. Audience question: how will it scale? #OERS13

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Crapsi-Cacioli: how can your school co-construct knowledge with parents? #OERS13

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HWDSB: parents learning how teachers are using arrays to teach multiplication = great parental engagement. #OERS13

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Joanna Crapsi-Cascioli: parental engagement needs to be personalized. #OERS13

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Joanna Crapsi-Cascioli: aha moment was when parents picked fire safety as the thing they most wanted to know about -- we must ask. #OERS13