Rory Gangbar

@callmemrmorris Hey Matt! Can we connect offline? How can I get in contact with you? Thanks!

Hi educators, It’s September. Did you teach any Black history yet this month?

@Artifexx @zotero @LitmapsApp @RsrchRabbit Thanks! How did you find the GAPs once you had your collection?

@zotero @LitmapsApp @RsrchRabbit Summary: ► Identify review papers by high number of references. ► We want to find their GAPS + RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ► Use @RsrchRabbit to grab all reference of one review into BibTeX ► Add it to @LitmapsApp, run a search with date filter. Include results in YOUR Lit review!

How to spot a gap in the literature? ❌ Old way: Read dozens of papers. ✅ New way: Find what others MISSED before even reading into it. This workflow uses references to spot gaps automatically: 👇

Today we recognize Orange Shirt Day & The Nat'l Day for Truth & Reconciliation & honour the survivors of residential schools, their families. Today we recognize the sombre TRUTH that our Westmount CI was opened in the same year that the last Residential School was closed, 1996.

@Mr_Schellenberg Hi Derrick. Thanks for including me in this. Justice’s Text was foundational to my learning about Indigenous Lit. and my learning for #NBE3U Hope your summer has been great. I’ll keep you updated on the new role. Looking forward to catching up soon!

Hope you are having a great summer and are excited about your new role, @RoryGangbar. You introduced this text to me with your leadership in your English department’s professional learning to prepare for #NBE3U.

I was nominated by @JasonHimsl to post the covers of 7 books that I love. No explanations/reviews. 1 cover a day for a week. With each post, I ask another to take on the challenge. Day 1 I nominate @T__Meikle.

I was nominated by @Mr_Schellenberg to post the covers of 7 books that I love. No explanations/reviews. 1 cover a day for a week. With each post, I ask another to take on the challenge. Day 1 I nominate @LaraBozabalian

@OrtegaYecid @CTLOISE @MichelleTerry95 This is a great strategy. Thanks for sharing.

@Mr_Schellenberg @pennykittle This is awesome! I have to read that book stat!

Looking forward to starting round #1 of our tournament of poems tomorrow. Our March Madness "bracket" is set after using a #hyperdoc format, courtesy of @pennykittle 's idea, with students co-constructing poetry criteria and providing some of the poems. #engchat #edtech #poemlove

@Mr_Schellenberg Yes! The question becomes how do you make these changes within a system that has valued ‘grades’ for as long as it has? How can teachers work within the system to change grading practices to allow for more holistic assessment practices? Portfolios are a great place to start 🙏

“[Teachers] need to collect info about how students are doing and then we need to share that info with the students and their [families]. Collecting info doesn’t require tests, and sharing info doesn’t require grades.” (Kohn, 2011) #goinggradeless #ungrading #bookcamppd

Starting to study @TheDHTaylor Cottagers and Indians this week with my NBE3U students! Super-excited for the discussions ahead.

@sgardnerLD @LeadershipYRDSB Congrats!! Such exciting news. Wishing you all the best in the journey ahead 🙌🙌

@LeadershipYRDSB What an amazing team we have in Leadership Development and Engagement! Missing you already!

Congratulations, Steve. We will miss you. Subject to approval of the Minister of Education, Steven Gardner, currently serving as Principal in Leadership Development and Engagement will be appointed Superintendent of Education (Acting) and placed in the CEC West.

My little Nephew pre-game routine! GLG!

@angiecthomas Super exciting!! My students love reading your stories. 🙏

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What our students need from us (teachers) for the rest of the semester: care, compassion, support, empathy, humour, open communication, and honesty. Rinse and repeat! 🙏

@MathStudio_Usha Not helping students achieve grades that are reflective of their goals and capacities for improvement. Aka low grades.

@Lyricalswordz Or this.. 😂

How I feel when a student plagiarizes

@LarissaHalko Some amazing work 👏

The International Trans Day of Visibility is an annual event occurring on March 31 dedicated to celebrating trans people and raising awareness of discrimination faced by transgender people worldwide. For more information and resources go to @CCGSD_CCDGS

@MitchNobis @Lyricalswordz This tweet 👌

"Hamlet is feeling it now." Ain't that the truth.

@Mr_Schellenberg @JasonHimsl @DurhamDSB @waub @FNMIEAO @ELANontario @DDSB_English @DDSB_Indigenous @equity_DDSB Thanks! I’ve signed up! Looks like a great learning opportunity 👍

@JasonHimsl @DurhamDSB @waub @FNMIEAO @ELANontario @DDSB_English @DDSB_Indigenous @equity_DDSB Hey @RoryGangbar and other #YRDSB educators! You may want to check out this amazing opportunity to learn with @waub, author of the fantastic novel, Moon of the Crusted Snow! #ELANreads #onted

It's amazing what happens when students take ownership of the learning and teaching in the classroom. A whole new culture of collaboration emerges, and you learn so much about who your students are as people and learners.