Brian Weishar

@ThellenStephane @adfontesmedia @sttheresamid You are right. I should have included media news from Quebec. I’ll work to make this better.

@brianweishar @adfontesmedia @sttheresamid Do I understand that Québec isn't part of Canada? Isn't that a huge bias?

This week, as part of their work analysing media and inspired by @adfontesmedia Media Bias Chart, Gr. 12 students @sttheresamid assessed the credibility + ideology of Canadian news media. Students used media analysis cues and markers of ideological perspective in their inquiry.

Love how @apples4theteach discussed how the experiment results were not as expected... that IS #science and LEARNING in action!! @staoapso @ELANontario @thinkfailsafe

I love the #rocks and #minerals unit in Grade 4 #onted!!! Good to learn how #literacy was integrated!! @ELANontario @staoapso @thinkfailsafe

#STAO's own Rina George-Alexander of @tdsb discusses how she used "Fail-Safe Strategies for Science and Literacy with the Grade 2-3s. @ELANontario #science #literacy

If you want to keep growing as an educator, welcome a teacher candidate into your classroom! Honoured to have Fatima Hasan join me on a PL panel today.

@tu_vuong @mr_mabruc I love how these show understanding of significance that is personal (as in personal meaning making) and interpretive

Are there restrictions on smartphones in your classroom, school or district? We want to hear from you! Leave a comment below and share this post! @ELCOntario @brianweishar @paula_nevins @JasonHimsl @mslongpre @Ahpotts @tu_vuong

Attention Ontario Early Years Educators! LFO is putting on our first Early Years Virtual Conference. We wanted to give you the date so you can mark your calendars. Share with your EY colleagues far and wide! Link to register to come in 2024.

What are you doing to keep students engaged, joyful and learning this last week before the break? #Onted #ELAN #Countdown Share your thoughts in the comments or send us a video response via flipgrid: flip.com/6ab9ba26

@paula_nevins @LakeheadOrillia @mslajeunesse @mr_mabruc @jpedrech @paula_nevins I think it can work either way. I was playing with the idea that readers have emotional connection to narratives, so perhaps deliberately focussing on that in first readings would stress that even more

To those interested in learning more about the tactile essay approach I used, I've put together a set of slides that outline the process. This was some experimental work I did with my teacher candidates @LakeheadOrillia @mslajeunesse @mr_mabruc @jpedrech docs.google.com/presentation/d…

Love what you did with this!

@trevmahon @trevmahon I remember you well, and I am not sure what of any of your skill we could attribute to my class (bc you already had tremendous talent), but if I did nothing more than help support the idea that you could/would be a writer, then that alone was imp work. Well done!

@trevmahon Congrats! Feeling very grateful that you remembered me and sent this message. I am ordering my copy!

Part 2 to this exploration @LakeheadORILBEd is that we connected with prosody (a concept in the new Language/English curriculum), and thought about how particular passages might be read to match the “texture” response to a particular part of a story @LakeheadOrillia

Today @LakeheadORILBEd we explored the relationship between responses to stories and texture. Teacher candidates in English C+I course created tactile essays to represent those responses and interpretations @LakeheadOrillia

Join The Writer’s Workshop- An Experiential Series for Teachers led by @is_reflecting. ✏️ Experience the writing process and collaborate and share strategies which will inform classroom practice including application to the new Ontario Language Curriculum. bit.ly/MentoreeEventb…

@ELANontario summer conference @RebekahODell1 [For writing] “I think we need to lean into the voice and perspective…that is the thing a computer cannot do” #elananticipates

Building an app (in Google Slides) to share the results of a school accessibility inquiry. What a great multimodal text. Another awesome idea from @MsLalor1 in her ELAN Ontario virtual workshop. Lots of 👏👏🏽👏🏿 and 💖💓💖 in the Meet when this project was shared. #ELANanticipates