Jamie Topp

#DialTheDugout Let’s Go Blue Jays!! Been a fan since their inception in 1977. Hoping to take my 16 year old son to a playoff game. Thanks!

@AmyfStuart @MargaretAtwood @daniellesteel @SimonSchusterCA @TransLitAgency Nice work Amy Stuart!

A Death at the Party debuts at #3 on the overall Toronto Star bestseller fiction list, behind only @MargaretAtwood and @daniellesteel? How truly wild. Feeling pretty grateful today. 💜 @SimonSchusterCA @TransLitAgency 💜

@joelwestheimer @OpenAI Other assessment ideas: synthesis/compare-contrast essays in class (on DigiExam), in class interviews, class discussions (Harkness and other models) with laptops closed, skits, debates, ethics bowl, all deep learning tasks. Take home essay, bye bye…

@joelwestheimer @OpenAI @joelwestheimer Hi Joel. An idea for teachers: organize a debate in class with the resolution: ‘ChatGPT is a not a threat to education’. The students will have a lot to say!

I'm getting tons of media questions about whether teachers and profs are worried about students using @OpenAI's ChatGPT to cheat on essays. Oral exams? Better detection methods? How about instead we change schools and universities so the incentive is not to cheat but to learn?

What I learned from reading the Stoics and Buddhists, while writing The Happiness Hypothesis, applied here as advice to young people entering the workforce.

When I was a high school English teacher, I was constantly blown away by how willing and how eager my students were to grapple with the difficult topics and questions that arose from books we read. Young people are capable of far more than many adults often give them credit for.

⁦Just an excellent podcast on deep learning with Usha James. Really helpful action items for teachers starting next week. @TC2thinks⁩ podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/re-…

“So what should schools do to start the year? They should build on strategies that proved effective last year, forget the things that didn’t work before and during COVID, and drill down on relationships and belonging…” Must read from ⁦@JoshFullan⁩ theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Junior Ethics bowl kicks off at 9am today. Many thanks to Jeffrey Senese and organizers @uoftphilosophy for an incredible opportunity for students from 10 Ontario schools. Three @utschools teams ready to critique, collaborate and create.

Joy!! 12-year old son who’s had a rough go lately just got on his bike and is going to the park to play with a friend. Open play, organized play, aimless play, just please let them play!! Thank you @JoshFullan theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

@joelwestheimer, University of Ottawa prof, with valuable advice for teachers, parents, and schools - his mantra - 'content not coverage' May 3, 2021: What is the impact of more than a year of disrupted schooling for students? cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Covering curriculum standards within condensed timetables requires educators to determine the most impactful content & competencies within their course. Here are tangible strategies for prioritizing expectations + maximizing student engagement #edchat ow.ly/rY0L50CwSK7

'Activate learning and avoid the quick fix' - An important NPDL guide for key priorities to focus on upon the return to in-person school. deep-learning.global/wp-content/upl…

NEW OPPORTUNITY! The University of Toronto Junior Ontario Ethics Bowl for Students in Grades 9, 10 & 11 READ MORE: bit.ly/NEWS_JuniorEth…

What 10 principles should guide innovation & tech post-pandemic? Here's our @chenine charter with text up online today. Thoughts/feedback welcome. chenine.ca/en/about/ @chenine_ca @mshagerman @uOttawa @joelwestheimer @MichaelFullan1 @YongZhaoEd @D2L

via ⁦@nytopinion⁩ Excellent piece by David Brooks on the power of US teacher unions and the growing inequities brought on by the pandemic. nytimes.com/2021/01/28/opi…

@joelwestheimer @TorontoStar Loved this Joel.

My Op-Ed today in the @TorontoStar: There is another virus that is fed by a toxic combination of disinformation and conspiracy theories. Luckily, the vaccine is already available: education. thestar.com/opinion/contri…

An excellent piece on education as the foundation of a strong democracy.