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@JBradshaw01 I once told an administrator that if they were going to give the credit to student X who didn’t earn it then give it to every other student that failed the course. Either there is credit integrity or there isn’t. And if there isn’t, why does it matter. Gr 12U

This is a poll for any k-12 or post secondary educators: have you ever felt pressured by parents, administrators or any other authority to increase a student’s grade beyond what you feel they had earned? Feel free to comment, and share this poll. (Will retweet final results)

@CP24 Why does it matter? In his own words “they don’t need anything from Canada”. We don’t have anything they need. If that’s true then what we do won’t affect them in the least. They can provide for themselves. Unless he’s lying..,,,again….

Trump says Ontario ‘shouldn’t be playing with electricity,’ ahead of Ford’s meeting in Washington cp24.com//politics/quee…

@ValeDoreen @ColinDMello This only gives me the polling station on Election Day. No information about elections offices

@ColinDMello Early Voting is still available until Wednesday at some Elections offices. Elections.on.ca Check this website for all voting locations in your area. One piece of photo ID is all that's required for you to vote. Please get out and VOTE. Have YOUR say in ON's future.

NEW: Just 6% of eligible Ontario voters cast early ballot in advance polls this year, bolstering fears of a low voter turnout. As a result of the snap election there were only 3 days of advanced voting, down from 10 in regular election cycles. globalnews.ca/news/11032146/… #onpoli

@Flutflut1 @shinermaginer @ColinDMello Engineered for low turnout… why wouldn’t it just bring up ALL options when you put in your PC

@shinermaginer @ColinDMello You have to select early voting when you search. Otherwise, it will only show the election day ones.

@shinermaginer @ColinDMello Same! I know I can vote without the card. But without it I had no information about where to go

@ColinDMello I couldn’t even figure out where early voting g was here. The elections website only told me where to vote on election day.

@ColinDMello Combine that with no information sent about when and where to find the advanced polls. Nothing received in the mail. No voter card. When put in PC into Elections Ontario site all it gave was where to vote on Election Day. Couldn’t even find the advanced polling locations 😡

@DrJCramer @JBradshaw01 I also feel that few teachers would have AI write the letter and then leave it as is. We would still need to read it and edit it.

@JBradshaw01 It is one of only ways that I use AI. I still have to input my own descriptors of the student. Once it generates it, I edit it until I think that it works for me. It probably cuts about half the time for me to make the letter- important since I rarely get adequate notice.

Small sample size, but 55% of my grade 12 students said that they would not be pleased if a teacher used A.I. to write an reference letter for them.

@JBradshaw01 What number of that same sample think it’s ok for them to use AI to write an essay/report/answer questions/complete assignments?

@JBradshaw01 They capped our natural gas 3-4 years ago. While schools were closed during covid. Have never found out why. Assume they found an issue and rather than fix it, they shut it off.

@megransom You don’t get to use Bunsen burners?

Grade 9s were playing with fire today!

@JBradshaw01 Love that idea! So fun!

Grade 12 students are definitely not too old for Play-Doh. Not when it can be used to explain enzyme activity.

@JBradshaw01 I’m also more resistant to do activities mid period/lesson that require phones (eg - kahoots, something part of the lesson) as then it is a battle to get them to put it away after. So if I do this at all it’s at the end of the lesson/period

It's been a month, #OntEd teachers; how are we feeling about the "new cellphone ban" compared to last year?

@senior_mrs @JBradshaw01 100%!

@JBradshaw01 I would say seniors have been more resistant. It's been great for me!

@JBradshaw01 I checked “the same” but it is better in some cases with more phones away. But I still have to say it multiple times a period. My sr classes are worse than my jr ones.

@jennitobinca @MrsCHeidrich @JBradshaw01 You mean the most non-absorbent paper towel in the world?!? 🤣

@MrsCHeidrich @JBradshaw01 Surfaces in my classroom only get cleaned when I or a student does it, if there is paper towel or a bottle of cleaner is available.

Hey fellow #OntEd educators! What are some things that you wish that the general public knew about our schools that doesn't get talked about?

@JBradshaw01 Would you be willing to share this lab? That’s awesome! I’ve never seen this one.

Testing for the presence of different macromolecules in various samples of milk. #STEMeducation

@JBradshaw01 They spend most of their life as larvae. As adults they mate and die. They don’t even eat. 🤣. And they don’t bite.

@megransom Is that what it is? I thought it was some kind of large mosquito. 🤷🏾‍♂️

This little guy caused a full on panic in my grade 12 biology class. It did spark good discussion about respect for life though, which tied in perfectly as we were also discussing experimental procedures that involve living organisms.

@JBradshaw01 I guess this ban means no more Kahoots/interactive polls/menti’s 😢😢.

#OntEd educators, cellphone “ban” 2.0 is about to begin. Do you anticipate noticeable changes in your classroom(s) compared to the last few years? Feel free to elaborate.

@JBradshaw01 @johnpatrickisme I can confirm it.. as a parent of a PDSB secondary student that was the info sent to us as well. My first thought was … “lunch”?!??? Good luck. Um…. Lunch isn’t instructional time. My kid will just leave the school every day at lunch. Likely going to cost me a fortune

@johnpatrickisme Wait, what?? I’m with Peel too! Where did you get this?