The opportunities to use social media and electronic communication for pedagogical purposes are expanding every day. Social media offer teachers exciting new ways to engage with students, parents, and the wider school c
In addition to traditional computers, students in my classroom use mobile devices as learning tools to collaborate, investigate, innovate, and express themselves creatively. While students use these devices almost instinctively, teachers may struggle to understand their releva
The New Media Consortium’s 2011 Horizon Report, which examines emerging technologies for their potential impact on and use in teaching, focuses on four key trends forecast for the next five years in education.1
Joyce Public School is located in northwest Toronto, in an unprepossessing one-storey brick building. The Joyce school community, with a majority of immigrant families, is multicultural and multilingual. Many families have low incomes.
In October 2009, ETFO members Mali Bickley and Jim Carleton approached the Simcoe Teacher Local executive about becoming involved with the 17th annual iEARN International Conference and Youth Summit.
When the Ministry of Education announced that the formal fall report card would be replaced with an interim, informal report, ETFO applauded. We did caution the ministry that implementation might be a concern.
In September Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty sparked a string of debates among Canadian teachers, students, parents, and the public at large with his comments about the use of cell phones in 
“Our society should look past each other’s skin colours, languages, cultures and backgrounds. Kids can achieve a lot and we can spread this message. If we start now, then we will have a different future than the world we have now.”
It’s an unusual experience for the children of the First Nations School (FNS) in Toronto’s downtown east end to have a bearskin, with the animal’s head still attached, spread out in their room.