Pedagogy… Anti-Oppression work in the Ontario Classroom 7 Jun 20208 Jun 2020 I am a survivor of a concentration camp. My eyes saw what no person should witness: gas chambers built by learned engineers. Children poisoned by educated physicians. Infants killed by…
Hindsight 2020… It only takes a spark… 3 May 20203 Jun 2020 A story about my failures and my learning in teaching students in CHC2P for the blog series: Hindsight 2020. By Rachel Collishaw, originally published as part of Write-On, the 2016…
Reflections Marshall Plan of the Mind: Architecture as History 3 May 20204 May 2020 You might recognize the Schloss Leopoldskron--or, at least, the lake behind it--from the iconic canoeing scene in The Sound of Music. Given the building's long and complicated history, however, its…
Rapport Blog… Sites worth Seeing 3 May 20203 May 2020 Often we ask students to explore topics with a mind to analyzing primary and secondary sources. While it is fairly easy to find primary sources I have sometimes found it…
Rapport Blog… Neil Hetherington of the Daily Bread Food Bank on the Crisis Facing Torontonians 3 May 20203 May 2020 By Allan Hux Neil Hetherington, the CEO of the Daily Bread Food Bank, spoke on Tuesday, April 14 from their main warehouse at 191 New Toronto Street in Etobicoke. Neil…
Rapport Blog… Curriculum Diversity Part 4 3 Apr 202027 Apr 2020 By John Myers Curriculum Diversity Part 4This series has aimed to:- provide useful resources for promoting curriculum content that is more inclusive of our diversity*- identify ways to overcome the…
Rapport Blog… The Books Teachers Read and How They Influence Us/Our Students 1 Apr 20202 Apr 2020 By Risa Gluskin While social distancing, I’ve gotten to thinking about the books we, as teachers, read, and how they influence us in our teaching lives.At my school, we used…
Rapport Blog… Stories from Self Isolation 1 Apr 20204 May 2020 A story collection project of how we are living during the #Covid19 pandemic in Canada & around the world By: Katy Whitfield As we are all “living” history through this…
Pedagogy… Rapport: Lessons from Credit Recovery 17 Sep 201930 Mar 2020 By Risa Gluskin Everyone seems to have an opinion on credit recovery. I’ll stick to my experience. I’ve been teaching credit recovery for about five years. Wow, is it difficult!…
Rapport Blog… Rapport: Reflections of a Teacher Candidate 19 Apr 201925 Mar 2020 By: Thomas Adamson When I was fifteen, I took a Canadian History class with a teacher who invested very little energy in designing engaging lesson plans. As a result, I…
Pedagogy… Rapport: Tech: Tools or Toys? Part 3 19 Apr 201925 Mar 2020 y John Myers As a result of “playing with” technology based on a model for investigation (FAB +D), a rough standard for judging effectiveness, and the experiences of 200+ TCs…
Pedagogy… Rapport: Tools or Toys? Wisdom in a Wired World 14 Jan 201925 Mar 2020 By John Myers I have wanted to do a project like this ever since I came to OISE. I had led a curriculum team of grade 5 teachers for a…