Beyond the Tools | by Avi Spector

26 Feb

Teacher Feature: Using “Trashketball” in a DBE Math Class

Mariève Gagné teaches DBE Math at the ACCESS Adult Education Centre in St-Lambert with the Riverside School Board. Mariève places an emphasis on developing a positive mathematical mindset with her students (see her video “Math is Frightening”) and is constantly...
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21 Dec

Sharing resources in an individualized setting with Google Sites

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with the teachers of New Horizons, ETSB. New Horizons is an adult education centre that offers courses in an individualized setting. Classes are often multi-level and multi-subject. To help address some of the...
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17 Nov

Teacher Feature: How do Tina La Rosa’s students use an online visual thesaurus?

Earlier this week, I visited Tina La Rosa’s classroom to watch her implement a Learning Situation with her students. Tina teaches three courses at Galileo Adult Centre, EMSB. Tina’s courses include: ENG P105-4 Stepping Out, ENG P106-4 Lifestyle Options, and...
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11 Apr

Why Flexible Learning Spaces and UDL matter – Part 1

In my previous post on Transforming Classroom Spaces, I looked at what teachers and students were doing at Forest Hill Elementary School, Senior Campus in Saint-Lazare. Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with one of the teachers from...
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22 Nov

Transforming Classroom Spaces

For decades the classroom as we know it has been virtually untouched. Chances are that your classroom as a child was very similar to the one your parents attended. Only recently have there been concerted efforts to make learning spaces...
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6 Oct

Teacher Feature: What do stations look like in Lindsay’s classroom?

Last school year, Tracy Rosen and I offered a workshop around stations at AQIFGA 2016. Our workshop was all about introducing adult education teachers to the station rotation model and blended learning. There are many different models for setting up stations but...
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1 Jun

Finding the Citizen in Digital Citizenship

Finding the Citizen in Digital Citizenship Tracy Rosen and I recently facilitated a workshop “Finding the Citizen in Digital Citizenship” at the AAESQ (Association of Administrators of English Schools of Quebec) administrator’s conference in Saint-Sauveur, Quebec. One of the things...
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29 Apr

Have you thought about using stations in adult education?

Last week, Tracy Rosen and I facilitated a very different (and fun!) type of workshop at the AQIFGA 2016 adult education conference in Longueuil, Quebec. Our workshop was all about introducing adult education teachers to the station rotation model and blended learning....
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1 Apr

Introducing the Internet.. the information superhighway!

April fools day! 🙂 In past years, it’s become sort of a tradition here to do a blog post on a retro technology for April fools day. Today we’re going to take a look at the Internet.. 90’s style! Back...
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17 Feb

Bringing the Cell Phones Above the Desk with Kahoot!

I recently had the opportunity to visit the class of Jennifer Campbell, a Social Vocational Integration Services (SVIS) teacher at the Marymount Adult Centre, EMSB. Jennifer regularly uses tablets and the students’ mobile devices to help with student learning. During...
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