The Quebec Social Integration Network
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Literacy Resource: Recycling and Food Waste
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Real-world resources for UDL implementation in adult education
Last school year, I was invited to collaborate on a project with a team of teachers and pedagogical consultants at Place Cartier Adult Education Centre, part of Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB). The presenters teach across a range of...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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