Professional Development

Feb. 9 I chose coronavirus as the central theme of the first weeks’ language studies for 2 grade 10 classes of adult (22+) learners at Scarborough Centre for Alternative Studies. I chose [...]

Using social media in our personal lives as well as the classroom February 14 is OSSTF PD DAY – Toronto Teachers If you are a secondary school teacher in the TDSB, there is still room for [...]

What a fantastic end to a rough week. I had the opportunity to attend EdCamp Hamilton, coming off the back end of several heated discussions around the organization and attendance of a focus [...]

  Dove’s new ad campaign embeds the value of recognizing and appreciating one’s own natural beauty, and may be successful for those who are feeling insecure in the looks [...]

  Justin Trudeau’s early days in Parliament as the new Leader of the Liberal Party were accompanied by Conservative Party attack ads. Attack ads criticize personal attributes of their [...]

The Role of Media in 21st Century Public Life The April 15 bombings at the Boston Marathon and the subsequent events have provided a fascinating opportunity to explore how  the digital media [...]

. A week after the death of Margaret Thatcher, Ding-Dong the Witch is Dead, a song from The Wizard of Oz, had risen to the top of the pops in England as a measure of many Britons’ responses to [...]

Anti-Americanism? Anti-consumerism? Anti-fast-food? I imagine that you have one or two friends who regularly send you emails or links to unusual, funny, quirky, distracting information.  I do, [...]

 Jane Mitchinson-Schwartz . . A group of grade 11 girls were showing the music video they had just finished producing for my Communications Technology class, when it occurred to me how [...]

Using Media to Improve Presentation and Oral Language Skills by Sandra Germano, Grade 4/5, Toronto District School Board The purpose of this lesson is for students to gain a better understanding [...]