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Besides Beers + Probst, do you have favorite professional texts for teaching nonfiction reading? #edusky #english #ela

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On the cutting room floor is the bit where the host introduced their interview series, The Interview, and I asked how long it took to come up with the name. Anyway, here’s me talking about birds and science and burnout and moving through the world. The photo’s nice! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...

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A great first day at Reading For The Love of It! Choosing which sessions to attend was the trickiest part. Each session was a great combo of confirmations of, and challenges to, my thinking. #RFTLOI #RFTLOI2025

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Hello, world! ELAN Ontario is now on Bluesky. Please give us a like and a follow to help us start connecting our network of literacy educators in the province.

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Brian Weishar is ELAN Ontario’s Past Chair and he is once again presenting at Reading For The Love of It! You can find info for Brian’s session, “The Sense(s) of Story,” here: readingfortheloveofit.com/sessions/202... #ELANatRFTLOI #RFTLOI @brianweishar.bsky.social

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Introducing UNgrading to 9s & all week. 1 Ss' body language has strongly suggested they are not overly impressed. As they left today, I commented that it seemed the 'struggle is real' & the response was a vehement, 'Every Day!' But then they added: 'But this is inspiring me.' I was shocked!

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Here's an article I would be all over if I was in a classroom right now. ✅ Effective expository mentor text ✅ Topic that is immediately relevant to teens ✅ Great examples of how to incorporate expertise and evidence into text ✅ Invites discussion about the relationship between commerce and media

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@jasontries.bsky.social & I had a great time launching the Middle Years Digital Media Literacy Project with Apple Education & the Career Education Council. Students will develop transferable skills & digital media literacy through the use of iPads, which culminates with an App Development project.

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Recent snowstorms are going to make it hard for many Ontarians to go out and vote in the upcoming election. So, bring the vote to you! You can still register to vote by mail until 6pm on February 21. Link is below. Democracy has never been more convenient 😊 #ontpoli votebymail.elections.on.ca

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I don’t believe in Teachers Pay Teachers. I believe in Teachers Give Teachers. So here are all of my favourite FREE resources. Sharing is caring. sites.google.com/view/eslfair... #OntEd #EduSky

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Hello new followers! We've compiled a list of First Nations, Métis, & Inuit writers, artists, scholars, advocates, & media makers on bsky who live north of the 49th parallel. You can follow along with the starter pack (go.bsky.app/CxqcLvn) or by adding the list as a feed (bsky.app/profile/did:...)

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We're thrilled to announce the FOLD's 2025 Writer-In-Residence, Kate Gies, author of IT MUST BE BEAUTIFUL TO BE FINISHED! Join us for the FOLD's 10th anniversary, virtually from Apr 27-30 & in-person May 1-4 in Brampton. #FOLD2025 @kategies.bsky.social @simonschusterca.bsky.social

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It was great to connect w/ math education leaders from across Ontario at the @omcamath.bsky.social retreat. Our keynote @mrvalencia24.bsky.social was lively, inspiring & insightful. I also had chats on how to strengthen destreaming in many districts. As always, our best work is done together.

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We're excited to welcome Tanya Talaga, author of THE KNOWING, to the 2025 Festival of Literary Diversity! Join us for the FOLD's 10th anniversary, virtually from Apr 27-30 & in-person May 1-4 in Brampton. Registration opens on Mar 19! #FOLD2025 @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @tanyatalaga.bsky.social

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What if you built a billion-story building? Watch the latest What If? video collaboration with MinuteEarth! youtu.be/Z_xJ40QXu7Q

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Took a detour from #MoreThanWords from @biblioracle.bsky.social to read Nick Cave's discussion of creativity and ChatGPT. English teachers out there should give it a look - I bet it would make for some fascinating classroom discussions. #EduSky www.theredhandfiles.com/chatgpt-maki...

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We're excited to welcome Derek Mascarenhas, author of THE MANGO MONSTER, to the 2025 Festival of Literary Diversity! Join us for the FOLD's 10th anniversary, virtually from Apr 27-30 & in-person May 1-4 in Brampton. Registration opens Mar 19! #FOLD2025 @dpmasca.bsky.social @owlkids.bsky.social

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We're excited to welcome K.D. Richards, author of THE PERFECT MURDER, to the 2025 Festival of Literary Diversity! Join us for the FOLD's 10th anniversary, virtually from Apr 27-30 & in-person May 1-4 in Brampton. Registration opens on March 19! Visit thefoldcanada.org for more info. #FOLD2025

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I founded a writing community for K-12 writer/designers and their teachers in 2008. We do action research and document our learning there. Its had a pretty significant influence on what happens in many schools and other learning spaces, too. Recently, friends in the field asked to pick my brain...

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Tried my first #TQE discussion yesterday with my Grade 12s and I thought it went really well! Sorry @senior126.bsky.social that I left it all over the board. Also, I forgot to take it off again today 😬.

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We're excited to welcome Mackenzie Angeconeb, author of THE FRAGMENTS THAT REMAIN, to the 2025 Festival of Literary Diversity! Join us for the FOLD's 10th anniversary, virtually from Apr 27-30 & in-person May 1-4 in Brampton. Registration opens Mar 19! #FOLD2025 @cormorantbooks.bsky.social

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I'm very happy to have my hands on the new @biblioracle.bsky.social book and start to dig in. Expect that I'll post the odd excerpt with some accompanying thoughts as I work my way through.

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This is the kind of interactivity and form equaling function I’d love to see in online learning. @jasonhimsl.bsky.social www.reuters.com/graphics/VID...

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Oh this is just delightful: for the opening of his documentary on the history of music on SNL, Questlove produced “a high-speed, six-minute DJ mix of SNL music highlights”. So good you’ll want to watch it way more than just once. [kottke.org]

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As part of our formal summative task for #ENL1W1, students evaluated social media posts, found sources to verify, and then shared/discussed findings with peers, reflecting on their online sharing practices. Can you spot the misinformation? docs.google.com/document/d/1... #onted #EduSky

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Teachers: Make an effort to say every student’s name at least once today. I know in MS/HS this gets tougher, but let’s try and see how it goes?

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We're launching the TDSB Beginning Teacher & Mentor Co-Learning series! Later Literacy Sessions - Teaching Writing through Inquiry - Building Critical Thinking & Critical Literacy through Reading Responses - Toward a Culturally Sustaining Practice in Writing Workshop Learn more: bit.ly/tdsbPL

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