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  • Thanks for the Feedback

    Thanks for the Feedback

    by Deb McCallum This year I have been diving deeper into learning more about cognitive biases, and our blind spots. My doctorate course with Dr. Katz last winter was very insightful into helping me to understand how our biases can impact our work. When I think about my own influence in education, I think about…

    July 17, 2021
  • Launching the new Learning Forward Ontario Literacy Network

    Learning Forward Ontario proudly presents a new four-part event series that will lead to a new Ontario Literacy Network! Our first 2 events feature @KathleenGLundy & @JennyKayDupuis First session: Join us virtually on Wednesday, August 25th, 2021 at 9:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. EST we launch a four-part Literacy Network Series. Our first guest speaker,…

    June 30, 2021
  • Making Read-Alouds Purposeful – Canadian School Libraries Journal

    Making Read-Alouds Purposeful – Canadian School Libraries Journal — Read on journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/making-read-alouds-purposeful/ https://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/McCallumFeature.png

    November 12, 2020
  • Reading, Disability & Blackness

    Reading, Disability & Blackness

    After listening to Thomas Reid and his must-listen-to podcast “Reid My Mind Radio” I find myself thinking deeper about blackness and reading, disability and reading, and of course, the intersectionality of blackness and disability.

    October 7, 2020
  • Special Education and Disability

    The problem of disability.

    September 27, 2020
  • Brain Words Book Club: How the Science of  Reading Informs Teaching

    Brain Words Book Club: How the Science of Reading Informs Teaching

    “When we speak of building a dictionary in each child’s brain, we are referring to building a bank of syllables and words within each child – that includes information on pronunciation, meaning, and critically, spelling. These stored patterns and words referred to by scientists as lexical representations, we refer to here as brain words” p…

    August 21, 2020
  • Literacy Instruction: From ‘Best Practices’ to Centering Student Voices

    I am thinking about the intersections of literacy instruction and learning that centers the voices of Black students. I know that even as I am thinking about this, and sharing my own thoughts and questions, that I have been indoctrinated with racist tendencies that I have subconsciously absorbed: 10 Ways Good White People Can Help…

    August 3, 2020
  • Assessment Literacy – via Lyn Sharratt

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    December 28, 2019
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