In this episode, we welcome the Felicia Rose Chavez to discuss liberating assessment.  Re-imagining Literacies Assessment is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Re-Imagining Literacies Assessment also acknowledges the support of the University of Manitoba, Brandon University, the Re-Imagining Literacies Assessment Research Team and the Re-Imagining Literacies Assessment Working Group. A special thanks to our guest in this episode, Felica Rose Chavez. The songs The Ceremony of Innocence (Hyperion Remix), The Perfect Life, Chord Sounds, Th ..read more

In this episode, we welcome the community, educators, and researchers of Joe A. Ross School in Opaskwayak Cree Nation to discuss decolonizing assessment through Anisininiwak epistemologies and ontologies.  Re-imagining Literacies Assessment is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Re-Imagining Literacies Assessment also acknowledges the support of the University of Manitoba, Brandon University, the Re-Imagining Literacies Assessment Research Team and the Re-Imagining Literacies Assessment Working Group. A special thanks to our guests in th ..read more

In this episode, Cathy Burnett talks about "undoing assessment" and how assessment shapes what--and sometimes, who--is valued in education. Cathy invites us to imagine literacy-as-event and the potential it provides in education. Re-imagining Literacies Assessment is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Re-Imagining Literacies Assessment also acknowledges the support of University of Manitoba, Brandon University, the Re-Imagining Literacies Assessment Research Team and the Re-Imagining Literacies Assessment Working Group. A special thanks to o ..read more

Teachers, in their ongoing work, must reconcile their roles, histories, communities, and identities. This may be of even greater relevance as we approach the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and the fall equinox. This is a keynote session and Q&A with The Honourable Murray Sinclair, recorded on May 6th, 2022. It was part of the Professional Learning and Leadership Centre's "Flourishing Communities and Anti-Racist Practice" Speakers Series, funded by Winnipeg School Division ..read more

It’s 2021 – what’s news with you? Maggie Macintosh knows! The Free Press Education reporter talks with me about the relationship between reporter and subjects, what people are interested in reading about, what “counts” as news, how you report on stories, truth in reporting, anonymous sources, and predictions for the news of 2021. And if you, like me, missed this article, here’s is Maggie’s mini-review of education in Manitoba: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/education-special-568917622.html ..read more

This conversation with Michael Fullan packs a lot of big ideas relating to the nature and necessity of change (post-COVID and in general) and the role of technology going forward ..read more

I reach Rebecca from her home (which is not a school but is a place of learning) to talk about her switch from working in the public school system to home schooling. There's lots of talk about what this entails, similarities and differences between home and public schooling, but also the differences between child and learner and teacher and parent ..read more

We're back! Who better to join me than Ellen Bees, middle school teacher and Queen of Data on EduTwitter. We talk about the pandemic (how could we not?), classrooms of the past, present, and future, what success might mean this year, social justice, and media literacy ..read more

President of the Manitoba Teachers Society James Bedford talks with me about the recent WE scandal, the presence of WE in schools, the 2017 MTS decision to not support WE, and what all that means for teachers ..read more

Tara has a great Youtube channel, and you should all check that out! As that loads, you can listen to this! I talk to Tara McLauchlan about graphic novels, what high school literacy can or should look like, using tech in the classroom, using tech, online learning, and the 6Cs ..read more