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Exploring actionable methods for seamlessly transitioning between online and in person learning with Google for Education.

As the number of COVID-19 cases continue to rise across North America, many schools continue to host their students inside their walls each day, providing a much needed place for students to engage in their learning, participate in meaningful experiences and socialize with their peers. While the pandemic continues on, we have a new set of front line workers and they are not getting the accolades they deserve. Teachers: We want you to know that we see you. We see that you are staying up until all hours to plan for in person and online learning -- simultaneously balancing both...

Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) in Ontario, Canada services the City of Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton County, and the District Municipality of Muskoka, including the Wahta Mohawk Territory. TLDSB’s mission is to keep the focus on students by creating safe and positive environments for all students from Kindergarten all the way through to their adult learning programs.  To that end, TLDSB formed a committee 10 years ago in partnership with community members from Wahta and others from Indigenous Nations represented in the area, focussed on supporting the needs of Indigenous students across the school board. This committee provides a place...

The pandemic has presented it’s fair share of challenges - and one of the most significant in the online and remote learning environment, is how to engage our youngest learners meaningfully.    Teaching and learning online looks different than it does in the classroom, but how do we ensure we don’t lose the magic of learning through play and other collaborative experiences? Over the summer, we had the privilege of working with these youngest learners and wanted to share some ideas from our experiences.   Engaging K-3 students in online learning has so many possibilities! With full consideration to the...

Earlier this year, Future Design School joined the wonderful educators at Roselle Middle School for our immersive “Hack Your Curriculum” professional development program. Hack Your Curriculum empowers educators to harness human-centred design methods to build creative, challenge-focused learning and authentic personalized inquiry in their classrooms. The professional development series provides tools and methods for creative problem solving as teachers approach their existing curriculum from a learner-centered perspective, and build interdisciplinary connections for inquiry-based learning.    We thank Sixth Grade Language Arts Teacher, Kathleen Henne, for taking the time to document her experience with us! Kathleen captured the great curriculum plan...