Superior-Greenstone and Superior North Catholic school boards Learning Together
On March 29th, educators from both Superior-Greenstone District School Board and Superior North Catholic District School Board had the opportunity to learn and share together as they spent the day challenging their thinking with George Couros. The principal, and education and leadership consultant is the author of The Innovator’s Mindset and he spent the day sharing his experiences, connecting educators and pushing our learning as we work together to meet the learning needs of ALL our learners in our communities.
Educators were encouraged to get connected on Twitter so that they could leverage the power of the social media to learn from others and share the joy and learning that they are undertaking in each of their school communities.
Angela Gainer from Superior North Catholic District School Board was looking forward to learning “different ways that we can integrate technology and enhance instruction to make learning more relevant to our students, engaging them in the process.” Chelsey Tegel a grade 6,7,8 teacher with Superior -Greenstone District School Board was also excited to learn “how to incorporate technology in the classroom in a meaningful way” for her students.
George created excitement and a friendly atmosphere of “competitive collaboration” amongst all the attendees with a game of rock-paper-scissors”
Directors of both Boards, Dave Tamblyn (SGDSB) and Alexa McKinnon face off for the friendly rock-paper-scissors challenge! While the SNCDSB Technology Enabled Teaching and Learning Contact, Katie Di Biagio and George Couros cheer them on! Photo S.Wallwin
Congratulations to Karrie Cavner, from Margaret Twomey Public School,for winning that challenge!
Photo S.Wallwin
George pushed all the learners in the room to get outside of their comfort zone. BJ Mercier, the principal of St. Hilary School took a risk by sharing her learning of the day via video with George. The exercise got everyone thinking about how they connect with their school communities.
The event organizers, Katie Di Biagio and Stacey Wallwin: the two Technology Enabled Learning and Teaching Contacts for their Boards,
were excited to provide educators from both Boards the opportunity to learn together and they hope that they have many more opportunities to come together to provide the best learning opportunities for all learners by tapping into the resources we have within our schools Boards. We look forward to implementing George’s ideas and sharing our learning with our school communities!
Stacey Wallwin, Technology Enabled Learning and Teaching Contact
Superior-Greenstone District School Board
Katie Di Biagio, Technology Enabled Learning and Teaching Contact
Superior North Catholic District School Board
