About mstasiuk

I am both a new mom and a new teacher candidate. I have just finished my Bachelor of Education Degree (Primary/Junior) and am part of the first graduating class of the Educational Technology Leadership cohort at Brock University. I enjoy learning about new teaching practices that integrate technology (attempts, successes, and even failures) to engage and support student achievement in the 21st century. I am passionate about sharing knowledge, resources, reflections and promising practices with fellow educators.
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Kids in the Hall

By on May 30, 2012 in General Discussion

 

While volunteering recently in a 3/4 split class, I had the pleasure of supporting some students while they completed a culminating activity for their Social Studies unit. The 3s were challenged to write, perform, record and present a project revealing how the Anishinaabe or Wendat tribes lived before colonization.… More

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The More We Get Together

By on April 30, 2012 in Reflecting about...

I was asked to consider something about our current education system that is serving us well. What we absolutely, 100% cannot lose, in the push for transformation of the education system is face-to-face interaction between students, and between students and their teachers.… More

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Long lines

A Lot of Theory, Not A Lot of Practice…Yet

By on April 2, 2012 in General Discussion

I’ve just come out of the student-portion of my bachelor of education where I’ve been taught the 21st century fluencies, shown how to encourage critical and creative thinking, how to incorporate problem-based learning, trained to always take an inclusive, equitable and student-centered approach, and to allow my assessment to drive the instruction of my classroom full of digital citizens. … More

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Author: Michelle Stasiuk

By on April 1, 2012 in Author Introductions

I am revved to join this educator collective; looking always to the horizon of innovative teaching practices, and the future of education in Canada and beyond.  I come at this endeavor from a somewhat green, yet extremely eager perspective: that of a new teacher. … More

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