Welcoming Your Students
As the new school year approaches, many educators and schools prepare their education spaces to welcome learners. As an educator, I know how much time and dedication we put into setting up [...]
Canada 150? Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Histories
Canada is about to celebrate its 150th birthday as a nation. That means communities across Canada, big and small, are preparing to commemorate and recognize Canadian identity and the nation’s [...]
Integrating Provincial Standards and Indigenous Ways of Knowing
Finding ways to integrate diverse knowledge in a classroom isn’t always easy for educators to accomplish. Often, we rely on things we know or have seen in classrooms as learners ourselves. [...]
Decolonizing Literacy: Creating Culturally Relevant Lessons
Learning Bird works with schools and communities to find learning paths for learners who may not always succeed in traditional classrooms. One of our recent collaborations with Garden River First [...]
Bringing Games into the Classroom: A Practical Guide
Do not panic. I will break down the most practical way for educators to successfully integrate elements of video games into their classrooms as painlessly as possible. And hopefully, I will even [...]
A Guide to Gamification: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Gaming Can Change the World You may be hearing a new word in education and technology a lot these days: Gamification. Gamification applies elements associated with video games (game mechanics and [...]
