ELA Today is an online journal compiled and edited by the ATEQ Board featuring content relevant to English Language Arts Teachers in Quebec. It includes contributions from people in Quebec and from abroad in order to foster beneficial dialogue and share information, knowledge and pedagogical approaches.
Every teacher is currently facing the scary prospects of AI in schools, but most energy has been focused on the idea of students using it for plagiarism. I challenged myself to think of ways that we could leverage AI how it was meant to be used: as a tool to enrich and facilitate our jobs as teachers
If you want to engage in a stimulating conversation with Indigenous writers, register for the November Salon du livre des Premières Nations in Quebec City. Although it is advertised in French, the annual 3-day line up features such luminaries as David A Robertson, Springboard’s 2024 keynote speaker, and Waub Rice, author of the nailbiter, Moon of the Crusted Snow, a new staple on some high school reading lists. Moreover, many of the presenters who write in French have had their books translated into English, and their books can be purchased on site.
While story-driven video games are often played individually, transitioning them into a group context opens the space to build rich communities of talk. A stream of near constant communication is required when only one player can hold the controller but decisions are being made collaboratively.