Pat Chessell

Great to meet @charlieangus104.bsky.social at the Aboriginal Education Association’s pro-d today!

Attended a great session yesterday @scottishsfu.bsky.social where I learned about some new research being released on the Jacobites around culture & memory. As a Comparative Cultures teacher, this presentation gave me quite a few good ideas I’m looking forward to bringing into the classroom

Standardized tests reward correctness over creativity

But many real-world challenges demand innovative thinking, not just accurate answers

So, let's use performance tasks that encourage creative solutions & novel approaches, even if they look different from student to student

#EduSky #EduSkyChat

The BCTF Executive Committee applauds CUPE flight attendants for standing strong and securing a tentative agreement! 💪 #unionstrong #unpaidworkwontfly

Traditional tests often focus on speed, not depth.

But rushing through content only rewards surface learning and sidelines reflection.

So, let's design assessments that allow students to take their time, think deeply, and develop thoughtful, nuanced responses.

#assessment #education #teaching

Hobbs!

poster for an upcoming festival in Muskoka featuring: MOIST, SLOAN, CHOCLAIR

Canadian music festival posters that sound like items on old-fashioned English dessert menus

Screenshot of two pages of a magazine article with the title "Indigenizing Digital Spaces" with several paragraphs of text and then an image on the page on the right with three people on a panel with microphones with a screen behind them that says "Indigenize Tech With Us"

Do you have your copy of the June issue of Megaphone Magazine @megaphonemagazine.com? It has an all-Indigenous focus and my column features Indigenous tech conversations at Web Summit #Vancouver

Find a vendor: megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/

A waffle cone with scoops of ice cream with globs of red jam swirled in. Photo from the sidewalk with a brick building in the background.

Earnest Ice Cream’s #vegan peanut butter & jam is the hit of the summer (to me, personally).

#vancouver #food 🍜 #yum

Some fear that giving students choice will reduce academic rigor.

However, when grounded in clear outcomes, choice increases ownership, meaning, and motivation.

So, let's make student choice the default by allowing personalization in product, process, or topic.

#EduSky #EduSkyChat #assessment

This is the key and important part about all of this.

Traditional tests often focus on what’s easy to score, not always what matters

Memorized facts don’t reveal whether students can apply, synthesize, or create.

So, let's start using performance tasks that challenge students to think & transfer learning.

#assessment #education #teacher #EduSky

Le premier ministre Mark Carney serre la main de Sa Sainteté le pape Léon XIV lors d’une rencontre après la messe d’inauguration du pontificat au Vatican.

It was an honour to meet His Holiness Pope Leo XIV today following his Mass of Inauguration. 
 
His message of unity and compassion inspires the best in us all.

Will have to give this a try…

Just when you thought it couldn't possibly get any worse.

I asked Wendy if I could read the paper she turned in, and when I opened the document, I was surprised to see the topic: critical pedagogy, the philosophy of education pioneered by Paulo Freire. The philosophy examines the influence of social and political forces on learning and classroom dynamics. Her opening line: “To what extent is schooling hindering students’ cognitive ability to think critically?” Later, I asked Wendy if she recognized the irony in using AI to write not just a paper on critical pedagogy but one that argues learning is what “makes us truly human.” She wasn’t sure what to make of the question. “I use AI a lot. Like, every day,” she said. “And I do believe it could take away that critical-thinking part. But it’s just — now that we rely on it, we can’t really imagine living without it.”

Speechless.

May the 5th is Red Dress Day. The first thing you can do to enact change is to read the report! This will help you understand the harm and colonial violence that continues to happen to Indigenous Woman and Girls. It's time to stop the harm www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/.../06/Final...

Thank you, Pat! I’m glad you enjoyed the day! 🙏🏻

Great CEC with the amazing @tomschimmer.bsky.social - one of the best CECs I’ve been to! @rosepillay1.bsky.social #CISVA

Wishing all my fellow educators a great first day back from the break!

All my single-column rubrics feature embedded dropdown lists of feedback. The feedback is also editable, so personalization isn't sacrificed in the name of efficiency.

These embedded feedback banks have undoubtedly made my assessment practices stronger and more sustainable. #edusky #bced