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Media Coverage #4, includes interview

Here’s a Digital Journal feature article about me, my platform, and some of my perspectives on TDSB & the Trustee role, written by Andrew Moran. TDSB Trustee candidate Monica Batac wants to innovate classrooms Full URL: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/319209 Excerpt: During municipal elections,

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Posted in Trustee Campaign

Media coverage #2 – campaign

Ontario educator and blogger Doug Peterson wrote this article on me, entitled “Yoga and Politics.”  Some of the things he highlights: how we met, my experiences and perspectives, my social media and technology use, and what I bring to the

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Posted in Discussions with teachers, Education in the news, Educational Technology, Parental Involvement in Education, Random thoughts, Trustee Campaign

The new year brings a new trustee – my campaign begins…

On our first day of 2012, I would like to share an important message with you. It is with the overwhelming support of my family and many colleagues, friends, and mentors that I will be running in the by-election for Toronto

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Posted in Blog development, Daily reflection, Education in the news, Random thoughts, Trustee Campaign

ECOO11/Minds on Media: Playing around with Stop Motion Animation

Better late than never, here are two videos from our playful exploration of Frames, an Animation and Digital Storytelling software (available through OSAPAC).  We were at the October 22, 2011 Minds on Media event/ECOO.  The wiki from the day is

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Posted in Educational Technology, Lesson ideas, Teacher Resource

Exploring race & assumptions – initial work & reflections

I’ve spent the past 4 weeks immersed in a Grade 3 classroom, and while I would like to blog more generally about the experience, this post is about an isolated, introductory activity in anti-discriminatory education. I began to plan some

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