I Blame Social Media For All
November 22, 2022
I know I’m not the only one who can no longer blame the pandemic for what education looks like today. I’ll submit to the notion
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Media Literacy: I’m Still Stuck on Selfies
October 13, 2022
“They could care less about the Z pattern in paper ads. Now they all wanted to know if their teacher had a Facebook. Maybe, I
5 Life Lessons Students Can Learn From Social Media
July 27, 2020
Why haven’t teachers utilized the ways in which students can learn from social media? Social media can be a powerful tool for engaging students and honoring
5 Life Lessons Your Students Can Learn from Social Media
November 21, 2018
Social media can be a powerful tool for engaging students and honoring youth culture. It can also be a powerful teaching tool. Here are 5
Social Media and the Classroom: No longer a question of “if”.
May 23, 2018
We teach our children basic computation skills in mathematics because we know they will need to know how to add, multiply, and think logically about
5 Rockstar Educators to Follow
October 11, 2016
When I first decided to actually use Twitter solely for educational purposes a little over a year ago, I thought to myself, “Are there actually
Matthew R. Morris
Educator, Speaker, Writer
Matthew R. Morris is a writer, speaker, and elementary educator in Toronto. He has an M.A. in Social Justice Education from OISE at the University of Toronto and is the author of the forthcoming book, Black Boys Like Me.
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racism permeates everything. it permeates boundaries, identities, expectations, life goals. it permeates society and all it's institutions, including schools.
Read MoreThe action of judging people isn't necessarily problematic. That's innate to us. It's the uncritical and. non-reflective judgement and categorization that harms bodies.
Read MoreTeachers: Make a promise to yourself. When you come to work. (When you get to school), come real. I can make a promise. When you do this, it will be the most liberating experience of your professional career. And the kicker: these young folk will love you even more. ❤️
Read Moreas a teacher, i gotta pay more attention to what i hear in between those bells.
Read Moreenglish teacher/writer chronicles: Me: uses the word "gap" when writing something, anything. also, ME: "i know better words than that. I do." ME, again: "google bar: 'gap syn'. *looks at words.* i knew that word" also, ME: "Kids, don't use AI to write. It's not you." Damn.
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