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Dear Thought Leader,
As we prepare to celebrate the holiday season, I'm honoured to share our Top 10 Canadian EdTech Newsmakers of the year for 2018. These organizations and individuals demonstrated extraordinary vision for the future, courageous leadership, an innovative spirit and a passion for supporting student success. I hope you enjoy this year's selection!
Congratulations to this year's selection! You continue to inspire us and raise the bar each day in education.
Thank you to all who put forth nominations to help us in selection process.
On behalf of our team, here’s wishing you and your families the very best for the holiday season!
Until next time, keep the digital learning curve steep!
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Robert Martellacci, M.A. EdTech
President, MindShare Learning Technology™
Chief Digital Curator, The MindShare Learning Report™
Co-founder & President C21 Canada™
Follow us on Twitter @MindShareLearn
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1. Dr. Gina Cherkowski, Founder & CEO, STEM Learning Lab
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Dr. Cherkowski is an educational game changer on a mission to ensure all students have access to high quality STEM learning experiences so they are aptly prepared for our technology-driven, dynamic world.
Dr. Cherkowski holds a PhD in Mathematics Education as well as in Culture Studies in Education. She has extensive experience in teaching and learning as a remediation specialist, a classroom teacher, and as a university professor for both undergraduate and graduate courses in education both in Canada and internationally.
You can follow Gina on twitter @gcherkowski |
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2. Armand Doucet, Co-Author, Educator, Global Teacher Prize Top 50 Nominee
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Armand is an Educator, Visionary, Leader, Inspirational Speaker and Co-Author
A passionate, Global Teacher Prize Top 50 Nominee 2017 and award winning Educator, Leader and Business Professional with a unique combination of entrepreneurial, teaching and motivational speaking experience. Proven sales, marketing, and management abilities and over 20 years of community involvement.
You can follow Armand on twitter @DoucetArmand
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3. Patricia Gartland, Superintendent & CEO of Schools, SD43 Coquitlam School District, B.C.
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Ms. Gartland has also served a leadership role in School District 43 as the Assistant Superintendent – International Education. Over a decade ago, she instituted what has become one of the most successful revenue generating International Education Programs in B.C. through the implementation of her vision for the internationalization of the school district and its communities – “guiding global citizens, becoming tomorrow’s leaders.” She has earned the accolades of her many colleagues and peers including being presented with the BCCIE
Distinguished Leadership Award in 2012.
Ms. Gartland is committed to team work and collaboration with district staff and community partners to ensure personal, social and career success for all students within the school district.
Ms.Gartland also serves as a C21 CEO Academy board member.
You can follow Patricia on twitter @p_gartland
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4. Dr. Carol Campbell, Associate Professor, OISE, University of Toronto
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Dr. Campbell is committed to advancing the use of research and evidence to inform, understand and contribute to educational change strategies involving policies and practices to strengthen professional capacity and to improve student opportunity, learning, achievement and equity. She is particularly interested in whole system reforms for large-scale change leveraging evidence of effective and promising practices within and across classrooms, schools, districts, provinces/states and countries.
You can follow Carol on twitter @CarolCampbell4
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5. Peter Skillen, Educator, Speaker, Visionary Code to Learn Program Leader |
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I am a learner & I am a teacher. Simple. The two, for me, are inseparable and part of the whole.
I have spent over 4 decades in the K-12 field, including a great time as Manager, Digital Age Learning with the YMCA of Greater Toronto. This was similar to my previous role in planning the professional development for teachers in a school district in Toronto.
However, I still am deeply involved in educational practice through the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), the Ontario Teachers’ Federation (OTF), the Educational Computing Organization of Ontario (ECOO) &, of course, in online learning spaces.
You can follow Peter on twitter @peterskillen |
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6. 2018 Classroom of the Future Winners!
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7. Ami Shah, CEO & Co-Founder Peekapak
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Ami Shah, CEO & Co-Founder of Peekapak, teaching skills for success like empathy and gratitude - both in the class and home. Peekapak is backed by the Edtech vertical of Y Combinator, Imagine K12, based in Silicon Valley, NewSchools Venture Fund, Uncharted (formerly the Unreasonable Institute) and the DMZ.
You can follow Ami on twitter @amishahdotca |
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8. Brian Aspinall, Best Selling Author, Educator, STEM Expert
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I am a teacher, learner, thinker, author, problem solver and question asker. I speak professionally on the topics of 21st century education, assessment and evaluation and have given three TEDx talks on education reform.
You can follow Brian on twitter @mraspinall |
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9. Canadian EdTech Summit Award Winners
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Patricia Gartland
Superintendent of Schools for School District No. 43 (Coquitlam)
Award: K12 School System Innovator of the Year
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Prodigy Game
A free curriculum aligned math game for grades/years 1-8 kids
Award: K12 EdTech Company of the Year
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Dr. Ron Owston
Professor of Education and former Dean of the Faculty of Education, York University
Award: Post-Secondary Innovative Professor of the Year
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Rekha Magon
Founder and CEO of The Mindful Scholar
Award: Startup Challenge Winner
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10. Sylvia Duckworth, Author, Educator, Sketchnoter
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Educator and internationally known sketchnoter Sylvia Duckworth makes ideas memorable and shareable with her simple yet powerful drawings. In
How to Sketchnote, she explains how you can use sketchnoting in the classroom and that you don’t have to be an artist to discover the benefits of doodling!
You can follow Sylvia on twitter @sylviaduckworth
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