If you reflected on and responded to the
above questions during your teaching prac- tice before the pandemic, you have likely laid some of the groundwork for exploring online resources in a meaningful way in our new teaching reality. At this point, I am sure you are inun-
dated with the choice of online resources or you are dismayed with the lack of online resources. Either way, all electronic reading and viewing material will need to be vetted by an experienced educator – that’s you! But how? Begin with the skills you developed as a sorter, sifter and selector when you were in a physical classroom or before the pandemic. Make use of those skills as they will serve you well. Take note of those moments, lessons and experiences when you and your learn- ers analyzed a literary work critically. Try to remember what you did during those critical literacy discussions.
• What questions did you ask? • What questions did your learners ask?
• How did you go about answering those queries?
• What did you and the students discover? • What did they learn?
• What did you learn about what they learned?
• What were your next steps? Take time to refine your navigation skills
by rethinking and/or researching what it means to have a critical lens. Here are some useful sources:
• The TDSB toolkit for Selecting Equitable and Culturally Relevant and Responsive resources
• James Banks Continuum – Reflecting on Teaching Practices
“ALL ELECTRONIC READING AND VIEWING MATERIAL WILL NEED TO BE VETTED BY AN EXPERIENCED EDUCATOR – THAT’S YOU! BUT HOW? BEGIN WITH THE SKILLS YOU DEVELOPED AS A SORTER, SIFTER AND SELECTOR WHEN YOU WERE IN A PHYSICAL CLASSROOM OR BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. MAKE USE OF THOSE SKILLS AS THEY WILL SERVE YOU WELL. TAKE NOTE OF THOSE MOMENTS, LESSONS AND EXPERIENCES WHEN YOU AND YOUR LEARNERS ANALYZED A LITERARY WORK CRITICALLY. TRY TO REMEMBER WHAT YOU DID DURING THOSE CRITICAL LITERACY DISCUSSIONS.”
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• OISE/UT Centre for Urban Schooling Framework for Culturally Relevant and Responsive Pedagogy
• MediaSmarts – Media Literacy 101 Mining book recommendations from
like-minded bloggers, booksellers and pub- lishers is a quick way for educators to get their hands (or screens) on resources. For example, as a self-identified Black, woman and French as a Second Language teacher, I am constantly challenged to find French re- sources (digital or print) that not only have images of Black characters, but also highlight and feature the experiences and lives of those Black characters. Mistikrak (
mistikrak.ca) is a website managed by Valérie, an author-
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