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Selected Media Interviews: Education in the Times of COVID-19

Monday, August 17th, 2020

This is a list of my recent interviews on the topics related to the education in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: A Zoom Interview with e-Tek on the topic of Education in Canada: E-Tek Webinar#42 https://www.facebook.com/events/823480324869044/?ti=ls A phone interview with Vancouver Sun journalist, Lori Culbert on the challenges of K-12 students and their families […]

Getting Ready for a New & Unusual School Year

Friday, August 14th, 2020

It is the middle of August… Moreover, it is the middle of August 2020, which has been one of the strangest summer months in decades.  Most of us have spent this summer at home, or had a chance to do some small travels exploring our outdoors – such as nearby parts and campsites. If you […]

Presentation at the International LUMAT Symposium 2020

Tuesday, June 9th, 2020

I was honored to give an invited talk at the International LUMAT Research Symposium 2020 on June 3, 2020.  The goal of my talk was to consider the following questions: What does it mean to move from STEM to STEAM? What do we gain and what do we lose by expanding the acronym? What is […]

The Silver Lining of the Pandemic: Implications for STEM Teacher Education

Friday, May 29th, 2020

While it is clear that the pandemic wreaked havoc in many areas of education, there is a clear positive outcome of the pandemic – we realized that we can use technology to bring us closer, rather than to move us apart. It is very unfortunate, it took a disaster like COVID-19, to show us the […]

Supporting Children’s Education during the Pandemic: A webinar for UNA community

Wednesday, May 20th, 2020

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They came through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. – Khalil Gibran (Your Children, from The Prophet) When my children were growing up and I was struggling […]

Supporting Children’s Education During the Pandemic | One Hour @ UBC

Monday, April 27th, 2020

Online education vs. Emergency remote teaching

Thursday, April 23rd, 2020

I have been asked a lot lately to compare online learning our children are experiencing now with the face-to-face learning. I try not to do it for a very simple reason. It seems to me that what is going on now is not a well thought-off online learning, but a remote teaching that had to […]

If Corona Doesn’t Kill Us, Distance Learning Will

Thursday, April 16th, 2020

I have watched this video a number of times now and I realize that I do want to share it with you. I love the title and even more, I feel the plight of this mom of four who is actually a special education teacher in Israel. We need to support the parents during the […]

One Hour @ UBC

Friday, April 10th, 2020

To support our community during the pandemic, I was asked to give a free interactive lecture on online learning and homeschooling. I will be doing it on April 23, 2020. It will be an interactive seminar where I will show the community how they can use existing online resources to support their children. Please notice, […]

Selected Media Interviews & Community Events: Education during COVID-19

Monday, March 30th, 2020

This is a list of my recent interviews on the topics related to the education in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: CBC News interview with Jessica Wong: Return to schools in the times of COVID-19 – https://muckrack.com/jessica-wong/articles CTV News interview with Meredith MacLeod on reopening schools in the time of the pandemic,  August 12, […]

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