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First Name

Jennifer
Last Name

Casa-Todd
User Name

JCasaTodd
What kind of K12Leader are you?

Educator, staff, or administrator
Current school or organization

Cardinal Carter CHS
LinkedIn (or other social network profile)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifercasa-todd/

Professional Background

Work History

Teacher-Librarian and former Literacy Consultant in Ontario, Canada. I have taught high school English, Special Education, Italian, ESL, and Cooperative Education.

Publications and Projects

Publication

I am the author of several books. Check them out here.

Other publications:

Academic (peer-reviewed)

Casa-Todd, J., Kay, R. & Hughes, J. (2020). Developing Digital Citizenship, Digital 

Literacy and Student Voice Using Social Media in K12. In Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning (pp. 550-555). Online, The Netherlands: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved July 5, 2020 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/217351/.

Casa-Todd, Jennifer. “A Contextual Approach to Digital Citizenship, Digital Literacy, and 

Student Voice.” e-Scholar@UOIT: Home, 1 Sept. 2019,

ir.library.dc-uoit.ca/handle/10155/1153.

Amplify Student voice by connecting students to each other and the world. Treasure 

Mountain Canada Canadian School Libraries Research Symposium. February 1, 2020. https://tmcanada.blogspot.com/p/tmc6-casa-todd.html

Educational Publications

Empowering for Change: Student Voice. Principal Connections. Summer 2021. Volume 

24. Issue 3. https://cpco.on.ca/files/6516/2386/7380/PC-Summer-21-Sneak-Peek.pdf

Making Time to Check In: Give students ways to assess how they’re doing. American 

Libraries Magazine. January 4, 2021. https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2021/01/04/making-time-to-check-in/

Education Week: Agency Lets students take an active role in shaping their future. 

October 19, 2019. 

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-agency-lets-students-take-an-active-role-in-shaping-their-future/2019/10

Supporting SEL and Digital Leadership with Buncee. August, 26, 2019 with Mandy 

Froelich. https://blog.buncee.com/supporting-social-emotional-learning-and-digital-leadership-with-buncee-by-jennifer-casa-todd-and-mandy-froehlich/

Edutopia. Using A Class Social Media Account with your class. April 5, 2019 

https://www.edutopia.org/article/using-social-media-account-your-class

Education Week Teacher: Ways to Use Tech Effectively in English Classes. April 14, 

2019. http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2019/04/resp

onse_ways_to_use_tech_effectively_in_english_classes.html

Hammond, Gaetan. (Fall, 2018). Letting social media take flight: spending time with 

Jennifer Casa-Todd. Saskatchewan School Library Association. Retrieved December 15, 2018 from https://www.ssla.ca/the-medium-journal.html

Appia, V. (2018, April 24). Georgetown District H.S. hosts parent presentation on social 

media use. Retrieved May 25, 2018, from https://www.insidehalton.com/community-story/8567582-georgetown-district-h-s-hosts-parent-presentation-on-social-media-use/

An Interview with Jennifer Casa-Todd. (2017, November 28). Retrieved May 25, 2018, 

From http://journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/an-interview-with-jennifer-casa-

todd/

Top Ten Newsmakers of the Year in Tech. (2017, December). Retrieved from 

http://mindsharelearning.bmeurl.co/774BF5C

Couros, G. (2015) Find the Awesome, Create the Awesome. 

http://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/5534

Clare, J. and Rachel, A. (2016).  Social Media and Literacy: Social media skills millennials lack. Cross blog. Teachers with Apps Media Channel. Retrieved from: http://www.teacherswithapps.com/social-media-and-literacy/?utm_content=bufferdc9ef&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Teach Thought Staff (2015) Moving Students From Digital Citizenship to  Digital 

Leadership. Teach Thought. Retrieved from: http://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/digital-citizenship-the-future-of-learning/moving-students-from-digital-citizenship-to-digital-leadership/

 

 

Television

Global Television: Preparing for Back to School after a Pandemic

The Agenda with Steve Paikin (TVO): Cellphones in the Classroom

In the Know with Julia Suppa. Rogers Television. (Richmond Hill)

Family in Focus with Gillian Barker. Rogers Television. (Georgina)

 

Areas of Expertise and Interest

Experience

Curriculum and Instruction, Education Technology, School Leadership, Special Education, Student Health and Wellness, Teacher Education
Areas of Interest and Development

Equity and Inclusion, School Leadership, Student Behavior
What would you like to offer this community?

Collaboration on a Project, Key note or Public Speaking, Paid Consulting, Participationin Cohorts and Working Groups
What could we all do for you?

Join my cohort or working group
About Me

 

I am a wife, mom, Teacher-Librarian, a former Literacy Consultant, and the author of Social LEADia: Moving Students from Digital Citizenship to Digital Leadership, Raising Digital Leaders: Practical Advice for Families Navigating Today’s Technology, and the co-author of the Aubrey Bright children’s book series focusing on Digital Citizenship. She is an Ontario Google Educator Group leader, a Google Certified Innovator and Trainer, a co-founder of the Global Student Chat.  I have a Masters in Curriculum and Technology with a specialization in social media in education. I have had the honour of being a presenter, featured speaker, and keynote speaker at conferences such as ISTE, TCEA, TIES, ASCD, CUE, The Calgary Teacher Association, The Ontario Principal’s Council, and The Texas Library Association to name a few. 

At school, I am the Extended Essay coordinator (IB school), teacher advisor for the Anti-Bullying committee, DECA, Student Council, Relay for Life, and the book club. My role as teacher-librarian allows me to co-plan, co-teach, and co-assess innovative lessons in a variety of subject areas.

When not busy at school, I am in 3 book clubs Curl in the winter and golf in the summer. I am also a fair-weather, for fun runner and just joined a cross-fit gym (which so far has made me more sore than strong).

I am passionate about showing teachers, parents and students how they can use technology and social media to make the world a better place.