Patt Olivieri
@pattolivieri.bsky.social
K-12+ Teacher🔄Learner
Recovering extrovert
Read widely…read deeply
#CriticalLiteracy #UNgrading #BookLove
Recovering extrovert
Read widely…read deeply
#CriticalLiteracy #UNgrading #BookLove
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HomeWork-School: Deconstructing Assessment, Fairness and Future Learning in Ontario K-12 Spaces | Emerging Perspectives: Interdisciplinary Graduate Research in Education and Psychology
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#assessment #UNgrading #gradeless #PedDoc #OntEd
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#assessment #UNgrading #gradeless #PedDoc #OntEd
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 AM
“—relationships are at the core of decolonized teacher practice.”
Brilliant read.
A must read.
For all.
#WeekendRead #BookLove #ReStorying #OntEd
@carolynroberts.bsky.social
Brilliant read.
A must read.
For all.
#WeekendRead #BookLove #ReStorying #OntEd
@carolynroberts.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“—relationships are at the core of decolonized teacher practice.”
Brilliant read.
A must read.
For all.
#WeekendRead #BookLove #ReStorying #OntEd
@carolynroberts.bsky.social
Brilliant read.
A must read.
For all.
#WeekendRead #BookLove #ReStorying #OntEd
@carolynroberts.bsky.social
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“That space—the stutter, the pause, the gesture—is where the actual teaching happens.”
From "Human Error is the Point," a new original essay by @phlat-soda.bsky.social.
➡️ bit.ly/3VZ11Ld
From "Human Error is the Point," a new original essay by @phlat-soda.bsky.social.
➡️ bit.ly/3VZ11Ld
October 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“That space—the stutter, the pause, the gesture—is where the actual teaching happens.”
From "Human Error is the Point," a new original essay by @phlat-soda.bsky.social.
➡️ bit.ly/3VZ11Ld
From "Human Error is the Point," a new original essay by @phlat-soda.bsky.social.
➡️ bit.ly/3VZ11Ld
Listening. Learning.
September 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Listening. Learning.
“I believe that if you are a reader, then you are by my own definition free, because no one can imprison your mind.” ~ Levar Burton
@levarburton.bsky.social
#OntEd
#FreedomToRead
#BookLove
#BeFree
@levarburton.bsky.social
#OntEd
#FreedomToRead
#BookLove
#BeFree
August 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“I believe that if you are a reader, then you are by my own definition free, because no one can imprison your mind.” ~ Levar Burton
@levarburton.bsky.social
#OntEd
#FreedomToRead
#BookLove
#BeFree
@levarburton.bsky.social
#OntEd
#FreedomToRead
#BookLove
#BeFree
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Increasingly, what makes sense to me is framing a class as a *dialogic community* and assessing students on their contributions as members of that community. Such contributions can be and should be as spontaneous as they are regulated. +
August 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Increasingly, what makes sense to me is framing a class as a *dialogic community* and assessing students on their contributions as members of that community. Such contributions can be and should be as spontaneous as they are regulated. +
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Will spend the rest of my life considering how we were rushed into "going paperless" for the good of the environment only for the next generation of digital tools to become far worse for the environment.
August 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Will spend the rest of my life considering how we were rushed into "going paperless" for the good of the environment only for the next generation of digital tools to become far worse for the environment.
As a fellow ‘icebreaker hater’ this piece by @roberttalbert.bsky.social is worth a read…
#GradingForGrowth #ungrading #assessment
gradingforgrowth.com/p/a-growth-f...
#GradingForGrowth #ungrading #assessment
gradingforgrowth.com/p/a-growth-f...
A growth-focused icebreaker
Two questions that can accomplish much in an alt-graded class
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August 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
As a fellow ‘icebreaker hater’ this piece by @roberttalbert.bsky.social is worth a read…
#GradingForGrowth #ungrading #assessment
gradingforgrowth.com/p/a-growth-f...
#GradingForGrowth #ungrading #assessment
gradingforgrowth.com/p/a-growth-f...
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The problem with "work life balance" is it assumes there are two discrete parts to a person: The work part, and the life part, and these must be kept in "balance". But the things that make a person human are uncountable and cannot be separated. There are no "parts".
July 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The problem with "work life balance" is it assumes there are two discrete parts to a person: The work part, and the life part, and these must be kept in "balance". But the things that make a person human are uncountable and cannot be separated. There are no "parts".
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A 7th grader of my acquaintance described the standard pedagogy of his teachers as follows: “Here are a bunch of facts. Tell them back to me next week and you’ll get a good grade.”
May 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
A 7th grader of my acquaintance described the standard pedagogy of his teachers as follows: “Here are a bunch of facts. Tell them back to me next week and you’ll get a good grade.”
Heritage Fair in Ottawa is underway…
Timing. ❤️ 🇨🇦
I have faith in students.
#ThinkCritically #CriticalQuestions
Timing. ❤️ 🇨🇦
I have faith in students.
#ThinkCritically #CriticalQuestions
April 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Heritage Fair in Ottawa is underway…
Timing. ❤️ 🇨🇦
I have faith in students.
#ThinkCritically #CriticalQuestions
Timing. ❤️ 🇨🇦
I have faith in students.
#ThinkCritically #CriticalQuestions
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If the cause of youth anxiety is phones, why does suicide risk increase dramatically for young people during the school year and not during the summer (like it does for adults) when ostensibly kids would have more unsupervised access to screens?
www.scientificamerican.com/article/chil...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/chil...
January 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
If the cause of youth anxiety is phones, why does suicide risk increase dramatically for young people during the school year and not during the summer (like it does for adults) when ostensibly kids would have more unsupervised access to screens?
www.scientificamerican.com/article/chil...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/chil...
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If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.
December 3, 2024 at 9:02 PM
If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.
“Moosehead's Presidential Pack includes 1 can a day for the next 4 years” 😂
Brilliant!
#ShopCanadian 😉 🍻
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Brilliant!
#ShopCanadian 😉 🍻
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Canadian brewery selling pack of 1,461 beers to cope with Trump's presidency | CBC News
A Canadian brewer hopes a massive crate of beer will help customers deal with the exhausting news cycle under U.S. President Donald Trump. Moosehead's Presidential Pack contains 1,461 beers, in 473-mi...
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March 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
“Moosehead's Presidential Pack includes 1 can a day for the next 4 years” 😂
Brilliant!
#ShopCanadian 😉 🍻
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Brilliant!
#ShopCanadian 😉 🍻
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
My grandmother (the OG badass woman in my family) would have been 100 years old today. Cheers to all the badass women who keep fighting the good fight!
#IWD
#IWD
March 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My grandmother (the OG badass woman in my family) would have been 100 years old today. Cheers to all the badass women who keep fighting the good fight!
#IWD
#IWD
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Jasmine Crockett
Badass women! ❤️
Jasmine Crockett
Badass women! ❤️
March 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Jasmine Crockett
Badass women! ❤️
Jasmine Crockett
Badass women! ❤️
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Imagine where we'd be today if we invested more in Human Intelligence
February 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Imagine where we'd be today if we invested more in Human Intelligence
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I’m not kidding: those who delegate all their writing, thinking and creative expression to machines are going to wake up one day and discover that they can no longer write or think. You need to make your own art. You need to keep your brain working. You need to stay human.
January 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I’m not kidding: those who delegate all their writing, thinking and creative expression to machines are going to wake up one day and discover that they can no longer write or think. You need to make your own art. You need to keep your brain working. You need to stay human.
HomeWork-School: Deconstructing Assessment, Fairness and Future Learning in Ontario K-12 Spaces | Emerging Perspectives: Interdisciplinary Graduate Research in Education and Psychology
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/ep...
#assessment #UNgrading #gradeless #PedDoc #OntEd
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/ep...
#assessment #UNgrading #gradeless #PedDoc #OntEd
January 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
HomeWork-School: Deconstructing Assessment, Fairness and Future Learning in Ontario K-12 Spaces | Emerging Perspectives: Interdisciplinary Graduate Research in Education and Psychology
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/ep...
#assessment #UNgrading #gradeless #PedDoc #OntEd
journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/ep...
#assessment #UNgrading #gradeless #PedDoc #OntEd
April 20, 2024 at 3:41 PM
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If your students are struggling, stop asking what might be wrong with or different about them. Start by asking what barricades the system has erected. How is structural stuff getting in the way? Knock down those barricades before putting blame on students... or yourself.
Toward a Co-intentional Approach to Assessment
For ungrading to be equitable, we can’t merely ask students to grade themselves, but must work together with students to interrogate and dismantle grades as a system.
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February 11, 2024 at 2:03 AM
If your students are struggling, stop asking what might be wrong with or different about them. Start by asking what barricades the system has erected. How is structural stuff getting in the way? Knock down those barricades before putting blame on students... or yourself.