Pat Chessell
@pchessell.bsky.social
Musician, Educator (EFP and Comparative Cultures), Dad, Husband, Leafs fan, dedicated follower of Celtic, coffee lover.
Great to meet @charlieangus104.bsky.social at the Aboriginal Education Association’s pro-d today!
October 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Great to meet @charlieangus104.bsky.social at the Aboriginal Education Association’s pro-d today!
Attended a great session yesterday @scottishsfu.bsky.social where I learned about some new research being released on the Jacobites around culture & memory. As a Comparative Cultures teacher, this presentation gave me quite a few good ideas I’m looking forward to bringing into the classroom
September 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Attended a great session yesterday @scottishsfu.bsky.social where I learned about some new research being released on the Jacobites around culture & memory. As a Comparative Cultures teacher, this presentation gave me quite a few good ideas I’m looking forward to bringing into the classroom
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Standardized tests reward correctness over creativity
But many real-world challenges demand innovative thinking, not just accurate answers
So, let's use performance tasks that encourage creative solutions & novel approaches, even if they look different from student to student
#EduSky #EduSkyChat
But many real-world challenges demand innovative thinking, not just accurate answers
So, let's use performance tasks that encourage creative solutions & novel approaches, even if they look different from student to student
#EduSky #EduSkyChat
August 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Standardized tests reward correctness over creativity
But many real-world challenges demand innovative thinking, not just accurate answers
So, let's use performance tasks that encourage creative solutions & novel approaches, even if they look different from student to student
#EduSky #EduSkyChat
But many real-world challenges demand innovative thinking, not just accurate answers
So, let's use performance tasks that encourage creative solutions & novel approaches, even if they look different from student to student
#EduSky #EduSkyChat
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The BCTF Executive Committee applauds CUPE flight attendants for standing strong and securing a tentative agreement! 💪 #unionstrong #unpaidworkwontfly
August 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The BCTF Executive Committee applauds CUPE flight attendants for standing strong and securing a tentative agreement! 💪 #unionstrong #unpaidworkwontfly
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Traditional tests often focus on speed, not depth.
But rushing through content only rewards surface learning and sidelines reflection.
So, let's design assessments that allow students to take their time, think deeply, and develop thoughtful, nuanced responses.
#assessment #education #teaching
But rushing through content only rewards surface learning and sidelines reflection.
So, let's design assessments that allow students to take their time, think deeply, and develop thoughtful, nuanced responses.
#assessment #education #teaching
July 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Traditional tests often focus on speed, not depth.
But rushing through content only rewards surface learning and sidelines reflection.
So, let's design assessments that allow students to take their time, think deeply, and develop thoughtful, nuanced responses.
#assessment #education #teaching
But rushing through content only rewards surface learning and sidelines reflection.
So, let's design assessments that allow students to take their time, think deeply, and develop thoughtful, nuanced responses.
#assessment #education #teaching
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Canadian music festival posters that sound like items on old-fashioned English dessert menus
July 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Canadian music festival posters that sound like items on old-fashioned English dessert menus
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Do you have your copy of the June issue of Megaphone Magazine @megaphonemagazine.com? It has an all-Indigenous focus and my column features Indigenous tech conversations at Web Summit #Vancouver
Find a vendor: megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
Find a vendor: megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
June 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Do you have your copy of the June issue of Megaphone Magazine @megaphonemagazine.com? It has an all-Indigenous focus and my column features Indigenous tech conversations at Web Summit #Vancouver
Find a vendor: megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
Find a vendor: megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
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Earnest Ice Cream’s #vegan peanut butter & jam is the hit of the summer (to me, personally).
#vancouver #food 🍜 #yum
#vancouver #food 🍜 #yum
June 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Earnest Ice Cream’s #vegan peanut butter & jam is the hit of the summer (to me, personally).
#vancouver #food 🍜 #yum
#vancouver #food 🍜 #yum
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Some fear that giving students choice will reduce academic rigor.
However, when grounded in clear outcomes, choice increases ownership, meaning, and motivation.
So, let's make student choice the default by allowing personalization in product, process, or topic.
#EduSky #EduSkyChat #assessment
However, when grounded in clear outcomes, choice increases ownership, meaning, and motivation.
So, let's make student choice the default by allowing personalization in product, process, or topic.
#EduSky #EduSkyChat #assessment
June 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Some fear that giving students choice will reduce academic rigor.
However, when grounded in clear outcomes, choice increases ownership, meaning, and motivation.
So, let's make student choice the default by allowing personalization in product, process, or topic.
#EduSky #EduSkyChat #assessment
However, when grounded in clear outcomes, choice increases ownership, meaning, and motivation.
So, let's make student choice the default by allowing personalization in product, process, or topic.
#EduSky #EduSkyChat #assessment
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This is the key and important part about all of this.
Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
June 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
This is the key and important part about all of this.
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Traditional tests often focus on what’s easy to score, not always what matters
Memorized facts don’t reveal whether students can apply, synthesize, or create.
So, let's start using performance tasks that challenge students to think & transfer learning.
#assessment #education #teacher #EduSky
Memorized facts don’t reveal whether students can apply, synthesize, or create.
So, let's start using performance tasks that challenge students to think & transfer learning.
#assessment #education #teacher #EduSky
June 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Traditional tests often focus on what’s easy to score, not always what matters
Memorized facts don’t reveal whether students can apply, synthesize, or create.
So, let's start using performance tasks that challenge students to think & transfer learning.
#assessment #education #teacher #EduSky
Memorized facts don’t reveal whether students can apply, synthesize, or create.
So, let's start using performance tasks that challenge students to think & transfer learning.
#assessment #education #teacher #EduSky
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It was an honour to meet His Holiness Pope Leo XIV today following his Mass of Inauguration.
His message of unity and compassion inspires the best in us all.
His message of unity and compassion inspires the best in us all.
May 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It was an honour to meet His Holiness Pope Leo XIV today following his Mass of Inauguration.
His message of unity and compassion inspires the best in us all.
His message of unity and compassion inspires the best in us all.
Will have to give this a try…
Consoling myself with the @vancityreynolds.bsky.social -promoted Double Stack Scrambled Eggs Box at @timhortonsofficial.bsky.social because when the world hands you disappointment, you need to actively seek out the things that make you happy.
May 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Will have to give this a try…
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Just when you thought it couldn't possibly get any worse.
May 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Just when you thought it couldn't possibly get any worse.
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May the 5th is Red Dress Day. The first thing you can do to enact change is to read the report! This will help you understand the harm and colonial violence that continues to happen to Indigenous Woman and Girls. It's time to stop the harm www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/.../06/Final...
May 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
May the 5th is Red Dress Day. The first thing you can do to enact change is to read the report! This will help you understand the harm and colonial violence that continues to happen to Indigenous Woman and Girls. It's time to stop the harm www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/.../06/Final...
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Thank you, Pat! I’m glad you enjoyed the day! 🙏🏻
Great CEC with the amazing @tomschimmer.bsky.social - one of the best CECs I’ve been to! @rosepillay1.bsky.social #CISVA
February 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Thank you, Pat! I’m glad you enjoyed the day! 🙏🏻
Great CEC with the amazing @tomschimmer.bsky.social - one of the best CECs I’ve been to! @rosepillay1.bsky.social #CISVA
February 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Great CEC with the amazing @tomschimmer.bsky.social - one of the best CECs I’ve been to! @rosepillay1.bsky.social #CISVA
Wishing all my fellow educators a great first day back from the break!
January 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Wishing all my fellow educators a great first day back from the break!
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All my single-column rubrics feature embedded dropdown lists of feedback. The feedback is also editable, so personalization isn't sacrificed in the name of efficiency.
These embedded feedback banks have undoubtedly made my assessment practices stronger and more sustainable. #edusky #bced
These embedded feedback banks have undoubtedly made my assessment practices stronger and more sustainable. #edusky #bced
November 19, 2024 at 4:35 AM