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In a rapidly evolving educational landscape, MindShare Learning has unveiled its Top 10 EdTech Trends for 2025, showcasing innovations reshaping K-12 and post-secondary education across Canada. From AI-powered personalization to cybersecurity, these trends spotlight how technology is enhancing teaching, learning, and school operations. Here’s a glimpse at the key highlights.
Share your successful strategies for creating a healthy, balanced learning environment and promoting the well-being of students and school staff! ✍️ Grab your pen (or keyboard!) and contribute as an author to the fall 2025 issue of Engaged Learning magazine. Read on for more details…
As technology continues to transform education, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity into teaching practices has become increasingly essential. École branchée and Engaged Learning Magazine recently conducted four virtual bilingual workshops for English Montreal School Board (EMSB) aimed at raising awareness of the challenges educators face in the digital era. 
Engaged Learning, the periodical about education in the digital age, has just released its winter issue. Available now, it highlights the importance of fundamental skills (reading, writing, mathematics) and explores how digital tools can support their development.
In this article, Stacy Anne Allen examines the dual impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) in the educational sector. While AI streamlines tasks like lesson planning and differentiation, its significant environmental footprint raises concerns. Allen details how AI data centers consume vast energy and resources, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and electronic waste. She advocates for balancing innovation with sustainability by integrating discussions on AI's environmental impacts into curricula.
At the recent Canadian Edtech Leadership Summit, West Vancouver School District Superintendent Chris Kennedy shared his vision of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into schools. He encourages teachers to familiarize themselves with AI technologies by using them personally, before implementing them in the learning environment, to increase engagement. In British Columbia, a flexible approach to AI in education allows school districts to tailor their policies. According to Chris Kennedy, promoting the sharing of innovative practices instead of their replication fosters an educational system that can adapt to change.
Cybersecurity is more than just a tech topic—it’s an essential skill for students and educational stakeholders alike. Brilliant Labs has compiled a directory of valuable cybersecurity education resources to empower teachers, students, and parents to navigate the digital world safely.
In a recent virtual event hosted by Engaged Learning (recording available here), experts from the English Montreal School Board (EMSB), Caroline Dupuis and Julian Taylor, discussed the critical importance of cybersecurity education in schools.
The relationship between students and their teachers plays a crucial role in academic success, especially for younger children. However, the quality of this relationship can vary based on factors such as gender, economic background, and student behaviour.
Building positive relationships, setting clear behavioural expectations, and implementing targeted interventions are essential strategies for educators striving for effective behaviour management. While you may already be using many of these techniques instinctively, here are some additional insights from Nancy Roy Halun, a principal in Alberta.

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The “Unity in Diversity” virtual exchange connected Canadian and Moroccan students, fostering cultural understanding, global awareness, and lasting friendships. Learn more about the effective initiative that has bridged continents and inspired young minds.

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The 2030 deadline for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals looms large, demanding innovative educational approaches that equip learners with complex or wicked problem-solving skills. Learn more The Authentic Learning Lab, an educational initiative that collaborates with schools and educators to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals into dynamic, project-based learning experiences, fostering global citizenship and real-world problem-solving skills.

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At Nova Scotia’s Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincial (CSAP), cybersecurity is taken seriously. In collaboration with the province’s Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and other provincial school boards, robust measures are in place to protect networks against cyberattacks. 

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From the forest fires in California to the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, and the ongoing energy crisis, environmental issues are increasingly present in the media. Indeed, when it comes to climate action, people, institutions and industries pass the buck instead of taking action, resulting in collective inertia.
Maxime Corriveau, Science and Technology Teacher at École secondaire De Rochebelle explains in this article how Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE) is an interesting avenue for overcoming collective inaction and breaking the cycle of inaction to combat climate change.

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This article contains all the references of EngagED Learning Magazine, Volume 4 issue 3, Spring 2025.

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