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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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Terry Culter is a cybersecurity expert who describes himself as an ethical hacker. Ethical hackers are benevolent hackers who test and identify vulnerabilities in corporate computer systems and networks to prevent and neutralize potential internal or external attacks. We asked him 5 questions.  

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Have you ever taken a picture of a student with your personal cell phone? Have you ever left your school computer unattended? Have you ever recorded student work on your personal computer? Or have you ever talked about a student, in front of several uninvolved colleagues, without concealing the student’s identity? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you should read this article!

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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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Schools and their stakeholders, like all organizations, have an individual and collective responsibility to equip themselves on two fronts: a robust and secure digital infrastructure and, above all, thoughtful and professional use by their users. Here are some useful resources to help with that huge task.

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In this article, you’ll hear the story of a unit carried out as part of the Media Literacy course, taught in Secondary 3 (Grade 9) in a public school in the Québec City region. In addition, strategies used by hackers, including some made possible by the arrival of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), will be explained. Who knows, maybe this article will inspire you to discuss cybersecurity with your students! 

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