Thanks for coming to the workshop! Here is the powerpoint presentation.
Hello everyone,
It's Sunday morning after the conference. I had a great sleep last night and woke up so refreshed and excited about our group. I loved meeting you all, and I look forward to staying in touch as you explore some of these communication tools! And now you can also meet and chat with Tanya online.
It was kind of a special moment for me when Khadra read Tanya's good wishes to us at the workshop from his computer, in the classroom at York U. Technology has a neat way of pulling people together. I've not yet been able to meet Tanya in person, yet we've already participated in a web broadcast together and created Sunday's workshop and follow-up. So I already feel a strong bond with someone I've never met. :) That makes me smile.
Please let us know if there are other ways we can support your learning in any of these areas!
I've attached my PowerPoint presentation here, feel free to use any of it. The links to other websites are included.
It's Sunday morning after the conference. I had a great sleep last night and woke up so refreshed and excited about our group. I loved meeting you all, and I look forward to staying in touch as you explore some of these communication tools! And now you can also meet and chat with Tanya online.
It was kind of a special moment for me when Khadra read Tanya's good wishes to us at the workshop from his computer, in the classroom at York U. Technology has a neat way of pulling people together. I've not yet been able to meet Tanya in person, yet we've already participated in a web broadcast together and created Sunday's workshop and follow-up. So I already feel a strong bond with someone I've never met. :) That makes me smile.
Please let us know if there are other ways we can support your learning in any of these areas!
I've attached my PowerPoint presentation here, feel free to use any of it. The links to other websites are included.
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parentstechworkshop-nov09.ppt, 1.4 MB
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TVO recorded great interviews / discussions at our conference!
Watch them now, or share them at your next school council meeting!!!!
Presentations and notes from all sessions are being posted to our main website, as we receive them.
Interviews with:
Minister of Education
Annie Kidder
Charles Pascal (Early Learning)
Testing the Pros and the Cons (Panel Discussion)
Watch them now, or share them at your next school council meeting!!!!
Presentations and notes from all sessions are being posted to our main website, as we receive them.
Interviews with:
Minister of Education
Annie Kidder
Charles Pascal (Early Learning)
Testing the Pros and the Cons (Panel Discussion)
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October 4, 2009
Not so long ago I chanced upon a tv interview with Sarah Vowell. She was talking about her new book The Wordy Shipmates and she was funny and intriguing enough that I picked up the book. Not only has she written a number of books, she is also the voice of Violet in the animated film The Incredibles and contributes regularly to the This American Life on Chicago Public Radio
Although I was reading for amusement, information and stories, once again I bumped into education!
The Wordy Shipmates is about the Puritans in the 17 century and Sarah Vowell's childhood in the 20th century and life now in the 21st. The book is a delightful flow of ideas and customs that weave through the narrative of American life. Education was there at the beginning
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October 4, 2009
Not so long ago I chanced upon a tv interview with Sarah Vowell. She was talking about her new book The Wordy Shipmates and she was funny and intriguing enough that I picked up the book. Not only has she written a number of books, she is also the voice of Violet in the animated film The Incredibles and contributes regularly to the This American Life on Chicago Public Radio
Although I was reading for amusement, information and stories, once again I bumped into education!
The Wordy Shipmates is about the Puritans in the 17 century and Sarah Vowell's childhood in the 20th century and life now in the 21st. The book is a delightful flow of ideas and customs that weave through the narrative of American life. Education was there at the beginning
...Continue....
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