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What changes should the Government make to Trustee Governance?
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Towards 2020: Our Commitment to Children at Ottawa, Crowne Plaza Hotel
April 26, 2009 at 8am to April 29, 2009 at 12pm
Towards 2020: Our Commitment to Children
A conference with a difference
April 26 – 29 2009 in Ottawa
Towards 2020 presents an incredible line-up of speakers whose ideas, experience and ingenuity will enlighten, motivate and inspire. The conference…
Hello Everyone,
It would be out of character and presumptive for me to make quotes from "Governance In Public Boards 101". However, with candor and at the risk of being blunt as owner of an international computer business, I travel around the world…
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- I am the founder and editor of the blog Tomorrow's Trust: A Review of Catholic Education, a Catholic school trustee, a retired educator & administrator in both Public & Catholic boards.. I also write book reviews for OPSBA's magazine Education Today. I'm also an avid gardener. And some will tell just a little bit daft, to still be involved in education.
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Report Calls Online Threats to Children Overblown
There is an article about a report, in today's New York Times which says that "the problem of sexual solicitation of children online ... is not a significant problem." but goes on to say that "the problem of bullying among children, both online and offline, poses a far more serious challenge than the sexual solicitation of minors by adults".
One expert is quoted as saying “Social networks are very much like real-world communities that are comprised mostly of good people who are there for… Continue
One expert is quoted as saying “Social networks are very much like real-world communities that are comprised mostly of good people who are there for… Continue
Posted on January 14, 2009 at 12:30pm —
Web2 Magazine launched
Just received word today from my web-friend johnmac more correctly known as John F. McMullen about the new web-based magazine he launched today.
Here is his message:
.. has officially launched -- .. read it .. subscribe (it's free… Continue
Here is his message:
.. has officially launched -- .. read it .. subscribe (it's free… Continue
Posted on January 2, 2009 at 7:54am —
The other side of ICT: 'collective intelligence'; your digital trail and privacy
I can see parents viewing this development as a positive, just like video surveillance.Check out the article in this morning's New York Times:
You're Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy?
By JOHN MARKOFF
An emerging field called collective intelligence could create a… Continue
Posted on November 30, 2008 at 10:20am —
The future of department store catalogues?
I know this is ning-blog is about education and the interaction of ICT but in a way this fits because it is very cutting edge and may be what our children take for granted within the consumer world they will grow into. Beside the festive season is approaching and we all need a little merriment in our… Continue Posted on November 30, 2008 at 1:30am — 1 Comment
The Webkinz phenomena
In my most recent post at Lorna's discussion topicConnecting parents to the classroom using Web 2.0 tools I make reference to Webkinz being referred to in the Manitoba resource on ICT.Since this ning ha… Continue
Posted on November 28, 2008 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment
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- At 7:03pm on May 21, 2009,
James A. Black said…
- Hi John: Nothing has been resolved. The OCT continues to break their own policies and continues to fail to protect kids and the profession. On June 17 2008 a convicted sex offender admitted to having had sex five times with kids during a dicipline hearing where he was called as a witness. He admitted to having sex five times with kids but also admitted that he claimed only one "legal" issue during his closed door reinstatement hearing. Two College Lawyers were present and three members of the College Council were there too. The College continues to fail to protect children from this person who has done so much wrong to the profession and destroyed young kids. Reading what happened to the Irish Residential School in the news today, breaks my heart. ....All the best.... Jim
- At 1:01am on April 10, 2009,
James A. Black said…
- Hi John:
It is I. :)
- At 1:46am on March 28, 2009,
Jonathan C. G. Bright said…
- Hey John!
Sorry it's taken me so long to respond! For me the policy degree isn't so much about working in the policy field (my eventual aspirations lie in the practice of intellectual property law) but more about getting an understanding, both theoretical and practical, of how what we are told is 'the law' is developed and implemented. It's a fascinating preamble to a law degree, and one which I think will give me a rather unique perspective on the practice.
And indeed, leaning leftwards is the way I like to be!
- At 1:42pm on February 20, 2009,
Sonja Friesl said… - Hi John, thank you for your warm welcome!
- At 11:44am on February 12, 2009,
Anna-Maria Cappella said… - More about the programme: A Masters of Public Policy at U of T equips students with the theoretical and practical knowledge to tackle policy issues. For example the first-year core curriculum includes quantitiative methods (statistics), micro/macro economics and courses focused on different aspects of understanding the policy-making process, like implementation and the social context of policy-making.
- At 4:33pm on November 24, 2008,
Gay Stephenson said… - If you'd like, you can also add your latest posting to Events on the bottom left hand corner of the main page.
- At 7:43am on November 17, 2008,
Lorna Costantini said… - go to twitter and look my tweets. Hope to see you in the chat room this evening at www.edtechtalk.com/live
- At 10:54pm on November 11, 2008,
John Borst said…
- It is good to make contact with you again. This looks very interesting.
- At 10:41pm on November 11, 2008,
Lorna Costantini said…
- Yes there is a chat function but the ning administrator needs to activate it.
- At 5:26pm on November 11, 2008,
People for Education said… - Hello John, and welcome to this new online community!
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Interviews with:
Minister of Education
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Testing the Pros and the Cons (Panel Discussion)
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Parents often have questions about special education. Here's a place where we can ask questions, share ideas and information and help one another...
Our school is small, at 281 elementary students. It is Early French Immersion, which is not uncommon in Ottawa. I believe there are enough elementary-aged children within walking distance to fill the school twice. However, with the public/catholic s…
Briony before rushing to ideas I always like to take a deep breath and outline the goal and then priority for Parent Engagement/Involvement. Without that you will just try different things but perhaps achieve few results. Our PIC believes in giving…
Hi Briony,
There are also some great examples of what other people have done in our Parent Engagement Manual.
Hopefully you'll get lots of responses from parents here in our online community who have tried a bunch of different things.
It's also i…
Help us to design a broader vision for education in the 21st century!
Hi Briony,
It is always hard to know how to start from zero when it comes to parent involvement. When I went to my first high school council meeting, the staff outnumbered the parents! There were only two of us, and the other mum showed up because h…
Thank you for sharing these photos and this project with us. It is wonderful to see those beautiful children learning together in a community school. Congratulations to the organizers of this initiative. To be able to offer this opportunity to 300 s…
I am the PIAC rep for Ward 10 of the TDSB.
PIAC is trying to offer more concentrated and targeted School council and parent engagement support this year and to that end we sent out a questionnaire asking schools what the state of things are at prese…
Beth: About the article in the Globe... unfortunately links to that newspaper only work for about 7 days, and then you must pay for the articles :( It's different from the Star which allows you to view them for free as long as you have the link addr…
Great article, Deborah (Playing the Game). I skimmed through and will read it again. Thanks! Looks like some good insight and food for thought from down under......!
Your link worked - yay Deb! It looks really good - I will read it this weekend :)
The next newsletter writing deadline is March 1st, which seems to work well with your research deadlines. All the best with your next steps in January!
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