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Digital Parent 101
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Project based learning - what schools should look like.
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Discussions and collaboration on topics and shows at EdTechTalk.com/parentsaspartners
Hello everyone. I am writing this post to ask for your participation in completing a survey to assist in the development of a project designed to offer programs for parents. Parents are often not aware of the educational uses of the Internet, Web ...
Everyone is welcome: this group begins at our conference on Saturday. It's a support group for people who want to learn more about using technology to communicate. How to do stuff here, or to start an e-news listserv, or group & more!
Discussions and collaboration on topics and shows at EdTechTalk.com/parentsaspartners
Discussions and collaboration on topics and shows at EdTechTalk.com/parentsaspartners
Monday October 19, 2009 at 9:00 PM EDT Jacqui Strachan, Gay Stephenson, People for Education Tanya Weiner Ottawa Carleton Assembly of School Councils and Ross Button Upper Canada District School Board will join show hosts Lorna Costantini, Cindy S...
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- Hello Everyone I am the moderator of the Parents as Partners webcast at http://www.edtechtalk.com. We are a global network of parents and educators supporting students in the 21st Century. You can also find me at http:www.ourschool.ca. Please join us in the chat room on the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month at 9:00 PM EST (GMT-5) Follow me www.twitter.com/lornacost
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Parents as Partners welcomes People for Education at Edtechtalk Monday Oct 19, 2009
Monday October 19, 2009 at 9:00 PM EDT Jacqui Strachan, Gay Stephenson, People for Education Tanya Weiner Ottawa Carleton Assembly of School Councils and Ross Button Upper Canada District School Board will join show hosts Lorna Costantini, Cindy Seibel and Matt Montagne in a discussion about communicating with parents using websites and ning networks.
You can join the show in the chat room by logging in at www.edtechtalk.com/live If yo… Continue
You can join the show in the chat room by logging in at www.edtechtalk.com/live If yo… Continue
Posted on October 17, 2009 at 10:35pm —
Did you know 4.0
The need to collaborate and think out of the box is solidified when you listen to how we need to respond to a classroom with out walls. I continue to find the Shift Happens series a learning curve. Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod have released their latest version.
The dilemma for school boards is how to keep up with the ever increasing cost of technology.… Continue
The dilemma for school boards is how to keep up with the ever increasing cost of technology.… Continue
Posted on September 30, 2009 at 10:05pm —
Director of Education at Niagara Catholic with Laurel Allison Regional School Council Chair on Parent Partnerships
Please join Parents as Partners Webcast on Monday February 16, 2009 at www.edtechtalk.com/live at 9:00PM EST (GMT-5) Show hosts Lorna Costantini, Matt Montagne, Cindy Seibel and CIndy Zautcke will welcome:
John Crocco, Director of Education for… Continue
Posted on February 11, 2009 at 10:54pm —
The 21 st Century classroom will be framed around students who are growing up online.
Vanessa Van Petten talks about what teens are doing online.
Posted on November 15, 2008 at 12:42pm —
Do you use the Internet to connect with your child's classroom.
I think that everyone here has already noticed my bias with all things related to technology. Sometimes it is easy to get too close to a subject
It is for that very reason I ask this question. In the day to day happenings in your life, do you use the Internet to connect with your child's classroom? If not, what could be done to help get you connected? OR do you want to use the Internet to connect?
It is for that very reason I ask this question. In the day to day happenings in your life, do you use the Internet to connect with your child's classroom? If not, what could be done to help get you connected? OR do you want to use the Internet to connect?
Posted on November 12, 2008 at 6:05pm — 2 Comments
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Testing the Pros and the Cons (Panel Discussion)
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November 29, 2009
This time the book is a podcast. When you’re tired or busy with another task, well the podcast can be just the thing. Recently I heard Learning, Doing, Being: A New Science of Education. If you were intrigued by Alanna Mitchell’s recent Atkinson Series: Brainstorm about the developments of brain science and the impact on education, then this podcast may interest you.
From Speaking of Faith produced by American Public Media, host Krista Tippett talks with writers, artists, scientists, thinkers and theologians about ” belief, meaning, ethics and ideas” . Last week she interviewed neuroscientist (and dancer) Adele Diamond who now teaches at UBC .
She talks about Executive Functions. It turns out that play and especially dramatic play is key to the development of self –regulation.
“Her work is scientifically illustrating the educational power of things like play, sports, music, memorization and reflection” The more parts of an individual that get involved, the more the brain changes. The research is “turning modernity on its head”
Here is a short slide show clip....
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jan@peopleforeducation.com
November 29, 2009
This time the book is a podcast. When you’re tired or busy with another task, well the podcast can be just the thing. Recently I heard Learning, Doing, Being: A New Science of Education. If you were intrigued by Alanna Mitchell’s recent Atkinson Series: Brainstorm about the developments of brain science and the impact on education, then this podcast may interest you.
From Speaking of Faith produced by American Public Media, host Krista Tippett talks with writers, artists, scientists, thinkers and theologians about ” belief, meaning, ethics and ideas” . Last week she interviewed neuroscientist (and dancer) Adele Diamond who now teaches at UBC .
She talks about Executive Functions. It turns out that play and especially dramatic play is key to the development of self –regulation.
“Her work is scientifically illustrating the educational power of things like play, sports, music, memorization and reflection” The more parts of an individual that get involved, the more the brain changes. The research is “turning modernity on its head”
Here is a short slide show clip....
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Here are a couple of interesting and related comments from US bloggers.
"Call me a radical if you want, but were it up to me I would blow up our entire educational system and start over with something far more humane that what we - and that inclu...
Actually - all school councils are supposed to include both (at least) one teaching and one non-teaching staff member (and a student rep at the seconday level, and at the discretion of the Principal at the elementary level). The only person who do...
I am employed in a couple of the schools, including where my kids go to school and where I am on council. That, I guess, is where the conflict of interest arises. I cannot see what kind of conflict of interest would prevent me from voting on spend...
Full of good sense and practicality!! Thank you for expressing so succinctly what I was thinking . I really think most parents are doing what they want/can and most know about the existence of their school councils, less so probably are aware of t...
Hi again Carolyn,
Are you employed at the school where you are also a parent, or elsewhere in the board? The voting rights would be different depending on that.
OK PLEASE add "fundraising" to my initial comments - as in: If a school council is investing more than 10% of its time, energy, volunteers on fundraising - then they are NOT properly focused. School Councils are not supposed to fundraise - they ar...
WOW! Kudos to Gord for starting this discussion - it has gone in many different directions - but all are valuable.
The "vision": ideally PICS would operate similarly to School Councils operating "properly" under their real mandate, which is advis...
Hi Sheila,
Thanks for acknowledging my post. I hear what you are saying about commmunication between PIC's and school councils and how non-effective it ultimately can be if council members are too busy fundraising, or time is not given to address...
I've been working with high school students - mostly in math - for several years in Toronto. I have noticed a trend in how, and the extent to which, teachers and students use their textbooks. If you have thought at all about this, are interested i...
Nice to see your participation and thoughts here, Carolyn! Your perspective and questions are good, and I recognize that you are new to this “front” in Ontario. Good to hear your questions too, Kevin. And thanks, Jacqui.
I guess I am trying to so...
Hi Jacqui, Carolyn, Mike, and everyone else.
Thanks so much for your input and comments.
I value all the the various interests that we all have in our children's education.
As parents, we all strive to afford a better life for our children then th...
Mike, I have to say that you expressed many of my concerns and questions about the role and responsibilities of school council. I hear you and your frustration about the topics of discussion, but if council doesn't discuss the mundane, day to day,...
Thank you Mike for adding a balanced and practical voice to the discsussion of just what constitutes "involvement". How much do parents really want to do and what is realistic to expect from the front-lines when there is so much else parents need ...
Thanks, Jacqui, for explaining the role of PIC at the Board level. I am a PIC member (part of Gord's committee actually) and also on school council at my children's school. That being said, I have to admit that I am not as well-versed in the roles...
Hi Kevin,
I know Gord is away this week, but I can help answer some of your questions, and hopefully he can jump in where I leave holes:
1) PIC mandates will vary from board to board - the ministry recommended the establishment of PICs, but has ...
Hi Eva,
It has only recently come to my attention that the Toronto board has developed a different method for allocating the school council funding. I'm not sure how long they have been doing it this way, but I have sent an email to the Parent an...
Hi Hollis,
I recommend Uzma Shakir, and I think if I search the office I can find her contact information (or Jacqui may have it!). I have heard her speak on these topics and she is amazing. The only thing I'm not sure of is how often she is avai...
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A note of thanks to you for inviting so many people to join this community! I was leafing through those pages tonight... I had not looked the "invite" page till now.
Gay
Thank you for your interest in the OCASC website.
OCASC is slowly enbracing the technology available to them - as you know it's more about teaching the people who use your resources how to use and trust them then anything else.
Currently OCASC has it's regular e-newsletter, OCASC News, going out to our community 2-3 times a month with updates, important news, links and meeting reminders.
The website has been a large and on going project over the past 3 years. We've changed formats and ISPs several times in the attempt but now I think we're on track with a blog. This month we've re-introduced our discussion boards, added an interactive online calendar for School Board, Council and general education events in the city & province.
As we get the new OCASC Board Committee Reps up to speed we will once again be posting regular reports from them, from the parent point of view, of what's happening during these all important School Board Meetings. ( In case you didn't know - OCASC has the priviledge of having a non-voting representative at the table at all OCDSB committees).
The website will hopefully continue to grow in it's use and exposure and we're hoping that it becomes "THE" educational resource for parents in Ottawa.
This format is new for me, but do believe that we are 'friends' now on this site.
My concerns, however, about public education have consume much of my time and energies of late.
Glad to see that I am not an island, when it comes to my concern/interest in public education.
Have a great day!
Lesa