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Strategies for Student Ownership of Learning – Part 1 of 2
As Math teachers, we want our students to love math and to be fully engaged in learning. In our almost 50 years of collective teaching practice we have recognized that in order to make this happen, we needed to change and augment our teaching practice. In part 1 of this two-part interactive webinar series, we …
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Big Ideas for Teaching Financial Literacy!
During this webinar, attendees will be introduced to resources, activities, and lesson ideas to prepare them to teach financial literacy in the new Mathematics Grades 7 and 8 curriculum. Learn how you can incorporate the concepts of currency conversion, simple and compound interest, and financial goal setting in a fun and engaging manner. Zoom Webinar …
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Truth and Reconciliation in the Classroom
During this webinar, we will focus on how to use our newest comprehensive resource: Truth and Reconciliation in the Classroom. This resource includes numerous high-quality videos on a multitude of topics such as geography, treaties, history, leadership, community life and more. Connections to the new curriculum as well as ready-made classroom activities in both English …
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Using Online Tools To Capture Student Learning -May 22, 2018
Online tools offer educators an opportunity to engage students while capturing their learning, going beyond the traditional evaluation of products and enabling conversations and observations to provide a more complete vision regarding what individual students know and how they can demonstrate their learning. In this session teachers will be introduced to a variety of (free) …
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Real-time Assessment: Using Real-Time Data and Specific Feedback to Accelerate Learning
Formative is a platform for timely, authentic feedback. Far too often, teachers rely on rubrics that structure feedback and assessment that gets delivered to students after a task is already complete. Assessment for learning is by far the most effective way of allowing students to adapt and make modifications that will enhance their learning and …