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Inquiry-Based Learning and iPads in the Classroom
Area(s) of Focus: technology
Division(s): Primary
Level(s): Grade 1, Grade 2
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Teachers used iPads and Chromebooks to foster inquiry-based learning opportunities for students, to differentiate instruction, to consolidate skills and to demonstrate student learning in a variety of ways.

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collaborate, differentiate instruction, inquiry, integrate, technology (ipads, chromebooks)
Skype in the Classroom: From Local to Global

Area(s) of Focus: technology
Division(s): Primary, Intermediate, Junior
Level(s): Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12

This project used a collaborative inquiry approach to explore the use of Skype as a means of a teaching and learning tool in grades 4, 5 and 6 social studies, as well as Core French.

Keyword(s):
communities, google, hangouts, mystery skype, skype
Using Probeware in Senior Science to Advance STEM Instruction
Area(s) of Focus: technology
Division(s): Senior
Level(s): Grade 11, Grade 12
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Participant teachers were trained on using the PASCO motion sensor and incline ramp for SPH 3U, and the PASCO conductivity and pH sensors for SCH 4U. Supporting software SPARKvue was used on laptops and tablets to collect data.

Keyword(s):
pasco, probeware
Assessment: Helping Transition French Immersion Students from Intermediate to Secondary

Area(s) of Focus: technology
Division(s): Intermediate, Senior
Level(s): Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9

Student achievement was found to have improved when the students were able to reflect on their assessed pieces of work and use these reflections to guide them on subsequent tasks.

Keyword(s):
feedback, hub, reflections
Teaching Mathematical Concepts using LEGO Robotics
Area(s) of Focus: technology
Division(s): Intermediate, Junior
Level(s): Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7
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Computational literacy skills allow students to analyze a problem and come up with a variety of solutions to solve an open-ended problem. Our goal was to design a series of lessons, both with and without robotics, to address this fundamental skill.

Keyword(s):
coding, computational literacy, inquiry-based learning, mathematics, robotics

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