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Can LEGO Enhance Student Learning?
Area(s) of Focus: revised curriculumLevel(s): Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4Resource(s) Available:A major aim of our project is to unlock the knowledge of early learners and give them a tangible and meaningful way of communicating complex and abstract ideas, orally and in writing, through builds using LEGO StoryStarter Kits.
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Walk with us: Affirming the Voices of First Nations Students Through Digital Storytelling
Area(s) of Focus: technologyDivision(s): SeniorLevel(s): Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12Resource(s) Available:The #walkwithusproject demonstrates how Google Street View, 360° photography and WalkInto, a free, web-based virtual tour building software, can be used as a tool for creating interactive, audience-responsive and customizable virtual field trips.
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Using Technology to Create Dynamically Driven Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
Traditional PLCs and a dynamically driven PLC were formed and their organizational features and benefits were contrasted. Traditional PLCs focused on broad strategies, but lacked agility compared to the dynamic model.
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Skype in the Classroom: From Local to Global
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.
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Inquiry-Based Learning in Grade 9 Geography and Grade 10 History
Inquiry-based learning unit of study in Grade 9 geography (Liveable Communities) and Grade 10 history (Canada, 1929-1945). Templates included to be used in any inquiry model at any grade level.
