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Inquiry-based learning with practical lessons using GIS in the geography indoor and outdoor classroom
This webinar will explore various lessons for the Grade 9, 11 and 12 geography curriculum and classroom. Topics will include food waste and litterless campaigns, neighbourhood thematic land use, climate change walks and Indigenous communities and water issues. Participants will come away with ready-to-teach lessons and assignments for the balance of semester two. Zoom …
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Building Community through Inquiry & Collaboration in the Secondary History and Civics Classroom
Students need to know each other to learn from each other. As students return to the classroom and face to face learning, many educators are seeing the need to rebuild a classroom community. This workshop will focus on tips for building community, ways to increase student engagement, collaborative learning strategies and practical strategies to gather …
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Elections by The Numbers: Inquiry and Blended Learning
How does youth voting compare to that of other age groups? Find out how Elections Canada’s newly updated resource Elections by the Numbers can help your students understand this question by exploring the representation of data. This critical thinking activity has students collaboratively analyze data and communicate a creative message about voter turnout. In this …
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Tech Tools to Increase Student Engagement in the Secondary Classroom
This workshop will show you specific ways to use several tech tools (Kahoot, ScreenCastify, BoomWriter, EdPuzzle, EduFlow/PeerGrade, GooseChase, Science Journal, Google Forms) in your secondary classroom to improve student learning and assessment practices. All the modelled tools are useful in both the current distance learning situation and in a traditional classroom setting. This webinar will …
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Faire ce que l’on peut
Ce webinaire présentera une perspective réaliste de ce que c’est l’enseignement pendant cette pandémie de la Covid-19. Yves Durocher a plus de vingt ans en salle de classe, mais n’a jamais enseigné à distance ou par moyen électronique. Certes qu’il est conscient et qu’il utilise la technologie à tous les jours pour enseigner les matières …