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A Kids’ Guide to Canada
A Kids’ Guide to Canada project is a national teacher-led initiative which has been organized by elementary teachers across Canada to provide rich and meaningful educational activities for K-8 students marking Canada150th+. All K-8 students are invited to help create Canada’s first ever multi-lingual, multi-cultural interactive guide to Canada made by kids and for kids, …
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Becoming A Google Ninja – Getting More out of Core GAFE
By the end of this webinar, participants will know how to get the most out of their Google Apps for Education (GAFE) Account and be able to develop and plan hands-on projects for their students that will allow them to build in feedback, self / peer/ teacher assessment, as well as showcase ways in which …
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OSAPAC Resources – SAMR and Digital Citizenship
The Ontario Software Acquisition Program Advisory Committee (OSAPAC) researches, recommends and licenses software or digital resources for all students in Ontario. This past year, OSAPAC has developed two resources that will help support technology enhanced learning environments and this session will provide an overview of those two projects: SAMR and Digital Citizenship. SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, …
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Connecting with Collaborative Projects
How do we foster sharing, cooperation, and collaboration with learners in elementary schools? This session provides ideas for using social media and web tools for collaborative projects that can connect students within schools, regions, and provincially. These projects can address a wide variety of curriculum expectations and can be adapted to suit your grade level …
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Coming of Age in the Digital Era
This presentation examines representations of males and females in media and addresses what these images say about gender stereotypes and normative masculinity and femininity. Topics discussed include mixed media messages, violence in media, the hypersexualization of girls, and how social media is impacting on youth perceptions of what type of person they are supposed to …