Mobile Learning Concept at Barton Secondary
I recently met with the principal and math department at Barton Secondary School to discuss the idea of integrating mobile devices into their math courses to engage educators and students in enhancing...
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eMax is live!
Yes, eMax is live. Let the digital book borrowing begin in HWDSB for all students and staff. HWDSB eMax is a digital lending library of mainly fiction, but also some high interest non-fiction and...
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So When, Where, Why and How Does the Technology Fit In?
I’ve read many articles and blogs and I’ve heard many discussions debating the role and place that technology has in the classroom. Some argue that classrooms should reflect the 21st century world that...
View ArticleProject-Based vs. Job-Embedded
We have some “kits” making the rounds in schools around the board. The intent of these are admirable. Too often we knee-jerk to what we know, or what has come before, and has been “tested” and...
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Why Blended Learning?
Blended learning means many things to many people and happens in a variety of ways. Blended learning comes in many shapes and sizes and serves the learning needs of students and even professionals in...
View ArticleLeadership and (Blended) Learning Department
On March 28th, the team was invited to present on Blended Learning — what it is, and how it looks within the learning spaces in HWDSB — to the members of the Leadership and Learning Department. The...
View ArticleFreedom vs. Efficacy
I think I’m still treating iPads like laptops and desktops. I see myself locking them down whilst commenting on how “they can’t be managed in the same manner as laptops and desktops have traditionally...
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Moving Forward with Tablet Technology in the Early Learning Program Project
The Early Learning Project (ELP) is currently in its second year of implementation. Four Full Day Kindergarten (FDK) lead classrooms (Roxborough Park, Bennetto, and Pauline Johnson) have been...
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U-Service
The HWDSB 21st Century Learning team has launched a new initiative today called a U-Service. This is a play on the in-service model of PD that we regularly offer to teachers. A few years ago we ran a...
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The HWDSB Hub Username Integration
Did you know that your HWDSB username (the one you use to access SchoolConnect computers, and the Employee Web Portal) now allows you to gain access to the Ministry Learning Management System located...
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21st Century Learning and Technology Policy
HWDSB has recently released a new 21st Century Learning and Technology Policy. This policy, along with its three directives (Privacy; Identity, Credibility and Positive Participation; Authorship and...
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It’s Your Turn
We have been maintaining this blog for a few years now. We blog on it quite sporadically. Sometimes I think that’s because when we are working with teachers, the stories we have are their stories, and...
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