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Pat Whitehouse
Pat Whitehouse
Apr 29, 07

Literacy@School: Dynamic literacy Based Classrooms

Hello everyone. Heather, Jim and I  will be discussing  Literacy@School,  a York Region DSB initiative, where teachers are being supported to move their teaching practice forward to meet the needs of our students in the 21st century? Literacy@School has been joined with 12 other schools worldwide, as part of Microsoft's innovative Schools Programme.

How does a system foster and support change in the classroom?

What does that change look like?

How do we use technology to engage our earliest learners?

Suzanne Riverin
May 05, 07

Hi

"How do we use technology to engage our earliest learners?"

An interesting experiment that may be of interest is Ontario Blogs which was initially started by the Education Network of Ontario and is now kept alive by facilitators Diane Hammond and Paula Boon.

http://www.ontarioblogs.com/

The idea involved creating a safe space for multiple users to collaborate   thus serving as a motivator to 'stretch' writing and reading abilities. Students can read a variety of writing posted by other schools and  explore 'real' responses. This has become a rich repository with unlimited potential-see what you think.

Suzanne


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