Media Literacy Week takes place this year from November 7-11 across Canada. Canada’s youth are exposed to media content on a daily basis, and are continually asked to understand the “nature, techniques and impacts of media messages and productions”. Media education is essential to providing guidance to develop knowledge and critical thinking skills in order…
Good morning to our delegates from across Canada! We’re blogging from CSBA Congress 2011 in Ottawa. Day 1 proved to be an extraordinary day of professional development. See our previous post for a summary of yesterday’s workshops. A highlight: delegates were truly inspired by our opening keynote-“Out Of Our Minds: Learning To Be Creative,” in…
This April, Speak Up 2010 released its national findings in the United States on the use of emerging technologies for learning. “The New 3 E’s of Education: Enabled, Engaged, Empowered: How Today’s Students are Leveraging Emerging Technologies for Learning” is the first report in a two- part series on the results of the Speak Up…
The Honourable Joan Burke, Minister of Education for Newfoundland and Labrador, launched education week in the province via an interactive webcast yesterday. This was a fitting start to the 2011 theme of “I Think. I Can. – iThink. iCan!, Penser, c’est pouvoir. – iPenser. iPouvoir! that addresses technology, personal development and community. This morning’s launch…
Last week, the CSBA presented to CMEC during their 99th meeting (CMEC 99). This meeting provided Ministers the opportunity to advance work on the priorities outlines in Learn Canada 2020, a guiding framework and joint ministerial statement that focuses on lifelong learning in four areas: early childhood learning and development, elementary and secondary schooling, postsecondary…
The Atlantic Conference, a professional development opportunity for trustees and administrators in the Atlantic region, will be hosted by the Nova Scotia School Boards Association from November 25th-27th in Halifax. This years’s theme is “Abacus to Internet: What Next?” and will explore various issues surrounding 21st century learning: specifically; effective instruction of 21st century skills…
One of the CSBA’s priorities is a focus on “Canadian Students as Global Citizens.” This initiative encompasses many areas, with a goal to providing students with the skills that they need to compete in the global market. Technology implementation in Canadian schools in one issue that Canadians agree is an important aspect in meeting this…
