Monday, February 14, 2011

Pink Shirt Day is February 23

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhYyAa0VnyY

Students from David Lloyd George Elementary and Churchill Secondary created an anti-bullying message at Oakridge Centre in Vancouver last month.

Free Education Money You May Not Know About...

Canada Learning Bond;

You can get up to $2,000 in free education money...REALLY! All you have to do is open a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP). You don't have to put any of your money into the plan to get this money from the Government of Canada. When you open an RESP, the Government will deposit $500 right away and could deposit up to $1,500 more by the time your child is 15. That's up to $2,000 for your child’s education after high school.



Your child can get the Canada Learning Bond if your child was born January 1, 2004 or after AND your family receives the National Child Benefit Supplement (net income is $40,970 or less).



http://www.smartsaver.org/canada-learning-bond.shtml


 
 

Friday, February 11, 2011

Personalized Learning

Superintendent Mr Gook presented a PowerPoint presentation at our February DPAC meeting around "personalized learning". The following are two video clips from that presentation...

Changing Education Paradigms;

This animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin Franklin award.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U
 
Learning to Learn;
 
Shelley Wright is a high school teacher in Moose Jaw, SK. She has been recently making some significant changes to her teaching and classroom. This video highlights some of the things that she's been implementing.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nJlfZgEhfdU#at=326

21st Century Education in New Brunswick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjJg9NfTXos
 
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