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Horizons/CUE BC conference Oct 23
Conference update from Julia Poole, 2009 Conference Chair The upcoming conference will be hosted in Surrey at Sullivan Secondary. The theme this year is “Turning the Classroom on the Edge of 2.0”. Founder of the Classroom 2.0 social network (www.classroom20.com) Steve Hargadon will be the keynote speaker this year. He will also be running a full day Saturday session at SFU Surrey on Classroom 2.0. Some highlights this year: - There are four strands – Elementary, Second...
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Linking Our Commitment to Assessment with Our Investments in Technology
There is little doubt that the work in B.C.’s schools around assessment, which on the simplest level is moving our system from a focus on sorting to a focus on learning, is having a profound impact on many of us. The work that schools do as part of the Network of Performance Based Schools, and in many other venues, is often described as the most important work we are doing. While alone it is very powerful, how this work intersects with technology infused instruction is th...
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Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Mainstream education is rapidly emerging from a time period in which discussions regarding the integration of digital technologies centered on ‘should we?’ and ‘why would we?’ questions to ‘how’ and ‘which technologies’ questions. At the same time educational experts are arguing, and increasingly educational policy makers are recognizing that our students are not well served by the shallow curriculum that results from predominantly data driven educ...
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How Technology has Changed the Way We Travel
One of the many benefits of being a teacher is the two-month summer break we get each year. If finances permit, this break provides us teachers with the opportunity to travel and gain new life experiences. I believe that bringing these experiences into the classroom to share with students both makes us better teachers and is one of the more pleasurable ways of developing a professional development portfolio.
This past summer I took a bicycle tour down the Pacific coast, from Vancouver, British Co...
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G'day from Down Unda!!
I have been having a blast teaching here on the other side of the world! When I first arrived at my school in Sydney, Australia I was greeted with my very own new MacBook (provided by my school) and interactive whiteboard in my classroom (no other chalk/whiteboard to use!). I have been diligently learning to use my IWB but find that the vast majority of the school primarily use it as a projector rather than interactively, the way it was intended to be used (including me!). The federa...
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Jamie McKenzie takes students- and teachers- beyond cut-and-paste
We’ve probably all seen education technology gurus- the sort of people (are they all male?) who give keynotes at CUE-BC and other conferences.
While the names change, they seem to come in a couple of basic types: there are the folks with the big vision- technology will change education (presumably for the better); techno-kids are different than previous generations. There are the salespeople, out to hook us, our students, and our schools into their product line- perhaps as the way to reach ...
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Students, the Olympics and Web 2.0
There are a number of excellent digital resources to support teachers, students and classrooms connected to the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. One featured opportunity for students is the Students Live program that will allow twenty-four students from Olympic host communities and other areas across British Columbia to cover the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games (12 students for each of the games) from a student perspective.
These students will participate in a ra...
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Best Buy for Kids and the Best in Class Fund
Since the company’s introduction to the Canadian marketplace in 2002, Best Buy has donated more than $2 million to various non-profit organizations working to improve the lives of young people throughout Canada. Through its employee volunteerism program, Best Buy employees have contributed thousands of hours of support to various causes and organizations across the country. Each year Best Buy commits to donating 1.35% of its profit to the various community programs it supports. The Best ...
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Looking for educational leaders: join the CUEBC executive
As we near another conference it is time for the Annual General Meeting of the Computer Using Educators of BC. This year we are looking for some keen educators who would be willing to serve on our executive and provide support for the important work of CUEBC. Our largest and most important event of the year is our annual conference on the October Provincial Specialist Association day. We are all strong advocates for professional learning related to technology integration across...
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