Pro D is changing… where are we in this scenario / this game?  They ask questions that make our heads ache.  We need time to play with it.  And that’s ProD.

A teacher asks, “what kinds of literacies do students need to be able to work, innovate and communicate in the modern world?”  Horizons 2008 keynote speaker Dr. Jason Ohler answers, “Whatever literacies enable them to "write" whatever media they "read" so they can be activ...
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Beyond Essays: Web 2.1 and the World of the Multimedia Collage

Kids, digital tools and art the 4th R

Question: What kinds of literacies do students need to be able to work, innovate and communicate in the modern world?
 
Answer: Whatever literacies enable them to "write" whatever media they "read" so they can be active media creators rather than passive media consumers.
 
Literacy has always meant being able to consume and produce the media forms of the day, whatever ...
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Get to Know CD virtually gets Canadian elementary students out of the classroom 

Alan Zisman

I too wish we could live in a world where we do not need filters.
I also wish we could live in a world where we do not need locks on our doors.

As a librarian I love students finding information and using it tosolve problems.
As a tech director I am required by law to protect children from inappropriate materials.
As a teacher I want my students to learn how to find any information they need.
As a parent I don't want my kids to learn about fire by putting their hands on the stove.
As a lear...
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Christopher Rozitis

I do not buy books anymore. In the last year I’ve been learning through video learning instead, in order to aquire new ideas. One useful site that I use is atomiclearning.com . Atomic Learning provides web-...
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I just completing my first year in TLITE...and this is my journey this term.

I have always been fascinated with technology and have always sought out ways to implement it into my classroom. I saw the opportunity to pursue this in the TLITE program at SFU. I am currently experimenting with a variety of sources such as a Smartboard, using e portfolios with my students and experimenting with flash to write my own flash animations for the Smartboard.  In my field study, I would like to focus on ...
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Technology is here to stay and whether we like it or not it greatly influences our world and our students’ world.  This was one of the main reasons I enrolled in the TLITE program.  The other, of course, was to get bumped up to the next pay scale.  The TLITE journey to date has reminded me that trying, failing and fixing brings the most learning to the table.

One of my specific tasks this year in TLITE has involved learning how to use a screen capture program and how I could...
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As a review class before the test day, I created a “Jeopardy®”-type game for a Science 8 class. I used a template created by my colleague through Microsoft PowerPoint ©. It includes opening music, a cover page, and a game board with 5 categories and 5 questions per category. When a question is picked on the game board, a separate slide appears with the written question. The answer appears on the second click.  Graphics, videos, and sounds can be used in test questions t...
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