An Inside Look at Using Twitter with Students: Our Third Twitter Chat
photo by Matt Hamm CC BY-NC 2.0 This past week, the teachers, students, and principal of LearnQuebec’s online school had our third all-school twitter chat. Three is a magic number. Once you’ve done...
View ArticleExplaining Explain Everything
Dr. Reshan Richards is one of the developers of the iPad screencasting app, Explain Everything. On October 20th he will present and deliver the Keynote address at the LEARN-RÉCIT Technology &...
View ArticleLa ludification d’une classe de FLS
photo by Mocks 108 CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 L’autre jour, j’écoutais un baladoweb de la série Freakonomics au sujet de la motivation, plus précisément, au sujet de comment éduquer les gens à faire des bons...
View ArticleDo You Need Inspiration? Connect with Others!
Photo by Steve Corey under a CC license Some time ago I wrote a blog post about the importance of being a connected educator. In the U.S., October is Connected Educator Month with many opportunities...
View ArticleMake this the Year of the RAT: level up your use of technology
Photo by: Geoff R under a CC license How are you using technology with your students? Tell us below or tweet @learnquebec. A new year – I like taking time to take stock of where I am in life. Have I...
View ArticleThe connection between learning and passion
Image by Tracy Rosen, original photo by Flickr user spinster cardigan CC-BY-2.0 Post by Tracy Rosen, Education Consultant, RECIT Provinicial Service for General Adult Education A while back I began to...
View ArticleBeyond the Textbook: Let the Games Begin!
www.pixbay.com Creative Commons Deed CC0 Are you a gamer? Do you use games in your teaching, or wish you could? Tell us below or tweet @learnquebec There is no denying that the students sitting in...
View ArticleSkidoo Adventures and Other Tales: A consultant’s travelogue
What are some of your consultant travel stories? Tweet @learnquebec, or leave a comment below! The next time that I’m tempted to complain that my commute is too long, my cell phone call was dropped, or...
View ArticleBeyond the Textbook: Gamifying Classroom Management
COPYRIGHT 2014 CLASSCRAFT STUDIOS INC used by permission Would you consider using a gaming model of classroom management even if you yourself are not a gamer and don’t really get gaming? Tweet...
View ArticleCopyright and Copyleft: using media in education
Street Creative Commons by Giuli-O: https://www.flickr.com/photos/giuli-o/3421333361 under a CC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ THOU SHALT NOT STEAL – the creative work of others....
View ArticleBeing Human Online: It takes a village
A digital surprise for me this week was driving up to a brand new Starbucks drive-through and being asked what I would like to order – from a video screen. Imagine my shock when a real person on a...
View ArticleL’initiative de citoyenneté numérique
Ce billet est le fruit d’une collaboration avec l’équipe de l’initiative de citoyenneté numérique, DSCA-SAR, MEESR. De nos jours, les outils numériques sont omniprésents. Nous les utilisons donc de...
View ArticleYour RÉCIT: What is it and who is it?
LBPSB RÉCIT Barry Hannah. Photo by C. Truesdale Over the years I have had the privilege of working with the various local RÉCIT consultants and have always been impressed by their depth of knowledge...
View ArticleThe Students Have Spoken: Online Classes vs. Face to Face
The student’s voice tends to be the voice not heard enough in the classrooms of the world. We at LEARN decided it might be time that students were given a platform to let their voices resound. What...
View ArticleLiving in a World of “Not-Yetness”
Last week, Amy Collier and Jen Ross talked about the idea of “not-yetness” at the #OpenEd15 Conference in Vancouver, BC. They connected the idea of not-yetness in terms of the messy, risky and...
View ArticleBeyond the Textbook: Small steps to nurturing girls interest in STEM careers
CC David Haasser “Because it’s 2015.” This Justin Trudeau quote went viral when asked why his new cabinet is half women. And yet, women in STEM careers (Science, Technology, Engineering and...
View ArticleLearning to Code is Learning to Learn
Are we preventing students from accessing a basic education by denying them the opportunity to learn to code and program in school? Is “Learning to Code” as important as learning to read, write and...
View ArticleThe Students Have Spoken: Virtual Communities & Changing Learning Styles
cc by-sa 2.0 Editor’s note: Happy New Year 2016! In our second edition of The Students Have Spoken, LEARN turned once again to its online students to get their authentic voice on a few pertinent...
View ArticleFilm and your Students: Exploring NFB Campus
Most would agree that there are two organizations that for several decades have helped to tell and shape Canada’s story: the CBC and the NFB. In a media landscape dominated by the U.S., it is...
View ArticleShe Said, He Said: On Makerspaces
LEARN staff figuring out how to make a theremin. Last year, LEARN started exploring the idea of Makerspaces as a way to increase students’ engagement in school. The idea itself is not new. Originally...
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