LRTS Webinar, orginally aired Thursday, November 28 / 2012.
Presenters:
Marilyn Webster, Science Consultant
Eric Therrien, ICT Consultant
Cathy Fan, Science Writer, McGraw-Hill Ryerson
This Science 10 webinar is an introduction to show that both students and teachers can interact with the CONNECTschool™ resources to personalize their online learning and teaching experience. The interACTIVE Student Resource and the Teacher Resource include a wealth of media assets, interactive lessons, and activities. InterACTIVE tools such as teaching plans, calendars, notes, study plans, and self-assessment opportunities expand the program.
This first in a series of four short videos explains how to respond to an invitation to join a video conference system using the Nova Scotia Virtual School's Talk.EDnet, VIA video conference system.
This second in the series explains conventions for communication when attending a video conference so that the participant participates fully in the discourse.
This third in a four part series explains how to control and trouble shoot the participant's audio, including plugging in the headset microphone, avoid echo, adjust the volume to facilitate participation in the VIA video conference.
This fourth in the series illustrates how to set up and adjust the web camera to support participation within the video conference. Also illustrated are proper composition of the image and a few annoying actions to avoid as a participant.
ELA teachers had the opportunity to discuss "best practice" in the high school classroom using the Planning for Balanced Assessment & Instruction in ELA 10 –12 Desk Blotter resource as the focus of conversation. Informal "Talk" centred around the Classroom as a Workshop, Gradual Release of Responsibility, Approaches to Assessment, and Approaches to Instruction.
Planning for Balanced Assessment and Instruction in English Language Arts: It's Foundational!
This webinar addressed the “new” learning focuses of the Sr. High English Language Arts Teaching in Action 10-12 document. The webinar looked at the document front matter (pages 1 to 208) that teachers find most meaningful, and how teachers are implementing the resource.
Talk & Walk: An Overview of Teaching in Action 10-12
This video describes the benefits provided by the Options & Opportunities Program. Several participants are interviewed at three O2 schools across Nova Scotia. Parents, students, and school staff explain specific elements of their local programs while testifying to the value that is provided by the O2 approach. School and Board staff who are considering the adoption of the O2 program for their jurisdiction is the principal audience for this resource, but it may also be useful to students considering participation in an existing program.
Options & Opportunities: What We've Learned So Far
