-by Dean Schmeichel, Phys. Ed. Teacher (For more information on this project, read the first blog post here) I have now completed all of the video recordings for 300 students. There is a clip of the students participating in PE class (approximately one minute) and a conversation between each student and myself that lasts for… Continue reading Video Assessment in PE, Part II
-by Dave Scott, Grade 8 Humanities Recently grade 8 Humanities students finished an inquiry unit that brought together an independent novel study with the creation of their own magazine. For this project students were asked to select a novel of their choice and work through a series of four writing assignments listed below. Each writing… Continue reading Grade 8 Magazine Project
By Ivy Waite, grade 9 Humanities This novel inquiry is housed online at The Scorpion Project. As students are sharing their work through blogger, building the project there as well allows us to model the use of technology that we expect to see. Novel studies are supposed to be about connecting with literature. They are… Continue reading The Scorpion Project: Novel Inquiry in Progress
Dan McWilliam – Grade 7 Humanities Augmented Reality is the digital layering of information overtop of, or in front of, the real world. This content is viewable through a digital device that places it realtime over the real world through the camera. Imagine a pair of eye glasses that could show the Facebook status or… Continue reading Aurasma: Augmented Reality in the Classroom
In the last posting I looked at the technical setup of our iPad initiative, but never really touched on our rational for the project and some of our initial realizations. That will be the focus of this posting. VISION Our interest in iPads was two-fold. We wanted to find a product that encouraged content creation… Continue reading Implementing iPads (Part 2)
-by Erin Couillard, PD and Collaboration Coordinator At the end of the year last year, the administration at the Calgary Science School proposed the idea of modifying the existing role of Curriculum Lead to that of a Learning Coach. Traditionally the Curriculum Leaders (one Math/Science and one Humanities) at CSS were in charge of the… Continue reading Learning Coaches at CSS: The Very Beginning….
-by Tanya Stogre, Grade 5 Humanities In the preceding blog, #2 in my 4-part series on parental and community engagement, I discussed the differences between involvement and engagement. However, the distinction was not made to suggest that if a parent is ‘involved’, their actions, care and personal investment in their child’s education is any less… Continue reading Examples of Parent Involvement and Engagement
-by Lisa Nelson, Grade 7 Math/Science Communication is an important part of mathematics. As a math team in our school, along with others involved with mathematical education, we have discussed what Strong Work in Math looks like. We discussed many different components including Mathematical Inquiry, Demonstration of Knowledge, and Work Habits. One component of this… Continue reading Using ShowMe for Math Communication
-By Dan McWilliam and Jody Pereverzoff, Grade 7 HumanitiesWe were looking for a way for our students to make a connection with life in early Canada. After reading the Real time WWII Twitter, we realized this would be an effective way to bridge modern communication with the Canadian immigrant experiences Pre Confederation. Students would assume… Continue reading Real Time Settlement
– by Scott Petronech BACKGROUND During the 2010-2011 school year, we discussed the idea of implementing an iPad project. We were having problems finding school-based evaluations on mobile devices and decided to implement a pilot project where staff could apply to receive an iPad to integrate into their classroom routines and lessons. This group of… Continue reading Implementing iPads @ CSS
