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The 5 Balls of Life
"Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls.
The balls are called work, family, health, friends and integrity.
And you’re keeping all of them in the air.
But one day, you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball.
If you drop it, it will bounce bac… Continue
Posted by Debora Barry on November 18, 2009 at 7:04am — 1 Comment
Launch event for Media Literacy Week November 2, 2009
News Gathering in the Digital Age will include panellists Andrew Cohen, award-winnin… Continue
Posted by Cathy Wing on October 23, 2009 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment
Media Literacy and Literacy with ICT Across the Curriculum (LwICT)
Media Literacy Event - November 2nd, 2009
Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth (MECY), along with Manitoba Association for Computing Educators (ManACE) are celebrating Media Literacy Week, a national week of focus on Media Literacy in the Digital Age. Media Literacy Week was conceived by the Media Awareness Network and the Canadian Teachers' Federation. This year, the week of November 2-6 has been dec… Continue
Posted by Cheryl Prokopanko on October 22, 2009 at 9:33am — 2 Comments
Dyslexia
Posted by Marianna Kiva on October 5, 2009 at 10:16pm — 1 Comment
Media Hits on World Teachers' Day
City-TV reporter interviews student in Tanis Westdal's class.
It's World Teachers' Day agai… Continue
Posted by Raman Job on October 5, 2009 at 4:30pm
Working Together To Make a Difference
Created by Jenny Luca and based upon the m… Continue
Posted by John Evans on August 31, 2009 at 6:09am — 1 Comment
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homework at school, lessons at home video 1 Reply
I ran across this video of a news report outlining a pair of teachers who have students watch all their lessons at home and then come to school to do homework. I'd really like to try this for a unit.…
Started by Cam Bennet in General. Last reply by Raman Job Nov. 30, 2009.
space ship under the stairs 1 Reply
I just got an email from a CBC assistant producer in Ontario who saw my space camp story , showed it to his son who is a space nut at only 7 yrs old. He and his dad have built a space ship under the…
Started by MARIA in General. Last reply by Raman Job Nov. 6, 2009.
Shamelessly Plugging A Harvest of Opportunity 7 Replies
Hey everyone! If you still don't have SAG plans, and you'd like to travel to the beautiful Swan River Valley, have I got a deal for you... Seriously, if you're here reading this, maybe some of the…
Tagged: Harvest, of, Opportunity, ManACE, Maksymchuk
Started by Ryan Maksymchuk in General. Last reply by Raman Job Oct. 21, 2009.
Which SAG sessions really interest you? 1 Reply
SAG day is a great time to shift gears and take in some personal PD. I'll be taking pictures at a few of the conferences this Friday. Let me know where you'll be and what sessions interest you the mo…
Started by Raman Job in Session Discussions. Last reply by Suzanne Moore Oct. 22, 2009.
Things I learned over the summer 6 Replies
Since we are all "life long learners", I am wondering what people learned over the summer. I built a deck and put a lot of that Design and Measurement math to good use. In the process I learned that…
Started by Cam Bennet in General. Last reply by Mike Nantais Sep. 22, 2009.
Teacher Education 5 Replies
Hi - I teach Computers & Tech in Education at BU. Although I am only a year removed form the classroom/Principal-ship - I would love to get any thoughts & ideas about topics you feel are impo…
Started by Mike Nantais in General. Last reply by Mike Nantais Aug. 29, 2009.
Media Literacy Week 2 Replies
Media Awareness Network and the Canadian Teachers' Federation are joining together to host Canada's fourth annual Media Literacy Week, November 2-6, 2009. The purpose of the week is to promote media…
Started by Cathy Wing in General. Last reply by Cathy Wing Aug. 19, 2009.
SPACE JUNE 21 2009 10 Replies
I am in SPACE HEAVEN HERE. Today has been a whirlwind of activities. I got to build a rocket and launch it, soo cool. I also was trained at Mission Control today. I am a going to be a mission control…
Started by MARIA in General. Last reply by MARIA Aug. 30, 2009.
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German Exchange Trip
by Stacey Snyder Added October 22, 2009 at 3:42am 4 Comments
Space Academy for Educators 2009
by MARIA Added September 16, 2009 at 7:27pm
Project Overseas - Ghana, Africa
by Jennifer Levesque Added August 27, 2009 at 11:39am
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