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Session Handouts and Program Information

Session handouts from the conference are available here.

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Cathy Wing

Launch event for Media Literacy Week November 2, 2009

Media Awareness Network, Canadian Teachers’ Federation and Historica-Dominion Institute’s Encounters with Canada will launch Media Literacy Week on November 2, with a panel discussion in Ottawa about the impact of digital media on journalism and news gathering. There will be a live Webcast of the event from Ustream on www.medialiteracyweek.ca.

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

Cheryl Prokopanko

Media Literacy and Literacy with ICT Across the Curriculum (LwICT)

Are you wondering how Media Literacy and LwICT are connected? Then plan to attend our ...

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

Marianna Kiva

Dyslexia

Did anyone had a chance to hear Susan Barton in September?

Posted by Marianna Kiva on October 5, 2009 at 10:16pm — 1 Comment

Raman Job

Media Hits on World Teachers' Day



City-TV reporter interviews student in Tanis Westdal's class.

It's World Teachers' Day agaiContinue

Posted by Raman Job on October 5, 2009 at 4:30pm

John Evans

Working Together To Make a Difference

This "summer" has been very busy and the learning for me has never stopped thanks in large part to my Twitter and Diigo networks. One of the most interesting sites I came across is Working Together To Make a Difference Ning group.

Created by Jenny Luca and based upon the m… Continue

Posted by John Evans on August 31, 2009 at 6:09am — 1 Comment

Jennifer Levesque

Project Overseas - Team Ghana 2009

On July 2nd, 2009 I started an amazing journey. It began in Ottawa where I met the team of 5 other Canadian teachers that I would be traveling with to Ghana, Africa. After a fabulous 3 day in-service at the Canadian Teachers' Federation that focused on team building and inter-cultural effectiveness, we were on our way to Africa.

In the capital city of Accra we met with our Ghanaian co-tutors (and almost met President Barack Obama as our time in Accra coincided with his visit) and prepared our l… Continue

Posted by Jennifer Levesque on August 28, 2009 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

 

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Media Awareness Network, Canadian Teachers’ Federation and Historica-Dominion Institute’s Encounters with Canada will launch Media Literacy Week on November 2, with a panel discussion in Ottawa about the impact of digital media on news gathering. ...
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Hi Cheryl, This looks like a fantastic event! We are spreading the word about it through the Media Literacy Week website and Facebook and Twitter. It is wonderful to see how forward thinking Manitoba is in its approach to digital literacy. You hav...
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These are amazing pictures Stacey! I hope you had a wonderful time! (Kids too!) John
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So glad you posted this, Cheryl. What an all-star line-up of guests you have--both in and out of province. I will definitely be there Monday, November 2. Congrats to the good folks at ManACE people and your amazing crew at MECY for putting this to...
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Are you wondering how Media Literacy and LwICT are connected? Then plan to attend our ... Media Literacy Event - November 2nd, 2009 Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth (MECY), along with Manitoba Association for Computing Educators (ManACE)...
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MARIA

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 th...

Started by MARIA in General. Last reply by Raman Job 1 day ago.

Ryan Maksymchuk

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 th...

Tagged: Harvest, of, Opportunity, ManACE, Maksymchuk

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Raman Job

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 ...

Started by Raman Job in Session Discussions. Last reply by Suzanne Moore Oct 22.

Cam Bennet

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 tha...

Started by Cam Bennet in General. Last reply by Mike Nantais Sep 22.

Mike Nantais

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 im...

Started by Mike Nantais in General. Last reply by Mike Nantais Aug 29.

Cathy Wing

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 medi...

Started by Cathy Wing in General. Last reply by Cathy Wing Aug 19.

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