Beyond the 3Rs

A place for "Beyond the 3 Rs" participants and other educators to start conversations and share ideas.

Session Handouts and Program Information

Session handouts from the conference are available here.

WONDERING WHERE TO START?

Welcome to The Manitoba Teachers' Society's "Beyond the 3 Rs" conference site. Here you can be part of the conference community, engage in conversations and enhance your enjoyment of the event.

Please introduce yourself in our Introductions forum post and feel free to:

■ Create your personal profile and find colleagues interested in similar topics
■ Discuss conference sessions
■ Start your own forum discussion or reply to another
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Invite friends to this site
■ Post photos and videos of what interests you
■ Start your own blog
■ Check out What can I do here? for more details

If this is your first time as part of a social networking community, we welcome you! Feel free to explore and contribute at your own pace.

Questions or concerns? Please contact Raman Job, the "Beyond the 3 Rs" network creator for help.

Thanks,
Paul Olson, Conference Chair

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Blog Posts

Debora Barry

The 5 Balls of Life

I am a member of the Primary Prevention Team and I use this quote in my presentations on Wellness. It is kind of an "aha!" moment for many people and I have been asked to share it. I figured this is a good venue for that.

"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

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

 

Members

  • Debora Barry
  • Deb Russell
  • Mervat Yehia
  • Robert Daigneault
  • Howard Griffith
  • John Evans
  • MARIA
  • Cam Bennet
  • Ray Daly
  • Andrew Marcinek
  • Ryan Maksymchuk
  • Val Harder
  • Jennifer Levesque
  • Michelle Dagnino
  • Liz Kolb
  • Susan
  • Donna Johnston
  • Allison Sirdar

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December 17, 2009
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December 14, 2009
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Deb Russell updated their profile
December 5, 2009
Deb Russell is now a member of Beyond the 3Rs
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November 30, 2009
Hey, Cam. This is very cool. It took a while to load, though. Which website did you find this on? If there's an embed code for it, it would launch a lot more quickly.
November 30, 2009
Cam Bennet added a discussion
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. Comments anyone?
November 24, 2009
An album by Stacey Snyder was featured
I was honoured to participate in my school's German exchange trip as a supervising teacher this October. Take a look through some highlight pictures!
November 19, 2009
An album by MARIA was featured
Best PD ever, Disneyland for teachers!!
November 19, 2009
An album by Jennifer Levesque was featured
From July 2nd to August 3rd, 2009 I participated in the Canadian Teachers' Federation 's Project Overseas. I worked on a team with 6 Canadian teachers and 16 Ghanaian co-tutors to in-service appox. 600 teachers in Ghana, Africa.
November 19, 2009
Martine updated their profile
November 18, 2009
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November 18, 2009

Forum

Cam Bennet

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.

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 the…

Started by MARIA in General. Last reply by Raman Job Nov. 6, 2009.

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 the…

Tagged: Harvest, of, Opportunity, ManACE, Maksymchuk

Started by Ryan Maksymchuk in General. Last reply by Raman Job Oct. 21, 2009.

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 mo…

Started by Raman Job in Session Discussions. Last reply by Suzanne Moore Oct. 22, 2009.

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 that…

Started by Cam Bennet in General. Last reply by Mike Nantais Sep. 22, 2009.

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 impo…

Started by Mike Nantais in General. Last reply by Mike Nantais Aug. 29, 2009.

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 media…

Started by Cathy Wing in General. Last reply by Cathy Wing Aug. 19, 2009.

MARIA

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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