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.
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
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 video describes the benefits provided by the Co-operative Education Program in the words, and through pictures of, participants at three different schools across Nova Scotia. Parents, students, community hosts and school staff explain specific elements of their local programs, while testifying to the value these placements have for schools, students and families. The principal audience for this resource is school and board staff, as well as potential co-op community partners, but also may be useful to students considering participation in a Co-op program.
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
In this segment, Barb Burley, the teacher of Dance 11 at West Pictou District High, talks about her program. The video is punctuated by comments from Dance 11 students and West Pictou's principal, Gail MacLean, as well as cover video from Dance 11 clases.
In this video, Strait Area Education and Recreation Centre teacher, Doug Begg, explains his use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the senior geography curriculum at his school. His geomatics 12 students testify to their interest in the program and their career goals in taking the course. The video is punctuated with images of the geomatics 12 class at work on their classroom computer pad, as well as several of the map projects they have produced for their community during the course.