Healthy Living 9 now includes an injury prevention outcome specific to workplace health and safety. This is because work, whether in the home, the community, or at a workplace, is a common experience for students at this age. A full supplement providing notes, classroom activities and best practice resources has been approved and developed for teachers. The webinar will fully cover the outcome, the teaching supplement, and introduce a variety of options for effective delivery.
Healthy Living 9 Delivering the Mandatory OHS Outcome
Teachers and students have access to more than 9,000 educational videos online through the Online Video Library (Learn360). Teachers can search for P-12 curriculum videos, create playlists, download movies and show them in the classroom. Students can login from school or at home, conduct searches and watch videos on any number of topics, as well as take notes and cite them in their school projects, a valuable tool for conducting research and gathering information. Learn more about this powerful research tool and how you can use it with your students.
Using the Online Video Library (Learn360) With Your Students
LRTS Webinar, originally aired Thursday, March 20 / 2014
Presenters:
Stephanie MacKay, Sr. Mathematics Teacher - Archbishop O'Leary High School, Edmonton AB
Eric Therrien, ICT Consultant
We will explore Readymade Activities and Downloadable Apps for the TI-84 family of handhelds from education.ti.com that could be used to enhance teaching and learning of concepts addressed in Mathematics 10. Bring your TI calculator when you attend this webinar. Webinar presented by Stephanie MacKay, TI Instrument Education.
LRTS Webinar, originally aired Tuesday, February 11 / 2014
Presenters:
David Lubin, EBSCO
Ray Fernandes, Education Media Librarian
Teachers and students have easy access 24/7 to online tools to support them. This includes safer search engines, research articles that have appeared in scholarly journals, newspapers and magazines, perfect for homework support or student projects. Encyclopedias, images, current events... many of the resources have speech to text functionality. Best of all these amazing online tools are available to all teachers and students in the province! David Lubin from EBSCO walks us through the EBSCO databases and shows you how to get the most out of this invaluable resource.
Online Resources and Research Tools: Using EBSCO Databases Effectively with Your Students Grades 7-12
LRTS Webinar, originally aired Wednesday, February 12 / 2014
Presenters:
David Lubin, EBSCO
Ray Fernandes, Education Media Librarian
Teachers and students have easy access 24/7 to online tools to support them. This includes safer search engines, research articles that have appeared in scholarly journals, newspapers and magazines, perfect for homework support or student projects. Encyclopedias, images, current events... many of the resources have speech to text functionality. Best of all these amazing online tools are available to all teachers and students in the province! David Lubin from EBSCO walks us through the EBSCO databases and shows you how to get the most out of this invaluable resource.
Online Resources and Research Tools: Using EBSCO Databases Effectively with Your Students Grades P-6
LRTS Webinar, originally aired Wednesday, February 5 / 2014
Presenters:
Steve Etienne, McGraw-Hill Ryerson
Eric Therrien, ICT Consultant Sharon McCready, Mathematics Support Consultant
This engaging workshop presented the McGraw-Hill Ryerson’s Math at Work 10 resource. The workshop focused on the features of both the student and teachers resources along with classroom use of PDFs and the advantages of using the On-Line Learning Centre. This resource is designed to provide students with conceptual and procedural mathematical understanding, and critical-thinking skills. Topics include financial mathematics, algebra, geometry, measurement, number, and statistics and probability. Viewers will gain a better understanding of how this resource can help with planning, instruction and assessment to meet the desired curriculum outcomes.
Mathematics P-3: Partitioning Numbers, an Essential Understanding and Skill for The Growth of Mathematical Thinking
LRTS Webinar, originally aired Tuesday, November 12 / 2013
Presenters:
David McKillop, Pearson Education Canada
Robin Harris , Mathematics Support Consultant,
Eric Therrien, ICT Consultant
One of the most critical skills a student must acquire in the early years is the ability to partition numbers in a variety of ways while recognizing that the total quantity remains unchanged. This is a quest that begins in grade Primary and moves through the grades into a full-fledged understanding of place value. Learn how this big idea unfolds from grades Primary to 3. See how various representations can help students develop their understanding, and discover how this one big idea can set students up for ongoing mathematical success.
LRTS Webinar, originally aired Wednesday, December 4 / 2013.
Presenters:
Eric Therrien, ICT Consultant
Peter Oldreive, ICT Consultant
OurCloud is a repository space on servers at the Nova Scotia Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. Essentially, it is an online drive where you can download and upload documents and create and share folders. This service provides file sharing between desktop, laptop, netbook, smart phone and tablet devices.
