We have been maintaining this blog for a few years now. We blog on it quite sporadically. Sometimes I think that’s because when we are working with teachers, the stories we have are their stories, and we might break their trust by telling them. I can tell my own stories, but I can’t tell your …
Category archives: Learning Conditions
21st Century Learning and Technology Policy
HWDSB has recently released a new 21st Century Learning and Technology Policy. This policy, along with its three directives (Privacy; Identity, Credibility and Positive Participation; Authorship and Ownership) provide a basis for us to take a fresh look at the way we integrate Technology into Pedagogy. If you haven’t taken a look yet, You’ll find …
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The HWDSB Hub Username Integration
Did you know that your HWDSB username (the one you use to access SchoolConnect computers, and the Employee Web Portal) now allows you to gain access to the Ministry Learning Management System located at http://hwdsb.elearningontario.ca? Did you also know that a course has been created in that space, and that your students are already enrolled …
U-Service
The HWDSB 21st Century Learning team has launched a new initiative today called a U-Service. This is a play on the in-service model of PD that we regularly offer to teachers. A few years ago we ran a Livescribe event in the Gym at Maple Lane. Teachers from across the board came and shared the …
Freedom vs. Efficacy
I think I’m still treating iPads like laptops and desktops. I see myself locking them down whilst commenting on how “they can’t be managed in the same manner as laptops and desktops have traditionally been managed at a board level” out the other side of my mouth, while covering the pin that restricts the installation …
Leadership and (Blended) Learning Department
On March 28th, the team was invited to present on Blended Learning — what it is, and how it looks within the learning spaces in HWDSB — to the members of the Leadership and Learning Department. The term Blended Learning is not an Ontario Ministry term, although referencing documentation released from the Ministry on their …
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