Another year, another website! Visit the NEW site at http://recit.essb.qc.ca — don’t forget to update your bookmarks!
ESSB RECIT website has moved!
July 21st, 2010Gaspe SMART Workshop
April 29th, 2010Gaspe Polyvalente and Gaspe Elementary School joined forces on Tuesday, April 27 to hold workshops on video conferencing (taught by Michelle Fontaine) and on SMART Boards (taught by myself). It was a busy day with lots of information and lots of professional development! Thank you to all the participants and I look forward to my next trip in your area.
Escuminac SMART Workshop
April 23rd, 2010On Monday, April 19 and Tuesday, April 20, Escuminac teachers and staff spent their pedagogical days with me to explore the SMART board! I was happy to explore some “Level 2″ material that I had learned earlier this year but haven’t had the opportunity to share until now. It was fun workshop with a very active audience. I learned a lot and I know that the teachers did too! When I visited yesterday, I was already receiving good reports from Byron Edwards, Principal. Keep up the good work! I’m looking forward to my next visit.
Website Overhauled!
April 3rd, 2010I’ve been working on overhauling the website. Please have a look and leave me your feedback. If you spot any bugs, please let me know. If you want to contribute, that’s great! You’ll see a number of pages that read “Coming soon!” If you want to keep up to date of these changes, just subscribe to the RSS blog feed or follow me on Twitter.
Oh! And don’t forget to refresh you browser to see the updated site!
LEARN-RÉCIT Workshops
March 30th, 2010LEARN is still accepting registrations for the LEARN-RÉCIT full day April workshops:
- Lesson design made easy with interactive white boards;
- Media literacy which addresses the Media Literacy and Production requirements of the secondary ELA program;
- EPearl, an ePortfolio as a tool to develop self-directed learning in line with our QEP;
- Taking it Global – TigEd – to take your classroom global through an online community of globally minded educators from over 100 countries.
Date: April 19, 2010
Location: Laval Sheraton
Time: 8:45 am to 3:45 pm
Fee: 75$ to cover cost with lunch included (TigEd Workshop is only 35$)
Registration at http://recit2010.learnquebec.ca
The full workshop description is available at http://twurl.nl/ddsb8y
ESSB Wiki, Blog and Calendar Sharing Services
March 29th, 2010The I.T. department at ESSB is working hard to bring teachers and students access to a number of new services: wiki, blog and shared calendars! Teachers may use their LEARN usernames and passwords to access these services. Stay tuned as more services are added!
SMART Notebook Express BETA
March 12th, 2010Have you ever wanted to open or create a Notebook file on a computer that didn’t have the Notebook software? Maybe you were home, preparing a lesson for the next day’s lesson on the SMART Board but didn’t have time to download the entire program. Next time, why don’t you try the SMART Notebook Express online? The online program may have less functionality than the full version, but it definitely will help out in a pinch!
GPI: ESSB’s New Report Card
February 18th, 2010Yesterday, the ESSB Council of Commissioners voted to adopt the GRICS report card: GPI. Secretaries will receive a two-day workshop (likely at our next RSEC). ESSB is the last school board in the province to adopt the GPI report card. To learn more about the GPI report card, visit the GRICS website.
Measure 30054
February 11th, 2010Grant money is available through MELS under the heading of “Program to Support Research and Development in Special Education.” Projects will, in many cases involve ICT. There are three distinct type of funding which you can read more about here. The application deadline is March 4, 2010.
SMART Notebook Level 2
February 11th, 2010Yesterday, I was fortunate to attend a level 2 SMART Notebook workshop in Dorval. After having become familiar with the tools last Fall at DUCOM’s level 1 workshop in Matane, I’m now eager to make my SMART board lessons more INTERACTIVE. This was a fantastic workshop and I’m anxious to share what I’ve learned!
