Category Archives: Student engagement intiatives

All things related to programs and activities that promote student engagement in all areas of learning.

Assignment 2: Collaboration with Teachers to Evolve Their Practice Using the Concerns Based Adoption Model

This report documents the collaboration and implementation of two non-fiction units for Science and Social Studies with a focus on the effective use of reference resources guided by the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM). Collaboration took place with Teacher A (gr.2), … Continue reading

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Inquiry Blog #4 – Increasing access to libraries in Developing Nations – Mobile Devices and beyond…

“…People read more when they read on mobile devices, that they enjoy reading more, and that people commonly read books and stories to children from mobile devices… mobile reading represents a promising, if still underutilized pathway to text.”  (Victoria Okojie, … Continue reading

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Inquiry Post-Blog #3: Empowering Professionals – Using Curiosity and Wisdom in Meeting the ICT Needs of the School Community

I have been doing a lot of thinking about the concept of leadership and its connection to the topic at hand, that being, meeting the ICT needs of the school community.  While researching, I went to my “strength and stays”:  … Continue reading

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Post #1 – Fostering Reading Cultures in Schools – An Evolving Process

What is a “reading culture, and what does, or should it look like for the 21st century school?” This is a concept that I have been pondering over the last few days.  Being a classroom teacher for the last 26 … Continue reading

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