Monthly Archives: September 2014
Pondering Parents @ Meet the Teacher Night
Parents, please email pruck@newhorizons.ab.ca for permission to edit the Google doc from the email address the school has on file.
Questions for consideration:
1) What does a citizen need to know to engage in a democratic society?
2) In your opinion, what does it mean to be Canadian?
3) What histories do you think may be overlooked in contemporary education?
4) How would technology ideally enhance communications?
5)What kinds of local contexts are important for students to experience?
6) Wildcard – parents choice
Current Events Sept. 8
Alberta PCs become the longest-serving government in Canadian history – Mon, 25 Aug, 2014
Optional Writing Assignment: Critical Media Response: Jim Prentice Acceptance Speech or BC Government-Teachers Labour Dispute
Read Jim Prentices’ acceptance speech and write a critical response (~350 words). Please use Dr. Lori Laday’s critical response questions for prompts in the link below. You may submit comments on specific lines of the speech via google docs, however, this will still need to be supported by an introductory or concluding paragraph.
If you choose the labour dispute, research current media articles to inform your understanding of the issue, stakeholders, and tension. Use the “How to Detect Bias in New Media” link for question prompts. Cite sources and information using proper grammatical conventions, and adapting Chicago Style by pasting relevant links into footnotes. Footnote shortkeys: Ctrl+Alt+F.
PC Election Results
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-pc-leadership-vote-jim-prentice-wins-on-1st-ballot-1.2758180
PC Election Hunt – Sept 5
Chrome for Mac
Chrome for Mac
Some students have had trouble accessing Chrome & Google classroom with Mac; try this link and let me know if it works.
[grandfathered] Parent/Guardian Signature
Parent/Guardian Signature
Please introduce your parents to the Google Classroom by showing them the relevant documents under the About section. These Documents are also available online.
Due: Sept. 3
[Grandfathered] About Me & Photo