Students Learning Numeracy Skills Using Khan Academy to Fill in Learning Gaps & Practice to Mastery

Posted February 5, 2013

Students at Park Manor are using Khan Academy (https://www.khanacademy.org/) in most of their math classes to help fill in prior learning gaps with respect to numeracy skills and practice them to gain mastery.  Students are encouraged to log in at home or during breaks in the computer lab to watch instructional videos and practice key skills […]

Success Story #6 – Today’s Meet

Posted February 13, 2012

Today’s Meet (www.todaysmeet.com) is a technology website used by students with a tablet. Students used the ‘running conversation’ to ask questions before, during and after reading a shared text (we also used it for connection making).  It reinforces the idea that questions have to be done at many stages.  You can revisit the transcript of […]

Success Story #5

Posted January 17, 2012

During a Grade 6  Math class we were giving real life connections to do with rates.  The students had been asked to research the annual salaries of an average person in Canada and one other country.  Students came back with their information and one of them had used France, but could only get the information […]

French Immersion Visual Arts PlayBook Apps

Posted December 12, 2011

Applications used during French visual arts instruction: Video recording of teacher lesson for students to watch as needed to review a lesson and apply its content for sketch/work completion Camera students take pictures of their work to show progress, photos can also be used for reference of past work, or for use in ScrapBook App […]

French Immersion Math PlayBook Apps

Posted December 12, 2011

Applications used during French Immersion math instruction: MinuteMath review of basic math facts, results recorded to show personal progress through the levels of the application as well as progress through the months Calcx practice of basic math computation, can be used as an individual challenge or as a class friendly competition to complete levels MathMemory […]

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