[Replicable Practices] Slideshare.net

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[Replicable Practices] Please Sir, Honestly ... I know how to write a paragraph! OSSLT Preparations

Ontario Secondary School Literacy Prep

This is a the second in a series of posts that examines some of the resources I had bookmarked when I was preparing replicable practice resources for my GLE2O1 class. The primary way that I used and modified this resource was to help prepared the students for the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test.

1. Improve your English with WritingDEN! (Tips-O-Matic for Sentences / Paragraphs / Essays)
2. Writing Fun by Jenny Eather (Using text organizers to assist students with the writing process)
3. Persuasive Writing Websites for Teachers and Secondary Students
4. District School Board of Niagara and Westlane Secondary School present Summer Literacy Project
5. Digital Literacies - Persuasive Writing by Kevin Cummins (Slideshare Presentation)

[Replicable Practices] Wellbeing Toronto

A new site was launched about the City of Toronto. A valuable tool for several reasons. It helps satisfy the curiosity that Torontonians have about where they live. Comparisons can be made between neighbourhoods to help people make decisions. Students can use the site through a number of school subjects such as careers, civics, geography, urban planning, business, environmental studies, math etc. Teachers can use another visual and technological means to give students other perspectives.

Wellbeing Toronto

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Wellbeing Toronto is a new web-based measurement and visualization tool that helps evaluate community wellbeing across the city's 140 neighbourhoods. Using geographic information software, Wellbeing Toronto allows you to select, combine and weight the significance of a number of indicators that monitor neighbourhood wellness. The results appear instantly on easy to read maps, tables and graphs. This free tool supports decision making and seeks to engage citizens and businesses in understanding the challenges and opportunities of creating and maintaining healthy neighbourhoods. You can also find detailed demographic information about each neighbourhood.