[Replicable Practices] Hey You, Opportunity is Knocking so GetInvolved.ca

What do you need to graduate from an Ontario High School?

In addition to the 18 compulsory, students must complete the following: (PDF)

• 12 optional credits
• 40 hours of community involvement activities
• the provincial literacy requirement

Where can I find opportunities to complete the 40 hours of community involvement activities?
  
Getinvolved.ca is a companion website linked to a TVO television series. On TVO, Get Involved is 25 documentary shorts celebrating people from 7-70 who are making a difference in their schools, in their community and through their work. They are stories of inspiration. The website was created was created to transform that inspiration into action.

Hey You, Opportunity is Knocking so GetInvolved.ca

[Replicable Practices] The Costly Comma - Comma quirk irks Rogers

I really enjoy sharing this article with my students. I usually do so right before we begin a section on grammar or whenever students ask me if spelling or grammar mistakes count as deducted marks on their assignments.

 



Comma quirk irks Rogers

GRANT ROBERTSON
From Monday's Globe and Mail
Published Sunday, Aug. 06, 2006 11:30PM EDT
Last updated Monday, Apr. 06, 2009 10:26PM EDT

It could be the most costly piece of punctuation in Canada. A grammatical blunder may force Rogers Communications Inc. to pay an extra $2.13-million to use utility poles in the Maritimes after the placement of a comma in a contract permitted the deal's cancellation. [Full Article]

[Replicable Practices] EduGains.ca

EduGains.ca

UPDATE: This website will be retired on June 30, 2021and is no longer being updated. Edugains resources can continue to be found by signing into eCommunity Ontario and Curriculum and Resources website.

EduGains is another amazing source and collection of ideas to create and sustain Replicable Practices. I encourage all my readers to explore the Differentiated Instruction and Literacy sections.

Differentiated Instruction

Literacy

[Replicable Practices] YouTube: Test Taking Strategies

An expectation in the General Learning Strategies (GLE) class is to model test taking techniques. I have found the Paul Devoto's YouTube Channel that covers this topic.


A description Paul has wrote for his Test-Taking Strategy Videos:

This series shares the best strategies for improving your score on multiple-choice tests. The episodes are produced by Paul Devoto and hosted by math teachers at Jonas Salk High-Tech Academy middle school in Sacramento, CA

[Replicable Practices] Knowledge Ontario: Building the Digital Citizen

Knowledge Ontario is a premiere digital collection of resources. You must explore the digital collections and databases in order to appreciate the vastness and extent of the content that is found. In addition there are many links that I offer up to the students to extend lessons beyond the general and specific curriculum expectation.

Knowledge Ontario

Knowledge Ontario Mission Statements:
"To provide Ontarians with the digital tools and resources they need to build stronger, healthier communities and participate fully in the 21st century knowledge economy."

[Replicable Practices] Teacher Tube - Edutainment

TeacherTube

Finding resources that will help me Entertain/Educate (Edutainment) students has been difficult. Aside from trying to infuse interaction with technology in lessons or assignments I often rely on flashy/catchy informative YouTube clips to help me grab and sustain their attention. Based on the familiar YouTube site I discovered TeacherTube.

[Replicable Practices] Chart Tool

Create and design your own graphs and charts online

Earlier I posted an online tool called Create a Graph. Here is another similar online tool that I have the students use when they collect information. The charts always represent the information visually for the visual learners. In addition I find that the students participate more when trying to make some sort of conclusion using the data collected or comparing it with some other statistic. Lastly by using the the online Chart Tool students take less time in the preparation (presentation) and more time on the inquiry and analysis.