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Reaching More with Less $ – SET-BC/PSAP

Posted on January 20, 2011

Sometimes post holiday sidewalk sales aren’t just in malls.   Some of you have been using Kurzweil 3000 and are finding great benefits in how the students are able to be fully engaged with class materials.  For those of you who have been waiting or saving up your pennies, SET BC/PSAP has launched a discount to…

January 2011 – Learning on the Calendar

Posted on December 30, 2010

Welcome to 2011. It’s the start of a new year and just the time to check what’s happening in the calendar.  Since we moved our Learning Session Registrations online, we’ve had many people say how easy it is to check for events and to register.  However, because it is so dynamic, sometimes in our busyness…

Coming Up

Posted on November 28, 2010

Kurzweil 3000 – Part 2: (This is really where the power of this tool takes off – ability to colour-code notes and annotate – making thinking come alive…) Monday Nov 29 (3:30-5:30) at Schou.  We have a guest speaker who will take us through ‘going deeper with comprehension’. Destination Success – Using Assessment Features to…

Launching 2010 Year

Posted on October 1, 2010

What a great launch on September 30th at Byrne Creek.  Thanks to all of you who made it after a long day of work. Discussion ranged from review of student selection criteria, intervention boxes, new assessment binders to support milestones of where our students are, to connecting with our colleagues at all the sites.  Individuals…

September – Welcome Back

Posted on August 22, 2010

Welcome back to another year of exciting things to discover.  While I love the summer as a time for rejuvenation and wanderings of a different pace,  September always brings  a crispness in the air and a sense of quiet anticipation. We’re launching some things that are a little different this year, which will make life…

Kurzweil Journey Update

Posted on May 13, 2010

Hi All, Many of you are trying out the many complexities of the program and doing a great job!  Some of you are finding ARC challenging to negotiate – remember that the Main library houses the actual kes files specifically created for you by colleagues across the province.  As well  this area has many other…

Bridging Reading with Kurzweil

Posted on April 4, 2010

So why Kurzweil?  While students are exercising their brain with Fast ForWord, the need for practice with reading comprehension continues.  This part of literacy is challenging as you need to have the student work within their ‘just right text’ zone.  Otherwise, the student ends up expending critical brain energy on decoding and never getting to the…

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