{"id":6580,"date":"2019-09-03T05:27:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T12:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/?p=6580"},"modified":"2020-05-18T06:55:44","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T13:55:44","slug":"happy-september-welcome-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/2019\/09\/happy-september-welcome-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy September &#8211; Welcome back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2019\/08\/map.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6592 \" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2019\/08\/map-300x287.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2019\/08\/map-300x287.png 300w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2019\/08\/map-113x108.png 113w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2019\/08\/map.png 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a>Happy September Everyone. Hope you all had a great summer with time to connect with family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>This year we have quite a few new things to share, including our new home base at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.ca\/maps\/place\/5310+Woodsworth+St,+Burnaby,+BC+V5G+1S4\/@49.250827,-122.9896366,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x5486771a361e4de1:0x9363da9d4a62f5f9!8m2!3d49.2508236!4d-122.9874479\">Canada Way Education Centre<\/a> (tucked in between Canada Way and Woodsworth). Pop by and say hello in Room 3 &gt; some of our workshops and teams will be held in the Presentation Room 8, while other sessions will be at school sites across the district.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We have a number of focus learning sessions in the <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.burnabyschools.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Staff Development Calendar<\/a>\u00a0to check out (more to come):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2018\/11\/CURIOSITY.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6407\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2018\/11\/CURIOSITY-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2018\/11\/CURIOSITY-300x210.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2018\/11\/CURIOSITY-155x108.jpg 155w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2018\/11\/CURIOSITY.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Develop a web presence using blogs, websites (save time, get shortcuts)<\/li>\n<li>Communicating student learning using digital portfolios and\u00a0 multiple tools (eg. green screen, powerpoint&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>ADST centres kits (with core competencies)<\/li>\n<li>coding initiatives (Tynker (a whole program), Micro:Bits, Minecraft)<\/li>\n<li>Fast ForWord to support struggling readers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><em>Stay tuned for more information (email if you&#8217;re interested):\u00a0<\/em><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>O365 (basics and using Teams)<\/li>\n<li>coding initiatives (Tynker, Micro:Bits, Minecraft)<\/li>\n<li>Using VR\/AR to spark learning<\/li>\n<li>All the Right Type (keyboarding)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As well, we have some joint learning teams (Making and Writing using O365; Math and Minecraft; CSL &#8211; Writing, self-assessment and inclusion).<\/p>\n<p>For those of you looking for support in addressing <strong>Digital Citizenship<\/strong>, please see the link in the top toolbar under CURRICULA or sidebar.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re SO excited we&#8217;re starting right away!\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:Janet.Chow@burnabyschools.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Email<\/a> if you have any questions or would like to jump-start ideas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy September Everyone. Hope you all had a great summer with time to connect with family and friends. This year we have quite a few new things to share, including our new home base at Canada Way Education Centre (tucked in between Canada Way and Woodsworth). Pop by and say hello in Room 3 &gt;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4644,"featured_media":5727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[135,15,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6580"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4644"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6580"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6975,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6580\/revisions\/6975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}