SEPTEMBER 2017

BACK TO SCHOOL

WIN a week in Ottawa at Encounters with Canada!

Inspirations: Compassion In Action

Contest sponsored by LEARN and Encounters with Canada

Who: Students (14-17 yrs old) enrolled in Quebec English-speaking high schools. 
Prize: 12 prizes of a 7-day EWC Adventure valued at $675.
How: Submit an essay, article, poem, drawing, painting, poster, or video about an individual(s) who, through their compassion and leadership, has inspired you personally and helped make their community a better place.

Submission Deadline: October 13th, 2017

teaching tools

LEARNING LANDSCAPES JOURNAL

Practice a Fresh Start 

Learn healthy mindfulness practices with Barbara Kurtzman and two of her young students from The Study School in Montreal. Enjoy these interviews in our most recent LEARNing Landscapes Journal issue on health and wellbeing.

Open Space Days 2017/2018 

‘Learn By Doing’ Learnshops  

LEARN’s Open Creative Space/STEAM initiative helps educators foster student engagement through active learning with high and low-tech materials.

FINANCIAL EDUCATION RESOURCES ON LEARN WEBSITE

Balance Your Books 

Get off to a quick start teaching the new Financial Education course. Visit our new teachers’ section where you will find resources in line with the program content and concepts, as well as ready-to-use presentations and student/teacher packages shared by one of LEARN’s key partners the RÉCIT de l’Univers social.

HISTORY RESOURcES & COMMUNITY

Setting History Straight

Access LEARN's various activity and document packages in English, as well as many, many other resources now being shared via the Secondary 3 and 4 History community space, the Communauté Histoire du Québec et du Canada.

CLC Community Stories

COMMUNITY EXCHANGE AT LEARN

Get Connected

LEARN's Provincial Resource Team hosted a Community Exchange at LEARN  which brought together 20 provincially and regionally mandated organizations interested in forming school-community partnerships. 

STUDENT SUPPORT

LEARN'S ONLINE Tutoring SERVICES RETURNS OCTOBER 2017

Online Tutoring at No Charge 

Tutoring is accessed online in the evenings while students are working on homework. LEARN tutors are qualified and experienced Quebec teachers. Feedback is provided to schools and families after each session.

TESTIMONIAL

Making A Difference

"Thank you for this wonderful experience and for the amazing tutoring that (my daughter) received! Most especially, a huge thank-you because (my daughter) got 100% on her fractions test on Wednesday!!!  It was her first 100% in Math! Looking forward to another wonderful series of tutoring in Grade 5."
-Isabella, parent, Hillcrest Academy, SWLSB

LEARN UPCOMING KEY EVENTS

REMIXED CAMP 2017

An all day edcamp for educators!

All English and French educators are welcome at the 3rd Annual Remixed Camp 2017. Register this August for a full day featuring a teacher tools slam, edcamp, playground/makerspace and much more! 

KEYNOTE: Brian Silverman & Artemis Papert
WHEN: Saturday September 30th, 8:30 am
WHERE: Concordia University
ADMISSION: FREE!

CCI 2017

Professional Development in
Educational Technology

October 30th, 2017 join co-hosts DEEN Synergy Committee, Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, Lester B. Pearson School Board & LEARN for  the 1st annual Joint CCI Educational Technology Conference. The CCI Conference provides  teachers with Professional Development in Educational Technology that situates students as co-constructors of their own learning.

TEACHER RECOGNITION

LEARN SUCCESS STORY

Audrey McLaren

Invited to attend the GeoGebra Global Gathering this summer in Linz, Austria as a VIP guest, all expenses paid, this was a dream come true for our online Math and Science teacher, Audrey McLaren!  It's an international conference for GeoGebra aficionados that happens every two years at the GeoGebra headquarters. As a thought leader and innovator in STEM education, Audrey was invited to be a VIP Guest at this global event where over 200 members of the GeoGebra community, representing 45 countries got together to collaborate and share ideas.

LEARN IN THE NEWS

THE SUBURBAN

LEARN: On Cutting Edge of Educational Innovation

MONTREAL GAZETTE

LEARN Serves as an Online Resource for Anglophone Students Throughout Quebec

At some point in your life, you’ve burned the midnight oil over a math problem or stared hard at a blinking cursor with no idea how to begin the essay you’re trying to write.

While abundant resources such as private tutors, review books, and teacher availability exist for students struggling with subjects or specific concepts, not everyone has access to those options and it’s hard to gauge their effectiveness. 

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