Friday, February 03, 2012
The MindShare Learning Report – Canada’s Leading, Learning & Technology eMagazine – has named Dundas Central teacher Heidi Siwak among the winners of the fourth annual MindShare Learning 21st Century Classroom Video Challenge.
The contest is a testament to the digital learning revolution that is happening across the Canadian education landscape and beyond. This year the contest had a record number of submissions and was the most competitive to date. The quality was outstanding and the judge’s panel was extremely challenged in ar... Full Story
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Excitement is coming to Westmount Secondary School on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, when award-winning author Kathy Kacer leads the first-ever Junior Empowerment Conference.
A winner of the Silver Birch, Red Maple, Hackmatack and Jewish Book Awards, Kacer is well known for her books Gabbi’s Dresser and To Hope and Back. She will help students age eight through 12 develop respect for oneself, the school community, the Hamilton community, the global community and the environment through literacy.
“We hope that the students will take ... Full Story
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
By Colin McNeil
Special to the Hamilton Spectator
For the student who does it all.
Somewhere between being an “eco-ninja,” the fastest man in Ancaster and playing Danny Zuko in Ancaster High’s production of Greece, Derek Hambly found time to coach or compete on seven different school sports teams.
And, on Monday night, the Grade 12 Ancaster High School student was honoured for it, when he won the Jeff Dickins Memorial Award at the B’nai Brith sports celebrity dinner.
When he’s not earning his senior male athlete of... Full Story
Thursday, January 19, 2012
By Mark McNeil
Hamilton Spectator
Everybody knows the standard approach to teaching students about the First and Second World Wars.
It usually involves big maps of Europe with thick, coloured arrows showing troop movements. Then there are the textbook reading assignments about topics such as the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the Treaty of Versailles, and the rise of Hitler. This is all followed by tests and exams about various dates, details and themes.
But what about the soldier, the poor guy in the trench c... Full Story
Thursday, January 05, 2012
By Teri Pecoskie
For Mackenzie Meyer, heading to biotech class used to mean grabbing a pair of heavy textbooks, an oversized binder and a bundle of other school supplies.
But this year, the Grade 12 student has lightened her load through a unique pilot program aimed at bringing technology into the classroom.
Meyer and her Ancaster High classmates have been armed with iPads containing digital versions of their biology and chemistry textbooks as well as a cluster of other apps.
The technology allows them to interact wit... Full Story
Thursday, December 08, 2011
What does it take to boot a 20-yard field goal in overtime in front of 24,935 screaming fans to win your football team’s first national championship when you are 3,500 km from home?
Courage would be near the top of the list.
So it made sense when Queen Mary elementary invited members of the Vanier Cup-winning McMaster Marauders to a character education assembly this month, when the attribute of the month was courage.
With students packing the gym and staff snapping photos, students presented a short history of the cup, and u... Full Story
