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Featured here are resources related to literacy, community involvement, school success, and other issues pertinent to ALL students successfully navigating through the education system.miss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-83939672160054125422008-06-07T10:50:00.000-07:002008-06-07T10:59:38.128-07:00Bona fide Googlefied.After a very non-scientific sampling of various hosted wikis (pbwiki, Wikispaces amongst the larger services, the former JotSpot, to name a few), and extensive reading about the merits of various wikis (free and hosted, vs. every other possible permutation), I decided to go with Google Sites. The decision to stay with Google was mainly because I wanted the most shiny, sparkly, simple wysiwyg Holly Hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913855931548653748noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-25700898353416108472008-05-27T20:47:00.000-07:002008-05-28T19:28:31.238-07:00NANS: evaluating the 5 years of the strategy / SIAA rende-compte: Journée avec JanoszWow... what a mind boggling day! We are in the midst of a three day meeting for NANS, and the ADMD, DR, CIMD, and Evaluation team are all on hand! We've got Michel Janosz with us (funny, I recently met with Doug McCall from Canadian Association for School Health and he was mentioning him...) today and tomorrow, and it has been fascinating examining what has taken place, and what is yet to come...Holly Hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913855931548653748noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-85043911505175867742008-05-21T20:06:00.000-07:002008-05-21T20:12:22.087-07:00The impact of mobility among Aboriginal students (from the CCL)Students on the move: Ways to address the impact of mobility among Aboriginal students (May 15, 2008)The high-school completion rate for Aboriginal students continues to fall well short of the Canadian average. Recent research has highlighted student mobility as a major barrier to successful high-school completion. Low completion rates among Aboriginal students in families who move more Holly Hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913855931548653748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-11704696755790306532007-11-05T19:58:00.001-08:002007-11-06T04:46:36.005-08:00Collaborative tools to assist in developing a professional learning community.... the search begins!I have been racking my brain trying to come up with a solution for how to work collaboratively with my partner at work. What are the most efficient tools and processes out there? What are people using day to day that works for them? This post is intended as a kind of 'thinking out loud' exercise, to capture potential leads and traces.Our needs:We work in the office, but also at a distance. We (miss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-1164989996658918632006-12-01T08:19:00.000-08:002006-12-01T08:19:56.660-08:00LEARN Quebec... has launched their new site! The 'Leading English Education and Resource Network' is a varied resource, full of information for teachers, administrators, parents and students. Check out the introduction video to get a better idea of what they do.LEARN Video: http://www.learnquebec.ca/en/about/miss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-1162754232973119192006-11-05T11:17:00.000-08:002006-11-05T11:17:12.973-08:00SAEE : Policy Watch : Promoting Teacher QualitySAEE : Policy Watch : Promoting Teacher Quality: "Promoting Teacher QualityKatherine Wagner, Fall 2002New research clearly correlates what teachers know and do with student learning. The value-added studies of Sanders and other researchers have been able to isolate teacher effects, independent of external variables such as socioeconomic status of students. With this new knowledge, student miss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-1162754131448971032006-11-05T11:15:00.000-08:002006-11-05T11:15:31.513-08:00Analyzing Change in EducationAnalyzing Change in Education: "Analyzing Change in Education (ACE) is a national education survey project launched in January 2005 as a research initiative of the Society for the Advancement of Excellence in Education.The initial phase of the ACE project was a baseline survey of over 4,000 Canadian parents and teachers on a wide range of education issues conducted in June 2005. A preliminary miss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-1160963840298739062006-10-15T18:27:00.000-07:002006-10-15T19:12:09.960-07:00Check out the section on teacher qualityLabour Relations in Public Education - from the websiteThe mission of the Labour Relations in Public Education Resource Centre is to offer research and analysis of labour-management issues which impact public education.Its on-line library contains links to a wide range of resources classified by topic and format. Brief abstracts will assist in selecting the most useful material. The resources aremiss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-1160961747220532482006-10-15T17:33:00.000-07:002006-10-15T19:45:34.586-07:00Lots of Links from the Society for the Advancement of Excellence in EducationLot of links to do with Excellence... in education!So what is the Society for the Advancement of Excellence in Education? Aside from collecting links to relevant articles and current research, they offer memberships and publish a newsletter. In there words, here's what they do:The Society for the Advancement of Excellence in Education (SAEE) provides non-partisan education research and miss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-1159541566992662432006-09-29T07:52:00.000-07:002006-09-29T07:52:47.013-07:00International conference for educators, onlineFrom the conference website:www.k12onlineconference.org Announcing the first annual “K12 Online 2006″ convention for teachers, administrators and educators around the world interested in the use of Web 2.0 tools in classrooms and professional practice. This year’s conference is scheduled to be held over two weeks, Oct. 23-27 and Oct. 30- Nov. 3 with the theme “Unleashing the Potential.” The K12 miss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-1158581354093778602006-09-18T04:55:00.000-07:002006-10-22T19:07:53.083-07:00Instructional Design InspirationOne of the major concerns that I hear in my job is that school teams are not sure how exactly to proceed in the planning process. I am in the process of trying to design tools for educators and administrators that will help simplify the process of school success planning and implementation, amd I am obsessed by the design of web resources.Currently, I am working on my webpage for our school miss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-1158500689817777672006-09-17T06:31:00.000-07:002006-09-17T06:50:39.053-07:00Corporations managing data for schools"K-12 school leaders in the US are seeking evidence-based and innovative solutions to improve student performance," says Beth Wray, the newly appointed CEO of Pearson Achievement Solutions. "Pearson Achievement Solutions…has a critical role in improving current student outcomes through systemic school change, customized content, and professional development."Hmm. Sounds interesting - however, miss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-1151762333521116942006-07-01T06:58:00.000-07:002006-07-01T06:58:53.580-07:00Interesting book for those interested in community learning centresAmazon.com: Learning Cities, Learning Regions, Learning Communities: Lifelong learning and local government: Books: Norman Longworth:"The cities in which we live are dynamic, exciting places that are set to evolve more rapidly than ever in the immediate future. In response to this need for change, the movement for the development of Learning Cities, Towns and Regions is already in full swing. miss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-1149859251763295202006-06-09T06:20:00.000-07:002006-10-03T18:39:38.213-07:00Resources from CLLRN on Literacy and families, schools and communitiesCLLRN Research resources on families, schools and communitiesCLLRN stands for the Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network . Hosted by The University of Western Ontario, and considered to be part of the Network of Centres of Excellence. This means that they meet funding criteria based on research excellence, the development of world-class researchers, the creation of research partnerships,miss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-1149709501255704062006-06-07T12:45:00.000-07:002006-10-03T19:21:50.710-07:00Conference: Partnering for Childhood LiteracyNew Words, New Worlds: Partnering for Childhood Literacy (CLLRNet 5th Annual Network Conference)June 18-20, 2006 Charlottetown, PEI Event DescriptionMore than seven million Canadian adults struggle with language and literacy problems every day. Targeting children in their early years of life is the best place to start. The Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network believes that miss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-1148354399158242892006-05-22T20:19:00.000-07:002006-10-03T19:15:04.343-07:00Google Alerts in the classroomFrom the Google Alerts website:"Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic.Some handy uses of Google Alerts include:monitoring a developing news storykeeping current on a competitor or industrygetting the latest on a celebrity or eventkeeping tabs on your favorite sports teams"This tool could be very interesting miss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-1147988765166733102006-05-18T14:46:00.000-07:002006-10-03T20:13:06.120-07:00CCKM: Canadian Centre for Knowledge MobilisationCanadian Centre for Knowledge Mobilisation is an organisation that works to promote evidence-based knowledge. They have a number of literacy resources, as well as information on the effectiveness of one-on-one tutoring. The organisation provides tools such as in-depth reviews of a wide variety of evidence related to research on an issue, or brief information documents.CCKM creates tools that makemiss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-1147988573025259072006-05-18T14:42:00.000-07:002006-05-18T14:42:53.026-07:00Literacy, etcLessons in Learning is published every twoweeks to provide Canadians with independent information about 'whatworks' in learning. Each publication is approximately 2,000 words, andfocusses on a specific topical issue. All articles follow a consistentformat and provide links to sources of data and related research.LessonsInLearningmiss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-1147988501095247882006-05-18T14:41:00.000-07:002006-05-18T14:41:41.096-07:00Work and Learning Knowledge Centre's First Annual Symposium The Work and Learning Knowledge Centrewill be hosting its first annual symposium in Ottawa, May 31-June 1.This event will bring together leaders from business, labour andeducation, along with government representatives, to discuss workplacelearning and training.WLKCsymposiummiss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-1147988322738106972006-05-18T14:38:00.000-07:002006-05-18T14:38:42.736-07:00KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM - MARCH 2006RequestforProposals/tres interesting. Look into this action.miss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-1147988262602809902006-05-18T14:37:00.000-07:002006-10-04T22:14:55.306-07:00Work and Learning conferenceConference on Work and Learning. Could align with GOAL strategy.Work and Learning Knowledge Centre's First Annual Symposiumhttp://www.ccl-cca.ca/CCL/Events/Upcoming/May12-WLKCsymposium.htm?Language=EN miss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-1147988143228608572006-05-18T14:35:00.000-07:002006-05-18T14:35:43.230-07:00CLI siteBest tool ever. I swear. But does it automatically include the link? NO.Meh.http://www.ccl-cca.ca/CCL/Reports/CompositeLearningIndex2/2006Results.htmAwesome, wicked awesome site.miss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-1140385368495921292006-02-19T13:42:00.000-08:002006-02-19T13:42:48.646-08:00:::Fédération des commissions scolaires du Québec::: Statistiques concernant le decrochage scolaireQuoi de neuf ? - Fédération des commissions scolaires du Québec:"Statistiques encourageantes concernant le décrochage scolaireSelon un nouveau rapport de Statistique Canada, le taux de décrochage au secondaire a considérablement diminué depuis le début des années 1990. Les filles ont fait plus de progrès en cette matière que les garçons et le taux de décrochage chez les élèves qui vivent dans lesmiss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-1140384072789556732006-02-19T13:21:00.000-08:002006-02-19T13:21:12.853-08:00:::CEA::: Focus on LiteracyCanadian Education Association:What is literacy in the knowledge age? How do children, youth and adults become literate? Discover the research, the policies and the practices that support literacy in Canada."Literacy is a serious public policy issue in Canada. The country lacks a national strategy to address the social and economic consequences of low literacy levels. This is particularlymiss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22533431.post-1140383702395308672006-02-19T13:15:00.000-08:002006-02-19T13:15:02.723-08:00:::Colloque::: And what are you reading?And what are you reading?:The Colloque national sur le livre et la lecture will take place on April 3 and 4, 2006. The objective of the conference is to increase awareness among elementary and secondary school staff, educational consultants, librarians, documentation technicians and volunteer parents of the essential role that reading plays in young people’s success.Participants will receive the miss hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07377659243502675902noreply@blogger.com0