Road Trip to Oshawa
In our last post, I talked about our team's exciting realization that we have enough money left in the TLLP to visit the other Section 68 schools in the province. Since then, we've been busy reaching out, making connections and doing a bit of travelling! Last week, Deb, Allison and I were thrilled to visit Campbell Children's School in Oshawa. We were thoroughly impressed with the warm, welcoming and positive atmosphere from the second we walked into the school. From Janet, the school's principal, who scheduled time to chat with us about student population and delivery models, to Shaun, the 21st Century Teacher, who enthusiastically demonstrated and shared a number of innovative tools and gadgets, to the classroom teams who welcomed us into their rooms to observe all of the teaching and learning going on- this school is a great place to be! With regard to technology, we viewed a number of tools that could greatly enhance our students' access to writing. Of partic...