District Learning Team

Publishers' Resource Fair
2017-10-24 03:30 - 17:30 (America/Vancouver) | SJ Willis Auditorium, 923 Topaz Ave, Victoria, BC, V8T2M2, Canada
A variety of publishers will be on hand to share the latest English and French resources that support the redesigned BC curriculum. Door prizes and giveaways occur throughout the afternoon! Light snacks and refreshments will also be provided.
Tuesday, October 24th, 3:30-5:30, SJ Willis Auditorium

Light snacks and refreshments will be available. Please RSVP (register below) to ensure we have enough food for everyone.

Download the PDF version of the poster here

EdCampVic
2017-10-14 08:30 - 14:30 | Royal Oak Middle School, 751 Travino Lane, Victoria, Canada
An edcamp is a user-generated conference – commonly referred to as an “unconference“. That means that there is not a rigid schedule of workshops and presentations planned in advance. Instead, ideas for collaboration and conversation are determined as attendees identify common themes/topics that they would like to explore, and what they can teach others about.
Unlike traditional conferences which have schedules set months in advance by the people running the conference, Edcamp has an agenda that’s created by the participants at the start of the event. Instead of one person standing in front of the room talking for an hour, people are encouraged to have discussions and hands-on sessions. Sponsors don’t have their own special sessions or tables, all of the space and time are reserved for the things the people there want to talk about. People could pay hundreds of dollars to attend another conference, or they could go to Edcamp for free.
Built on principles of connected and participatory learning, Edcamp strives to bring educators together to talk about the things that matter most to them: their interests, passions, and questions. Facilitators will be designed to session rooms to facilitate conversationTeachers who attend Edcamp can choose to lead sessions on those things that matter, with an expectation that the people in the room will work together to build understanding by sharing their own knowledge and questions.

Read and Write for Google – An Overview for Beginners
2017-09-25 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
In this virtual after school workshop, participants will learn about the basic features of the popular Texthelp Chrome extension Read and Write for Google that can help students access the curriculum. We will go over tools such as text to speech, word prediction and highlighting. Read and Write is available to all SD 61 staff and students. You will need access to a computer with a web browser with audio. The session will be recorded for later viewing as well.

YYJ Ignite III
2016-02-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Sticky Wicket, 919 Douglas St., Victoria , BC, Canada
Please see: https://www.picatic.com/yyjignite2016
