Grand Erie District School Board Yes They Can! Coding Event Focuses on Empowering Girls Photo Credit: Courtesy of GEDSB "The great thing about coding is that when you make a mistake, it means you're trying," says Joe Archer, grade 5/6 teacher at Lakewood Elementary...
Month: March 2019
Across the Boards – Winter 2019 Feature
Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board Staying Afloat Through STEAM How far will a cardboard boat float? How much weight will it carry? Students at Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board found out through their participation in the Skills Ontario...
Across the Boards – Winter 2019 Feature
Halton District School Board Rocketry Club at Dr. Frank J. Hayden SS Provides Students a Lift-off to Career Options Photo Credit: Courtesy of HDSB Sam Crane and Hamza Shah, Grade 11 students at Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School in Burlington, are leading a...
Call for OPSBA Awards Nominations
Know an amazing trustee, teacher, education worker, student or community member who deserves to be recognized for making a difference in their local school or community? Nominations for our 2019 Awards are open! The nomination form can be accessed on SurveyMonkey now....
Across the Boards – Winter 2019 Feature
Halton District School Board Design and Technology Program at Oodenawi PS Kindergarten to Grade 8 students at Oodenawi Public School in Oakville are receiving regular hands-on math and science learning through a new Design and Technology approach to instruction. See...
Across the Boards – Winter 2019 Feature
Halton District School Board Women in Tech Grade 8 female students from Centennial, Ethel Gardiner, Silver Creek and Stewarttown public schools took part in an event at Georgetown District HS called, Women in Tech, on Jan. 30. It was organized by Grade...
Across the Boards – Winter 2019 Feature
Halton District School Board Innovators, educators, industry leaders and community members work together on new I-STEM program at Aldershot High School More than 70 innovators, educators, industry leaders and community members came together at a Think Tank event on...
Public Education Symposium 2019 – Winter 2019
More than 300 Trustees and Staff Attend Successful 2019 Public Education Symposium OPSBA's 2019 Public Education Symposium was held from January 24 to 26 at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto, in partnership with the Association des conseils scolaires des écoles publiques...
Legislative Update – March 4, 2019
Memo B6 – Budget Planning Information for 2019-20 On February 28, the Ministry of Education issued Memo B6 to all school boards via Directors of Education. The memo refers to a further update to the sector on or before March 15, 2019. In other budget related news,...
Weblinks – Winter 2019
Establishing a Makerspace in Your School or Classroom Dr. Janette Hughes, Canada Research Chair in Technology and Pedagogy and Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UIOT), shares her perspective on Makerspaces and...
Profile In Education – Winter 2019
Interview with Dr. Janette Hughes By OPSBA Staff Dr. Janette Hughes is Canada Research Chair in Technology and Pedagogy and Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT). Her research in the field of digital...
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Month: March 2019
Across the Boards – Winter 2019 Feature
Grand Erie District School Board Yes They Can! Coding Event Focuses on Empowering Girls Photo Credit: Courtesy of GEDSB "The great thing about coding is that when you make a mistake, it means you're trying," says Joe Archer, grade 5/6 teacher at Lakewood Elementary...
Across the Boards – Winter 2019 Feature
Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board Staying Afloat Through STEAM How far will a cardboard boat float? How much weight will it carry? Students at Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board found out through their participation in the Skills Ontario...
Across the Boards – Winter 2019 Feature
Halton District School Board Rocketry Club at Dr. Frank J. Hayden SS Provides Students a Lift-off to Career Options Photo Credit: Courtesy of HDSB Sam Crane and Hamza Shah, Grade 11 students at Dr. Frank J. Hayden Secondary School in Burlington, are leading a...
Call for OPSBA Awards Nominations
Know an amazing trustee, teacher, education worker, student or community member who deserves to be recognized for making a difference in their local school or community? Nominations for our 2019 Awards are open! The nomination form can be accessed on SurveyMonkey now....
Across the Boards – Winter 2019 Feature
Halton District School Board Design and Technology Program at Oodenawi PS Kindergarten to Grade 8 students at Oodenawi Public School in Oakville are receiving regular hands-on math and science learning through a new Design and Technology approach to instruction. See...
Across the Boards – Winter 2019 Feature
Halton District School Board Women in Tech Grade 8 female students from Centennial, Ethel Gardiner, Silver Creek and Stewarttown public schools took part in an event at Georgetown District HS called, Women in Tech, on Jan. 30. It was organized by Grade...
Across the Boards – Winter 2019 Feature
Halton District School Board Innovators, educators, industry leaders and community members work together on new I-STEM program at Aldershot High School More than 70 innovators, educators, industry leaders and community members came together at a Think Tank event on...
Public Education Symposium 2019 – Winter 2019
More than 300 Trustees and Staff Attend Successful 2019 Public Education Symposium OPSBA's 2019 Public Education Symposium was held from January 24 to 26 at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto, in partnership with the Association des conseils scolaires des écoles publiques...
Legislative Update – March 4, 2019
Memo B6 – Budget Planning Information for 2019-20 On February 28, the Ministry of Education issued Memo B6 to all school boards via Directors of Education. The memo refers to a further update to the sector on or before March 15, 2019. In other budget related news,...
Weblinks – Winter 2019
Establishing a Makerspace in Your School or Classroom Dr. Janette Hughes, Canada Research Chair in Technology and Pedagogy and Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UIOT), shares her perspective on Makerspaces and...
Profile In Education – Winter 2019
Interview with Dr. Janette Hughes By OPSBA Staff Dr. Janette Hughes is Canada Research Chair in Technology and Pedagogy and Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT). Her research in the field of digital...
