Peter Beens
Ontario educators, I’ve attempted to archive all curriculum-related documents here.
Please let me know if I’m missing anything.
If you have any old documents in your possession, please reach out to me via the comments below (or Twitter) and I’ll send you my email address.
If you wish to respond by Twitter, you can do so here.
https://github.com/pbeens/Curriculum/tree/master/Canada/Ontario
From an email shared on the Communications Technology email list:
The 26th Annual Zoom International Student Film Festival is now open for submissions! The festival is open to all high school students worldwide between the ages of 14-18 and it’s free to enter. It’s a great opportunity for students to showcase their work on an international scale! The festival will take place on April 20th @ 7PM. Deadline to submit a film is April 14th. For more information about the festival and/or to submit a film go to: https://earlhaig.ca/zoom/
Welcome to the 4th in my series of “snippets” blog posts. See here for previous ones.
Are you using GitHub and on a Mac? Here’s an excellent .gitignore file you can use that will keep all those pesky ._ files out of your repository:
https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/Global/macOS.gitignore
Setting up to record system audio using Camtasia on a Mac M1 computer is a bit of a nuisance. See here for the instructions:
https://support.techsmith.com/hc/en-us/articles/360055945312
My tweet:
https://twitter.com/pbeens/status/1374460114241921028
There were lots of responses! You can check them out here.
I recently bought a new Mac but my Mac keyboard shortcut skills are quite rusty. This page has helped me immensely to get back in the groove.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236
It’s pretty sad that Canada’s per-capita rate of Covid is higher than the US. Please, stay home everyone, and get vaccinated as soon as you’re eligible.
Join the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) for a virtual presentation to learn about one of your most important financial assets: your pension.
You have been contributing to your pension throughout your career. Now that you’re thinking about retiring, find out how this asset fits into your financial picture.
This interactive and informative presentation will provide you with everything you need to know about preparing for retirement, and what to expect throughout the retirement application process.
You have 10 dates to choose from. Each presentation will be the same, so please choose a date below and click on it to register. Each session is about 1.5 hours with a Q&A session. Two days before the date you selected, you will receive another email with information on how to join the virtual presentation.
March
April
May
Source: OTF Mail List
This is a recent email I shared with the Communications Technology email list. You may be interested in this if you use graphics arts or photo editing software.
I attended a Piazza demo session yesterday. Considering the demo was only an hour and there was no time for clarification, my comments may not be entirely accurate. Please let me know if I’ve made any mistakes.
Piazza is a lightweight Learning Management System which is available at https://piazza.com. It is much less comprehensive than D2L, more like Google Classroom but with a nicer interface for students (in my opinion). Continue reading “Piazza (LMS) Demo Session – My Comments”
From a recent OTF mailing:
Thinking of using a copyright-protected work in your classroom? First, you must determine if you need permission from the copyright owner. Continue reading “Teachers, Copyright, and Fair Dealing: Know your rights and know your limits!”
For many years, these awards have recognized the excellence of our teachers in publicly funded education. There are three categories of awards: elementary school teacher, secondary school teacher and beginning teacher in the first five years of teaching. A teacher may be nominated by anyone – professional colleagues, students, parents, or the general public.
Nominations are now open for the 2020 awards. The deadline for receipt of nominations is March 31, 2020. Further information is provided on the attached PDF and is also available at www.teachingawards.ca. If you have any questions, please contact Jason Healey at OTF: Jason.healey@otffeo.on.ca.
It would be appreciated if you would highlight and promote these awards within your organization. We are proud of the excellence of teachers throughout the province. These awards allow us to recognize and celebrate outstanding contributions that our members make to their students’ education, to their schools, and within their communities.
Thank you for your cooperation and assistance in promoting the OTIP Teaching Awards program!
Ontario has a large number of really great AQ providers, but sometimes it’s difficult finding information from them such as registration deadlines, who to contact, etc.
To help with this, I’ve created a resource which can be accessed and edited by anyone, provided you have a login account. I’ve decided to put this resource on GitHub, which is an excellent (and free) website for sharing resources and collaboration that I’m trying to teach other educators about.
Continue reading “Please Help Me with the Collaborative AQ Providers Resource for Ontario Teachers!”