All Roads Lead to London
December, 2009
Principals, teachers, administrators from Western Ontario and beyond will visit the Lamplighter Inn in London for Symposium 2009. The annual event is held on December 10, 2009. Keynote addresses from David Jakes and Leslie Fisher highlight the day and are surrounded by workshops demonstrating some of the innovative activities happening in Ontario. Click the Symposium 2009 button in the sidebar for complete detals.

December 2 - We thank everyone for their interest in Symposium 2009. Registration is now closed.

RCAC Sarnia PD
The RCAC group met in Sarnia on May 26 to explore the world of Robotics for the classroom. Using Lego Dacta which includes standard lego along with super-charged electro-mechanical lego parts and a copy of Robolab software for 'programming' the robots.

Particpants were 'spoon-fed' the instructions for building a 'tank-bot', although the suggested classroom approach is allow the students to develop their own robots based on their own original designs. The most powerful aspect of learning through robotics is that students of all 'intelligences' have the opportunity to shine. Furthermore, teams of robot builders have the opportunity to compete with other schools in regional robotics events. Photos and a short movie clip of the PD event are hosted here.

This fall, a pilot project investigates the use of Science Probes and Handheld Computers in the Junior (Grades 4-6) Science Classroom. In the Summer of 2003, interested teachers attended a full-day Professional Development Institute to learn all about this technology. For more details (and free resources), visit: http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/d&g/probes.htm 
 

This webquest requires students to work in groups of four researching the topic of bullying through the eyes of a person in a bullying situation. The product of the webquest is a presentation in Kidpix, Hyperstudio, or Corel Presentations format. (templates are provided, if necessary)

You may access this webquest: http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/d&g/nobullying.

Do Tell !

The RCAC is looking for committee members to share stories around some of the most exciting, innovative and successful technology integration anecdotes.