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Dear Thought Leader,
Happy Friday! I trust you had a terrific and productive week as we near in on the holiday season with the many school concerts and celebrations.
I hope you enjoy this week's Top 10 that kicks off with an interesting auditor general's report on the lack of tech in schools.
In honour of Computer Education Week and Hour of Code this past week, I’m pleased to feature a reflection podcast with two of Canada’s most notable EdTech leaders, friend and colleague, Peter Skillen and Michael Furdyk, Co-founder of TakingITGlobal, who were successful on the CanCode Project now offering a FREE program to schools, “Code to Learn,” which Peter currently leads.
What a difference a year makes! My passion project MindShare WorkSpace celebrated its 1st anniversary last weekend! While there were many highlights, the lunch & learn discussion on the Future of Work, Learning & Living Well, could have gone on all afternoon. The conversation was rich, insightful and inspiring! Be sure to also checkout the link to the recorded stream of world class violinist, Isaac Eng, an OISE Masters student, who entertained us with some upbeat festive and modern violin music. Sure to put you in the mood for the holiday season!
As part of our 1st year celebration of the MindShare Workspace, we're inviting newish EdTech Startups to join us for a FREE month in January!
With that, I thank you for all that you do for your students as an educator and EdTech innovator. Keep us in the loop when you have events or exciting news to share!
Until next time, keep the digital learning curve steep!
Best,
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Robert Martellacci, M.A. EdTech
President, MindShare Learning Technology™
Chief Digital Publisher, The MindShare Learning Report™
Co-founder & President C21 Canada™
Follow us on Twitter @MindShareLearn
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"Featured Podcast of the Week" |
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This Week in Canadian EdTech
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Robert Martellacci, Founder & Chief Digital Publisher and Stephen Hurley discuss about MindShare Learning Report, EdTech and more! |
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1. Ontario suffers wide disparities in school's IT resources: Auditor General
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IT World Canada- December 6, 2018 |
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Ontario’s Ministry of Education is failing to provide students with consistent access to computers and lacks proper security training and practices to protect the personal information of students, according to the Auditor General of Ontario.
Auditor General Bonnie Lysk released her annual report on Dec. 5, including a full section on the topic of IT systems and technology in the classroom.
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2. The promise of the 'learn to code' movement
National Post- December 4, 2018
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This week, educators, students and the public around the world are participating in Computer Science Education Week by organizing and leading one-hour coding tutorials.
By the start of the week, more than 2,700 Canadian coding events had been registered with Code.org, a not-for-profit organization in the United States that promotes the week.
This annual event incorporates the spirit of the “learn to code” movement; it aims to attract interest and engage students from primary grades to senior secondary levels in developing coding skills.
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3. Students get crash course in coding
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The Herald- Decmber 11, 2018 |
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HERMITAGE — Patrick Bower clicked and dragged symbols across the screen of his Chromebook.
As the 8-year-old Artman Elementary School student worked on the right side of the screen, a character on the left followed his directions. Some of Bower’s other efforts removed an obstacle blocking the character’s progress.
“I like doing this,” Patrick said of the computer program. “It’s kind of hard and it’s kind of easy at the same time.”
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4. Cannvas announces partnership with Pancreatic Cancer Canada
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Regina Leader-Post- December 6, 2018 |
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Cannvas MedTech Inc., a leading business technology company in the cannabis space, recently announced that it is partnering with Pancreatic Cancer Canada to provide free educational content to patients and caregivers across the country curious to learn whether cannabis can be a beneficial part of their treatment.
“Access to physician-backed education around cannabis is crucial for everyone, particularly for patients and caregivers struggling with a disease as frightening as pancreatic cancer,” says Shawn Moniz, Chief Executive Officer of Cannvas MedTech Inc.
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5. Bonding over bots: Hackergal teaches Canadian girls about coding
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The Globe and Mail- December 10, 2018 |
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Maryam Savory traces a finger across her tablet, sending a glowing, robotic ball scrambling between metal chair legs and across the classroom floor. Around her, about 20 other girls do the same, controlling the spheres’ speed, lights and path with a few swipes on a screen, bursting into giggles when their robots collide.
It’s a professional development day for teachers in British Columbia and the girls, ages 11 to 14, have chosen to spend their day off participating in a coding and app-development workshop being held at a high school in Richmond, B.C.
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6. NELSON and Marshall Cavendish Education partner to bring new math program to Canadian classrooms |
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CISION - December 11, 2018 |
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TORONTO, Dec. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - NELSON, Canada's leading educational publisher, announced this morning that it will be partnering with Marshall Cavendish Education (MCE) to develop a new Canadian math program,
My Math Path.
My Math Path will integrate MCE's world-renowned Singapore Math® pedagogy, which emphasizes teaching students to think critically and persevere when solving problems with applications to real-life situations. "Building math content mastery is foundational to each student's learning journey," said Steve Brown, NELSON President and CEO, "as strengthening these computational skills in their formative years will prepare them for continued success in post-secondary education and broaden future career pathways."
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7. Saddleback Valley Christian School Revolutionizes the Education Landscape in California with the Introduction of GradeSlam Learning Tool
Gradeslam - November 27, 2018
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San Juan Capistrano, CA – November 27, 2018 – Saddleback Valley Christian School has become the latest institution to enhance their pedagogical tools with the introduction of GradeSlam, an award-winning personalized online learning hub allows students access to a private tutoring 24/7.
GradeSlam focuses on ensuring every student receives an equitable and personalized educational experience. Using a Socratic based learning method, GradeSlam helps guide students through their problem, rather than giving an answer right away. This approach promotes a philosophy of critical thinking, problem-solving, goal setting, and digital literacy - a skill set that cultivates the confidence needed for all students to succeed academically.
The program includes a chat room equipped with a digital whiteboard and file sharing option, an essay review section, a group messaging option for teamwork, and personalized office hours for teachers to communicate with the students after school hours. Combined, all these features will allow students to access the help they need at any time, removing any barriers to their scholastic success. Starting this year, the students at SVCS will benefit from the additional support of GradeSlam to help ensure they are best prepared for post-graduation endeavours whether it is the workplace or Higher Education.
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8. Technology / Employment/ Student Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence/
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Today, the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) is delighted to announce the addition of 125 Work Integrated Learning placements especially for Cybersecurity jobs (64) and Artificial Intelligence jobs (61) this year.
Forecasting the growth of cybersecurity-related occupations in Canada, ICTC estimates that by 2023, Canada will see a demand for approximately 40,000- 53,000 cybersecurity practitioners (such as certified information systems security professionals, security architects, security engineers, security specialists, etc.), and in total there will be over 100,000 cybersecurity-related jobs created (including occupations like ethical hacker, virus technician, vulnerability assessor, etc.) across a variety of industries.
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9. Student showcase shines spotlight on innovative curriculum-based City Idea Lab
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University of Ontario- December 7, 2018 |
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OSHAWA – TeachingCity partners the City of Oshawa, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Durham College (DC) and Trent University Durham Greater Toronto Area celebrated today the inaugural City Idea Lab student showcase and the generous gift of $322,000 from RBC Foundation as part of the RBC Future Launch program.
Introduced in September, City Idea Lab is an innovative curriculum-based program that draws on the knowledge and creativity of college and university students who work directly with faculty and City staff to co-design solutions through active community research and involvement. Each course focuses on a particular City-identified problem statement embedded in the teaching of the academic curriculum.
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10.NASA's InSight lander just took its first selfie on Mars — take a look
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Business Insider - December 11, 2018 |
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NASA's InSight lander has taken its first selfie on Mars.
The selfie, released on Tuesday and shown above, is made up of 11 images that were stitched together. The resulting photo shows InSight's solar panels and deck, along with the scientific instruments on top of the deck and the lander's weather sensor.
InSight landed on Mars on November 26 after a nearly seven-month journey from Earth. Since then, scientists have gotten their first look at InSight's "workspace": a 14-by-7-foot area in front of the lander. The image scientists have of that workspace is also a mosaic, created out of 52 separate images.
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MindShare WorkSpace 1st
Anniversary Highlights! |
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Special thanks to members of First Robotics Team 1325 for leading an inspiring kids camp |
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Stephen Hurley of VoicEdRadio shares his learning perspective on the future of work and learning as panel members and MindShare’s Robert Martellacci looks on as moderator
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Coworking and Colearning is about people. It was great to have a number of our members and our team on hand this past weekend to celebrate our 1st anniversary of the MindShare Workspace.
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