District: No. 62 (Sooke)
The district will develop a Full Day Nature Kindergarten program that provides children the opportunity to learn in a natural setting where outdoor exploration is the foundation of all learning.
To visit the Nature Kindergarten blog, click HERE.
A PDF of the program’s pedagogical principles is HERE.
For a PDF of a Globe & Mail article on this program, click HERE.
A PDF article about the program on VictoriaBoulevard.com is HERE.
Green Schools Newsletter (Feb. ’12, PDF) features this project HERE.
Project produced videos are HERE.
From the Growing Innovation Webinar series (2012-2013), please find here links to resources from the presentations, as well as recordings of some of the presentations.
1. November 26, 2012 – Project Based Learning for Student Engagement in SD#59 (Peace River South) and SD#60 (Peace River North)
Powerpoint presentations from this webinar are available for download in two parts (of ~20MB each), to download part 1, click HERE, and for part 2, click HERE.
2. January 15, 2013 – Place Conscious Learning through Digital Story Telling in SD#8 (Kootenay Lake) and SD#10 (Arrow Lakes).
The powerpoint presentation (10 MB) from this webinar is available for download HERE.
A PDF file of the part of the presentation from Digital Heritage Connect Project Leader Tamara Malloff may be found HERE.
3. January 17, 2013 – Nature Kindergarten in SD#62 (Sooke)
The powerpoint presentation (23 MB) from this webinar is available for download HERE.
4. February 21, 2013 – Connected Classrooms and Collaboration without Boundaries in SD#74 (Gold Trail) and SD#85 (Vancouver Island North)
The powerpoint presentation (10 MB) from this webinar is available for download HERE.
5. March 5, 2013 – The Aboriginal Academy in SD#58 (Nicola-Similkameen).
For a video from this project, click HERE.
A recording of the webinar is now available to be viewed HERE.
6. April 11, 2013 – Connecting Generations in SD#64 (Gulf Islands).
The powerpoint presentation (60MB) from this webinar is available for download HERE.
To download the Experiential Learning Consent & Waiver form Sarah & Ahava described, click HERE.
A recording of the webinar is now available to be viewed HERE
7. April 29, 2013 – Transitioning Students with Special Needs through Community Partnerships in SD#51 (Boundary).
The powerpoint presentation from this webinar is available for download HERE.
A recording of the webinar is now available to be viewed HERE.
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Don’t miss Frances Krusekopf’s wonderful Frances’ TEDxVictoria talk from late 2015.
