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Be sure to check out the other tours, such as Churchill Manitoba

"In Manitoba there are traditionally five provincially mandated PD days per year. This year the topics for the first four of my school's PD days were 'Cultural Proficiency' (a division sponsored event), an 'EdCamp' (facilitated by division coordinators), a day where teachers work with other teachers from around the province in their teaching area, and a school-based session on 'Deeper Learning and Critical Thinking' with support from a division coordinator. Our final day will be on the topic of 'Positive Behaviour Interventions and Supports'. We will join one of our feeder elementary schools, and the day will be facilitated by divisional educational support services staff. Although these sessions have all been of great value, and have resulted in many thoughtful conversations, the days are somewhat disjointed. The topics for each day are chosen by divisional administration or school-based administrators, without the input of the teachers that will 'benefit' from the PD sessions. To make these PD days more valuable, teachers need to keep the conversations going on these important topics for deep learning to occur, or this 'one size fits all' model needs to be abandoned for a more teacher directed PD model. If teachers are in charge of the topic of their personal PD, they will be more likely to own this time and use the division sponsored PD days as a catalyst to deeper learning and connections to other professionals within their own building and beyond. Teachers need going beyond the four or five division sponsored PD days to ensure personal and professional growth."

"It should be an easy question: What's Canada's geographic centre? But groups in Manitoba and Nunavut say they're right."

Manitoba Association for Multicultural Education (MAME)

Manitoba educators who are "reaching out" to other schools using technology should consider applying for $1000 grant. Six grants in total are available with 2 at K-4; 2 at 5-8 and 2 at 9-12 grade levels. Submission deadlines are Jan 26 & Apr 13, 2011. This opportunity is a meaningful extension for LwICT empowered students to reach out and make a difference.

U of Manitoba Learning Technologies Centre

Now, from Siberia to the ski slopes of the French Alps, from Manitoba to Brazil, tens of thousands of phones howl, hoot, trill, screech, croak or emit the haunting song of whales.

A short audio clip of a radio interview of Darren Kuropatwa by Margaux Watt of CBC Radio in Winnipeg, Manitoba, about how he uses technology in his teaching and how he shared that knowledge with other teachers at a local conference on November 28, 2008.

This wiki was created as part of a U of Manitoba class by a group of classroom teachers IIt has a large number of resources to help clasroom teachers integrate the teaching of digital citizenship in their curricula including links to articles, websites on digital citizenshi, embedded videos, and more. J. Evans

George Siemens shared theresources that he used in his "Diminished Relevance of Space" presentation at the May 1, 2009 Mobile Symposium at the U of Manitoba via his Delicious account

Find out who is running for election in your local riding/municipality.