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EduConnect #ECTO Summary Report
June 18th, 2012 | Blog, education | carolyn | 1 Comment
Our EduConnect Summary Report is now available. Enjoy.
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[VIDEO] EduConnect Panel Discussion #ECTO
June 7th, 2012 | Blog, education | carolyn | Comments Off
The EduConnect Panel Discussion was one of those “you had to be there” events. Incase you weren’t, we have got you covered. Watch the video below for just a taste of how our EduConnect Event went. To those who joined us and supported our EduConnect series: Thank you. EduConnect articles: http://bit.ly/ECTOBlog EduConnect Tweets: http://twitter.com/XConnectTO EduConnect [...]
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How to Engage Students in the Age of Distraction
June 4th, 2012 | Blog, education | herbertlui | Comments Off
With an inevitable reliance on devices that are as distracting as ever, and a shift towards recognizing the importance of application, educators and teachers are wondering how they can continue to engage students on a deep level. They’ve proactively started refining their approaches to teaching. Let’s have a look at a few of their latest [...]
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AlphaPlus Centre (VIDEO)
May 30th, 2012 | education, Show | karim | Comments Off
Host: Karim Kanji Producer: Chatelaine Cheung This is the final instalment in our video series covering education, technology and social media. If you’re in Toronto this evening we would love to host you at our panel portion of this study. Visit EduConnect.eventbrite.com for more information and to register. Maria Moriarty is the Information Resource Officer [...]
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The Death of Textbooks? #ECTO
May 28th, 2012 | Blog, education | herbertlui | Comments Off
I recently had the opportunity to attend INplay 2012, a conference dedicated to connecting digital media and children’s publishers. There was a very passionate speaker who claimed that textbooks were going to die within this decade, and explained why (I’m paraphrasing his points): Textbooks are made for a single user. It’s meant to be [...]
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Meet our #ECTO Panelist, Joseph Wilson – Education Advisor at MaRS Discovery District
May 25th, 2012 | Blog, education | carolyn | Comments Off
After meeting with Joseph, I immediately knew that he his well-rounded experience in the Education sector would add value to our panel discussion on Education and Technology. We’d like to give you a head start on getting to know him before we introduce him to you in the flesh at our event next Wednesday. [...]
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Professor Pass (VIDEO)
May 24th, 2012 | education, Show | karim | Comments Off
Host: Karim Kanji Producer: Chatelaine Cheung Today’s guest is Nehal Kazim. We’ve known Nehal for quite some time now. In fact, he’s an “original” here at XConnect as a former team member of our inaugural SportsConnect back in 2010. These days, Nehal can be found busy shaking hands of VCs or banging away on his [...]
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Collaboration and Multiple-Choice Exams
May 21st, 2012 | Blog, education | herbertlui | Comments Off
The internet has made it so much easier to collaborate. People can work together on projects online, or consult with virtual tutors, or even buy their way into a “grade A essay”. Social media gives everyone with internet access the power to have virtual conversations. Naturally, many of these conversations lead to classmates collaborating and [...]
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Meet Kyle Acres, Teacher and Learning Technology Advisor at Greenwood College School
May 18th, 2012 | Blog, education | carolyn | Comments Off
Introducing Kyle Acres, a science teacher and Learning Technology Advisor at Greenwood College School – one of the great success stories within Toronto’s independent school community. Get to know him before you meet him on May 30th as he joins us on stage as part of the panel. Growing up on a sheep farm in [...]
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NoteWagon.com (Video)
May 16th, 2012 | education, Show | karim | Comments Off
Host: Karim Kanji Producer: Chatelaine Cheung In this episode, Karim Kanji speaks with Gabriel Chan who is the Co Founder and Chief Ninja Officer of NoteWagon. For those who don’t know, NoteWagon.com (originally from Waterloo and now based in Toronto) is an online educational community and portal where students can publish their independently-created educational course [...]
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