Suggestions for what to put in a Maker Space.
In today's world, 21st century skills are crucial for our learners as they provide the foundation for success in a rapidly evolving society. These skills, such as critical thinking, creativity, communication, collaboration, and digital literacy, equip children with the abilities to navigate complex challenges, adapt to change, and thrive in a globalized world. By nurturing these skills, we empower our learners to become agile, innovative, and socially responsible individuals who can actively contribute to the progress and well-being of our society.This resource has a 21st Century Skills poster, a big view 21st Century Skills Scope and Sequence document for grades 1-12, and a more focused view 21st Century Skills Scope and Sequence document for each of the following grade groupings 1-2, 3-6, 7-9, 10-12. This resource also has Digital Literacy Scope and Sequence documents for each of the following grade groupings 1-2, 3-6, 7-9, 10-12 (linked in each of the previous documents).
PowerPoint Tutorial on the 4 panes that make up the PowerPoint 2013 user interface. This video is part of our Most Excellent PowerPoint tips.
Watch previous PowerPoint Tutorials:
-Add YouTube Videos To Your Presentation: http://youtu.be/kX5d_7AXrQo
-Customize PowerPoint Background: http://youtu.be/y4ZPOhjFmP8
-Creating a Hypertext PowerPoint Presentation: http://youtu.be/c7xkZ6X42sA
Should A+ Certification Exam candidates use brain dump sites? My answer, might surprise you.
This is part of Mr. Ford's Guide to the A+ Certification Exam: How to Be A Computer Technician.
The Rider Reading Program is a Foundation community initiative that encourages students to read together and at the same time, provides them an opportunity to meet one of their favorite players! Through building an association between our brand and daily reading, the aim is to have kids enjoy and maintain positive feelings towards reading.
Dates are posted accordingly: The times account for afternoon-evening sessions, but can inquire about visiting the school and classrooms.
Grade 10 Accounting focuses on an accounting system for a service business. Each chapter focuses on one step of the system from the opening entry to closing the fiscal period and starting over again for the next period. There is also a lesson on GAAPs.
Accounting covers accounting principles and practices, the complete accounting cycle and creation of financial reports. Use of the general journal and special journals, general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable and proper financial reporting.This course provides instruction in the basic accounting procedures used to operate a business including sole proprietorship, partnerships, and corporations. The accounting procedures presented will also serve as a sound background for employment in office jobs and preparation for further education and training. The complete accounting cycle is covered, students learn how to us generally accepted accounting principles to prepare, analyze, verify financial transactions, reports and economic information to make decisions for organizations.The course trains students in the basics of manual and computerized accounting. Students learn accounting topics including ethics, accounting principles, computing accounting, accounting terminology, job specific accounting, and clerical duties related to accounting. Students also gain real-world applications in income tax, personal finance, and stock market.
Our first Mr. Ford's Class Most Excellent PowerPoint Tip. This video shows you how to quickly and easily add YouTube videos to your PowerPoint presentation.
Often, we are not informed in school on how to navigate the world in regards to things like finances, accessing health care, dating, relationships, balancing work and play, partying and staying safe, managing day-to-day stress, and entering into the workforce. This course will provide an opportunity for students to discuss these topics with each other and the facilitator. Together, we will learn how to navigate the tricky and often overwhelming world of adulthood.
This course examines:
• Life Skill development for adulthood
• Basic understanding of personal finance
• Basic understanding of healthy relationship development
• Entering the workforce
• Enjoying recreational time safely
• Stress management
Session 1 – What Does Adulting Mean?
Session 2 – Money
Session 3 – Healthy Relationships
Session 4 – Taking Care of Yourself
*Sessions are offered live at set times. Visit the link to see the schedule.
This course is provided by H.O.P.E (Helping Others thru Peer Education)
Students will learn about agricultural business operation and management. Topics will include accounting, finance, economics, business organization, marketing, and sales. Students will learn about agricultural business operation and management. Topics will include accounting, finance, economics, business organization, marketing, and sales.
Can you picture yourself in a career in agriculture and food? A series of videos from Agriculture in the Classroom showcase different career choices in agri food with a focus on art, business, engineering, math, science, and technology. thinkAG is an initiative from Agriculture in the Classroom to introduce high school students to opportunities for a career in the agriculture and agri-food sector.
This site offers ways to use the learning strategy of "Pivoting" and allowing you help your student apply their research.
The term “pivot” in entrepreneurial thinking practice describes a change in strategy without a change in vision. This activity reinforces the importance of building the ability to pivot directly into the start of a project.
Pivoting helps students to identify and focus on the most valuable elements of an idea through a process of hypothesizing, researching, and modification.
Why is it Valuable?
Learning is a process of continually adding to our ideas, and modifying ideas that are based on flawed assumptions or incomplete information. Our ability to learn is frustrated when we become overly protective of our ideas, or start to see them as end points rather than stepping stones to more sophisticated concepts.
By encouraging students to continually test and revise their ideas as their projects take shape, we are arming them with a fundamental tool for lifelong learning.
PowerPoint Tutorial on the different program windows elements that make up the user interface. We examine the PowerPoint Title Bar, PowerPoint Ribbons and PowerPoint Status Bar.
This video is part of our Most Excellent PowerPoint tips.
Watch previous PowerPoint Tutorials:
-The 4 Panes of PowerPoint 2013: http://youtu.be/LrpTi-QFQaQ
-Add YouTube Videos To Your Presentation: http://youtu.be/kX5d_7AXrQo
-Customize PowerPoint Background: http://youtu.be/y4ZPOhjFmP8
-Creating a Hypertext PowerPoint Presentation: http://youtu.be/c7xkZ6X42sA
In this lesson, students consider the different factors that make online sources reliable or unreliable. They then learn quick steps they can take to gauge an online source’s reliability and practice these steps by playing an interactive online game. Finally, students create a media product to teach other students how to do one of the tactics they’ve learned.
"It can be tough to tell what’s true and what’s “fake news” just by looking at a headline. But it’s easy to do a quick check and get the real facts when something doesn’t look right online."
A FREE Hand-drawn Animated Gif creator.
Copy and paste this url into your browser to see a short and basic tutorial about how to use this tool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfE1cu8Cw1o
No account needed!
"To make an animated GIF it is as simple as drawing on a blank scene editor. After drawing multiple scenes to create the gif, the user presses play to preview the animation with the ability to easily make edits." (AASL)
Use this to have students demonstrate their learning or use it to creatively present new ideas or teach lessons. There are plenty of ideas and examples under the "Teachers" tab at the top of the site.
"Thunkable enables anyone to build their own beautiful mobile apps. Using drag and drop code, students can start from scratch or remix a sample app. Created app projects are accessible on both iOS and Android platforms. Thunkable has an active community with regular design challenges to keep students thinking outside the box with their app creations." (AASL)
"With the free version of Thunkable, all app projects are set to public mode. This means that all projects are automatically included in the Thunkable Public Gallery, for anyone to preview and remix. With a PRO membership, you have the ability to create and edit private projects. This means that no one else will have access to your apps." There are paid versions available as well.
This textbook and its accompanying spreadsheet templates were designed with and for students wanting a practical and easy-to-follow guide for developing a business plan. It follows a unique format that both explains what to do and demonstrates how to do it.
Our approach to civic education is about providing opportunities for students to experience their democracy first-hand rather than by reading about it in a textbook. By reaching students throughout their school career, during and between election periods, we hope to prepare them to be responsible and informed citizens.
CIVIX programming focuses on the themes of elections, government budgets, elected representatives and digital media literacy. Programs available include:
(1) Student Vote - an election enables teachers to bring democracy alive in the classroom
(2) Student Budget Consultation - combines civic education and financial literacy
(3) Rep Day - connects students with their elected representatives for a virtual or in-person meeting
(4) CTRL-F - a module providing quick strategies students can use to investigate and evaluate information
(5) PoliTalks - supports educators in bringing political discussions to the classroom - Materials are free with
registration, and programming is designed for grades 5-12
(6) Democracy Bootcamp - professional development conference for teachers designed to improve their
democratic engagement and delivery of CIVIX programming
The seminal Canada at War documentary film series was first broadcast on the CBC on April 3, 1962. Its 13 half-hour episodes were culled from more than 14,000,000 feet of film, mostly shot by Canadian Army cameramen during the Second World War but also including footage shot by German and British film crews. It took a team of editors three years to put the series together under the supervision of documentary filmmaker extraordinaire Donald Britain (who also wrote the commentary). It remains, to this day, one of the most important works on the Second World War.