Port Credit Evening
Resources to Support the 6Cs
Thank you for coming this evening
For an overview of the vision in Peel click here.
To download A Parent's Guide to 21st Century Teaching and Learning click on the link below.
Character & Citizenship
in both online and face to face interactions.
Helping your child navigate the online environment is a bit like teaching them to drive. to start the dialogue the following family media agreement from Common Sense Media may be useful.
Below is a detailed Prezi for parents on digital citizenship.
Creation & Critical Thinking
Remember that you can access the library eResources through byod.peelschools.org if available at your school.
Below are just a few apps and web tools to get you started. Please make sure to read the terms of agreement as a family.
Haiku Deck
A FREE iPad app that allows you to create visual presentations, limiting the amount of text you can use.
iMovie (& other movie editing tools)
Be your own director with apps like iMovie (every tablet will have their own app).
Sketch Nation
Like to play games? This FREE app allows you to create your own games.
Prezi.com
This FREE online tool allows you to create visual presentations, set a path and easily share. You can also collaboratively create with others.
Scratch
There has been a lot of conversation about programming in schools in the media as of late. Scratch is a FREE program that can be downloaded from scratch.mit.edu. It teachers children the basics of programming their own interactives and games with lego style blocks.
Popplet.com
Need help organizing your thoughts? Popplet is another FREE tool that allows you to capture and organize your thoughts in an online graphic organizer (also an iPad app).
Collaboration & Communication
Below are just a few of the ways.
For one parents' story of how they kept the lines of communication open with her children reading the following article; Beauty is Only Skin Deep, But Instagram is to the Bone from the Huffington Post.