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Struggle to Teach Students ’21st Century Skills’ When Classroom Technology Isn’t up to Speed

Second-Graders Use Apple Inc. iPads In The ClassroomIn the library at Jesse Waugh’s northwestern Toronto high school, there are a half-dozen computers all the students want: they know they’ll get logged in within five minutes.

“When you think of it, waiting five minutes to log in — that’s long,” says the 17-year-old Grade 12 student at York Memorial Collegiate. “But for school standards, they’re the fastest in the class.”

Such is life in GTA public schools. Hardware that can’t keep up with newer software and applications being fed into it and networks overwhelmed by too much digital traffic are two common problems that can plague public schools as they struggle to arm their students with so-called “21st century skills” such as technological fluency inside constrained budget envelopes.

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Exclusive Podcast With Al Reyner C21 Canada National Leadership Award Recipient

class1Al Reyner is a veteran of the teaching and learning environment, a graduate of the Mount’s Master of Education program in Educational Psychology, and a former high school principal. As an instructor in the Mount’s Faculty of Education, Al encourages students to take an active and leading role in their own learning, while embedding technology in a strategic and sensible way. It’s an approach that has earned him a national award: the C21 Shifting Minds Individual Leadership Award for distinctive achievement in the field of 21st century learning and innovation.

 

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PROVINCE ANNOUNCES SISLER HIGH SCHOOL RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL LEADER, RECEIVES C21 AWARD FOR LEARNING AND INNOVATION

C21 AWARDS-31Sisler High School Receives C21 Shifting Minds Award for Excellence in Learning & Innovation
(L-R) David Roberts, C21 Canada; Dr. George Heshka; students receiving on behalf of the school (Stephanie and Gerrin); Karen Yamada, C21 Canada; Manitoba Minister of Education, Hon. James AllumManitoba, James Allum.

Education and Advanced Learning Minister James Allum was at Sisler High School today to congratulate students and staff being awarded the Shifting Minds National Award for Educational Technology from C21 Canada, a national not-for-profit organization that recognizes innovative leaders in education.

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C21 Canada and its members provide collaborative vision and support to help Canadian education organizations enhance learning in the foundation areas of literacy, numeracy and science while infusing 21st Century skills (creative problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration, communication, personal development, global citizenship and digital competency) into content, and instructional and assessment practices.

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