LEARN News | January 2021 – LEARNing and Leading Education

An newsletter from that same Canadian K-12 online and blended learning organization.

JANUARY 2021 View this email in your browser

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. LET’S LEARN PARENTING IN THE PANDEMIC SERIES  Visit our website for all the replays and a full list of the Webinars. REGISTER TODAY I BELONG! PROJECT Students and teachers are invited to participate in one of the three exciting learning activities that explore the theme of belonging through (1) Spoken Word, (2) Digital Storytelling, and (3) Comic zine. The project is available to English public schools across the province of Quebec for students in cycle 3 and up. OPTION 3: Take Action – Comic zine Video To view the videos of the other options visit ibelong.learnquebec.ca CONFIRM YOUR PARTICIPATION I BELONG! PROJECT ORIENTATION AND Q&A WEDNESDAY, JANUARY, 28, 2021 3:30 -4:30 PM Join Ben Loomer, ELA Consultant for LEARN, and Emma Legault, Project Coordinator and CLC Network support for LEARN’s Provincial Resource Team as they host an orientation session for the I Belong Project. This session is for educators and CDAs who want to discover how they can participate in the different options available. An artist from each option will provide a brief overview of the process and answer questions. REGISTER TO EMPOWER STUDENTS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Learning to Action: Environmental and Sustainability Education Institute (ESEI) Calling all educators, community development agents (CDAs), and community partners empowering youth to learn and take action for global sustainability and the environment. Join LEARN and McGill for two online sessions (Zoom) to learn, design projects that empower youth, and network with like-minded educators from around Quebec. When: February 25 & 26, 2021 Time: 1:00 – 4:00 PM Via Zoom (You must sign up in advance) SIGN UP FOR FREE LEARN TUTORING Happy New Year from LEARN Tutoring! We are still in search of enthusiastic, experienced, and qualified teachers to join the LEARN Tutoring team. What tutors say about their part-time evening job with LEARN: “Wow! The students are very engaged. It’s a pleasure to teach them every evening.” Our winter session runs from January 4 to February 25th. APPLY TODAY ONLINE AND BLENDED LEARNING Socializing At A Distance In online classes at LEARN, we are experts at socializing while physically distanced. Forget 2 metres… some of our students are separated by thousands of kilometres – northwestern Quebec to les Îles de la Madeleine, for example. Two tools that we use to allow our students to interact and learn about each other, even when in different schools, are Twitter Chats and Forums. Discover some of the archived blog posts from our LEARNers about using Twitter in the classroom on our website. READ THE ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS LEARN TUTORING TESTIMONIALS Virtual Campus Success Stories READ MORE SUCCESS STORIES SCRATCHED MEETUP What is A ScratchEd Meetup?  Join us for the Québec Scratch Educator Meetup on Friday, January 22, 2021 at 2:30PM. ScratchEd Meetups are peer-designed professional learning experiences inspired by the unconference model. This means that at any given event, you decide what your learning looks like! At a Meetup, you can share, create, and learn with other educators who are also passionate about teaching with Scratch in the classroom. Anyone who is interested in connecting with fellow educators and learning more about using Scratch in educational settings is welcome to participate. Sound intriguing? We hope to see you soon! (Our Meetups are bilingual.) REGISTER FOR SCRATCHED MEETUP OPEN CREATIVE SPACE (OCS) ONLINE SESSION Outdoor Education and Online Learning for K-Cycle 1 Learners Join LEARN’s PED team on zoom on January, 26th at 4 PM, when they welcome Debbie Myles and Annie Renaud, two amazing kindergarten teachers from Forest Hill Jr., LBPSB, for a session on the importance of outdoor education and strategies for online learning with our youngest learners. REGISTER TODAY OPEN CREATIVE SPACE – OCS LEARN’s Open Creative Space Live Stream  #STOPMOTION The LEARN Ped team hosted another virtual makerspace today, where they explored #StopMotion.The activity page and the live stream will show some techniques and strategies behind making great #StopMotion videos. EXPLORE THE #STOPMOTION ACTIVITY PAGE ArtistsInspire Grants Great News! $1500 School Grants for English Public Elementary & Secondary Schools Great news! Schools can now apply for their 2020-21 ArtistsInspire School Grant anytime this school year! To support teachers and students in these unusual times, ELAN has suspended the ArtistsInspire School Grant deadline! They have created catalogues of ready-made Virtual workshops AND expanded eligibility criteria! Connect with ELAN Quebec’s ArtEd Team to find Artists for Virtual Workshops for Students learning from home or in their classrooms! APPLY NOW LEARN IN THE NEWS “The need is great. LEARN, a non-profit organization that serves children registered within the English school system, has seen 208-per-cent growth since the start of the academic year. LEARN’s virtual campus has been running since 1999 and offers tutoring sessions with certified educators.” Read more via The Montreal Gazette article CONTINUE READING

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Back By Popular Demand – The “I Belong” Project

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Empower your students by connecting them to the arts, their community, and their capacity to make a difference. Gain access to a resource kit developed by LEARN that highlights essential learning connections and provides you with classroom resources for each option. Engage learners whether you are teaching in the classroom, at a distance, or both! REGISTER TODAY

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LEARN News | September 2020 – Solutions For LEARNing Everywhere!

A newsletter from a Canadian-based K-12 online learning program.

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. LET’S LEARN TEACHER RESOURCES Educator’s Toolbox This resource emerged in response to teaching and learning needs brought on by the Covid-19 outbreak, and sudden school closures. Our physical classroom settings continue to change and the Educators’ Toolbox is where educators can find ever-evolving resources and strategies for managing various learning situations. Updates and additions to the site will occur as we continue to identify best practices in education. Bookmark this page! Whether it’s face-to-face, online, or a blended model, the Educators’ Toolbox is here to support learning. DISCOVER THE EDUCATOR’S TOOLBOX ONLINE SCRATCHED MEETUP Registration is open for September 25th, 2020, the first Quebec online ScratchEd Meetup of the school year. Come to share, create, and learn with other educators who are also passionate about teaching with Scratch in the classroom. Anyone who is interested in connecting with fellow educators and learning more about using Scratch in educational settings is welcome to participate. REGISTER TODAY ONLINE AND BLENDED LEARNING LEARNing Online Does your school have students looking for options not offered locally? Students with scheduling conflicts? Students who are unable to attend school regularly? We may be able to help. If you’ve always wondered how online learning with LEARN could work at your school, the answers to all of your questions are available here!  Contact us by September 18 to discuss possibilities. LEARN MORE LEARN TUTORING Fall Tutoring Starts Soon! LEARN Tutoring is available to students in the English system across the province, at no charge. Tutors are qualified Quebec educators who provide feedback to schools and families after each session. Registration opens on September 21. Tutoring resumes on October 5. MAKE A REQUEST SUMMER SCHOOL Great Partnership for Student Success LEARN’s Virtual Summer School 2020 was fortunate to work directly with all 9 English School Boards to support students needing secondary 4 and 5 remedial or enrichment courses. Congratulations to students who were successful in this intensive program! LEARN’S VIRTUAL SUMMER SCHOOL LEARN’S PROVINCIAL RESOURCE TEAM This school year, the LEARN’s Provincial Resource Team (PRT) renewed its work with provincial partners to offer new and ongoing projects for students both in school and in their local communities. Thanks to these partnerships, the PRT is happy to provide funding, resources, and support to schools in the CLC network for adaptive programming and services responding to students’ needs. LEARN MORE ABOUT PRT PARTNERSHIPS I BELONG! PROJECT This school year, students and teachers are invited to participate in up to three exciting learning activities that explore the theme of belonging through: (1) Performance and Visual Arts, (2) Digital Storytelling and (3) Community Service Learning. The project is exclusively available to schools in the CLC Initiative and is open to students in cycle 3 and up. OPTION 1: Identity – Performance and Visual Arts Video To view the videos of the other options visit ibelong.learnquebec.ca CONFIRM YOUR PARTICIPATION ArtistsInspire Grants (AIG) $1500 School Grants for English Public Elementary & Secondary Schools New program criteria for workshops facilitated by professional artists coming soon! Visit the website to connect with artists & learn from the schools’ experiences in the Stories & News section. VISIT ARTISTSINSPIRE

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LEARN News | May/June 2020 – Empowering Learners Through Online Learning

A newsletter from a Canadian K-12 online learning program.

MAY/JUNE 2020 View Online EMPOWERING LEARNERS THROUGH ONLINE LEARNING Dr. Michael J. Canuel CEO, LEARN Let’s LEARN NEWS | ALL ABOUT LEARN WHAT IS ELEARNING? New!  #eLEARNedchat every Tuesday Beginning May 26th Join us on Twitter beginning Tuesday, May 26th, in a 4 part series on eLearning, where we will introduce a Twitter #EdChat and Facebook Live broadcast with guests including, teachers, parents, students, and industry leaders, to define and educate the public on what online education is, and what it is not. eLEARN Twitter Chat Series All about elearning! Explore online education using #eLEARNedchat Tuesdays at 4:30PM: May 26, 2020: Dr. Michael Canuel, CEO LEARN, our moderator introduces what online education is. June 2, 2020: LEARN’s Virtual Campus & Online Teachers join Dr. Michael Canuel in moderation to answer participants’ questions.   June 9, 2020: EPCA/parents will join Dr. Michael Canuel to ask questions & discuss how they can guide their children through online learning and we will also hear from students who have directly engaged with LEARN’s online education tools and services. June 16, 2020: The CEO of Canadian eLearning Network (CANeLearn), Dr. Randy Labonte and Dr. Michael Barbour, Associate Professor of Instructional Design for the College of Education & Health Services, Touro University California join Dr. Michael Canuel as guest moderators. Read More About eLearning COMMUNITY SCHOOLS NETWORK STORIES SWING INTO SPRING SERIES Learning Opportunities for All During the past seven weeks, the Provincial Resource Team (PRT) has hosted numerous learning opportunities for families with our Swing into Spring online webinar series. Some sessions were informative like bird identification and spring songbirds with Bird Protection Quebec, while others were about self-care during these challenging times by practicing Laughter Yoga and mindfulness. There were sessions for parents that focused on practical resources like healthy sleep habits and others that shared tips for parents to help their kids’ with their homework and literacy with Frontier College. The PRT also collaborated with ELAN to promote their arts-based ArtistsInspire: Interactive Youth and Family Workshops online series. Many of these webinars were recorded and can be accessed on the LEARN website. Watch and Learn with the Swing Into Spring Webinars PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Webinar Wednesday Series & Online Networking Throughout the school closures, the PRT has also opened up their popular Professional Development Webinar Wednesday series to school staff and community partners, building their capacity to working with families by sharing community resources to support the whole child in their environment including their transitions from home to school, from elementary to high school, and beyond. In addition to PD sessions, the PRT hosted weekly online networking meetings where participants shared their ideas, questions and concerns on initiatives to help vulnerable families and seniors with colleagues from across the Province, including associates from various community organizations. Learn More About Networking and Sharing Resources TEACHING TOOLS OPEN CREATIVE SPACE DAYS Explore LEARN’s Virtual OCS Days LEARN‘s PED Services team is inviting all educators to join them online every Thursday at 1 PM  for a half-hour of ‘making’ to help you inspire your students with online engagement. Meet us online and discover how you can support your students from afar with engaging making. Missed our last live streams? Here is where you can watch them. All the live streams will be available on LEARN’s YouTube Channel. NEXT DATES: Thursday, May 28, 2020 Thursday, June 4, 2020 Meet Us Online An introductory video on Graspable Math –  For more about this great tool, join the live session with Audrey McLaren on June 3rd! GRASPABLE MATH Webinar Wednesday, June 3rd, 3:00 – 4:00 PM Graspable Math Webinar with Audrey McLaren, Online Math Teacher at LEARN. Graspable Math is an online tool that enables students to experiment with math and algebra in a whole new way. In this session, you’ll learn how to use Graspable Math to create activities that engage your students, validate their math instincts, and encourage experimentation. Intended audience: Secondary Cycle 1 and 2 Math teachers Register Today LEARN AT HOME – STUDENT & FAMILY SUPPORT FRANÇAIS LANGUE SECONDE How to Continue Learning French @ Home Since the announcement of the government 2 months ago, we had this question: how can we help students (and parents) to continue learning French as a second language at home? The answer was #MissionFLS and French adventures for the little ones!  A team of consultants from LBPSB and LEARN got together to think and create these challenges for the students, a simple and original way for students to continue practicing their French second language skills at home. We developed posters for the month of April and for the month of May. We even expanded some challenges to detailed activities for high school students. Teachers can now integrate them for teaching online! Discover the resources below: Elementary: Cycle 1: www.learnquebec.ca/fr/fls_elem_adventures Cycle 2: www.learnquebec.ca/fr/missionsc2 Cycle 3: www.learnquebec.ca/fr/misionsc3 High School : Cycle 1: www.learnquebec.ca/fr/misionsflsc1 Cycle 2: www.learnquebec.ca/fr/missionsflsc2 A special thanks to the amazing team from LBPSB who embark wholeheartedly on this project: Amelia Crerar, Sheila Dunwoodie, Vanessa Giurleo, Marie-Eve Lafortune, Kathleen Murray, Louise Outland, and Marc-Albert Paquette. Découvrez #MissionFLS pour le primaire Découvrez #MissionFLS pour le secondaire HISTORY RESOURCES Learning History at Home – Beyond the Classroom If you are a student (or a parent!) looking for Social Sciences help, LEARN is the place to be!  On our new Elementary and Secondary Help pages you will find adapted MEES activities with additional content, our own brainstorm of fun, explorative #LEARNHistoryatHome ideas, key websites and ways to use our Societies & Territories and Cartograf web sites! Are you Ready to LEARN History @Home? VIRTUAL CAMPUS – STUDENT SUPPORT LEARN TUTORING Thank You For Your Support We were fortunate to be able to support students through this period of school closures. Thank you to the LEARN Super Tutors who started early this spring to work with students across the province. Tutoring continues until June 4. Make a Request LEARN TUTORING TESTIMONIALS Virtual Campus Success Stories Read More Success Stories ONLINE & BLENDED COURSES Building Connections Extra-curricular activities happen in online classes too! In April, our students and staff participated in a Twitter Slow Chat to give the students an opportunity to share, engage, and reveal more about their lives outside the classroom. A highlight of our chats is always seeing the students reply to each other and make connections. What did our students have to say? Read What They Had To Say LEARN’s ViRTUAL CAMPUS NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY Experience Online Classes LEARN’s Needs Assessment Survey was sent to all secondary schools in April and we look forward to working closely with school partners across the province to plan for online courses, both Real-Time and Self-Paced, to resume in the fall. Want to learn more about what the experience of our online students and teachers is really like? LEARN More About Online Classes LEARN AT HOME WITH TEACHERS & TUTORS FEATURED RESOURCES Highlighting Featured Resources Check out our new Featured Resource pages where we highlight both great educational tools and LEARN’s awesome teachers and tutors. We hope that some of these gems will help make learning @ home productive and fun! Discover Elementary Featured Resources Discover Secondary Featured Resources Share Tweet Forward

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Learning During COVID-19 With Online Tutorials & Virtual Campus Courses

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A Message from LEARN’s CEO We are all living through a situation where matters are evolving on a daily basis, and as a result, we must deal with a great deal of uncertainty. For 15 years, LEARN has been serving the English community of Quebec by offering a wide range of services of which many are accessible online including our online tutorials and virtual campus courses. As of Monday, March 23, LEARN Tutoring will resume early to support students from grades 2-11 in the evening. In addition, we will be working in the coming days with schools and school boards to offer a variety of options for students who wish to continue their studies in various subject areas. All of our services are offered at no charge and we will attempt to be as equitable as possible in the delivery of our services and resources. LEARN over the years has accumulated extensive experience in the field of online education and received international recognition for the quality and effectiveness of its online methodology.  We will be making our experience and expertise accessible to our community as well. All of this will require a collaborative effort where we put the interests of our students first, and where we work quickly and decisively. LEARN is here to support you now and into the future of education we are navigating and building together. Please refer to our website for further information and updates. Thank you for your continued support and for being a part of the LEARN family. Dr. Michael Canuel CEO, LEARN Chair and Co-Founder, Canadian e-Learning Network Let’s LEARN Share Tweet Forward JOIN LEARN ONLINE Copyright © 2020, All rights reserved. LEARN 2030, boulevard Dagenais Ouest Laval, QC

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