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Lakeshore Advance, 2011-10-05, Page 2
::�. 265O% MacLACHLAN 1\SLRANCF BROM16111). \tom! Carrie Eybergen i 19-238 69 ' 30 -SI tRl :till'\ l til . (1R.\\l) 111.\11 CUSTOM CATERING by Stephen 6 Barbara LET US DO THE WORK RESERVE TOUR THANKSGIVING GATHERING WITH US! 11 Itl s',I I1'i\\ \ 1 \Is1 111 1 1 \t 1 ;14 ) ) '.sS-CS(' 1 - 1 lot Ai ,.' "t 1 ., .inJ li. nil Salvation AnnY's CaPtain says thanks Grand Bend n Lambton S$ es New student council Class a 9.25 HST Included ashore Advance ladvance©bowesnet.com Wednesday, October 5, 2011 Picking the right, Kathy Woods and Chuck Mahon sto umpkin by the Doug Ford farm, near Dashwood, to find the perfect pumpkin. HPCDSB consi Lynda HI nsn-Replay Lakeshore Advance ers netbooks, personal devices in class Board hears report on developing "responsible digital citizens" Rita Marshall Special to the Lakeshore Advance Personal 'Phones in class, netbooks and social media lessons may he on the hori- zon for schools in the 1 [mon- Perth Catholic District School Hoard (l1PCI)SH). At the hoard's Sept. 26 meeting, Superintendent of Education Dan Parr and Learning Coordinator Sean t11cl )ade presented "Twenty- first Century Learning: Our Catholic Vision", a discus- sion paper by the 21st Cen- tury Learning committee. Parr and McDade told trustees that the learning environment of the future would move beyond devices such as smarthoards and LCD projectors, to fortis on helping students develop as "responsible digital citizens." "I'he paper suggests that the board's K-12 religion program and Ontario Catho- lic Graduate Expectations (OCGEs) form the basis for lessons on safe, appropriate online behaviours, including the proper use of social media such as Facehook and Twitter. The report also encour- ages increased collaboration and self -learning. Atcl)ade said strategies could include wikis, hlogs and online peer reviews. To make these different strategies easier to imple- ment, the report suggests relaxing Internet restrictions for teachers and allowing students to bring in their TURN TO PAGE 20