The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-04-02, Page 8Page $ - Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, April 2;199'
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by TrishWilkinson
A partnership with the
provincial government and
the private sector is allow -
Ins the Huron County
Board of Education to use
technology to improve the
way children in primary
grades learn,
The board's Paradigm
Pirates project . was
demonstrated in- Clinton
Thursday through a video
conference with -the
Minister of Education and
Training John Snobelen at.
the . Bloorview-Hu.gh
MacMil,laii Rehabilitation
Centre in Toronto.
The project is part of
phase two of the Ministry
of Education ` and
Training's Technology
Incentive Partnership
'Program • (TIPP2), which
also includes funding from
• seven private sector
groups and the board.
"We are embarking on a
voyage -.and it's an excit-
ing voyage -because we're
going to use technology
and literacy to enhance
student • achievement and
•outcoines," Paul Carroll,
director .of education for
the Huron .Board, told
Snobelen; "It is, particular-
ly significant to make this
kind of .head start with
• these youngsters in Grades
. '1, 2 and 3,"
Snobelen, who
des Should benefit from
annourrcedbefore the
board's presentation that`
more than .$60 million
across the province would
be invested in new tec. h-
nology for 'studentsin
early grades, explained
that the TIPP program
began in 1.995 with an ini-
tial $20 million investment
by the provincial govern-
ment, and was then allo-
cated another $t0 million
in last year's budget: '
He said • Paradigm.
Pirates was one of only 36
'proposals that was. select-
ed by the government out
of the 100 applications
submitted for funding... The
minister added that, the
over 200 °jgriv.ate sector
partners "has allowed us to
h.a.ve over $100 million.
involved.in this project."
"(TIPP) involves 'a great
deal. of partnership
between the. Ministry of
Education and Training,
the business' community
and boards right across the
province,". said Snobelen.
, "And again, TIPP2 fea-
tures that partnership with
the, private sector and the
use of technology • to help
'improve le.arning in our.,
schools."
pCarroll also talked about
the partnership this:project
has created, stating "for
us, :this .is one more step in
learning. how to deal with
effective partnership, not Math Circus, both use
only in technology, but in:technology to enhance the
broader aspects of running children's: learning.
an education system." ` Storybook Weaver helps
Teachers demonstrate literacy by allowing chit -
new technology dren to write and edit, sto
including hence*szed ries, while. 'M'ath Circus
. computer helps with numeracy..
Staff members. from" "(Math Circus) helps
Zurich Public School,
who's JIB to;Crade $ stu-
dents
tudentshave been a pilot for
the new technology, were
also on hand to outline
how the project had been
used in.their classrooms..
"By using traditional
skills and technology hand
in hand, we have seen
advances in these chil-
dren," Principal Patty
Brereton noted.
Teacher Dave Bieman
also added that over the
last year they have Yearned ister a hand -sized comput
that children in this age" er that wiil not only :help,.
group don't need a lot of the children to learn basic
training to use. this tech-` -subjects, but will jet teach-
nology. • ers evaluate students using ..
'Therewas a very steep the same technology.
learning -curve, but it's. "This will allow teachers
very, short. Once you get to track the progress of
over that, the kids will just students," Buist noted.
run with it," Bieman said. , Afterthe 10-minnte,pre-,..
Six. children. from the septationto the minister,
school's Grade 1, 2 and 3 Snobelen asked Carroll..
classes demonstrated to . whether or.not being in a
Snobelen through the cam- rural' area would effect. , : Harvey Wightman of Luoknow saw the oppco tu-
eras some of the technolo- getting all the schools,: pity to sharpen his photography skills while at
gy the project has. funded* - ,.linked to technology, the same time view the comet -which won't be
Bieman explained that Carroll noted that the: visible for another 4,000 years Wightman. took
two :of . the .programs-,' board is "quite proud" thatthis photograph March 18 after 8 p.m, overlook-
Storybook Weaver 'aridall schools have u ternet ing l•-ake.Huron at. Amberly •
,them to build problem.
solving - and pattern skills.
right, from an early age,"
Bieman said.
Another instrument the
children at Zurich Public
School have been using.is
called a' Dream. Writer,
.which is a keyboard that
..can teachtyping without
tying up a more expensive
computer.
Zurich Public School
teacher Janice Buist also
• showed the education min -
accesk noting Ithat "none
of our kids are disconnect-
ed."
iscon sect -ed."
To share'the project'.s
findings with others, the
Huron County Board will
regularly update a web site
•
that includes research
findings and classroom
specifications. Also, they
will produce \a. multimedia.
CD-ROM offering infor-
mation on the emerging
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