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Robertson Program and partners present at OAME 2017

The Robertson Program and many of our partner educators are in Kingston, Ontario for the next three days attending this year’s Ontario Association of Mathematics Educators (OAME) Conference. Bev Caswell and Joan Moss have been collaborating with teachers from the Rainy River District School Board (RRDSB), Seven Generations Education Institute

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Click here to read Education Today's issue on coding

JICS community offers insight on coding to Education Today

By Jisoo Seo and Zachary Pedersen The Robertson Program has been exploring ways in which coding can be integrated into the math curriculum as it is an important focus that many provinces have mandated as an essential component to future curriculum development. So, we are thrilled to be included in

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Seven Gens Team on Stage 3

by Bev Caswell and Zach Pedersen Seven Generations Education Institute students gave a stellar dance performance at the Sony Centre on May 18th. The performance was the culmination of an entire year of practice, dedication and commitment to Outside Looking In, a program that offers Indigenous youth the opportunity to

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Earlier this year, George Gadanidis (University of Western Ontario) invited us to collaboratively pilot a series of coding and computational thinking lessons with teachers and children in Kindergarten to Grade 6 classrooms with St. Andrews Public School (Toronto District School Board). The lessons were designed by George Gadanidis and featured

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OAME Conference logo 2017

The Robertson Program and many of our partner educators are in Kingston, Ontario for the next three days attending this year’s Ontario Association of Mathematics Educators (OAME) Conference. Bev Caswell and Joan Moss have been collaborating with teachers from the Rainy River District School Board (RRDSB), Seven Generations Education Institute

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Students playing with math manipulatives

Welcome back from March break! We have added a series of Quick Image lessons to our math library designed by Jane Tom, a Grade 1/2 teacher from Pegamigaabo School (Big Grassy First Nation). In these Quick Image challenges, students are presented with an image for five seconds. They then have

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Click here to read Education Today's issue on coding

By Jisoo Seo and Zachary Pedersen The Robertson Program has been exploring ways in which coding can be integrated into the math curriculum as it is an important focus that many provinces have mandated as an essential component to future curriculum development. So, we are thrilled to be included in

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Classroom discussion on the carpet about a book

Lab School Teachers explore Treaties in Grade 5 and the Seven Grandfather Teachings in Grade 1 By Beverly Caswell, Jisoo Seo and Zachary PedersenYesterday, teachers from the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study Lab School (OISE/UofT) held their annual Lesson Study, a professional development model that involves collaborative planning,

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