Innovation Celebration

The grade 8 class has been enjoying a multi-step project! We have finished part 1 of the project: planning a city using various inspirations such as Mythical, Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, or Futuristic-Sustainable. There were 5 groups, and the groups were required to create a 2D sketch and a 3D model (using Minecraft Edu). They presented a proposal to the "investors" (aka their Visual Arts teacher, English teacher, Educational Assistant, Vice Principal/Principal, and a Master's student from the Queen's University City Planning Program). Part 2 is underway. They will be using scale factor (grade 8 Math curriculum) to calculate the size of their city and then begin to build a paper city.

Kami Francis
Glen Cairn PS

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Kami Francis

We will be presenting the Author's Journey we took from not knowing how to write our sounds to publish our very own books to help our kindergarten pals prepare for Grade 1 Early French Immersion. We will share all of the people we've met and the places we've visited to help us along the way and will show our audiences the tools and strategies we used and perfected to help us throughout our first-ever authoring experience.

Amanda Szucs
South March Public School

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Amanda Szucs

My name is Amanda L. Szucs and I am currently a Grade 1 Early French Immersion teacher at South March Public School in Kanata, ON. I've been teaching primary for 13 years with the OCDSB and am always looking for new and innovative ways to engage our students in their personal learning journeys.

Clifford Bowie will be showcasing some of their Life Skills Programs, like dishwashing, simple food preparation, recycling, and can crushing.

Kristine Klassen
Clifford Bowey Public School

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Kristine Klassen

Proud Principal of Clifford Bowey Public School

Izabela Aurelson
Clifford Bowey

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Izabela Aurelson

My name is Izabela Aurelson. I have been an educator for many years in both privately and publicly-funded educational settings in the US and Canada and taught children in a variety of roles such as an early childhood educator, educational assistant, tutor and a teacher. It has been my pleasure to be a visual arts teacher at Clifford Bowey Public School for the past two years. Clifford Bowey is a specialized school for neuro-diverse students whose ages range from 6 to 21 years of age. Special education has been a focus of mine for a long time and, in fact, it is what prompted me to become a teacher. I always seek to advance my knowledge in the area through participation in conferences, workshops and seminars. In addition to that I have a strong interest in visual arts. I believe that art is accessible to everyone and everyone can experience a measure of success by either engaging directly with the creative process or appreciating works of art.Finally issues of social justice are very important to me. I hold a position of an Equity Lead at our school and I am proud of the work that our Equity Committee has been undertaking in the last couple of years.

Chelsea Jean
Clifford Bowey

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Chelsea Jean

Intermediate Special Education Teacher at Clifford Bowey School

Sean Curry
Clifford Bowey

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Sean Curry

My Apple Student Mentorship Artifact is for elementary students to know little by little about skilled trades and gives them an opportunity to present what they have learned and know about them.

Lily MacDonald-Somé
Apple Student Mentorship Program Virtual Co-op

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Lily MacDonald-Somé

I am a Grade 12 student at Ottawa Technical Secondary School. I am a recent graduate and I'm going to Algonquin College in the Fall for Design Foundations. I have a small business called 'EmbraceFriendship' that I love to do and it's still new so I'm still learning a lot about being an entrepreneur.

We will be sharing a progression of collaborations with Craig Cardiff and Youth Ottawa, starting with songwriting with Craig, then my class interviewing Craig’s co-op student to create a talk show, culminating in a collaborative project of science videos we wrote and recorded that Craig’s students animated. We will highlight experiential learning and collaboration between elementary and secondary panels, as well as the value of connecting to folks outside the school walls to create richer and more authentic opportunities for students.

Leslie Mott
North Gower Marlborough Public School

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Leslie Mott

Grade4/5 North Gower Marlborough PS

Craig Cardiff

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Craig Cardiff

Grade 3 students are working on student led experiential projects.

Andrew Wheeler
OCDSB

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Andrew Wheeler

Andrew Wheeler is an educator living and working in Chelsea, Quebec. After 25 years of teaching everything from pre-kindergarten to post graduate level classes, Andrew is presently teaching grade 3 in the OCV virtual campus.For the past 20 years Andrew has been infusing his lessons and classroom experiences with experiential learning in a variety of incarnations! From student led projects that take months to complete (like when his student successfully broke the Guinness world record for simultaneous yo yoing) to short student directed lessons, experiential learning is a big part of the picture in Mr. Wheeler’s room.This year in grade 3 has been no exception!

Hawthorne’s Grade 6 class has been working on a large project since last year called The Pandemic Project.

Karen Reyburn
OCDSB

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Karen Reyburn

Learning Support Teacher

Kristin Kopra
OCDSB

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Kristin Kopra

Principal of the awesome Hawthorne Public School in Ottawa, ON