June 2011

features

One Life... Many Gifts

That's the impact of organ and tissue donation. Pioneering resources are allowing hundreds of teachers to raise awareness of the issue in Ontario's secondary schools.

by Stuart Foxman

Getting Connected: E-Learning in Ontario

What happens when learning takes place at a distance? As online courses multiply in Ontario, teachers explore how they can help students succeed.

by Stuart Foxman

E-Text

Exploring the electronic classroom

by Virginia Galt

College Issues Advisory

Our current advisory looks at best practices on the use of electronic communication and social media.

upfront

from the chair

registrar's report

letters to the editor

ps news

Teaching First Nations languages / New pre-service requirements / Immersed in language / Leaping toward clean energy / AGO discount at risk / Virtual Shakespeare lab / Life Membership Award / VISITORS / OCT lands starring role / HSBC Clean Air Achievers / Contests / French for the Future / It's how you play / Voting rules! / Class Acts / PS Pics / Notable Dates

departments

exemplary OCT

Jane Dewar, OCT

remarkable teacher

Paul Gross's Remarkable Teacher Tim Jecko

resources

reviews

Digital Tools for Teaching / The Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat Webcast Professional Learning Series / Professionalism, Law, and the Ontario Educator / Keen for Learning / Drama Schemes, Themes and Dreams / Shakespeare in Action / Moving and Growing / Gum in My Hair! and The Wild Wild Web (DVDs) / Words That Start with B / Half Brother / Thunder over Kandahar /

netwatch

Teachers' top sites

resources extra

Digital research just got a lot easier in Ontario

governing ourselves

mandate

Ethical dilemmas - Striptease on Day Three

reports

Professional Advisory / Council Appointment / Committee Appointments / Council Meetings / Investigations / Dispute Resolution / Hearings