Webcasts
Online learning allows us to learn what we want when we want. What's more, we can bring extraordinary speakers into our schools - for free! All you need is a computer and an a LCD projector. Check back for regular updates. If you'd like help organizing for an "online PD," email Shelley Beleznay.
Dr. David Sousa : Brain Research: Implications for the Early Years
This webcast has been used in two of our schools - John Barsby and Coal Tyee. In both schools, it was well received and everyone appreciated Sousa's sense of humour and the important information he shared that is relevant for every teacher. To see how the PD Committee at Barsby set up the see attached. 
CHANGING BRAINS.doc.
Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
This 20 minute talk is inspiring and thought-provoking. Sometimes our focus on "reading, writing and 'rithmetic" (or Literacy and Numeracy as we now say) makes us forget about the integral need to foster creativity.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
More information and resources can be found at http://www.sirkenrobinson.com/.
Benjamin Zander: Art of Possibility
What's MOST important? How can we keep passion for learning and teaching alive? How can we think of leading and teaching like a symphony? Watch Ben Zanders 20 minute talk together or check with Shelley Beleznay (sbeleznay@sd68.bc.ca) to borrow the video available (about 35 minutes with workshop materials).
More information can be found at http://www.benjaminzander.com/
BCELC: Assessment Webcast Archive
Recorded Webcasts by: Caren Cameron (Learning Intentions, What is AFL, Criteria, Descriptive Feedback), Kathleen Gregory, Judy Halbert(Research Leading to Assessment COncepts), Yrsa Jensen (Assessment for and of Learning), Faye Brownlee (The Big Six, Bringing Them to Your Classroom), Linda Kaser (The Assessment Shift)
http://bcelc.insinc.com/webcastseries/index.html
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