Short for web-based seminar, a webinar is a presentation, lecture, workshop or seminar that is transmitted over the web. The key feature of a webinar is its interactive elements - the ability to give, receive and discuss information, typically through slide show presentations, streaming video, VoIP, whiteboard and text chat.
Focus: Inclusive Education
Children's first years of development set the foundation for their success in school and future well-being. Children's development during these early years affects their learning, behaviour, and physical and emotional health throughout adulthood.
The Early Child Development (ECD) Mapping Initiative is a province-wide, five-year research project activity looking at the factors that may influence healthy child development. The Initiative will use the results to support communities and families in ensuring that all children have the best possible start in life.
Focus: Early Learning, Inclusive Education (Programming for Student Success)
Early Learning is working with the ministries of Children and Youth Services and Health and Wellness to support Education Business Plan strategy 2.1 for excellence in student learning outcomes.
The three ministries are coordinating a collaborative approach for early identification of children's needs.
Focus: Early Learning, Inclusive Education (Programming for Student Success)
The Alberta Professional Development Consortia (ARPDC) are dedicated to promoting student learning and achievement, school improvement and parental engagement in the educational process through the provision of professional learning opportunities. The intent of this website is to provide you with a variety of accessible learning opportunities to support implementation of an inclusive learning environment.
Focus: Inclusive Education, Early Learning, FNMI, Differentiated Instruction, English Language Learners, Leadership
A cross-ministry website, Raising Children, has been developed to increase awareness of programs and services available for children 0-6 years and their families.
Focus: Early Learning, Inclusive Education (Programming for Student Success)
Early Learning is directly tied to Setting the Direction: Strategic Direction 10 "Develop and implement a model of support for young children who experience at-risk factors that enable programming and support in the most natural pre-school environment along with a seamless transition into grade 1."
Early Learning is working collaboratively with organizations, communities and families across the province to support pre-school children who are at-risk and is providing opportunities for inclusive early learning experiences for young children. A series of workshops, online information, and training sessions are being developed to meet this goal for parents and families, childcare practitioners, and health and education professionals.
Focus: Early Learning, Inclusive Education (Programming for Student Success)
with Debbie Mineault
Fourth of a four-part webinar series. This session focuses on the challenges and successes of balancing Cultural Ways of Knowing with living in the contemporary world to enable student success. You will gain a greater appreciation for FNMI perspectives through the development of a culturally responsive classroom and explore strategies for engaging FNMI families, parents and communities.
Focus: FNMI (First Nations, Métis and Inuit), Inclusive Education
with Debbie Mineault
Third of a four-part webinar series. Elder Francis Whiskyjack from the community assists in this interactive learning opportunity with Debbie Mineault, teaching how worldview connects to cultural activities related to the land and environment, the importance of this relationship to FNMI peoples, and the implications for teaching and learning.
Focus: FNMI (First Nations, Métis and Inuit), Inclusive Education
with Debbie Mineault
The second of a four-part webinar series. In this session Debbie Mineault combines personal insights and historical references that illustrate the resiliency of FNMI people to the impacts of industrial, mission and residential schools. Particpants discuss and explore the implications for teaching and learning in a classroom context.
Focus: FNMI (First Nations, Métis and Inuit), Inclusive Education
with Debbie Mineault
The first of a four-part webinar series, this session examines strategies to deepen and strengthen understanding of cultural uniqueness around FNMI families and communities and the impacts on teaching and learning.
Focus: FNMI (First Nations, Métis and Inuit), Inclusive Education
Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographic information program that has many tools and overlays which have direct applications to all core subjects and supports a universal design for learning (UDL) classroom. This session provides an overview of Google Earth and how it can be used to personalize the learning of students of varying ability levels, interests, and learning preferences.
* Conversation guide available
Focus: Differentiated Instruction, Inclusive Education, Technology Integration
The Learning through Play academic round table, held on Oct.15, 2010, provided an opportunity to discuss current research and assist the Early Learning Branch in developing key messages about learning through play to facilitate a greater understanding in communities, schools and families about the importance of play in a child's development. This wiki houses a collection of resource links from the event.
Focus: Early Learning, Inclusive Education
Meeting Diverse Learning Needs With Differentiated Instruction
This resource page houses a collection of archived (recorded) webinars with accompanying conversation guides designed as support material for the Alberta Education print resource "Making a Difference".
* Conversation guide available
Focus: Differentiated Instruction, Inclusive Education
Inclusion in the Early Years: Provincial Promising Practices Symposium was held December 6, 2010. This page provides links to resources and information you may find helpful to support your work in providing inclusive, play-based early learning programs for children as well as presenters' resources and slides.
Focus: Early Learning, Inclusive Education
with Candace Beaton
This session will introduce you to a variety of strategies for using your SMART Board and Notebook Software to engage early learners in literacy and numeracy.
* Conversation guide available
Focus: Early Learning, Inclusive Education, Literacy / English Language Arts, Mathematics, Technology Integration