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1-2-1 iPad Project
Students in Alberta are engaging with a unique learning modality this year, thanks to the 1-2-1 Mobile Media Tablet Project. The project, facilitated/supported by Inclusive Learning Outreach (EPSB) in partnership with Alberta Education, is responsible for putting a class set of iPads in four inclusive classrooms across the Province. The four schools involved in the project are Graminia Community School (County of Parkland), Percy Baxter Middle School (Whitecourt), Pioneer Middle School (Rocky Mountain House) and Bawlf School. Approximately 15 Alberta schools applied for the one-year project and the successful candidates were selected based on their ability to meet the project’s selection criteria. During the selection process, schools in rural areas were given preference, as were classrooms supporting a student with a low-incidence disability. As such, 3 students with vision loss and 2 students with hearing loss, ranging in Grades 6 – 8, are involved in this project.
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Community Program in Lethbridge
Excitement builds as a group of students begin to gather for another community program. Greetings ring out as friends meet each other. Once all the students have gathered together, we read a book together. So far our favourite is Going on a Bear Hunt. We love to add actions and sound effects to make the story more suspenseful. For some of us the art activities based on the book provide us an opportunity to develop our leadership skills.
It is always exciting to hear what we will make for a snack. Is it pudding, jello fluff or worms and dirt dessert? We all help so that our snack is a great success. At lunch we know that we will be making a sandwich, pouring some juice and of course eating it. We are getting a lot better at spreading the butter and getting all the parts and pieces to stay between the slices of bread. It can still be a bit challenging to cut our sandwich just the way we want the pieces to look. If we are still hungry, we can make another sandwich or maybe cut a few slices of cucumber. Lunch time is a great time to socialize. We always learn a lot about each other. Imagine finding out that one of our teachers (Mrs. Fender) has the same last name as the principal (Mr. Fender) in another student's school. How can that be? We have a mystery to solve.
