A Ped Days Thank You!
Thank you all for supporting and participating in the October 2020 Ped Days! A special thank you to our faculty presenters who generously shared their time and knowledge! Until next time, The Faculty Hub and Ped Days Team
UNESCO World Teachers’ Day – Week of Activities
The World Teachers’ Day 2020 will be celebrated with a week-long series of virtual events Every year on 5 October since 1994, UNESCO celebrates the World Teachers’ Day (WTD) to commemorate the anniversary of the signing of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers and the 1997 Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel. These…
Dawson MS Teams Community – Open to All
Join the Dawson Teams Community (on Teams) to exchange tips, techniques and practices for creating engaging learning environments for our students using MS Teams. Administrators of this team are: Claudio Calligaris (Photography), Kurt Holfeld (Interior Design), Vincent Maggiore (Administration), Anne-Laure Teichet (French) and Einat Idan (OAD). Login to MS365 required.
Communities of Practice – Don’t Miss the Calls for Proposal
Have you ever considered joining a Dawson Community of Practice? These communities are led by faculty members and are a great way to exchange with others about the practice of teaching. More information about Dawson Communities of Practice can be found here. You will be inspired by the work they are doing! Click on a…
Dawson Ped Days – October 13-16, 2020
Usha James of the Critical Thinking Consortium will be back with us for Ped Days this Fall. She will speak about and model critical thinking and student engagement. She has co-authored textbooks, teachers’ resources, course profiles and ministry documents with the aim of providing practical strategies for teachers seeking to refine their practice. Her keynote Seizing…
Connect Your Students with the Dawson Academic Skills Centre!
Video coming soon
LEA – Disabling Access to the Lea Online Module
Omnivox announced a temporary “fix” that allows the Dawson Helpdesk to disable access to the Lea Online module for teachers. Helpdesk can disable a teacher’s Lea Online module access. This does not impact use of Lea for classroom management. Skytech (Omnivox developers) are working on a permanent solution that will allow teachers to be independent…
Dawson Learning Communities – Winter, 2020 Report
Despite the disruptions and difficulties of the Winter 2020 semester, the Dawson College Learning Communities project teams continued to work on new integrative offerings in Science, Social Science and General Education. Thank you Learning Communities Lead Ian MacKenzie and all the teams for their hard work and dedication to these projects! To read more about…
Last Modified: October 16, 2020
