Parents as Partners

Parents as Partners Episode #8 May 12, 2008

Lornacos — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:30:27 -0500

Anne Reed Milwaukee Lawyer brings her experiences to the show as a blogging lawyer describing her entry into the blogosphere. Her interactions with Facebook, Twitter and blogging describes an approach counter culture to the fear mongering of the media. If your child is starting to use chat rooms, social networking tools, this is a great place to hear how to use these tools to benefit your and your children.

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Parents as Partners Episode #7 May 5, 2008

Lornacos — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:03:07 -0500

Program Slide show
Dr. Debbie Pushor, Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum Studies in the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan talks about her vision of parent engagement. Her doctoral work A Storied Photo Album of Parents’ Positioning and the Landscape of Schools came about from her personal experience when her own children entered the education system. Her major research project funded by the Dr. Stirling McDowell Foundation for Research into Teaching, which explored, with a team of co-researchers at Princess Alexandra Community School in Saskatoon, how schools can move from practices of parent involvement to practices of parent engagement and leadership.

Lorna Costantini, moderator from www.ourschool.ca, Matt Montagne, Teacher at the University School of Milwaukee, Rhoda Cipparone, interior designer from Niagara Falls, Ontario and Cindy Zautcke, resident parent on Parents as Partners joined in the discussion.You can follow along in the show with Debbie's slide show

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Parents as Partners Webcast Episode #6 April 14, 2008

Lornacos — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:26:24 -0500

This show focused on using Web 2.0 tools to connect parentsto the classroom. The beginnings of the development of a platform to demonstrate how these tools and social networking tools can be used with parents and by parents in supporting student success.

Parents as Partners Webcast Episode #5 April 7, 2008

Lornacos — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:39:24 -0500

Background information: Parents as Partners Webcast on Monday April 7, 2008 ay 8:00 PM EST (GMT-5) with Aimee Gerdevich and Rick McAllister at edtechtalk.com/live.

School Councils are legislated in the Province of Ontario. The regulations that manage these councils have been in place since 1995. Parents, in the majority, work with a teacher representative , principal, support worker, community representatives and students (secondary schools only) in advising schools in a number of areas.

Parents as Partners Webcast Episode #4 March17, 2008

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:43:06 -0500

Parents as Partners continues to support parent involvement and effective strategies to connect parents and teachers in supporting student achievement. Jacqui Strachan, parent inclusion manager for People for Education shared her insights and experiences helping parents to be involved in their childrens' education. Lorna Costantini, Derrall Garrison, show hosts and Cindy Zautcke, resident parent echoed Jacqui's advice and added their own experiences to the conversation,

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Parents as Partners Webcast Episode #3 March 3, 2008

Lornacos — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0600

Show hosts Lorna Costantini, Matt Montagne, Rhoda Cipparone and resident parent Cindy Zautcke engage in lively discussion about how to encourage more parents to be involved in their children's education. Dr. Joyce Epstein, Principal Research Scientist, and Research Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University and Director of the National Network of Partnership Schools with Frank Iannatuono, Superintendent of Education for the Niagara Catholic District School Board

Parents as Partners Webcast Episode #2 February 25, 2008

Lornacos — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:09:37 -0600

Lorna Costantini, Matt Montagne. Cindy Zautcke, Rhoda Cipparone with Sharon Peters discussing How to use technology and the internet to support student learning. What does this mean to my child? What barriers must teachers overcome to communicate with parents online?

Parents as Partners 1st Webcast

Lornacos — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:31:45 -0600

Parents as Partners Supporting Students in the 21st Century Parents as Partners Social Networking on the Internet. Facebook,YouTube, Blogging and Instant Messaging. What’s it all about? Do parents know what their children are doing online? Is it all bad?