@BTMurr @peterskillen @girlguidesofcan @TRoxCa Thanks for all of the recent RT's. Much appreciated. # Our 1st Camp Minds podcast is available: http://bit.ly/8XR3nl full of info for #summercamp Directors. #2 coming this week. (Plz RT, tks!) # RT @lisadsheridan: Top 10 benefits of sending your kid to camp http://bit.ly/7prvoT # Fifty Dangerous Things you should let [...]
iPad and Education
29/01/2010 By 2 Comments
How can the new Apple iPad be used in education? There is certainly a buzz about Apple’s new iPad computer/book reader/media machine. We thought we should take some time (previous article) and consider whether or not the iPad will have any value in the education field. At first glance, I think there are lots of [...]
Reading is for more than just passing time
28/01/2010 By Leave a Comment
The Apple iPad tablet for students and education
27/01/2010 By 3 Comments
Today’s reveal of the iPad by Apple has many interesting features that will not only change learning in the classroom but bring the same learning home. iBooks and iWork are two features that quickly stand out for education on the new 24 cm high device. Right now iBooks might help children and teenagers become interested [...]
Haiti Relief from Grade 9 Student
27/01/2010 By 2 Comments
The January 12th earthquake in Haiti has touched all of us. Since we first blogged about the relief works focused on this Caribbean island we have been trying to draw attention to students and what they are doing to help. Today we introduce you to UNICEF Ambassador Bilaal Rajan, a Grade 9 student at Lakefield [...]
Lakefield College School Alumni Teaches Kids How To Travel
26/01/2010 By 2 Comments
SUBMITTED BY: EVAN HADFIELD. LAKEFIELD COLLEGE SCHOOL ALUMNI AND FOUNDER OF BIG BROTHER BACKPACKING. When I was a student at Lakefield College School , I was a dreamer. I would spend my days dreaming about anything and everything — the future, the arrival of summer, the girl sitting next to met in math class, but [...]
