Integrating First Nations and Métis Culture into the Core

French Curriculum

Congrès APFS 2008Roxanna Smycniuk & Kelli Boklaschuk

Welcome

What have we created?

We have developed an online unit to teach students how to make First Nations hoops and how to hoop dance.

This unit is designed to be used with or without a Smart Board and is not meant to replace face-to-face teaching.

The goal of this unit is to integrate educational technology into the classroom.

What Subjects are Integrated?•Art – Photo Story Design

•Practical Arts – Photography

•Physical Education – Hoop Dancing

•Technology – throughout

•French Language Arts – throughout

•Social Studies – Michif History, Hoop Dancing Background

What Technology did we use to achieve this?•Microsoft Photo Story

•The Internet

•Computer Microphone

•Microsoft Paint

•Microsoft Word (any word processor)

•SmartBoard

•Digital Cameras

Where is This Unit Housed?In a Secure Online Learning Community & In the Grade 6 Cyber

Planet

All of which you can access through the Saskatoon Catholic Cyber School

What Does it Look Like?Let’s Check it out!!!!!!!

http://www.scs.sk.ca/cyber

Microsoft Photo StoryFree and User Friendly

Do you want to see it in action?

Cyber School???Free Educator Learning CommunitiesFree Elementary Cyber Planets

Do you want to see them?

How to Register for FreeGo to: http://www.scs.sk.ca/cyber and under Registration click Learning Communities or Cyber Planets

Can you do this?

Let’s Give it a try!• Form Small Groups

• Pick a subject

• Discuss how you could create an online unit or integrate technology into the unit.

• List some of the different technologies you could use with the unit.

• List the different subject areas you will cover by creating a unit this way.

What Have You come up with?

LinksSaskatoon Catholic Cyber School

http://www.scs.sk.ca/cyber Download Photo Story

http://www.microsoft.com

Questions?

Thank You Merci!!