Literacy Video Clips - Flash Video & Downloads
We are privileged to have the opportunity to visit Ontario classrooms as well as professional learning sessions through these video clips. They show examples of a range of implementation stages and are not necessarily meant to demonstrate exemplary practices. Rather, they provide a unique opportunity for us to analyze what we see and hear with a view to moving our own learning forward. We sincerely thank all those educators and students who have provided us with windows into their thinking and practice.
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| Boys’ Voices: Technology in the Classroom One of the strategy recommendations in Me Read? And How! is Get the Net. This video demonstrates how boys in a grade 7/8 classroom respond to the implementation of various technologies with engaging enthusiasm. The teacher uses technology to engage students in reading, writing, and oral communication in a collaborative learning environment. |
FLV 8:21 min | MP4 128 M |
| Exploring Metacognitive Habits of Mind This video, produced by Greater Essex County District School Board, highlights teachers of grades 7, 8, and 9 as they explore metacognitive habits of mind with their students. With commentary from Dr. Barrie Bennett teachers, administrators, and professional learning facilitators will enhance their understanding of metacognition "as a powerful approach for promoting a focus on thinking skills in literacy across all disciplines." (Thinking Metacognitively, Literacy GAINS 2011) |
FLV 36:00 min | MP4 625 M |
| Learning-Focused Conversations and Shared Reading in Grade 12 History In this video, learning partners collaborate to improve student understanding of complex texts in a grade 12 history class. Instruction is focused on ‘talk to the text’ reading strategy which teaches students how to deconstruct a dense text and improve their understanding of history content. |
FLV 12:32 min | MP4 229 M |
| Lesson Study: Professional Learning in a Secondary School In this video, secondary science teachers engage in Lesson Study, a professional learning model that engages teachers in systematically examining their practice with the goal of becoming more effective. |
FLV 9:04 min | MP4 68 M |
| One Approach to Questions |
FLV 15:26 min | MP4 102 M |
| Promoting Meaningful Student Involvement – Listening to What Students Have to Say Chris MacDonald, a student at Riverside Secondary School in Windsor, provides insights into the effectiveness of various strategies used by his teachers, including K-W-L, think aloud, and accountable talk. Chris comments on how his teachers' instructional strategies help him to engage more actively with subject content, make connections, and understand material. |
FLV 6:15 min | MP4 64 M |
| Summarizing and Notetaking in Secondary Science In this video, learning partners collaborate to enhance learning in a secondary science classroom by focusing on two key strategies, summarizing and notetaking. |
FLV 19:33 min | MP4 140 M |