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Ooka Island at ANTEC 2012 “Student Success in the 21st Century”

Ooka Island attended the Atlantic Native Teachers’ Education Conference / ANTEC 2012 from May 16-18. Ooka Island Vice President, Cammy Barber, was a speaker on Early Education and led a workshop to educators on “Using a Blended Learning Environment with Early Literacy Skills”. Hundreds of delegates attended the Atlantic Native Teachers’ Education Conference in Sydney, Nova Scotia. More than forty workshops brought important topics to the forefront. The Conference was sponsored jointly by the Department of Indian Affairs, Nova Scotia Department of Education and...

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Workshops for Teachers on Technology, Early Literacy & Game Based Learning at the 2011 ACSI Conventions

Ooka Island Vice President, Cammy Barber, will be providing workshops for teachers on Technology, Early Literacy & Game Based Learning (GBL) at ACSI Conventions October 27-28 in Moncton, NB and November 3-4 in Brampton, ON Workshops for Teachers on Technology, Topic I: Developing Early Literacy Skills with Technology and Game Based Learning (GBL) Ooka Island’s creators understand the critical importance of using technology to develop early literacy.  It’s not just at Ooka Island.  The Executive Director of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, a digital media innovation lab based at Sesame...

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