6:30 - 9:00 PM - Parent’s Night

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Parents and teachers share an important job.  Together, they are responsible for the education of children.  Parents and teachers ensure that opportunities exist for learning; they create environments in which learning can occur; and they provide the tools needed for learning. 

The age of digital literacy can offer children opportunities that were not available as few as ten years ago.  This exponentially increasing amount of data found on the internet and the literacy skills required to work with it require a dynamic shift in the way we teach and in the way we learn. 

Parent’s night, hosted by Dr. Stephanie Timmer, is designed to demonstrate how learning technology works and how it can be used most effectively.  New ways of learning and new ways of teaching require a new set of learning tools.  Pencils, typewriters and encyclopedias are being replaced by computers, e-books and the internet.  Parent’s night will cover such topics as:

1. An introduction to the Digital Literacy Age
2. An introduction and demonstration of technology used to access the  new digital age
3. The  combination of the technology with learning strategies
4. An overview on how students are learning in the age of texting and tweeting

Premier Assistive Canada is dedicated to ensuring that the transition between learning in school and learning at home is seamless.  The Premier AT Home Program ensures that technology children use in school is readily available to children when they are at home.  Parent's night will also serve as a forum for parents to ask questions about the technology being used by their children as well as to offer ideas and suggestions on how it may be better utilized.

8:00 AM - Registration and continental breakfast
9:00 AM - Keynote Speaker
10:30 AM - Break - snacks and coffee provided
11:00 AM - Session 1
12:15 PM - Lunch - soup, salad, pasta, veggies and dip, sandwiches (egg, tuna, ham, roast beef, pastrami) and dessert
1:00 PM - Session 2
2:15 PM - Break - snacks and coffee provided
2:30 PM - Session 3
3:45 PM - Closing