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MAKING A DIFFERENCE – REAL LEARNING

MAKING A DIFFERENCE – REAL LEARNING

By Dr. Stephen Murgatroyd

I used to teach learners we then called “special needs”. They were not physically challenged. They were not mentally challenged in the sense of having a disorder within the real of DSM III (as it then was). They were challenged by the education system which did not suite them and, in most cases, by parents who were not always sure they liked them. Continue Reading

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MICROSOFT ONLINE SAFETY ARMY EDUCATES KIDS ABOUT ‘NET

MICROSOFT ONLINE SAFETY ARMY EDUCATES KIDS ABOUT ‘NET

By Haleigh Packer, student-reporter

An army is mobilizing for Calgary Online Safety Week to help educate children about how to keep themselves safe on the Internet.  The Microsoft Online SafetyArmy is comprised of 300 volunteers across Canada who make presentations in school and some of them have been busy in Calgary this past week. Continue Reading

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A JOURNALISM EDUCATION HAS NEVER BEEN MORE RELEVANT

A JOURNALISM EDUCATION HAS NEVER BEEN MORE RELEVANT

Troy Media – By Terry Field

As a journalism professor I have been asked a number of times recently about the utility or value of taking a journalism program at university when the journalism industry is in such a state of flux. Continue Reading

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