In today's society, there are many new technologies that educators have at their disposal to use both inside and outside of the classroom. Some of these web-enabled technologies are the focus of an on-going project on the "open school" model. This "open school" model is designed to provide access to information on a child's schooling to both students and parents outside of the traditional school day. The "Connecting the Home and School through Electronic Dialogue (CHASED)" research initiative considers the use of a number of different web-enabled technologies that are available free-of-charge on the Internet.
Over the past four years, Discovery Collegiate has experimented with a number of web-enabled technologies that are designed to provide the "open school" model. These web-enabled technologies have included the use of ThinkWave (http://www.thinkwave.com/), Blackboard (http://www.blackboard.com/), myGradebook (http://www.mygradebook.com/),and online calendars (http://www.calendarserver.com/).
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Researchers and Teachers Associated with CHASED
Presentations and Publications
Barbour, Michael K. (2005). Bridging the home and school: An investigation of an online gradebook. News Links, 20(4), 5-13.
Barbour, Michael K.. Connecting the Home and School through Electronic Dialogue. Demonstration presented at the Newfoundland Network of Innovative Schools Forum conference. Clarenville, NL: Network of Innovative Schools, 01 February 2003.
For more information, please contact Michael Barbour at mkb@ncf.ca.