First Class Tips and Tricks

First Class Tips and Tricks

Featured Conferences:

How many can remember the good ol' days when the Debates Conference made logging onto the First Class system worthwhile? It's not the intention to stir issue again, but rather to point out some really interesting, active conferences that you may have missed.

Computers in Education
How could I miss the opportunity to do a little shameless promotion? Very seldom will you find a little red flag on this conference? Why? All of the information is INSIDE! Open that conference and you'll find 25 sub-conferences broken down in areas to discuss everything from Computer Humour to Primary Math Software to Web Page Design.

Curriculum Planning
It's one thing to have stacks of copies of the Ontario Curriculum documents but how about some quick summary sheets of expectations by grade or by course? Every tracking document we can find is posted here.

eTeacher Conference
Your CAIT just left the school and won't be back for two weeks. What to do? Post a message in this conference and you have the strength of an entire school district to help you out. Inside, you'll also find some sub-conferences dealing with software and comment libraries.

Teacher Librarians
This is a wonderfully active conference where our Teacher Librarians discuss the issues of the day. Check in here and you'll find discussions surrounding Harry Potter, Online Research, our awarding winning OSLA member, the WERLnet project, and more.

Teacher's Corner
This conference was the concept of a classroom teacher who wanted an area for people to discuss ideas, brain storm, and share just in time resources for the classroom.

Workshops and Courses
If you are interested in finding out what other PD offerings are available above and beyond what's offered by GECDSB through BookIT, this is the place.

Much More!
This is but a sampler. Check out All Staff, Buy-Sell-Trade, Junior Teachers, ETFO/OSSTF, and much more for great resources, ideas, and thoughts. And, don't be a lurker. If you see something noteworthy, post a message. Everyone enjoys reading thoughts and comments. While we are a big district, public conferencing helps to shrink some of the distances.

First Class Client Software

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	Computers in Education How could I miss the opportunity to do a little shameless promotion? Very seldom will you find a little red flag on this conference? Why? All of the information is INSIDE! Open that conference and you'll find 25 sub-conferences broken down in areas to discuss everything from Computer Humour to Primary Math Software to Web Page Design.
	Curriculum Planning It's one thing to have stacks of copies of the Ontario Curriculum documents but how about some quick summary sheets of expectations by grade or by course? Every tracking document we can find is posted here.
	eTeacher Conference Your CAIT just left the school and won't be back for two weeks. What to do? Post a message in this conference and you have the strength of an entire school district to help you out. Inside, you'll also find some sub-conferences dealing with software and comment libraries.

	Teacher Librarians This is a wonderfully active conference where our Teacher Librarians discuss the issues of the day. Check in here and you'll find discussions surrounding Harry Potter, Online Research, our awarding winning OSLA member, the WERLnet project, and more.
	Teacher's Corner This conference was the concept of a classroom teacher who wanted an area for people to discuss ideas, brain storm, and share just in time resources for the classroom.
	Workshops and Courses If you are interested in finding out what other PD offerings are available above and beyond what's offered by GECDSB through BookIT, this is the place.