October 2008

ARC-BC Community Application Now Available

With the ARC-BC Pilot Project well underway this fall, all BC school districts are now invited to join the ARC-BC Community!  Information and application packages are available on the ARC-BC site (www.arc-bc.org), the ARC-BC project pages on the SET-BC site, or by contacting the ARC-BC Provincial Team at arc@setbc.org.  School districts that submit applications will be phased in to the community beginning in January 2009.  If you would like to attend an online informational meeting, please view the meeting schedule to register.  We hope to see your district on our community list soon!

Online Journalism Grade 11/12 Credit Course - Special Consideration for SET-BC Students

With support from SET-BC, 2010 Legacies Now and 3M, an online journalism course has been prepared and will be delivered by the EBUS Academy SD 93 - Nechako Lakes beginning in September of this year.  The course will complement the Virtual Voices Village website (www.vvvillage.org), and students may submit their stories for publication on the site.  We encourage SET-BC students interested in journalism or communication skills to register as soon as possible.  Students may begin the course at any time during the year and work at their own pace, but must finish by June of 2009.  This is a four credit grade 11 and 12 course, but is available to students in Grade 10.  For more information and registration documents, please visit the EBUS Academy website (www.ebus.ca).

Universal Design for Learning Featured at LATA Conference

LATA, Burnaby School District and SET-BC present David Rose “Reaching Every Student in the Digital Age”, October 24, 2008.  David Rose will be the keynote speaker for this mini-conference. Afternoon sessions feature teachers using UDL principles in their classrooms. For more information, see www.setbc.org/setinfo/bcudl/updates_Octconference.html.

Charting Our Way Vision Conference '08

The Vancouver Island chapter of the BC Vision Teachers' Association is presenting "Charting Our Way".  This is a conference for those working with children who have visual impairments and/or deafblindness.  It is being held from October 23rd - 25th at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney, BC.  For more information, please visit their conference site (www.chartingourway.ca).

SET-BC is a Ministry of Education Provincial Resource Program. We assist school districts in British Columbia in meeting the technology needs of students with physical disabilities, visual impairments, and autism.