Hey Allenby Families, do you have some old devices kickin’ around the house, taking up valuable space in your ‘everything’ drawer? Well, let us help you! We are looking for donations of preloved devices to bring to life a batch of Virtual Reality cardboard viewers, following our amazing day with Google Expeditions. If you have […]
Tag Archives | technology
APA Technology Drive
The APA is spearheading a drive to supplement the technology already in the classrooms. Parents have generously funded core items like Smartboards, ipads and computers but the school could also use some help from a supporting cast of additional wireless routers, flat screen monitors, calculators, laptops, or over-the-ear headphones. If you have any of these […]
January APA Meeting
January’s APA meeting is next Wednesday, January 29 from 7-9pm in the library. The agenda is available at the APA website. We will begin a discussion on the APA Advertising Policy. As well, there are five motions on the table for voting: To release the $10,000 in segregated funds that was reserved in September 2012 […]
Technology Update
In May 2013, a motion was passed to purchase 5 SMARTboards, along with other technology. Unfortunately, as of September 1, 2013, the SMARTboard model that had been priced at the time of the May motion became discontinued. As such, a motion will be tabled at the 16th of December meeting to increase the APA’s technology […]
Technology at Allenby
with reports from Jafar Hussain and Andrea Payne Exciting things are happening at Allenby in terms of technology! Within the last five years, Allenby, with the strong support of the APA, has made an unprecedented leap in its acquisition, mastery, and usage of technology in its classrooms. In 2006, SMARTboards, laptops, document cameras, iPads, etc., […]
How To Get Involved
Allenby relies on our teachers, students and parents to play a vital role in making the school a caring, educational and friendly environment. As parents, we all have the same goal — we want a great school for our children — but we all have varying amounts of time and resources to support that goal. We […]
Byte-Sized #11
As we all know, space at Allenby comes at a premium. There are currently two computer labs in the school: one in the library and one in room 201. With the increasing demand for classrooms that comes with ever-higher numbers of enrolled kids from our neighbourhood, room 201 will be returned to its original classroom […]
April APA Meeting
Thank you to all of the parents who came forward to help with the staffing models. Final and approved versions of the staffing models for French and English will be shared by Jennie Ucar at the May APA meeting. The April APA meeting will be held next Wednesday, April 25th at 7 pm. Please try […]
Byte-Sized #10
The APA and school have spent a lot of money on tech toys (including SMART boards, Netbooks, and even a couple of iPads) and will debate the merit of further spending. But is technology spending in schools a worthy investment? A study (of 40 years of studies) out of Concordia University in Montreal concludes that […]
Tech Showcase Night
Wednesday March 28th is Tech Showcase Night at Allenby. Over the last few years, the Allenby Parent’s Association has dedicated a significant portion of its budget surpluses to technology purchases. Thanks to APA funding and funding from the school itself, many of the classrooms at Allenby are equipped with interactive whiteboards; teachers and students have […]