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FAST FACTS

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WHEN

• Officially opened on JANUARY 1, 2017 

• Timing and length of participation is up to each teacher/school

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WHO

• ALL  JK-8 TEACHERS and STUDENTS in Canadian and FNMI schools
• Speakers of French, English, and Indigenous languages
• Teachers must provide a verifiable educational email address
• Note: No student accounts or access to students within this project

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WHAT

Part 1   PREPARATION ACTIVITIES and RESOURCES

• A brief 5 Step “Getting Started” video will get classes on the map
• A wealth of information, instructional videos, and resources for teachers are provided on the Kids’ Guide website
• Student activities and resources on 3 themes are provided:

• • • 1 Digital citizenship and safety
    • 2 Cross-Cultural Communications
    • 3 #KidsMatter

Part 2     CREATING  A KIDS’ GUIDE  CONTENT   (content is public)

• Students inquire into the land and people of their community around their home school
• Students create introductions using hand-made or digital tools of their choice, and in a language of their choice
• Teachers post student artifacts on AKGTCanada website (not students)

Part 3   CROSS-CANADA CLASS CONNECTIONS  (take place in private)

• Teachers use the Digital Human Library to find AKGTC teachers and classes from across Canada
• Teachers connect classes for inter-cultural conversations and deeper learning
• Connections use a variety of methods: phone, snail mail, parcel post, email, radio, audio and video recordings, video conferencing

• • • and online collaborations if possible.

Part 4   SPECIAL ACTIVITIES                               

• All activities are completely voluntary
• Activities include

Mystery Class Challenges

Student Photo, Audio, and Video Challenges

Live Student “KidsMeet” webcasts

Class Collaboration activities

Twitter Chats

Presentations and special webinars

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WHERE

• Every community in Canada

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HOW

*** Participation is completely FREE ***

•  Leadership provided by elementary classroom teachers in every province and territory across Canada
•  Interactive map provided by Esri Canada
•  Teacher registry provided by Digital Human Library
•  Organizational support and sponsorship provided by the Canadian Education Association (CEA-ace), now the EdCan Network
•  AKGTCanada website, registration, and organizational support provided by District School Board of Niagara, ihub Niagara, chalk.com, BonZa Global Inc. and D Wizardry.
•  * Financial accounting provided by the Educational Computing Organization of Ontario (ECOO)
•  Student safety and digital citizenship support provided by Media Smarts
•  Project development and promotions provided by Canadian Geographic Education
•  Free teacher resources and student activities provided by Angela Maiers and Choose2Matter
•  Technology and networking support provided by ORION Network, Contact North, Field Trip Zoom, and ReadSpeaker.