Quebec Information Technology : Promoting Local and International Competence, Culture, and Citizenship

As some teachers develop their own IT resources, others remain skeptical that technology enhances learning outcomes. We will share strategies on integrating NewsActivist, a teachers developed Quebec-based globally networked collaborative learning platform, to further linguistic and civic competencies. NewsActivist is a platform whose developer’s initial objective was to enable community involvement among students in service-learning courses. Its communicative nature, however, engendered adoption by local teachers of English. The platform’s flexibility has enriched student learning in unforeseen and innovative ways