{"id":26247,"date":"2020-03-26T20:05:43","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T00:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=26247"},"modified":"2020-03-26T20:05:48","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T00:05:48","slug":"ontario-students-can-continue-learning-from-safety-of-their-own-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/ontario-students-can-continue-learning-from-safety-of-their-own-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario students can continue learning from \u201csafety of their own home\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Friday, Premier Doug Ford joined Stephen Lecce,\nMinister of Education to launch the first phase of Learn at Home<\/a> and Apprendre \u00e0\nla maison<\/a>, a new online portal that will provide resources for\nfamilies so students can continue their education while schools are closed due\nto the ongoing COVID-19 situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As a father myself, I know parents always want the\nbest for their children, and I also know from speaking to parents that many are\nconcerned that their child is going to fall behind while schools are closed\nduring this difficult period,” said Premier Ford. “To support\nfamilies and students, our government has developed a one-stop spot for at-home\nlearning. It doesn’t replace school, but offers a great alternative as we\napproach the end of March Break.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn at Home (www.ontario.ca\/page\/learn-at-home<\/a>)\noffers all students high-quality, made-in-Ontario math and literacy resources,\ncreated by Ontario-certified educators, in both English and French. Elementary\nresources are designed to help young students learn at home with interactive\nactivities that encourage participation through entertaining and stimulating\ndigital content. High school content was designed with a focus on STEM\n(Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) courses and ensure core\ncompetencies and skills are reinforced. The government is also providing access\nto course content for students who take the initiative to refresh and extend\ntheir learning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Learn at Home initiative will help\nmitigate ‘learning loss’ during this period of uncertainty,” said Minister\nLecce. “Our plan will provide interactive teacher-led math supports to\nkeep students learning and empower all students to learn key skills with an\nemphasis on STEM education, while also arming parents with resources to support\nthem as their kids learn at home.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“By offering new at-home educational resources, the\nprovince is further supporting Ontario’s families as they help contain the\nspread of COVID-19,” said Christine Elliott, Minister of Health.\n“Each and every Ontarian has a role to play in flattening the curve. Our\ngovernment is providing families with the support they need so that they can\ncontinue to contribute to our shared goal of protecting the health and\nwellbeing of all Ontarians, including our young students.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“TVO is proud to be part of this important\ninitiative by the Ministry of Education,” added Jennifer Hinshelwood,\nTVO’s Acting Chief Operating Officer. “TVO’s suite of digital learning\nproducts are designed to engage young minds in learning – a mission that seems\ndoubly important at times like this when many of our traditional learning\nenvironments are not accessible.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The at-home activities offered by Learn at Home<\/a> provide\nquick and easy access to some of Ontario’s best online kindergarten to grade 12\nlearning resources produced by Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) Educators. As\npart of the government’s commitment to planning for every scenario, the\nprovince is working closely with education stakeholders to develop a plan for\nscaling and building additional online learning programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In these uncertain times, we are proud as a public\nagency to join the Ministry of Education’s efforts in supporting families and\nstudents,” said Eric Minoli, TFO’s Chief Operating Officer. “Our\nonline Apprendre <\/a>\u00e0<\/a> la\nmaison<\/a> program will help ensure continuity in education for\nFrancophone and Francophile parents. TFO will be offering daily activities\nwhich will be accessible at all times on our IDELLO.ORG<\/a> platform, BOUKILI.CA<\/a> and our TV channel. TFO will remain a proud\npartner of all families through a tailored program of fun, high-quality\neducational activities and content, all of which will be aligned with the\ncurriculum of Ontario.”<\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Friday, Premier Doug Ford joined Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education to launch the first phase of Learn at Home and Apprendre \u00e0 la maison, a new online portal that will provide resources for families so students can continue their education while schools are closed due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation. “As a father myself, I know parents […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-6Pl","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-14 21:17:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}