Congratulations to Leanne Tretiak, who was one of twelve Canadians who were among more than 250 teachers from around the world honoured last week at Microsoft's Worldwide Innovative Education Forum in Salvador, Brazil. The teachers were recognized for their work integrating technology into the classroom to prepare students for tomorrow's workforce and for a lifetime of learning.

Audrey Roadhouse, Deputy Minister of Education Bio, courtesy of Saskatchewan Education:

-Master of Arts in Education – Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
-Bachelor of Education – University of Regina
-November 2007 – present – Deputy Minister of Education
-August 2002 – November 2007 - Superintendent, Curriculum and Support Services, Regina Public School Board; Regina, Saskatchewan

About Dennis Cochrane--Mr. Cochrane obtained a Master of Education in Administration and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Moncton. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of New Brunswick.

During the period 1977-1995, Mr. Cochrane held various political offices, including that of Councillor and Mayor of the City of Moncton; Member of Parliament for Moncton; Leader of the N.B. Progressive Conservative Party; and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Petitcodiac. Thirteen years as a teacher at the junior high school and high school levels, supplemented by the administrative and leadership roles associated with a vice-principalship and two principalships at the elementary/junior level, led to his appointment as Superintendent of School District 6 in June of 1995, in April of 1996, appointed Superintendent of School Districts 6 and 8 and in April 1998, Mr. Cochrane was appointed to Superintendent of School Districts 2 and 4. From June 15, 1998 to March 14, 2000 he served as the New Brunswick Deputy Minister of Education (Anglophone). Effective March 15, 2000,

Mr. Cochrane was named Deputy Minister of the Department Education for the Province of Nova Scotia, a position he still holds and thus is the longest serving Deputy Minister of Education in Canada. In recognition of his public service and educational leadership, he has been made an Honourary Fellow at Saint Thomas University and received an Honourary Doctor Laws from the University of New Brunswick.

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Robert Martellacci, President & Publisher of the MindShare Learning Report interviews Dr. Jeff Orr, Dean of the newly formed Faculty of Education at St Francis Xavier University.

Dean Orr began his teaching career in northern Saskatchewan in the mid-1980s. He has 10 years of experience as a university administrator, serving as both Department Chair and Director of the School of Education, since his arrival at StFX in 1995. He has a strong research record including more than 30 refereed publications and has held 8 research grants and contracts totaling $300,000 supporting his main research program in Aboriginal educational policy since 1999. Orr has been a strong advocate for the integration of research, teaching and service, as well as internationalization, service learning, and Aboriginal programming, throughout his university career in teacher education.

StFX has been offering teacher education programs for more than 70 years, and in 2009 is celebrating its 60th anniversary since granting its first B.Ed. degrees. The Faculty of Education has a total enrollment of 215 B.Ed. and 350 M.Ed. students, with 19 full-time and more than 30 part-time faculty members.

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Robert Martellacci, president and publisher of the MindShare Learning Report Canada’s Leading, Learning and Technology eMagazine interviews Gail Bagnall.

Our October MindShare Learning Report Cross Canada Provincial Spotlight Series takes us virtually to the province of Manitoba, in an effort continue our national conversation to share regional trends and success stories across our vast Canadian landscape. We are fortunate to have join us today Gail Bagnall, Superintendent, Lord Selkirk School Divison.

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Robert Martellacci, president and publisher of the MindShare Learning Report Canada’s Leading, Learning and Technology eMagazine interviews Dr. George Siemens.

Our October MindShare Learning Report Cross Canada Provincial Spotlight Series takes us virtually to the province of Manitoba, in an effort continue our national conversation to share regional trends and success stories across our vast Canadian landscape. We are fortunate to have join us for our 21st Century Post Secondary Spotlight Professor George Siemens.

Professor Siemens, is an Associate Director with the Learning Technologies Centre at the University of Manitoba and author of Knowing Knowledge, an exploration of how the context and characteristics of knowledge have changed, and what it means to organizations today. George is also Founder and President of Complexive Systems Inc., a learning lab focused on assisting organizations develop integrated learning structures to meet the needs of global strategy execution.

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Our September Back-to-School Inspiring Innovation issue features the wonderful province of Newfoundland in our Cross Canada Provincial Spotlight Series in an effort continue our national conversation to share regional trends and success stories across our vast Canadian landscape. The MindShare Learning mission is to further push the 21st Century learning envelope to prepare students for the global knowledge economy. We are fortunate to have join us Minister of Education Darin King. We hope you enjoy this podcast interview and welcome your comments! To get your complimentary issue of the MindShare Learning Report, go to: www.mindsharelearning.com

Ken Coates is the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo. He is a well-known historian specializing in aboriginal studies and Canada's north.
Ken Coates is a passionate advocate for higher education with particular interest in digital media, Canadian competiveness and the Japanese science and technology revolution. Ken's vision includes a renewed appreciation for the traditional arts disciplines with a keen understanding of how these disciplines are key to society's future. The solutions to environmental issues to name just a few - will be found through the traditional disciplines in policy, behaviour and cultural change.

Janet Murphy is Director of Innovative Learning Solutions at York University where she plays a significant role in managing the Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) project for the Office of Research and Innovation.

Jane shares highlights on the upcoming ABEL Summer Institute and her theory on Professional Learning for education and industry leaders in the K-12 space and beyond.

Chris Kelly joined the Vancouver School Board (VSB) as Superintendent of Schools in August 2003.
Prior to his appointment to the VSB, Mr. Kelly held the position of Superintendent of Schools for the Richmond School District since 1994. As an educator and administrator, Mr. Kelly's experience includes elementary and secondary teaching, Aboriginal education, special education, curriculum, and professional and organizational development.

Faronics delivers software that helps manage, simplify, and secure multi-user computing environments. Our products ensure 100% workstation availability, and have freed IT personnel from tedious technical support and software issues. Fueled by a customer-centric focus, Faronics’ technology innovations benefit educational institutions, healthcare facilities, libraries, government organizations and corporations.

The Canadian Council on Learning is an independent, not-for-profit corporation funded through an agreement with Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. Its mandate is to provide evidence-based information to Canadians so they can make the best decisions about learning throughout all stages of life, from early childhood through to the senior years.

David Suzuki, Co-Founder of the David Suzuki Foundation, is an award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster. He is renowned for his radio and television programs that explain the complexities of the natural sciences in a compelling, easily understood way. He is a geneticist. He received his PhD in Zoology from the University of Chicago. He is now Professor Emeritus of The University of British Columbia, Sustainable Development Research Institute.

Marty started his publishing career in 1971 as a sales representative with Longman Canada. After one year he joined Thomas Nelson and Sons/Thomson Nelson where he remained for 23 years. While at Nelson he held management positions in sales, marketing, publishing, production, operations and management information systems before becoming Executive Vice President responsible for three business units: School, Library and Professional and Reference. For 7 years prior to joining Pearson in 2003, Marty and his wife June had their own company, Forever Learning where Marty was a successful consultant specializing in the development and marketing of e-learning materials. Marty has been President of the School Division of Pearson for the past five years and is currently past chair of the Canadian Educational Resources Council.

Our May 2009 issue features Canada on a Global Stage in an effort explore trends and success stories across our vast Canadian landscape and beyond. The MindShare Learning mission is to further push the 21st Century learning envelope to prepare students for the global knowledge economy.

We’re fortunate to have join us Dr. Don Knezek, CEO, of the International Society for Technology in Education based in Washington, D.C.. ISTE is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting the use of information technology to aid in learning, teaching of K-12 students and teachers. ISTE is the organizer of one of the world’s leading K12 EdTech, NECC which incidentally celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, taking place June 28-July 1st, 2009 in Washington, D.C.

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Exclusive interview with Mark Bailey, trustee in the Upper Grand District School Board, who also serves on the Ontario Public School Boards' Association education program and information technology ad hoc steering committees.

The May 2009 issue of the MindShare Learning Report Cross Canadian spotlight is focused on Ontario. The interview with Mark Bailey was a follow-up to his committee's report,"What if? Technology in the 21st Century Classroom," which generated quite a buzz in the media.

Our May 2009 issue features our MindShare Learning Cross Canada Provincial Spotlight Series in an effort continue our national conversation to share regional trends and success stories across our vast Canadian landscape. The MindShare Learning mission is to further push the 21st Century learning envelope to prepare students for the global knowledge economy. Following last month’s podcast interview with Minister Kelly Lamrock from New Brunswick, we now skip back across to Ontario virtually, where we’re fortunate to have an exclusive interview with Ontario’s minister of education, Kathleen Wynne.

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Our April 2009 issue features our new Cross Canada Check-up Provincial Spotlight Series in an effort share regional trends and success stories across our vast Canadian landscape. The MindShare Learning mission is to further push the 21st Century learning envelope to prepare students for the global knowledge economy.

After an insightful inaugural interview last month with Minister Dave Hancock from Alberta, we now skip across Canada virtually to New Brunswick, where we interviewed education minister Kelly Lamrock. We hope you enjoy this month’s provincial spotlight on New Brunswick.

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As part of the MindShare Learning Report special anniversary March edition we're pleased to announce a new feature --A Cross Canada Check-up Series to commemorate our anniversary and continued innovation in pushing the 21st Century envelope to prepare students for the global knowledge economy.

The timing is fortuitous in that Alberta is at the start of the alphabet, leads the way in EdTech innovation and Alberta’s education minister Dave Hancock has kindly agreed to grant us an interview for our 21st Century EdTech Spotlight on Alberta. Minister Hancock recently returned from the UK where he represented the council of education ministers at the inaugural World Forum on Technology & Learning in the UK.

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I'm pleased to present this podcast featuring a recent Skype interview segment with Dr. Seymour Papert, professor emeritus MIT on October 31, 2006