HCS Learning Commons

Today amidst much excitement in our HCS physical learning commons in Kelowna, and in our HCOS virtual learning commons in British Columbia we collaborated with a school in Guernsey England called Notre Dame,  to discuss children’s literacy and to vote on the upcoming Illustrator awards, the BC  Chocolate Lily awards , and the UK Kate Greenaway Awards.

Prior to this event,  students and library staff had initiated blogging with our HCS +NDG Blog site,  as we shared the cultural and literary aspects of what makes an illustration noteworthy,  spectacular and award worthy!  We discovered that humour, anticipation, bold colours, creative use of paper, and shading all went into making  illustrations pop out.

In our Blackboard session today the global citizenship and literacy event was concluded,  with a wonderful and inspiring discussion.  Despite a few microphones giving some feedback,  students were engaged and excited to make new friends across the continents and universal learning.    To hear and see campus schools and distance learning community connecting and sharing what makes a good book,  as well as sharing more about their cultural background, was a unifying experience.  This was truly 21 century learning experience !

Here is the winner of the Chocolate Lily award in BC.

Congratulations to illustrator, Cynthia Nugent, and author, Tom Saunders, for I Want to Go to the Moon (Simply Read Books, 2011), in the Chocolate Lily Awards 2013 (in the Picture Book category).

Here also are some pictures of the engaged students in the Guernsey school on the left and in our campus school on the right.