Part 2: Innovations in Professional Growth

Public Education and Webcasting in BC:
Oct 2004 to May 2005

Welcome to the Ministry of Education
Presentation Launch Page
Heather Kelleher, January 13, 2005
Assessing and Supporting Early Numeracy, Part 1
INTRODUCTION:  This 1st in a series of two interactive webcasts on assessing and supporting early numberacy is intended to support your professional growth over time and has been archived for viewing and re-viewing.
  • PDF files are linked for downloading and printing to support Heather Kelleher's research, strategies and assessment tools.
  • Live audiences were participants in the real time webcast at 14 sites across British Columbia involving 30 school districts.
  • The best way to use this archived webcast is with a partner, or a group of colleagues from your school or district.
  • To get maximum benefit from the webcast, please take the time to respond to the prompts that are given with each section.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:  This webcast is designed for a minimum screen resolution of 800x600 pixels. If your present resolution is smaller than that, you may need to increase your screen resolution before watching this webcast. Click here for more information on tech requirements.
In addition, your computer will need to meet the following system requirements:
  • Operating Systems: Windows™(95, 98, 2000, NT, ME, XP), Mac® OS X or later
  • Processor: Pentium® 166 or greater, PowerPC™ (200 MHz or faster)
  • Video: 256-colour video card (minimum)
  • Sound: sound card, speakers (minimum)
  • Internet: 28.8kbps, 56.6kbps modem (low frame rate video or audio-only streams); hi-speed modems (motion video)
  • Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer™ 4.0 or Netscape® 4.5, or higher, Java-enabled browser.
  • Test your system to see if you have what you need: Click here for system test
WRITTEN MATERIALS:  : Before beginning the webcast, please ensure you have the following material to be used by participants during the webcast. You may already have some of these items, but if not, they may be downloaded from the indicated links.

To follow along with this webcast , you might first want to download the Assessing Early Numeracy document from: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/numeracy/resources.htm
  1. Biography - Heather Kelleher (PDF)
  2. Powerpoint used in webcast (PPT)
  3. Quick Scale Grade 1 Numeracy (PDF)
  4. Separate photocopy of page 61 of Assessing Early Numeracy
  5. Photocopy of pages 55 - 58 of Assessing Early Numeracy (you may wish to have this on an 11x17 sheet to fold in half)
  6. Scissors for each participant
  7. Unifix cubes - about 15 per person
  8. Standard dice, with numbers one through six - about 12 for a group of 4 or 5 participants.
  • Note: To open a PDF you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed. If it is not already present on your computer, you may download it from here.
FEEDBACK:  We would be very glad to hear your comments or questions about the use of this archive. Please contact the professional growth webcasting project via email at: EDUC.LCP@gems5.gov.bc.ca
To begin the webcast, click here!