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Page 3, News, Tuesday, November 5 1991 Distance education offers possibility of more programs at L ake Superi Some Students participate in the first ever long distance guided tour of the Art Gallery of Ontario. by Darren MacDonald The News A new program at Lake Superior High School may give students more choice in the number of courses they can take, and may also cut down on the amount of travelling stu- dents have to do between the two campuses. Starting in January, the Schreiber - Terrace Bay branch of Contact North will begin offering high school level courses to LSHS. The courses will operate the same as Contact North's sec- ondary school courses, which makes use of what is known as "distance education". Distance education links teachers by phone line to stu- dents in other locations. The students can hear the teacher through a loudspeaker, and can communicate with the teacher -- and each other -- by using special microphones located in front of them. A high-definition colour television screen is set up in the classroom, and it can be used to Visiting Thunder Shopping? Site Seeing? Fishing? Find comfort at show paintings for an art class, maps for geography, or equa- tions for math. Both teacher and student can draw on the screen using a specially designed pen. The lines are colour coded to identi- fy a particular student, or for whatever other purpose the teacher has in mind. Sheila Kehres, who runs the local Contact North program, says distance education has a much higher success rate than other types of correspondence courses. "We don't usually talk in terms of success rates, but I would say that at least 80 per cent of people who start cours- es here finish them," Kehres says. Unlike other correspondence courses, she says students have more of a sense of really being part of a class. "I think its the interaction with the other students and teachers (that makes this pro- gram successful), Kehres says. "And that the classes are more scheduled." Paradise Motel * Very clean rooms at Budget rates * Close to all major attractions * Variety of family restaurants within one block * Picnic Area "Reservations - phone ahead (807) 475-8628 Bob & Leslie Swan (mgr.) 221 W. Arthur Street (Highway 11 - 17B), Thunder Bay, Ontario P7E 5P7 Contact North equipment has been set up in both the Schreiber and Terrace Bay campuses of LSHS, and a test of the system was conducted in Terrace Bay last Wednesday. A tour guide from the Art Gallery of Ontario conducted what was called the "first ever long distance guided tour of the gallery." In addition to nine students from LSHS, students in Arm- strong, Dryden, Eliot Lake, Kirkland Lake, New Lisgard, Rainy River, Red Lake, Sioux Lookout, Sudbury and Thunder Bay participated in the tour. The first answer given by the Terrace Bay group was a reluc- "By offering courses at both campuses at the same time, we would be making it possible for students to stay where they are, and still take the course." LSHS principal Balan Menon on the possibilities of distance education. BAGDON Lake Superior School Board TRUSTEE * Willing *Dedicated * Committed or High tant "yes", but after an initial hesitation, most students seemed to relax. "It'll take a few more ses- sions before everyone's com- fortable with the technology," says Lois Tobin, Contact North's secondary school liai- son, who travelled from Thun- der Bay to attend the session. "But considering it was everyone's first time, every- thing went fine." "The most important thing is how the students liked it," echoed LSHS principal Balan Menon. "And I have heard that they were quite impressed by og Menon says that distance education offers a way for the high school to expand its cur- riculum. "In a small school, you have to look at different ways of pro- viding the programs the stu- dents need," he says. "We're even looking at the possibility of our offering a course. The math department is looking into offering an OAC calculus course." Menon says that the extent to which LSHS becomes involved in the program depends on what courses Con- tact North plans to offer, and what courses the students want to take. But it's possible that a course held at one campus may be linked to the other using the distance education equipment, Menon says. "The way it is now, if (stu- dents) take period one in Schreiber, they have to stay there for period two and three," he says. "By offering courses at both campuses at the same time, we would be making it possible for students to stay where they are, and still take the course." TBSO in Terr. Bay continued from page 1 Glenn Mossop told crowd. about the music itself. bored." Georges' Bizet, John Williams. Mossop and E.T. tor and Musical Director the Prior to playing a different piece of music, Mossop gave the crowd a bit of back- ground information on it, either about the composer, or "We asked them to keep it fairly light," said Entertain- ment Co-chairperson Theresa Gemmill. "We didn't want anything too long and drag- gy, because I think people get The TBSO played selec- tions by Gioachino Rossini, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Emmanuel Chabrier, Mozart, and American composer described Williams as a "first rate com- poser," and the TBSO pro- ceeded to play selections from the themes of Star Wars APTS. © m a The Agenda will include: Reports of Committees Election of Officers Appointment of Auditor Ministry approval ~ Schreiber Community Credit Union Limited NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING Schreiber Community Credit Union Limited will hold its Annual Meeting Monday, November 18, 1991 at 7:00 p.m. in the Credit Union Office, lower level. Nominations for open positions will be accepted until November 11th, 1991 at 5:00 p.m. Transaction of regular business of the meeting Approval of Purchase & Sale Agreement pending Approval for application of Mortgage Increase Draws will be held, coffee and doughnuts will be served. All members are asked to attend. There will be no mailing of this notice to members. ie J