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JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com The First Nations School of Toronto’s focus on Aboriginal culture has gotten a lot more interactive thanks to a new initiative that came about thanks to a partnership between the Toronto District School Board, TakingITGlobal and Cisco Canada. The school launched Connected North, a new real-time online connection between the school and remote First Nations communities last Friday with technology donated by Cisco. The partnership will allow for collaborative learning and will link the First Nations School’s students directly with their roots. Cisco has rolled out similar initiatives at other schools, but with the First Nations School now in full swing, Connected
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First Nations School of Toronto students Misko McKay, 12 (left), Brittany Cada, 14, and Sage Myran, 12, display their artwork for TakingITGlobal executive director Jennifer Corriero (right) and a group of students from northwestern Ontario’s Fort Frances High School during the launch of Connected North last week. North made for an ideal fit. Students at the school will now be able to connect directly in real time with elders, Indigenous artists and other First Nations schools across Canada and perhaps even beyond. The school rang in the new initiative by linking up with a class
from Fort Frances High School in northern Ontario for a lesson. The new initiative makes for a powerful teaching tool, said First Nations School of Toronto principal Jonathan Kakegamic. "They can interact with other students in different parts of the country and visually see the oth-
er class and share the lessons," he said. "TakingITGlobal is setting up the connections with the other communities, and our students will really benefit." Kakegamic said each site with which the First Nations School
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