The Upper Canada District School Board has handed out its 2022 Trustee Innovation Awards – and there’s a first, involving a local winner.
The annual awards recognize individuals using innovative teaching and work practices to improve the way education is delivered.
Among those honoured this year is Holden Anderson, a student at Chimo Elementary School.
Holden incorporated music and technology to create an original and entertaining video that is being used in his school and across the board as a math teaching aid.
He is also the very first student to get a Trustee Innovation Award.
Here is the description of his accomplishment from the UCDSB:
Holden Anderson, Student, Chimo Elementary School, Smiths Falls:
Holden Anderson, a student at Chimo Elementary School, incorporated music and technology to create an original and entertaining video that is being utilized in his school and across the district as a math teaching aid.
The topic for the video is algebra and more specifically, the order of how to do brackets, exponents, division, multiplication, addition, and subtraction — BEDMAS for short. The entertaining video is geared towards intermediate and younger students and is available for everyone to use online. In addition to being used as a teaching aid, the video was also presented during the district’s retirement celebration and board celebration evening. Anderson is also the first student to receive a Trustee Innovation Award. Anderson’s ability to connect to what may help students understand the mathematical concept and both his ability to think creatively and innovatively are part of the reasons why he is deserving of this award.
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