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Darren Mitzel
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Passionate about supporting our most diverse and complex learners. Love my family and spending quality time. Taking breaks is a must.
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For part 2 of our Indigenous Focus Day at Maplewood Flats, Erin Levine, Holistic Nutritionist & community educator, offered us a tasting of #IndigenousPlants, including #fiddleheads. Yum! She then guided us through a recipe together! erinlevine.com

#IndigenousEducation #BCEd #WellnessAtWork
May 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Meagan & Darren joined Lael (of POPFASD) at the First Nations Schools Association Conference to share our Provincial Outreach Program info with #IndigenousEducators and leaders from all over BC.

#FNSA #FirstNationsSchoolsAssociation #POPFASD #IndigenousEducation #BCEd
May 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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It's Global Accessibility Awareness Day! Are your digital learning materials providing equitable & meaningful access for all of your students? Check out the how-to guides at arc-bc.org/universal-de... from our @ARC_BC
friends at @PRCVI!

#Accessibility #Inclusion #GAAD2025 #BCEd #ARCBC #PRCVI
May 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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May 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Check out this switch-adapted javelin our team brought to the #SD71 #SpecialTrackMeet this year. It's a leaf blower adapted to launch pool noodles using a PowerLink, All-turn-it spinner & switch! Next wk: a duck catapult!

#AssistiveTech #Accessibility #Inclusion #BCEd #InclusivePhysEd #SwitchAccess
May 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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It's National AccessAbility Week in Canada! There are so many ways to promote #accessibility & #inclusion. In our library we are celebrating authors who have #DiverseAbilities and their books!

#NAAW #InclusiveLearning #GreatReads #BCEd
May 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Can't get enough of the switch-adapted duck catapult our team brought to the #SD71 #SpecialTrackMeet this year! There are so many ways to make things more accessible!

#AssistiveTechnology #Accessibility #Inclusion #InclusiveEducation #InclusivePhysEd #BCEd #NAAW #AssistiveTech
May 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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We love collaborating with our fellow Provincial Outreach Programs! Myra from #POPARD joined Doug and Gary in our studio to prep for a workshop on adapting #LiteracyInstruction.

#Inclusion #Accessibility #ProfessionalLearning #BuildingCapacity #SupportingStudents #BCEd
May 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Here's whole-classroom #inclusion at work! Educator Alanna visited a grade 2/3 class at Confederation Park Elementary, where not only our AAC-using student but the entire class took part in an #AAC lesson on #GridForiPad!

@burnabyschools.bsky.social
@thinksmartbox.bsky.social
#AssistiveTechnology
June 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Tim & Gary visited Thomas Haney Secondary in #MapleRidge, where Rayna shared her typical school day & they captured her success using the Tobii I-13 #EyeGaze system. A SETstory video is in production!

#BCEd #InclusiveClassrooms #AssistiveTechnology #SD42 #TobiiDynavox #ThomasHaneySecondary
June 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Yay! Gary & our educators have been creating MORE helpful "in a minute or so" video tutorials with #Quicktips to help you get started using #AssistiveTech with your students! They're coming soon!!

#Accessibility #SupportingStudents #VideoTutorials #InclusiveClassrooms #Inclusion #BCEd
June 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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It's official! The 2nd annual virtual POPConference is October 24th, 2025! Attend live or watch later. Registration just opened at popcon.ca/register

#BCPOPConference #VirtualConference #SupportingStudents #BCEd #ProvincialOutreachPrograms
June 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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At this year's #BCCAISEConference, we enjoyed meeting with BC #InclusiveEducation leaders to share what we do. We prepared a mini #COREboard for the event. Many thanks to
@TobiiDynavox
for additional resources & #MakersMakingChange for their 3D Print Model files!

#BCCAISE #BCEd
June 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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We've added lots of new "In a Minute or So" videos to our resources! But school's almost out. So, in September, we'll share them here. Can't wait? Visit ow.ly/jUm550Wb7ZJ. Maybe bookmark it. They will grow!

#QuickTips #VideoTutorials #AssistiveTech #TeachingResources #BCEd
June 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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At a recent #MakersMakingChange workshop, we were guided through creating a variety of #Switches, #Joysticks & #Interfaces with our own hands! What an experience! We learned a ton & had a blast! Many thanks to
@makersmakingchange.bsky.social and @neilsquiresociety.bsky.social!

#AssistiveTechnology
June 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Wow! It's already the last day of school?! What a great year we've had filled with learning, planning, pivoting, creating, collaborating, hard work and fun. We'll see you in September for MORE! Until then, have a fantastic Summer!
June 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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We and the other BC #ProvincialOutreachPrograms are gathering virtually in the new school year to bring you #POPConference2025! Hope to see you there! Attend live or watch later. Register now at popcon.ca/register

#BCPOPConference #VirtualConference #SupportingStudents #BCEd
June 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Good morning from Chateau Mouleyre.
July 11, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Thanks #chateaumangot for your hospitality and full wine experience. Pierre was a masterful host.
July 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Nothing beats the small winery experience. #bordeaux #saint-emilion
July 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Les Grandes Murailles, Saint-Émilion
July 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Our educators & specialists travel across beautiful #BritishColumbia to help build capacity using #AssistiveTech in schools. Recently, a duo of our educators - Doug & Maria - visited Alert Bay to work with a class on iPad #accessibility tools.

#BCEd #iOSaccessibility #AssistiveTechnology
April 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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A few of us attended #ATIA2025 in Orlando & had the privilege to connect with & learn from a community of peers who care about #AssistiveTechnology like we do at SET-BC. Much has been shared with the rest of our team!

#ProfessionalLearning #EdTech #SupportingStudents #BCEd
March 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
2013 was our first collaboration with the WHL Vancouver Giants. Watching a hockey game, when a flashmob broke out. youtu.be/IT4qzVWGU8w?... #acceptance #pinkshirtday @vsb39.bsky.social
Acceptance Vancouver Giants Hockey Flash Mob 2013 [Official]
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February 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM