June 2009
Opportunity for SET-BC students to attend the Olympic or Paralympic Winter games with Historica – Encounters with Canada as student reporters.
SET-BC and 2010 Legacies Now, with support from 3M, have been working with the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) to find Games-time reporting opportunities for SET-BC students who participate in Virtual Voices Village (vvvillage.org). This is an wonderful opportunity for our students.
Read more about the experience and the criteria for participation:
June 2009
Virtual Voices Village would like to congratulate the winners of our Community Reporting Contest. All of the entries were exceptional, and the judges had a difficult time coming to their decisions. All winners and participants will receive official notification, prizes and certificates of participation by mail through their schools.
Once again, thank you all for making this contest a success!
Apr 2009
Encounters with Canada is a Youth program that invites between 120-138 teens from across Canada to meet up in Ottawa. There they learn more about Canada by getting to know the people and languages that make up the country.
Spencer describes his eye opening trip, where he shared stories with many interesting people. As well he had the opportunity to practice his French. Read Spencer's report on his experience with Encounters with Canada.
Read about Aizlyn Auckland featured on Terrace's Local News
"Nothing holds her back Grade 11 student takes advantage of program to help her join school club
AIZLYN AUCKLAND isn’t a typical Grade 11 student.
She does go to Caledonia Senior Secondary and has classes with her peers like other students."
Feb, 2009
CanAssist engineer, Darcy Lane, visited SETBC’s Region 4 (Kootenays) February 16-17, 09 to outfit student reporters Kate and Grace with new media gear. Both girls are now equipped with high quality Sony video cameras mounted to their power chairs, along with protective (and stylish!) umbrellas to shield them and their equipment from the elements. Kate and Grace can easily operate their cameras from a push-button console on their laps. Darcy visited both students in October to assess their needs, and then returned to the University of Victoria campus headquarters to custom build these accessible media systems. Check out the smiles in these photos to see how Kate and Grace feel about their new gear.
Stay tuned to VVV for news about the completion of their next reporting project due the end of May 09!
Funding for the cameras and adaptations was provided by a grant from Ronald McDonald House Charities.
Jan 20, 2009
The Honourable Shirley Bond, Minister of Education celebrated SET-BC’s 20’th anniversary in this video. She mentioned Clayton’s story about his trip to Cathedral Lakes. Way to go Clayton!!!
Oct 9, 2008
In the spring of 2008, the Virtual Voices Village website ran a contest asking BC students with disabilities to design a mascot for the website, and Timmy Technology was the winning entry by Rebecca from Delta BC.
Rebecca’s imagination and sense of humour combined to invent a charming character who is now a resident of Virtual Voices Village. Timmy has all of the attributes we could wish for in a Mascot representing BC students with disabilities.
View Video
July 2008
Frank shares with us the people and places of Egypt, - full of history and unexpected humour!
July 2008
Two crews, the USS Constantinople and the USS Denver, bravely met their challenge of colonizing the planet Marshmallium.
Read more about their adventure on the Teen Tech camp blog.
The campers had a riot as they performed, clapped, told jokes and sang the evening away. Watch these talented presenters in action on the Teen Tech Blog.
June 2008
John from Vancouver is a SET-BC student and BC’s 2008 Champion Child for the Children’s Miracle Network Champions across Canada presented by Wal-Mart. He talks about his experience here for VVV.
June 2008
Rebecca's Entry:
I’d like you to meet a good friend of mine. His name is Timmy Technology. He lives at Virtual Voices Village. Sometimes he really blows my mind because he is so great at using technology to help me out . . .
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Jonathan's Entry:
Mr. Mc Mole is interested in technology (DISLIKE DIGGING!!!) because he can not see well or talk at all. He uses Kurzweil to do typing and to talk around the world . . .
View Entry
May 2008
Students from schools in the lower mainland met at the SET-BC Provincial Centre for a two day “camp”. Students worked in pairs to create a demonstration on an aspect of the program of their choice.
Contest Winners Announcement for "Vancouver 2010" Digital Publishing Contest!April 2008
In the participation category the winners are:
Bronze: Jay - Coquitlam
Silver: Wyatt - Merritt
Gold: Trevor – Campbell River
In the K – 7 category the winners are:
Bronze: Hunter - Vancouver
Silver: Dusty – Millet, Alberta
Gold: John from Vancouver
In the 8 – 12 category the winners are:
Bronze: Ideen - Coquitlam
Silver: Roshni - Burnaby
Gold: Pamela - Victoria
March 11th 2008,
The March 11th Virtual Voices Village / SET-BC / 2010 Legacies Now / 3M Canada official launch event was a great success. We had coverage from three lower mainland TV stations, the Vancouver Sun and Vancouver Province, Metro News and World Journal Chinese Language newspaper. We gratefully acknowledge the support of 2010 Legacies now and 3M Canada. Deacon reports on the event for Virtual Voices Village. Play Video.
March 2008
Deacon interviews Multi-Medalist Donovan Tildesley March 2008
March 2008
Thank you to those who have participated in the "2010 Winter Olympics" contest. The contest is now closed. The winners will be announced soon. Many of the entries are posted. For more information on the contest ciick here.
Vvvillage.org is grateful for the interest shown by the entrants in our Community Writing Contest. The winners are announced here in their respective categories. Congratulations and we look forward to hearing from you again in the next school year.
