Team

Please refer to the core team.

Additional Acknowledgements

Special thanks to the following organizations for their invaluable input:

  • LEARN
  • English Montreal School Board
  • Lester B. Pearson School Board
  • Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
  • RECIT and the English and French Language Arts consultants from the English school boards
  • Teachers and students in our pilot schools: East Hill and Leonardo da Vinci (ESMB), Clearpoint Elementary (LBPSB)

Additional thanks to LEARN, Manitoba Education, and UCLA for permitting us to use their curriculum material and teacher resources.

We would also like to acknowledge the contributors to earlier versions of the software including:

  • Kristopher Alexander — Video Producer
  • Marco Luna Barahona — Video Producer
  • Lindsay Bernath — LTK+ Developer
  • Manuela Bertoni — LTK+ Creative Director
  • Jonathan Cardone — LTK+ Developer
  • Laura Fontil — Masters Student, Concordia University (Quebec)
  • Andrew Gardener — LTK+ Developer
  • Jonathan Harding — LTK+ Developer
  • Caroline Huebner — LTK+ Instructional Designer
  • Catherine LeBel — LTK+ Creative Director
  • Jennifer Phillips — LTK+ Instructional Designer
  • Sébastien Rainville — LTK+ Developer
  • Heather Rogers — Masters Student, McGill University (Quebec)
  • Rachel Scherzer — Masters Student, Concordia University (Quebec)
  • Vladimir Severigne — LTK+ Developer
  • Constanza Silva — Video Producer
  • Antonia Tripa — Video Producer
  • Dr. Vivek Venkatesh — Concordia University (Quebec)
  • Jonathan Wilansky — LTK+ Developer
  • Mimi Zhou — LTK+ Developer

Consultants

  • Shannon Babcock — MELS
  • Maureen Baron — EMSB
  • Sandra Bebbington — MELS
  • Sylwia Bielec — LEARN
  • Raphaella Dixon — LBPSB
  • Dr. Lesley Farmer — University of California (U.S.)
  • Laurie Henry — University of Kentucky (U.S.)
  • Dr. Judith Kantor — University of California (U.S.)
  • Lyne Laganière — MELS
  • Michelle Larose — Manitoba Education
  • Sharon Peters — The Study
  • Cheryl Prokopanko — Manitoba Education
  • Tom Stenzel — LEARN
  • Susan van Gelder — LEARN

Translation

  • Sylwia Bielec — Translator, LEARN
  • Vanitha Pillay — LTK+ Trainer
  • Marie-Claude Plourde — Certified Translator, Binôme

Funders

And finally… thank you to our funders! The development of IS-21 has been made possible by financial contributions from: