21st Century Pilots for System Learning, Round 2 (2012-13)
Pilot Titles and Descriptors
District School Board
Algoma DSB & HuronSuperior Catholic DSB
Pilot Contacts
For Algoma DSB:
Marty Stilin, Special Assignment
Teacher – Data IT
stilinm@adsb.on.ca
705-945-7422
For Huron-Superior Catholic DSB:
Lisa Brown, System Teacher-Librarian –
Special Assignment Teacher
Lisa.brown@hscdsb.on.ca
Phone: 705-945-5665
Marty Stilin, K-12 Technology and Data
Management
stilinm@adsb.on.ca
705.945.7111 ext. 10422
Pilot Title
21st Century School Libraries:
Learning Commons and eReaders
Brief Pilot Descriptor
Working with Grades 5 and 6 students, this
project will provide access to e-readers coupled
with effective literacy instruction for increased
student engagement, interest and achievement
(especially evident from reluctant and struggling
readers).
Netbooks…A Gateway to
Improving Learning, Teaching
and Technology Use in the
Junior Division
Algonquin and
Lakeshore Catholic
DSB
Nathan McCready, Supervisor of
Computer Systems
mccready@alcdsb.on.ca
613-354-6257 Ext: 467
Learning Technology Grants
Avon Maitland DSB
Don Pottruff, Project Coordinator,
Overseeing the Organization of release
time, Facilitation, Data collection and
Reporting
donpott@fc.amdsb.ca
519-527-0111 Ext: 138
Paul Hambleton, Assistant to the
Supervisory Officers
paul_hambleton@bwdsb.on.ca
519-363-2014
Explain Everything: 1P Math
from the Classroom to the
Cloud
The focus of this project is to develop and
implement professional development for
teachers of the Junior Division classrooms on the
effective use of Netbooks as an instructional tool
in all curriculum areas.
This project will support the creative use of
diverse technologies using a project model with
teachers and classrooms in elementary schools.
This project is job-embedded and teacherdirected.
Brings to scale 21st Century teaching and learning
gains in Applied Math and student engagement.
Algoma DSB
Bluewater DSB
iPads for Enhanced Learning
Opportunities
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This project explores how the inclusion of tablet
technology in classroom inquiry impacts student
achievement in 30% of the schools in the district.
District School Board
Brant Haldimand
Norfolk Catholic DSB
Pilot Contacts
Brian Englefield, Student Achievement
Consultant: 21st Century Learning
benglefield@bhncdsb.ca
519-756-6505 Ext: 321
Pilot Title
21st Century Learner - Grade
4 to 8 Math Focus
Bruce-Grey Catholic
DSB
Catherine Montreuil, Superintendent of
Education
Catherine_montreuil@bgcdsb.org
519-364-5820 Ext 226
Charlotte Rouleau, Superintendent of
School Effectiveness
charlotte.rouleau@cdsbeo.on.ca
613-933-1720
iPads for closing the gap Independently
Conseil des écoles
publiques de l'Est de
l'Ontario
Rachid El Keurti, Directeur exécutif de
la recherche, de la planification
stratégique et de l’imputabilité
rachid.elkeurti@cepeo.on.ca
613-742-8960 Ext: 2287
School Engagement
Conseil public du
Grand Nord de
l'Ontario
Carole Brouillard-Landry, Directrice des
services pédagogiques
Carole.Brouillard-Landry@cspgno.ca
(705) 671-1533 Ext: 2230
Electronic techno-pedagogical
environment for personalized
learning
Catholic DSB of
Eastern Ontario
Multi-Media for the
Multitudes - Integrating
Technology into Science
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Brief Pilot Descriptor
This project will investigate the role of
technology and collaborative inquiry to improve
teacher practice, increase student engagement
and improve the development of 21st Century
learning skills in Grades 4 – 8 Mathematics.
Through capacity-building and embedding the
use of iPad technology in classroom pedagogy,
this project will explore increased student
achievement in reading, writing & math.
Integrating technology into science is an
opportunity for teachers to work collaboratively
to shift their pedagogical approach to teaching
scientific inquiry. The goals of this project include
an increase in teacher capacity and student
learning and engagement.
This project will assess the impact of new
educational practices and of the use of
Information and Communication Technology on
students’ engagement, Grades 7 to 10. It will
include Implementing the «Developmental
Assessment Approach» and enhance the
student’s skills, work habits and engagement in
order to improve their learning.
By providing teachers with new digital tools with
a focus on improving teaching and learning
practices, this project will seek to improve
student achievement and to encourage student
retention and recruitment. Through the use and
the integration of a variety of digital tools it will
also aim to increase students’ and parents’
engagement.
District School Board
Pilot Contacts
Conseil des écoles
Lisa Filion-Piscopo, directrice adjointe,
catholiques du Centre- Service du soutien à l’apprentissage –
Est
volet apprentissage 21e siècle
filioli@ecolecatholique.ca
613-744-2555, Ext: 3352
Pilot Title
Higher Order Thinking Skills in
a Digital World
Brief Pilot Descriptor
This project will build the capacity of teachers in
the implementation of innovative teaching and
learning practices such as blended learning from
K-12 in order to develop students’ higher level
thinking skills for the 21st century.
Conseil scolaire
catholique de district
des Grandes-Rivières
Nicole Gaudet, Agente de supervision
gaudetn@cscdgr.on.ca
705-267-1421 Ext: 239
Blended Learning Grade 7 & 8
Conseil scolaire
catholique de district
des Grandes-Rivières
Nicole Gaudet, Agente de supervision
gaudetn@cscdgr.on.ca
705-267-1421 Ext: 239
Improve Oral Communication
Using Technology
Conseil scolaire
catholique du Nouvel
Ontario
Micheline Lacoste, conseillère
pédagogique en intégration des
technologies de la maternelle à la 12
année
micheline.lacoste@nouvelon.ca
705 673-5626 Ext: 269
Éric Foisy, Surintendant de l'éducation
foisye@franco-nord.ca
705-472-1701 Ext: 235
Gilles Cuillerier, Accompagnateur en
intégration de la technologie
cuillerg@franco-nord.ca
705-840-9097
It is Much More Than A
Robot!
This project will initiate teachers and provide
training on the integration of technological
resources and tools within their teaching
practices. Collaboration strategies will be applied
to create an environment for teachers to plan
together differentiated teaching practices.
This project will seek to improve students’ oral
communication skills in junior and senior
kindergarten through the use of iPads. Training
will be offered to teachers and specialist
instructors and provide the essential skills they
need to develop different abilities in oral
communication and autonomy for the students
through Google Apps.
This project will integrate robotics and
technology in Junior and Senior kindergarten
classes and assess the impact on students’
success with regard to their personal and social
development. Autistic students will also benefit
from the project.
This project will promote the effective use of
Web-based technology and pedagogical tools to
increase students’ achievement and to
encourage the implementation of differentiated
instruction.
Conseil scolaire
catholique FrancoNord
Effective Use of Web-Based
Techno-Pedagogical Tools for
Learning
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District School Board
Conseil scolaire de
district catholique
Centre-Sud
Pilot Contacts
Serge L Demers, Directeur adjointProgrammation M-12e
sdemers@csdccs.edu.on.ca
Numéro de téléphone: 647-522-5437
Pilot Title
Longitudinale Research:
Blended Learning in
Numeracy at the Intermediate
Level
Conseil scolaire de
district catholique de
l'Est ontarien
Marius Bourgeois, coordonnateur
responsable de l’apprentissage au 21e
siecle bourmu@csdceo.on.ca
613-675-4691 Ext:209
Marius Bourgeois, coordonnateur
responsable de l’apprentissage au 21e
siecle
bourmu@csdceo.on.ca
1-800-204-4098/ 613-675-4691 Ext:209
Transform the Classroom
Through Innovative Teaching
Practices
Conseil scolaire de
district catholique des
Aurores boréales
Mona Caruana, Coordonnatrice de la
technopédagogie
mcaruana@csdcab.on.ca
807-343-4065
«United to Succeed» in
Writing
Conseil scolaire public
du Nord-Est de
l`Ontario
Simon Fecteau, Surintendant adjoint
Simon.fecteau@cspne.ca
705-264-1119 Ext: 227
Technology Supporting
Learning
Conseil scolaire de
district des écoles
catholiques du SudOuest
Yves Mainville, Coordonnateur de la
technopédagogie
mainyves@csdecso.on.ca
519-359-0000
A Training and Supporting
Model: Increasing
Technopedagogical Capacity
in CSDÉCSO Schools
Conseil scolaire de
district catholique de
l'Est ontarien
Cloud-based Learning
Environments (D2L / Google
Apps)
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Brief Pilot Descriptor
This project will Implement blended learning in
Grades 7 and 8 in order to reduce achieving gaps
in numeracy and to promote subject integration.
More training and professional development will
be offered to develop teachers’ skills.
Using the 5 guiding principles of the study «What
did you learn in school today?», this project will
support Grades 6 and 7 teachers in developing
their skills to implement 21st century classrooms.
This project will assess the impact of digital tools
on students’ engagement and achievement.
Intermediate and secondary level teachers will
use the D2L platform and Google Apps to plan,
share and collaborate while learning on the use
of these tools with students.
This project seeks to increase collaboration
between Grade 5 to 8 students from different
schools in order to improve written
communication skills based on authentic texts
and significant situations by using Information
and Communication Technology.
This project will examine the viability of having
secondary level students bring their own devices
(BYOD) to assess the effect of technology use on
student engagement, autonomy, initiative, selfregulation and learning.
This project will implement a training model that
aims to develop teachers’ skills and abilities to
integrate technology in teaching and learning
practices. Professional learning communities
centered around teachers’ knowledge and skills
with regard to the pedagogical use of digital tools
will be included in the methodology.
District School Board
Conseil scolaire
Viamonde
Pilot Contacts
Anik Gagnon, Adjointe à la
surintendance
gagnona@CSViamonde.ca
905-637-3940
Pilot Title
Improve Teaching and
Learning Practices Through
the Use of Technology
DSB Niagara
Dino Miele, Chief Information Officer
dino.miele@dsbn.org
905-641-1550
Scaling Grade 9 Math
Innovation Beyond the Early
Adopters
DSB Niagara
Dino Miele, Chief Information Officer
dino.miele@dsbn.org
905-641-1550
DSB Ontario North
East
Linda Knight, Director of Education.
linda.knight@dsb1.edu.on.ca
705-360-7689
Key Success Factors in
Providing Effective,
Differentiated Online Math
Homework Support for Grade
11 and 12 Students
Improving Student Learning
Through the Use of
Technology
Dufferin-Peel Catholic
DSB
Joanna Boudreau, Student Success
Leader – Principal
905 890 0708 x24327
Joanna.boudreau@dpcdsb.org
Andy Kwiecien, Academic Coordinator
for Technology Based Learning.
andy.kwiecien@dpcdsb.org
Targeting the Grade 7 and 8
Levels to Study the Impact of
Blended Learning
Environments in Science,
Math and Language Arts
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Brief Pilot Descriptor
Developing teachers' skills in using technology
and innovative teaching practices through
collaboration, co-planning and sharing between
them is the core focus of this project. It is
anticipated that this professional learning
approach will promote the use of the
differentiated instruction and the integration of a
variety of digital resources.
This project builds on the 2011-12 work of an
evidence-based professional learning protocol
that resulted in increased teacher ability to
integrate technology into grade 9 Applied and
Academic Math. By increasing the scope of this
professional learning model, this project will
inform a scalable and sustainable professional
learning district plan.
Brings to scale “just in time”, personalized
learning that supports Math homework,
engagement and achievement.
With a focus on writing, reading and
mathematics, this project investigates the use of
technology (iPads) as an instructional aid to
increase student achievement.
This project expands the Ministry’s blended
learning initiative into the elementary panel for
Science, Math and Language Arts teachers.
District School Board
Durham Catholic DSB
Pilot Contacts
Lynn Jeffs, Consultant for ICT and
Science K – 12
lynn.jeffs@dcdsb.ca
905-576-6150 Ext: 2245
Pilot Title
Developing iPadegogy
Durham Catholic DSB
Michele Faux, eLearning Contact
Michele.Faux@dcdsb.ca
(905) 576-6150 x2750
i-Triple A: Improving Attitude
and Achievement in the
Applied i-Science Classroom
Durham DSB
Tim Ralph, Technology Officer, Program
Services Department
tim_ralph@durham.edu.on.ca
905‐666‐6303
Grand Erie DSB
Lynda Kilpatrick, Teacher Consultant,
Information Technology
519-754-1606 ext. 287208
Lynda.kilpatrick@granderie.ca
Brenda Blancher, Superintendent of
Education
brenda.blancher@granderie.ca
519-756-6309 Ext: 281153
DDSB Digital Campus:
Enabling Cloud Resources and
Learning Opportunities
through Google Apps for
Education
Technology and Pedagogy
Tipping Point: Achieving a
Paradigm Shift That
Transforms Teacher Practice
Greater Essex County
DSB
Chris Knight, Teacher Consultant
chris.knight@gecdsb.on.ca
519-255-3200 Ext: 10354 or Cell: 519981-1650
The Impact of Tablet and
Mobile Technology in the
Elementary Classroom
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Brief Pilot Descriptor
Through this project, teachers support each
other in a collaborative inquiry as they discover
how iPads can be used to allow students to
capture, develop and publish their learning in
creative, engaging and multi-dimensional ways in
elementary schools.
This project investigates the improvement of
student engagement and achievement when
integrating online resources with lesson plans
and assessment in Grade 10 Applied Science.
Brings to scale a collaborative working
environment and virtual learning space for device
agnostic connections to teaching and learning
resources.
The focus of this project is twofold: one is to
evaluate the Grand Erie District School Board’s 5
year initiative to integrate technology into every
classroom by measuring short term knowledge &
skills outcomes and intermediate term beliefs
and behaviour, specifically, transformed teacher
practice outcomes. Secondly, it seeks to learn
from teachers what supports they need and what
barriers they face in shifting their practice to
seeing and using technology through a
pedagogical lens (Grades 5-8, Junior and
Intermediate self-contained Special Education
classrooms and Secondary Math and Canadian
and World Studies).
This project will explore the impact of the skilful
use of tablet (iPads) and mobile technologies on
students’ cognitive learning needs in JK to Grade
8.
District School Board
Greater Essex County
DSB
Pilot Contacts
Chris Knight, Teacher Consultant
chris.knight@gecdsb.on.ca
519-255-3200 Ext:10354
Cell: 519-981-1650
Sonia Ellison, Curriculum Coordinator.
ellisons@hcdsb.org
905-632-6300 Ext: 206
Pilot Title
Building Capacity and
Opportunity for our Formal
and Informal School Leaders
Halton DSB
Grant Davidson and Jeff Catania,
Instructional Coordinators, School
Programs Department.
davidsong@hdsb.ca
cataniaj@hdsb.ca
905-631-6120 Ext: 454
Bring I.T.!
Halton DSB
Grant Davidson and Jeff Catania,
Instructional Coordinators, School
Programs Department.
davidsong@hdsb.ca
cataniaj@hdsb.ca
905-631-6120 Ext: 454
David Hansen, Assistant
Superintendent of Education: ICT
hansend@hwcdsb.ca
905-525-2930 Ext: 2960
Jared Bennett, 21st Century Learning
Consultant
Jared.bennett@hwdsb.on.ca
905-527-5092
Enhancing Learning through
Cloud-Based Learning
Environments
Halton Catholic DSB
Hamilton Wentworth
Catholic DSB
Hamilton Wentworth
DSB
Blended Learning in the
Classroom
Bring Your Own Device
(BYOD): Supporting the
Development of the Learning
Commons
Integrating a Blend of Board
and Ministry Provisioned
Tools: Creating Easy Access to
a Broad Spectrum of
Resources
Peter Joshua, Superintendent
peter.joshua@hwdsb.on.ca
289 237 8655
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Brief Pilot Descriptor
Brings to scale increased leadership capacity for
formal and informal school leaders to promote
the effective use of technology for teaching and
learning.
Using the Ministry’s blended learning resources
this project will explore the conditions for
success in blended learning environments across
grades and the curriculum.
This project will support job-embedded inquiry
involving groups of teachers from multiple
schools in co-planning, co-teaching and reflecting
on lessons involving personal technology. It will
focus on student learning and engagement to
determine which Bring I.T.! strategies are most
effective for various subject areas and purposes.
Brings to scale cloud-computing to support
collaboration, feedback and knowledge
management for students and staff.
Brings to scale a BYOD strategy for teaching and
learning within and beyond the walls of the
school.
This project will seek to provide teachers and
students with equitable, centralized access to
board and Ministry-provisioned tools. This rich
and authentic learning environment will lead to
increased teacher adoption, student engagement
and achievement.
District School Board
Hastings and Prince
Edward DSB
Pilot Contacts
Amanda Allison, DeLC/eLC
aallison@hpedsb.on.ca
Therese McMahon, Literacy
Coordinator
tmcmahon@hpedsb.on.ca
Tammy Billen, Numeracy Coordinator
tbillen@hpedsb.on.ca
613-966-1170 Ext 2113
Sean McDadse, Learning Coordinator
sean_mcdade@hpcdsb.edu.on.ca
519-245-2440
Pilot Title
"Inquired and Wired!" Inquiring about Blended
Learning, K-12
Huron-Superior
Catholic DSB
Toni Nanne-Little, Superintendent of
Education/Student Success Lead
toni.nannelittle@hscdsb.on.ca
705-945-5411
Kawartha Pine Ridge
DSB
Tanys Howell Principal of Student
Success
tanys_howell@kprdsb.ca
705-742-9773 Ext: 3124
Teaching and Learning in the
21st Century - Pragmatic
implementation of a Learning
Management System /
Blended Learning
Electronic Portfolios in the
Grade 10 Careers and
Cooperative Education
Programs
Huron-Perth Catholic
DSB
Brief Pilot Descriptor
This project applies a teacher inquiry approach to
identifying student learning needs. Teachers
learn to leverage the provincial Learning
Management System (LMS) and blended learning
strategies to enrich the learning environment
and develop 21st Century learning skills, and offer
differentiated learning in secondary and
elementary schools.
Learning for Life: Developing a This project focuses on creating a personal
Personal Learning Network
learning network using the provincial LMS,
with Grade Eight Students
OSAPAC/Board software, web 2.0 tools and
personal electronic devices for Grade 8 students.
Through technology, students will be learning
21st Century skills at school, on the bus, and at
home, enabling anytime, anywhere learning.
With the creation of personal learning networks,
the goal is to allow students in rural areas who
have long bus rides to and from school to be able
to mobilize their learning while they are in transit
– taking the first step to realizing that a learn
anytime, anywhere world awaits them.
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The focus of this project is to increase use of the
Ministry provided Learning Management System
/ Blended Learning by educators, students and
parents in secondary schools and Grades 6-8
elementary classrooms.
This project focuses on the use of the e-portfolio
tool contained within the provincial Learning
Management System for use in instruction and
assessment in Careers and Cooperative
Education programs.
District School Board
Keewatin Patricia DSB
Pilot Contacts
Scott Urquhart, Supervising Principal,
Student Success Leader
scott.urquhart@kpdsb.on.ca
807-223-5311 Ext: 299
Pilot Title
Improving an Integrated
Assessment Based
Instruction Model with 21C
Technology
Keewatin Patricia DSB
Scott Urquhart, Supervising Principal,
Student Success Leader
scott.urquhart@kpdsb.on.ca
807-223-5311 Ext: 299
Mary Cunningham, Superintendent of
Instructional Services
mcunningham@kcdsb.on.ca
807-468-9851
Building a 21C Learning
Organization
Kenora Catholic DSB
Lambton Kent DSB
Joy Badder, Superintendent of Student
Achievement – Elementary
badderjo@lkdsb.net
519-336-1530 ext. 31263
Lakehead DSB
Gino Russo, IT & eLearning Resource
Teacher
gino_russo@lakeheadschools.ca
807 625 5115
The Innovative Technology
Teacher (ITT): Putting
Pedagogy First
Brief Pilot Descriptor
The focus of this project is to further the learning
about, and develop instructional precision using
21st Century technology to enhance the
assessment based instruction model that is part
of the Board Improvement Plan and School
Improvement Plan.
Brings to scale leadership and learning for all
leaders and teachers.
This project investigates the impact of part-time
designated innovative technology teachers (ITTs)
working with classroom teachers to promote
effective pedagogy while working to integrate
learning technologies. This targeted professional
support will provide assistance to teachers as
they change instructional practices when using
technology.
Engaging Students Through
This project uses wireless technology (with an
Equitable Distribution of
iPad) within the school and home environment, as
Technology
a tool to plan, develop and deliver curriculum in a
one-to-one model with staff and students. It
involvesw teachers working as a team to plan a
continuum of instruction, authentic learning
experiences & assessment, Grades 6-8 Numeracy.
IT Champions This project continues to encourage innovative
Communication, Collaboration teaching practices by expanding growth through
and Driving Innovative
involvement in a professional learning
Teaching Practice
community. It will support the creation of a new
teacher role (IT Champion) at each school. IT
Champions will be a voluntary role and will be
coordinated and supported through the Board’s
Instructional Services department.
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District School Board
Limestone DSB
Pilot Contacts
Wayne Toms, Manager ITS
tomsw@limestone.on.ca
613 544 6925 x249
Mark Ryan, District Assistive
Technology Resource Teacher
ryanma@limestone.on.ca
(613) 542-9871 Ext. 270
Vince MacDonald, Supervisory Officer Program Department
vmacdonald@office.ldcsb.on.ca
519-663-2088 Ext. 42402
Pilot Title
Non-Verbal Student Support
Brief Pilot Descriptor
This project develops effective practices and
supports for non-verbal students while
developing the capacity of speech and language
clinicians and support staff.
Collaborative Inquiry for 21st
Century Fluencies: Teacher's
Use of Instructional Strategies
with Assistive Technologies
London District
Catholic School Board
Vince MacDonald, Supervisory Officer Program Department
vmacdonald@office.ldcsb.on.ca
519-670-1333 Ext. 42402
e-Portfolios and Blended
Learning: Collaborative
Inquiry for 21st Century
Fluencies and the Assessment,
Evaluation of Student
Learning
Near North DSB
Christopher Walkling, Educational
Technology Coordinator
Christopher.Walkling@nearnorthschool
s.ca
705-472-8170 Ext.5066
Blended Learning to Facilitate
Diagnostic Assessment and
Differentiated Instruction in
Mathematics
The focus of this collaborative inquiry project is
to provide teachers and educational assistants in
the Primary and Junior panels with the
opportunity to investigate the successes and
challenges of implementing assistive
technologies. The goal of the project is to
provide both classroom teachers and resource
teachers with the opportunity to share
professional practices through collaborative
inquiry to support the effective use of assistive
devices with students identified as exceptional.
The focus of this project is to identify successful
practices for the assessment and evaluation of
student learning using e-Portfolios. The London
DCSB is committed to implementing e-Portfolios
in accordance with a focus on blended learning
and e-Community and the Ontario Learning
Management System. Teacher use of ePortfolios will provide an integrated structure to
host student artefacts.
This project extends work from the 2011-2012
21st Century Pilot for System Learning to all grade
9 applied math classrooms in the District. It
supports blended learning instructional practice
and applied diagnostic assessment using the
Provincial LMS. Beyond the use of diagnostic
quizzes, teachers will be challenged to
London District
Catholic School Board
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District School Board
Near North DSB
Pilot Contacts
Christopher
Walkling, Educational Technology
Coordinator
Pilot Title
Near North 21: Building a
Digital Age Learning Culture
Christopher.Walkling@nearnorthschools.ca
Niagara Catholic DSB
705-472-8170 Ext.5066
Mark Di Tomasso, eLearning Consultant
mark.ditomasso@ncdsb.com
905 735 0240 Ext: 130
Access, Engagement and
Student Learning Using Digital
Textbooks
Nipissing-Parry Sound
Catholic DSB
Paula Mann, Superintendent of
Education
mannp@npsc.ca
705-472-1201 Ext: 2271
Learning for All: Making it
Differentiated and Personal
Northeastern Catholic
DSB
Ron St. Louis, Superintendent of
Education
rstlouis@ncdsb.on.ca
705-268-7443
Re-Engaging and Keeping
Students Who Left the System
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Brief Pilot Descriptor
differentiate diagnostic instruments. The
discussion tool will be used to facilitate
meaningful, relevant, inquiry-based math
problems.
Brings to scale by examining and measuring the
effectiveness of leadership capacity building
initiatives designed to improve teacher
leadership.
This pilot attempts to validate that student
success can be increased when a digital textbook
is used in lieu of a standard traditional textbook
due to increased access, adaptability of the
textbook for educators and students and the
ability to focus attention using highlighting and
bookmarks. This project also attempts to verify
whether student self-learning improves.
Cross-panel school and classroom projects will
explore effective instructional practices and the
role that mobile technologies serve in providing
personalized and differentiated learning to
support the engagement and success of all
students, particularly those with special needs.
This project focuses on students who have left
the system prior to graduation, with a focus on
Aboriginal students. It will utilize technology to
re-engage these youth with interesting and
dynamic teaching strategies that tailor the
instruction to meet the needs of the individual
student. The inquiry focuses on how technology
can support and drive innovative teaching
practice offering personalized learning that
enhances and improves student re-engagement
with the ultimate goal of obtaining a high school
District School Board
Northwest Catholic
DSB
Ottawa-Carelton DSB
Pilot Contacts
Mike Belluz, MISA Data Coordinator
mbelluz@tncdsb.on.ca
807-274-2931 Ext: 1230
Andrew Parent, ICT Consultant
andrew.parent@ocdsb.ca
613-596-8211 x8754
Ottawa Catholic DSB
Rob Long, Coordinator - Learning
Technologies
Robert.long@ocsb.ca
613-224-4455 Ext: 2522
Ottawa Catholic DSB
Rob Long, Coordinator - Learning
Technologies
Robert.long@ocsb.ca
613-224-4455 Ext: 2522
Peel DSB
Patrick McQuade, Instructional
Coordinator – Instructional
Technologies
Patrick.mcquade@peelsb.com
905-890-1010 Ext: 2138
Pilot Title
iPads in Education - Teaching
and Learning in a Digital
World
Developing an Inquiry-Based
Science Classroom, Supported
by Personal and Mobile
Technology and Digital
Resources to Enhance Student
Engagement & Achievement
Inquiry Learning and Teacher
Collaboration – The Impact of
Mobile Devices and Digital
Resources on Teaching
Practice, Student Engagement
and Student Achievement
From Library to Learning
Commons – Evaluating the
Impact of Changes in Learning
Spaces and the Provision of
Digital Resources on the
Acquisition of 21st Century
Learning Skills
iRecord: capturing reading
records with the iPad
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Brief Pilot Descriptor
diploma.
This project examines the possible impacts of
tablet technology in classrooms.
This project investigates the use of mobile
technology (laptops, tablets, and BYOD devices)
as transformation tools in establishing an inquirybased classroom in grade 9 and 10 science, and
its impact on student engagement, achievement
and credit retention.
Teachers are invited to apply to participate in a
collaborative inquiry learning project. The
inquiry question is framed using the Catholic
professional learning cycle (envision/plan,
act/sow, observe/nurture, reflect/discern) and
undertaken with the intent of improving
professional practice and student achievement
through the use of digital teaching resources.
Brings to scale traditional models of school
library to 21st Century Learning Commons
including implementation of e-resources, edevices, space and plant considerations and
system sustainability strategies.
Peel has made a commitment to using PM
Benchmarks from K-Grade 2 for leading indicator
data. The creation and use of an iRecord App will
facilitate the collection of data and offer
seamless integration of assessment with student
performance, ensuring that data is stored in a
single location.
District School Board
Pilot Contacts
Pilot Title
Brief Pilot Descriptor
Peel DSB
Patrick McQuade, Instructional
Coordinator – Instructional Technology
Patrick.mcquade@peelsb.com
905-890-1010 Ext: 2138
iAssess - Using the iPad as an
Effective Tool for Organizing
and Collecting a Variety of
Differentiated Assessment
Evidence
Peterborough Victoria
Northumberland &
Clarington CDSB
Jonathan Bibby, Superintendent of
Schools and Learning Support Services
jbibby@pvnccdsb.on.ca
705-748-4861 Ext: 226
ICT - Interpret, Create and
Talk about Math
Provincial Schools
Natalie Vader, Resource Consultant
Natalie.vader@ontario.ca
613-967-2830
iPod / iPad Project
Rainbow DSB
Judy Noble, Student Success Leader
noblej@rainbowschools.ca
705-523-3308 Ext: 8226
Blending Engagement and
Assessment: Benefitting
Students by Bringing
Technologically Innovative
Practices to the Mathematics
Classroom
This project uses the iPad to support assessment
of, as and for learning through the collection and
triangulation of data. The project will create an
iPad assessment app. The app will allow teachers
to capture evidence of student data from a
variety of sources (observations, conversations
and products).
This project allows teachers to incorporate
handheld devices into mathematics instructional
strategies (three-part lesson, Bansho, Gallery
walk etc..) and facilitate the collaboration
inherent in these strategies through the sharing
of 4-5 handheld devices in each class. Providing
students with the tools to differentiate learning
and to interpret, represent and communicate
with their peers and share possible solutions and
strategies will improve student engagement, selfefficacy and the ability to solve problems.
This project builds on the 2011-2012 focus and
builds capacity for personal technology use for
students (specifically iPads and iPods) in the
classroom to support learning. This will be
achieved by making technology available to
teachers and identifying the support they require
to feel confident in using these devices for
classroom instruction.
This project is informed and builds on the Near
North 2011-2012 Pilot for System Learning. It
incorporates a wider stratum of assessment
strategies from grades 7 to 10. Teachers will be
supported as they utilize and/or develop a broad
range of responses to the results of student
assessment FOR learning data.
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District School Board
Pilot Contacts
Pilot Title
Rainy River
Kevin Knutsen, Principal of School
Support Services
kknutsen@mail.rrdsb.com
807-274-9855
Teaching and Learning in a
Digital World
Renfrew County
Catholic DSB
Jaimie Perry, Superintendent of
Education, jperry@rccdsb.edu.on.ca
613-735-1031
Tablet Technology and the
Collaborative Classroom
Renfrew County DSB
Stephen Blok, Instructional Technology
Leader
bloks@renfrew.edu.on.ca
613-433-2012
iPossibilities: Supporting
Inclusion, Engagement and
Achievement for Students
With Learning Disabilities.
Simcoe County DSB
John Dance, Superintendent of Facility
Services
jdance@scdsb.on.ca
705-734-6363
Minds on to Action
Simcoe Muskoka
Catholic DSB
Mary Puopolo, Superintendent of
Schools, Secondary
mpuopolo@smcdsb.on.ca
Digital Citizenship and
Learning in the Cloud
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Brief Pilot Descriptor
This project investigates the role of digital
resources (such as Premier Tools, Clicker 5) and
applications on mobile digital devices that are
integrated into classrooms through a job
embedded model, then students will become
more engaged due to increased independence.
This project supports grade 8 teachers in a
meaningful collaboration about how to
effectively utilize tablet technology in the
classroom and build student conceptual
understanding for becoming increasingly selfdetermined, critical thinkers.
Connecting with the philosophies of Education
for All and Learning for All, this project will
develop teacher capacity for the effective use of
assistive technologies, specifically iPads and
iPods, for students with learning disabilities.
As an extension of our Minds on Media from last
year, the focus is on teachers as leaders in their
classrooms. A core of teachers across the District
are currently using innovative teaching practices
embedding technology in the classroom. This
pilot will build teacher capacity by using a Minds
on Media professional learning cycle at regional
forums. Teachers will explore various
technologies and the successes/challenges of
implementation in classrooms. The goal will be
to have a hub of expertise in every region to
further support job-embedded learning.
Brings to scale improved student writing and
improved attitudes towards writing and learning
supported by a cloud-based environment
District School Board
St. Clair Catholic DSB
Pilot Contacts
705.722.3555
Deb Crawford, Superintendent of
Education
deb.crawford@st-clair.net
519-627-6762 Ext 242
Pilot Title
Brief Pilot Descriptor
AT and it's Impact on Students
Working Towards the
Provincial Standard
The goals of this project are to build student and
teacher capacity regarding the best practice for
the integration of assistive technology into the
curriculum through collaborative inquiry.
Increasing student achievement in literacy at the
grade 5 and 6 levels using assistive technologies
and creating a network of Program Resource
teachers and classroom teachers who have
developed expertise in the integration of
assistive technology at their schools are targeted
goals.
This project involves embedding technology in an
early learning environment. A two pronged
approach focussing on teachers and students
includes: for teachers using technology as a tool
to document student learning and communicate
the learning to all stakeholders; and, for students
using technology to increase engagement in
inquiry and play-based activities, increase
interest and participation in social situations and
increase verbal fluency.
This project builds capacity for the effective daily
use of the provincial Learning Management
System (LMS) among teachers and
administrators.
Sudbury Catholic DSB
Nicole Snow, Superintendent
snown@scdsb.edu.on.ca
705-673-5620 Ext:212
Technology and Early
Learning
Superior-Greenstone
DSB
Donna Fry, Secondary Principal, DeLC
(District eLearing Contact)
dfry@sgdsb.on.ca
(807) 886-2201 Ext: 24
Superior-North
Catholic DSB
Katie Maenpaa, eLearning Contact /
District eLearning Contact (eLC/DeLC)
kmaenpaa@sncdsb.on.ca
807-824-2553
Gidget Davidson, Learning Technologies
Coordinator
519 452 2000 ext.20015
Best Practices in Online
Learning: Leveraging the LMS
to Increase Student
Engagement and
Achievement
Blended Learning: Building
Capacity in Our Educators
Thames Valley DSB
Signature Learning
Experiences for the 21st
Century Learner
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This project continues to build teacher capacity
for the effective use of the Ministry Blended
Learning approach.
This project focuses on providing teachers with
professional learning and hands-on experiences
that embed the use of a variety of technology
District School Board
Pilot Contacts
g.davidson@tvdsb.on.ca
Thunder Bay Catholic
DSB
Charlene Cavanagh, Coordinator of
Elementary Programs
ccavaganag@tbcdsb.on.ca
807-625-1584
Cindy Carr, e-Learning Contact
ccarr@tbcdsb.on.ca
807-625-1542
Educating for the Future Preparing for the World
Thunder Bay Catholic
DSB
Charlene Cavanagh, Coordinator of
Elementary Programs
ccavaganag@tbcdsb.on.ca
807-625-1584
Cindy Carr, E-Learning Contact
ccarr@tbcdsb.on.ca
807-625-1542
Gen Ling Chang, Chief Academic Officer
– Teaching and Learning
GenLing.Chang@tdsb.on.ca
416-394-3934
Jeff Hainbuch, Superintendent of
Education WR3 Family of Schools
jeff.hainbuch@tdsb.on.ca
416-394-3934
Leading for the Future Preparing for the World
Toronto DSB
Pilot Title
Developing a Model of eLearning and Innovative
Pedagogy: Teachers as
Designers of Problem-based
Learning with Technology
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Brief Pilot Descriptor
tools, within the context of the curriculum
expectations, differentiation (voice and choice)
and authentic challenges to provide “signature
learning experiences” for students in the 21st
Century classroom.
This project provides a fully integrated
collaborative community of learners focusing on
the instructional core and supporting 21st
Century learning outcomes. Through the use of
web 2.0 collaborative and knowledge-building
tools, teachers will investigate exemplary
Mathematics resources to support their work
and grow as professionals.
Brings to scale leadership development that
enables all leaders to initiate, sustain and build
capacity for new pedagogical practices
This project seeks to: develop a blended learning
environment that consists of synchronous,
asynchronous and job-embedded learning as the
architecture within which educators from 3 levels
of the system – classroom, school and district
learn together as professional learning
communities engaged in one of three areas of
inquiry; gain pedagogical understanding of how
technology changes teaching practice when
educators use technology as tools to connect
students’ inside and outside school learning as
part of challenging and compelling problembased learning; and, understand how technology
can be strategically used as a key lever in scaling
District School Board
Pilot Contacts
Pilot Title
Toronto Catholic DSB
Lori DiMarco, Superintendent of 21st
Century Learning and AICT
lori.dimarco@tcdsb.org
416-222-8282 Ext.2641
The NeXt Teacher Project
Toronto Catholic DSB
Lori DiMarco, Superintendent of 21st
Century Learning and AICT
lori.dimarco@tcdsb.org
416-222-8282 Ext.2641
Dianna Scates, Superintendent
d.scates@tldsb.on.ca
705-878-6894
The NeXt Administrator
Project
Rory Grant, eLearning Contact
rory.grant@ucdsb.on.ca
613-330-6244
Matthew Robinson, VP of eLearning
matthew.robinson@ucdsb.on.ca
613-340-0037
Bill MacKenzie
Information and Communications
Technology Consultant
Bill.MacKenzie@ugdsb.on.ca
519 831 1102
Bill MacKenzie
Information and Communications
Technology Support Consultant
Bill.MacKenzie@ugdsb.on.ca
519 831 1102
Sound Assessment in the
Blended Learning
Environment: A collaborative
Inquiry
Trillium Lakelands DSB
Upper Canada DSB
Upper Grand
Upper Grand
Innovation and Inquiry
Projects Using Technology
Brief Pilot Descriptor
improvement.
This board-wide project seeks to establish a
common language that informs and inspires
innovation through a 21st Century lens. Project
NeXt is a road map and vehicle designed to help
educate the NeXt generation of students.
Brings to scale leadership programs tailored for
all administrators to build 21st Century selfsustaining teaching and learning capacity
This project has been established to support
innovation and inquiry in the use of technology in
K-12 classrooms. Teachers will be invited to
submit applications for financial support to
further their innovative teaching practice and
inquiry projects.
This project is designed to couple collaborative
inquiry with the blended learning model such
that teachers can collaborate to improve
assessment practices in blended learning
context.
Building A Digital Walled
Garden
Brings to scale the opportunities that digital
textbooks provide to engage students in learning,
including exploring technical challenges and
budgetary implications
Exploring Blended Learning in
the Cloud
Brings to scale cloud-computing to support
timely and immediate feedback for all students
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District School Board
Pilot Title
Brief Pilot Descriptor
Waterloo Catholic DSB Patrick Eby, 21st Century Learning
Consultant
patrick.eby@wcdsb.ca
519-578-3660 Ext.2331
Teacher Development
Through the Use of Interactive
Whiteboard Technology
(continued)
Waterloo Region DSB
Mark Harper, Superintendent of
Learning Services
mark_harper@wrdsb.on.ca
519-570-0003 Ext: 4205
Future Forums Project
Waterloo Region DSB
Mark Harper, Superintendent of
Learning Services
mark_harper@wrdsb.on.ca
519-570-0003 Ext: 4205
Mary Beth McCuen, Coordinator of
Student Support Services
mtersignimccuen@wellingtoncdsb.ca
519-830-9071
Scalability of Future Forums
Project – Development of a
Digital Learning Strategy
The focus of this project is based within the
innovative teaching practice, and this project will
support working with teachers using release time
to refine their teaching practice to integrate 21st
Century fluencies and skills within their everyday
teaching using both interactive projectors and
software.
This cross curricular inquiry-based project uses a
variety of technology tools and requires students
and teachers to work collaboratively across
schools to address key curricular expectations in
Civics, English and Careers. As well, students
develop a sense of efficacy that leads to
improved student achievement and engagement.
Brings to scale leadership strategies for
integrated, curriculum-based teaching and
learning
Mary Beth McCuen, Coordinator of
Student Support Services
mtersignimccuen@wellingtoncdsb.ca
519-830-9071
Joe Sisco, e-Learning Contact
joe_sisco@wecdsb.on.ca
(519) 253-2481
Assistive Technology Coach
Wellington Catholic
DSB
Wellington Catholic
DSB
Windsor Essex
Catholic DSB
Pilot Contacts
Bridging the Gap for Students
with Learning Disabilities
Learning with Tools2Go Google Applications for
Education in the WECDSB
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The goal of this project is to increase the
effective use of assistive technology across the
District. The project focuses on teacher
understanding of the student needs addressed by
assistive technology and teacher ability to
support student use of over 400 SEA laptops in
the District.
Brings to scale professional learning and coaching
for teachers in the area of Special Education
assistive technology.
Brings to scale collaboration in a cloud-based
environment to improve learning and increased
student achievement.
District School Board
York Catholic DSB
York Region DSB
Pilot Contacts
Brian Arruda, ICT Program Consultant;
brian.arruda@ycdsb.ca
416-221-5051 Ext. 13044
Todd Wright, Curriculum Administrator
– ICT
todd.wright@yrdsb.edu.on.ca
905-727-0022 Ext: 3373
Pilot Title
Destination Reading
Enhancing Learning through
Cloud-Based Learning
Environments
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Brief Pilot Descriptor
This project seeks to improve literacy skills in
early years by offering approaches that
differentiate learning.
Brings to scale cloud learning spaces for
collaboration and knowledge building for
teachers and students.