Where are we going?
1. What will our schools look like in 1, 2, 5, 10 years?
1. Identify some of the trends and challenges?
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Evolution - Cannot flick a switch
1. What is RVS currently doing to create these
environments?
The View from 50 000 feet
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Learning occurs
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place
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Delivering Information……facilitating learning
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1Year and Less
◦ Cloud Computing
◦ Collaborative Environments
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2-3 Years
◦ Game Based Learning
◦ Mobiles
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3-5 Years Out
◦ Augmented Reality
◦ Flexible Displays
Great PL Activity -Invite me out for a 1 Hour Session
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Student owned, Personally owned….devices
Creating the ability for students to bring in
their own devices.
◦ Wireless access
◦ Bandwidth, storage increased
◦ Laptops, Whiteboards, Projectors
◦ Web Based Applications
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Personal owned, student owned devices…
1 to 1 Laptop
◦ Spingbank High School – pilot
◦ 3 More High Schools Possible
◦ Middle Schools asking for support
 Working with the community
 Vendors, leasing, rollout
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Cost
◦ Vendors, leases,
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Good bye textbooks……
◦ $100 Biology Textbook - $275 Laptop
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Smaller/focused digital resources/objects
◦ World War 2 – The Pacific
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Shift from Knowledge to skills/processes
◦ Google is the boss
Print Resources
Digital Learning
Print Materials
Interactive Materials
Mailed in
Instant Feedback
Final Mark Assigned
Feedback Loops, Practice
Phone Support
Multiple means for contact
Teacher at a Distance
Live teachers opportunities
Reading Focus
Assistive Technologies
Low Completion rates
Higher Completion rates
Final Exam dips
More similar final marks
Combining the best of Face to Face and Digital
• Teacher, peer support
• Collaborative, Social
Interaction
• Presenting, sharing,
communicating,
creating
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Flexibility of time,
place and pace
Multiple pathways to
learning
24x7 access to tools,
resources, supports
Access to mentors,
experts
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Course outlines, unit plans
Lessons, Calendars
Support resources
Links to online resources
Collaborative spaces
Digital assignment submission
Rubrics, Quizzes and Marks
Student Portfolios
……….creating independence in students.
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Designing Personalized Program Plans
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Designing programming based on student needs
ePortfolio - student transitions
Building Independence in students
Self – advocacy
Identification of Learning Barriers
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Personal
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Providing supports to students
Academic - Learning Strategies
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How to teach students to use the strategies
Professional learning for teachers
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Students remaining in their local High School
Choice and Access
Online Teacher Presence
Digital Experience requirement for
Graduation
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Robotics, Programming, A+ Technician
Spanish 10, 20, 30
Art 10, 20, 30
Forensic Science
Child Care Certification
Marine Biology
Child Care Certificate
Advanced Placement
French Immersion
Psychology, Sociology
This is only the tip of the iceberg…….
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Divisional Program of Studies
◦ Access to programming for students is not
dependent on local school expertise.
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Timetable – Providing Access
◦ Common 4 Block
◦ Rotate the same
◦ Common start, stop times
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Accessing Post Secondary
learning in their community.
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Semester 2 – February 2011
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Math 31
Chemistry 30
Science 20
Photography
Creating school based capacity to allow for
increased delivery and facilitation of
online/blended courses.
◦ Professional Learning
Utilizing RVS buildings, expertise, and
infrastructure to provide access for the
RVS community.
• Post Secondary Opportunities
• Welding, automotives
• MIT open courseware
• Canadian Virtual University
• eCampus Alberta
• RVS Community Learning
• great opportunities
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Applications and
Supports
◦ Raz-kids, apps, etc
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Languages
◦ Grade 4-6 French
◦ Grade 4-6 Spanish
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Middle School Options
◦ Careers, Photography,
etc
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Math and SS are now
digital
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Currently have 35+ students accelerating
their math program.
Middle Math Focus Group
◦ Creating a digital math resource that is not grade
dependent
◦ Allows students to speed up, slow down, challenge
according to their ability
ePortfolios
• ePearl portfolio
• Mahara
• building self-advocacy
• student, parent, teacher
collaboration
•Student organization
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Email
Document Collaboration
Shared Calendars
etc
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Providing a variety of tools from which to select
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Video Streamer, Podcasting
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Synchronous Tools (Elluminate, VC, iChat)
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Collaborative Tools – wikis, blogs
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Object Repository – enable increased sharing
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Multitude of free applications
◦ Allowing learners to choose the best for the situation
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Knowing some of the trends occurring, what
bothers you most?
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What do you need to know more about?
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Where do you go to find out?