Technology in Ward 15 Schools Toronto Danforth Ward Council

April 23, 2015

Toronto District School Board

“Education is Conversation. Conversation creates change.”

~ Karl Fisch

Welcome!

✓Context & Big Ideas in WR10 ✓Julie Millan, Instructional Leader ✓Dan Fisher (Withrow, Quest)

✓Craig Gerow (Greenwood, SOLE)

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Your Thoughts...

• One word to describe a quality you think we should be helping to develop in students

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Context & Big Ideas

WR10 Family of Schools

• 32 schools, 13,000 students aged 4-18 years • schools from 68 to 1150 students • our challenges?

•literacy •numeracy •engagement

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Context & Big Ideas

WR10 Family of Schools

➔ Focus on Learning - shift from “Sage on the Stage” to “Guide at the Side”

➔ Focus on Inquiry Learning combined with Direct Instruction

➔ Focus on Collaboration (face to face and through technological platforms)

➔ Multiple devices for multiple purposes (connectivity, coding, collaboration, assessment, research)

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Teaching and Learning with Technology

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Julie Millan Instructional Leader

Teaching & Learning with Technology (Curriculum)

TDSB ICT Standards

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www.tdsb.on.ca/ictstandards

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www.tdsb.on.ca/ictstandards

Academic Workspace - Portal to Learning

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aw.tdsb.on.ca

AW Sites - School or Class

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aw.tdsb.on.ca

Google Apps for Education

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aw.tdsb.on.ca

All students K-12 Login with TDSB Username & Password

Student Email - Grades 4-12

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aw.tdsb.on.ca

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Digital Lead Learners

Teacher volunteers dedicated to digital leadership across the district in every

FOS. bit.ly/TDSB_DLL

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Devices ● Desktops ● Laptops ● Tablets (iPads)

■ Apps ■ Accessories (i.e. Covers)

● Chromebooks ● Storage, Charging (& Syncing) Carts ● Interactive Projectors & Whiteboards ● Apple TV

The Withrow Story

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Withrow Successes -Stop motion animation examples -KG iBooks -Staff websites https://mrrobertskindergarten.wordpress.com/

Secondary Schools

Administrative Use Teacher Collaboration Student Collaboration and Sharing eLearning/Blended Learning

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Administrative Use

Googledocs ex. Exam planning https://docs.google.com/a/tdsb.on.ca/spreadsheets/d/1TP0mK1w-aeM--6S9oZYEy1y2coCWpJZ3GiocItbJMuM/edit#gid=2143997940

ex. Attendance Referrals https://docs.google.com/a/tdsb.on.ca/document/d/1yz36lSiy97lsDYk-JgTc9T8GmxuMQdyjYBx0vBfD32M/edit

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Teacher Collaboration Student Support and Tracking

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Student Collaborative Activities and Sharing

Collaborative writing and editing Access to resources ex. teaching students with no literacy https://www.readinga-z.com/ Sharing of Resources/Production https://drive.google.com/a/tdsb.on.ca/file/d/0BzkdUlrh4ZZSNWM3MnFHM05kZG8/view https://docs.google.com/a/tdsb.on.ca/presentation/d/1nj_Rpn2SHR3-PIOARzkCK29SvhzoMPZpmijIbVn01cU/edit#slide=id.g2fd5191c6_0_46

https://nowtoronto.com/news/think-free-blog/life-in-the-fast-lane/

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eLearning/Blended Learning

https://tdsb.elearningontario.ca/d2l/home

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eLearning

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eLearning

http://schoolweb.tdsb.on.ca/elearning/Home.aspx

Questions and Discussion

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WR10 Highlights

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Professional Learning Networks

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iPad Integration - Dundas P.S. Art Show

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Model Schools iPads

Hour of Code

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EdAppHack

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“Think, Innovate, Care…App At-Hack!” is a collaborative, experiential, inquiry-based learning initiative that brings together secondary students from WR9 and WR10 Family of Schools, to identify challenges in their community, craft innovative solutions, use technology to create prototype apps, and work together to pitch their strategic business design with an acute lens on empathy, ethics, and responsible innovation. May 8th @ Monarch Park

Digital Lead Learners

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● After School Workshops ● In School Professional

Learning ● MarketPlace ● Google Camp ● Professional Learning

Network