Creating a Digital Learning Environment

Welcome!

• Jeremy Brown – jbrown@sd43.bc.ca• On Twitter @jbsd43 • Science Teacher and Digital Immersion (DI)

Coordinator at Riverside Secondary• Designed and Implemented the DI program

and the 1 to 1 iPad project.

• 1350 students & 80 teachers

• South side of Port Coquitlam

• Mixed population with very low to middle socio-economic families

• Most of our technology has come in house with some coming through SD43’s TLI project.

• Most students bring tech from home but we have some devices to share.

• Strong Leadership over the past 9 years

• The last 2 principals have gone on to senior leadership roles in Vancouver and West Van.

• Strong staff commitment to become the district leaders in technology.

Technology Programs

• Digital Immersion 9-10• Learning with Technology• Science Coop• Cisco Networking• Digital Media Classes• Traditional ICT courses

• Blended Classrooms• Connected School • Positive Student Digital

Footprint• Digital Citizens• Environments where

Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) are routinely used.

Money

EquityTime

The Sweet Spot

Infrastructure

Connecting to the Internet

• Do you want to use the internet? • How will the internet improve your

practice?• Does your school have Wi-Fi? How

many connections can it hold at one time?

• Are your students able to bring in devices with data plans?

• What about texting? – Polleverywhere?

Devices - Teachers

• Want vs. Need• Laptops vs. Tablet

computers• Single User Devices– iPads– Samsung Android Tablets

(Galaxy Note 10.1)– Windows RT Machines

Want Need

Devices - Students

• What works best for kids?• Laptops vs. Tablets vs. Phones

Keeping Connected• What do you want

from a connected classroom?

• Where is your comfort level?

• What happens when you lose connection?

• What happens when students access inappropriate content?

Software - Students• FREE is your favorite word.• Student Favorites– Skype– Google Drive– Blogger– Engrade– Prezi– Wolfram-alpha– Facebook – but not as much as before

Software - Teachers

• Teacher Favorites– Google Drive– Google Reader– Engrade– Classmarker– Twitter– Quizlet

Management

• How do you manage content?

• Do you want to?• Where do students

hand work into you?• How do you give

instant feedback?

What do you have/need/want

Worksheet

Passion

ExpertiseSupport

What makes a good technology teacher?

• Passion + Perseverance + Planning

• Notice how I didn’t say knowledgeable?

• You need a base level of knowledge but you can’t know everything

• You can’t be afraid to ask the students for help!

Professional Development

• Start in your school… • You have experts…they just might be the

students!• Join and Participate in a Webinar like

Classroom 2.0• Social Media and Personal Learning Networks

Social Media and PLNs• I believe that Twitter is

the greatest Pro-D resource available to you.

• #edtechbc, #edchat, #cpchat

• Set up a connected environment within your schools and between schools. #rside43

• Teaching by Design was the original framework we used for setting up the new courses and adapting the others.

• Digital Fluencies were put into place this last year to propel us forward

Framework

What students work well in these environments?

• Creative• Innovative• Independent• Collaborative• Decisive• Critical Consumers• Students with written output.

What do you want to accomplish?

Project Based Learning

• Technology and Project based learning fit• Mastery Projects, Digital Backpacks, Passion Projects,

etc…• Subject Specific projects – How can you leverage

technology to make the projects you already do better?

DTeachers are the greatest Apps of the 21st Century – Ian Jukesct Instruction

Technology saves you from minutia but it does not teach for you.

Front end loading

Create an Action

Plan

Measure your Progress

Your first year

Will every student be bringing some sort of device to school? What about those who

can’t afford it?

What’s your plan?