A presentation given at a staff meeting at Vic West Elementary staff regarding the integration of technology in education.

1. Education, Innovation, and Technology
March 5th 2013!
Greater Victoria SD 61Vic West Elementary School

2. Dave Shortreed
Coordinator of Educational
Technology!
Greater Victoria SD 61!
@mr_shortreed
www.daveshortreed.com!
Tweet to #sd61learn

3. Team Work
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Working_Together_Teamwork_Puzzle_Concept.jpg
Changing learning spaces
Tools to fit pedagogy
Using WIFI
Digital creation
Classroom Technology

4. Teaching with the
end in mind!
!
Focus on the
learning outcome
and not on the tool
http://blog.williamferriter.com/2013/07/11/technology-is-a-tool-not-a-learning-outcome/

5. Overarching Goal
What is best for kids?
How do we develop significant and
engaging student learning?
How does it improve student
success?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Archery_target.jpg

6. Collaboration and Innovation
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Farm_silos.jpg
Same tools across the
district
online collaboration

7. Sir James Douglas Elementary, 1912

8. Changing Learning Spaces
a structure that suits collaboration, flexibility, choice,
innovation, and creativity

9. The impact of WIFI on teaching and
learning

10. The ease of moving between these tools
Each tool having benefit and value

11. The iPad
!
web-based tools, apps, software

12. Teacher Tools
The iPad
!
AppleTV - teaching and sharing
artifacts
!
Attendance and student records
accessible on tablets
!
Assessment and digital
ePortfolios to share with parents

13. Student Tools
Access to information
Collaboration
File management
Space for inquiry, creativity,
curiosity and wonder

14. Showing Your Understanding
K/1 - centres
2/3 - guided group activities
4/5 - independent digital work

15. Student Creation Apps
Creating accesses all aspects of
Blooms Taxonomy
!
Creating video and editing photos
Creating Screencasts
Creating eBooks

16. Project-based learning grant to
purchase iPad minis:
!
Goal:
To use technology to connect with
the environment.
!
$1.99
@strawvale
Strawberry Vale

17. Task

18. $1.99

19. Screen casts using Educreations
Show your understanding
Photograph, text, draw,
record and narrate
Export onto educreations.com
!
!
Tracey Crystal
Tillicum Elementary
Grade 4 sample
Task

20. Book Creator
non-fiction report writing
digital storytelling
photo, video, audio, animation,
paint, text

21. Book Creator
Grade 2
George Jay Elementary

22. Thank you!
Questions?!
!
Email me:
dshortreed@sd61.bc.ca
@mr_shortreed
daveshortreed.com