A brief update on technology related projects in the Ottawa Catholic School Board - shared with the Board of Trustees December 2012

1. Ottawa Catholic School Board
Teaching and
Learning in the
21st Century

2. Success for Students - Success for Staff - Stewardship of Resources

3. Looking Back to 2009
Predominant technology was
the overhead projector
Small number of Interactive
whiteboards – various brands
No enterprise wireless schools
No employee Intranet
Minimal mobile devices
Focus was on desktop
computers and computer labs

4. Growth in all Areas
… except overhead projectors!
• All schools and portables now wireless
• By the end of 2013 all libraries converted to
Learning Commons
• 46 schools now have SmartBoards/LCD
projectors in every classroom
• 2x - investment in Children Support Schools
• Increased investment/use of technology in
system classes and in special education

5. Growth in all Areas
… except overhead projectors!
• 1402 classrooms with SmartBoard/LCD
• SmartBoard/LCD/ iPads in every full-day
Kindergarten class
• Mobile devices available in every school
• 101 netbook carts in the system and 37 iPad
carts (25-30 mobile devices in each cart)
• New callout system can place 300,000 calls
in less than one hour; most schools can
reach all parents in 1 to 15 minutes

6. Wireless and Social Media

7. Wireless = Accessibility
100% increase in 1 year Key Points
• On a typical day we have
over 28,000 unique
devices connecting to our
wireless network
• iPad access has had a
400% increase in 1 year
• iPod Touch remains the
most popular device

8. Sampling of Tweets
Sampling of Tweets

9. Sampling of Tweets

10. Where are we going…
Continue to invest in mobile devices to
provide equitable access for all students
Increase opportunities for all students with
eLearning
Implement a plan to move away from textbooks
and increase the use of digital resources to
increase engagement
Use technology to focus on “21st Century skills”
including: communication, collaboration,
creative problem solving, and critical thinking
Changes in Increased Increased
Teacher Student Student
Practice Engagement Achievement

11. Where are we going…
Build on our staff intranet and implement an
enhanced student portal with rich digital
resources
Increase parent/student communication with
translation technology to provide voice/text
messages in their native language
Continue to link digital citizenship and
bullying prevention to our healthy relationship
unit in Religion and Family Life
Changes in Increased Increased
Teacher Student Student
Practice Engagement Achievement

12. Thank You
For preparing me
for my future
…Today