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Using Multiple Technology Platforms to Connect Students with Authentic Audiences
Area(s) of Focus: technologyDivision(s): IntermediateLevel(s): Grade 7, Grade 8Resource(s) Available:This project explored ways to use digital learning platforms to connect students with authentic learning opportunities and audiences (peer/adults, both inside and outside their own school).
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Empowered Voices: Using Speech Technology Applications Within Sheltered Drama
Area(s) of Focus: technologyDivision(s): IntermediateLevel(s): Grade 9, Grade 10Resource(s) Available:Confidence, accurate pronunciation and fluency when speaking are challenges for ELLs. Opportunities to practise listening and speaking are often secondary, thus our aim was to improve speech skills via direct practise in drama, ELD and ESL classes.
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Leveraging Technology to Improve Assessment as/for/of Learning in Mathematics
Area(s) of Focus: technologyDivision(s): Intermediate, JuniorLevel(s): Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8Resource(s) Available:We identified ways to use technology to gather formative assessment and align it with Learning Maps, Big Ideas, Learning Goals and Success Criteria. Ultimately, we were most concerned about leveraging technology to triangulate assessment data.
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Using iPads to Develop Decoding and Reading Comprehension
Integrating targeted iPad apps and literacy activities to develop decoding and comprehension skills for primary and special education students.
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Integrating Technology to Improve Communication Between Home and School
Teachers worked with students to create a student-directed website that provided a platform for students to communicate with the world. They worked hard on text and visual media that was uploaded regularly and connected to our board website.
