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Getting up to speed with technology
Red Deer Catholic Regional Division Team Members: Donna Leontowicz, Dave Khatib, Micaela Wasylik, Martin Rheaume, Terry Krushelnicki, Adam Sia, Craig Baskerville, Chris Smith, Brad Wolfe, Jonas Marchinko, Brenda MacDonald Community: Canadian Year 1, 2010-2011 Red Deer Catholic launched a modest action researach project and initiative on 21st century learning environments and educator proficiency with 21st century learning. Teachers were encouraged to explore digital technology strategies to increase student engagement, as well as, student...
read moreGetting teacher-librarians together for learning
Waterloo Region School District Team Members: Rick Budding, Rose Marie Davis, Ann Ford, Shari Nicholas, Rebecca Rouse Community: Canadian Year 1, 2010-2011 The teacher-librarians in WRDSB have been moving towards implementing the new library guideline document Together for Learning. “A Learning Commons [presents] exciting opportunities for collaboration among teachers, teacher-librarians and students. Within a Learning Commons, new relationships are formed between learners, new technologies are realized and utilized, and both students and...
read moreSecondary school digital literacy
Archbishop Ryan High School Team Members: Kathy Schafer, Pebbles Kaminski, Mary Laska, Kathi Szymborski, Jim Meredith Community: Archdiocese of Philadelphia Year 1, 2010-2011 For our culminating project, we will be compiling a page on the intersavvy wiki about digital literacy on the secondary level. As members of a three year team, we found that our interests lie in many different places. We have incorporated Web 2.0 tools into the daily environment of our classrooms, and our interests have lead us all to pursue different passions. When the...
read morePortal to Digital Citizenship
Bishop McDevitt Catholic High School Team Members: Cara Marino, Glenda Rieffel, Matthew Jurkiewicz, Joe Habich, Cathy Dooley Community: Archdiocese of Philadelphia Year 1, 2010-2011 Our Project is a 3 point approach to Digital Citizenship: a Student Portal, a Parent Portal, and a Teacher Portal. With a 1 to 1 netbook initiative taking place in our school next year we want to make our students, their parents, and our faculty great Digital Citizens. We think it is important that they learn what it is about and how they can implement the ideas of...
read moreEducating for cyber safety
Ressurection of Our Lord School Team Members: Joan Stulz, Arleen Dubeck, Judy Devlin, Eileen Rowan, Kate Zimmaro, Cathy Brzyski Community: Archdiocese of Philadelphia Year 1, 2010-2011 Our project aim was to develop a professional development opportunity centered on digital security. Our team members worked very hard to find resources online to support and enhance our “work in progress” presentation. We are looking to implement this professional development seminar sometime in the next school year. The seminar will focus on making...
read moreExpanding knowledge and skills
St. Bede’s School Team Members: Kathy Mercurio, Regina Fatiga, Kathy Zimmerman, Lorraine Harrison, Loretta Gordish, Barbara Niederriter Community: Archdiocese of Philadelphia Year 1, 2010-2011 The purpose of this project is to expand our teachers’ and students’ technology skills to be used in various curriculum areas as well as develop our students’ geographic and cultural knowledge using different 21st century technology tools. Problem, Issue, or Possibility Objectives...
read morePromoting Digital Citizenship through Edmodo
St. Bernadette of Lourdes School Team Members: Marilyn DiPaolo, Ann Heron, Terri MacIntosh, Michele Slattery, Kate Tsakiris Community: Archdiocese of Philadelphia Year 1, 2010-2011 We are using Edmodo as a tool to teach Digital Citizenship to students, and to create groups for faculty sharing and professional development. Problem, Issue, or Possibility Objectives and Assessment Implementation Plan Evaluation and Results Artifacts ...
read moreGet carried away
Saint Francis of Assisi School Team Members: Sharon Raquet, Melissa Jo Tradewell, Krista DeLone, Carol Polinsky, Bridget Tigue Community: Archdiocese of Philadelphia Year 1, 2010-2011 We have chosen to bring Digital Literacy to our school, which is the process of teaching and learning about technology and the use of technology. Our theme, “Get Carried Away” encourages teachers and students to soar to greater heights using web 2.0 tools. Problem, Issue, or Possibility Objectives and...
read moreSolving technology hardships
St. Joseph St. Robert School Team Members: Fran Cross, Alissa DeVito, Marie Orzechowski Community: Archdiocese of Philadelphia Year 1, 2010-2011 As we examined the problems and needs of our staff, our team began to notice that our peers felt overwhelmed with integrating technology into the classroom. Teachers were unsure of where to start and how important technology, and digital citizenship, really was to their every day practices. After studying the ISTE NETS standards, we decided to formulate simple, accessible professional development...
read moreGoing back to basics
Independence School Team Members: Mary Beardsley, Ulrike Neubohn, Tanya Godsey, Alison Hahs, Kerri Kacmarcik, Michelle Robinson Community: ADVIS Year 1, 2010-2011 We are planning professional development to make our teachers more effective and comfortable with their use of technology, starting at the basics. Problem, Issue, or Possibility Objectives and Assessment Implementation Plan Evaluation and Results Artifacts Survey...
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