Monday, March 11, 2013

Update on the Innovations per Department


At the last department head meeting each department shared some of the innovative things happening in their area.  The sharing showed the efforts and the growth of our school in our innovation, the change in our practises, and our strive to improve our ability to help the students learn.  At our school we feel safe to try new and innovative manners of learning.  The research, the learning by the teachers are passed down to the students, showing the love of learning.  Below is some of the items discussed in the meeting.  This is only half of the departments.  Another one will follow later.

LST
  • ·      Have IPads used in the classroom. 
  • ·      Students more independent and more efficient.
  • ·      When students are finished work they go onto Quizlet and database of flash cards.  Students make their own cards to help them practice their work. 
  • ·      If you wish to see these you can look under the name “Sullivan” and look at the study notes.
  • ·      Practise test for kids.
  • ·      Links on LST web site for students to follow for proactive.
  • ·      Quizzes that are open.
  • ·      This app would be great for languages, with speaking rights automatic right in it.
  • ·      Very eash to do. 


Business Ed.
  • ·      Integrating of courses
    • Marketing and InfoTech – use Photoshop to create ads for the marketing group to assess.
  • ·      IMovie to be taught by Info Tech students and learned in Marketing for students to create commercials.
  • ·      FloorPlanner.com to create the floor plan for what business they are creating.
  • ·      Students do a business plan in PowerPoint showing new company name, logo, hiring people, time table, etc.


Info Tech
  • ·      Students doing clay animation, and drawing animation.
  • ·      Using IMotion, movie trailer, and IMovie on IPads
  • ·      Creating Social Media Agreement Plan.
  • ·      Working with e-portfolios using Webnode, and Surrey Schools.  Also have tried Facebook, and Weebly.
  • ·      Using peer assessment
  • ·      Using Project Based Learning.
  • ·      Working together to create one course.
  • ·      All grade 8s introduced to Surrey Schools and getting emails and computer passwords to be on the school system.


English
  • ·      Poetry contest – using IPad video making to send in to Ontario
    • o   $6000 winner for student and $600 to school.
    • o   Send practice to the contest by video so we must record student’s speaking the poem.
    • ·      Poetry Slam
    • o   Vancouver Peotry
    • o   Workshop in afternoon for only 35 students to sign up.
    • o   All spots taken.
  • ·      Speech meet with 10 students.
    • o   One in grade 8
    • o   Give 2 speeches, 1 in advance and then 5 quotes, they get 45 minutes to write up a new speech and present.

  • ·      April One Man Shakespeare open to all Grade 9 – 12 students.
    • o   60 minutes.
    • o   All plays.  Actor has written the performance.
  • ·      Creative writing class, using phones in classroom.
  • ·      Teachers using Webnode, and Twitter to write down work for students to follow.


Library
  • ·      TV set up
  • ·      Turning book shelves
  • ·      Apple TV hookup up to west sides so you can come down to present on the TV
  • ·      30 computers in library
  • ·      PE blogging in library
  • ·      Pinterest site for library – visual and write-ups on books in library.



Languages
  • Arron Dais – student lead conferences, physical portfolios with students.  Wiki with all his information
  • Edmodo Ashley, Jacqueline and Jennifer with portfolios
  • French tutoring at lunch – core groups of tutors who are student volunteers.
  • Student lead conferences
  • Project based learning – Jacqueline (Grade 9) and Jennifer (Grade 12)
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  • Edmodo outline –
    • can do online discussion – you get an email every time something changes. 
    • Discussion in French.
    • You go onto Edmodo as a teacherand you see Teacher’s home page.  Like Facebook.  Students can easily use the program.    They will need a group code to get on.  Teacher sees everything at once.
    • They chat in French online, even on weekends.
    • Rubric for evaluating social media evaluation is being developed. 
  • Alternative to quizlet – memrise.com makes a 30% difference in the marks.  Can see at a glance who has been practicing and who is ranked the best.  It uses gardening scenarios to see your plant growing when you get it right.  You can have audio with the info on it.  There are many different languages.
  • You can embed video and make a powerpoint. Tells you the part of speech. 
  • Teacher puts the list together, set up link once for a unit (for the accents) and its always there.


Career Room
  • ·      GTP kids putting in laptops and showing murals in art class, blogs in PE, using the technology to see that.
  • ·      Kids were using phones for photos, IPads and such.
  • ·      Working to incorporate electronic portfolios.  31 work experience in Bryan’s class. Going through Mock interviews.  All students should do this.
  • ·      Project based learning – YPI Youth Philanthropist Initiative - $5000 grant.  Presentation is put together by the students and the YPI comes and judges.   They all chose their charities to help them.  Other schools do this.  They interview them.
  • ·      Skills Canada – We are doing InDesign. And web designing. Provincials in Mid April
  • ·      Coop for 3 weeks in April for authentic work experiences.
  • ·      District programs being worked on.  Prepping for interviews.
  • ·      Use Twitter @careeredshs twitter handle to get info out to the students.
  • ·      Summer program introduction to trades.


BASES
  • ·      A school within a school
  • ·      What ?  “Teach to Excite” by engaging student learning utilizing differentiated instruction while maximizing the multiple sens.
  • ·      Why?  Engage and maximize learning making it relevant within a BASES context.
  • ·      So what?  End STATE:  build academic social (and life skills) and employment skills so that after graduation they can become productive members of society – becoming self-sufficient/independent as much as possible
  • ·      Looking at work experience – some outside but everyone can leave campus, so we’re looking at the School Store.  Money management, food preparation, delivery, customer service
  • ·      These skills can be transferred to real life.
  • ·      Made marketing terms – brochures, working with Business Ed (Marketing) to develop learning skills.  Peer tutoring together.  Capacity and connection in our school.


·      Now we have spirit wear, working towards this, the development of new designs.


Social Studies
  • 10 in department (5 part time)
  • Collaborate all the time.
  • Sandy Stevens – Meet the We.   16 students in the library to develop active citizenship.  Want to start a compost. Students become active citizens.


Technology
  • o   No problem using technology in the classroom, just ask a student to do it.
  • o   Stacey, Robert, and Randy went to the Apple Store to help with his cart.
  • o   Entire book will be an etext book.
  • o   Stacey and Ann  and Roger did the Project Based on Aboriginal learning.  They are doing it on Prezi and using the smart board.  Aboriginal from Saskatuwan, going back in time.
  • o   Ann doing this in Geography
  • o   Shawn is doing Mind Craft.  Putting soldiers and buildings.
  • o   This is a pilot for the district.








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