Up and Coming!


My interests are three-fold: students centered learning, digital portfolios, and working with the parent community.  Interestingly enough, they all work together in a very intricate way.  We are preparing students for an unknown future and teaching 21st Century skills though their own passions is a logical and exciting way to proceed.  Digital portfolios go hand in hand with this as students will need to promote themselves and have a deep understanding of their own growth, skills, passions, and goals.  Finally, our parent community did not experience school this way, and so generally have little understanding of these philosophies.  Since they are our most valuable partners, it is essential to loop them into this conversation to the best of our abilities.
The above word cloud gives a sample of what is up and coming in KLO Middle School and in the Central Okanagan School District!  We are working on increasing student agency and student centered learning, communication with parents, digital portfolios, self-assessment and reflection, peer-assessment, community partnerships, Core Competencies, design thinking, and inquiry.  I’ve sorted these topics into the following three categories and am generating initial ideas that go along with each one.  I have a lot of learning to do, especially in the area of different technologies that will enhance student learning, so please, share your wonderful ideas!
We can do this, if we do it together!


Digital Portfolios

Reporting Order Parent Communication

Student Agency / Student Centered Learning

How can digital technologies be used? 

Our district is supporting

-Google Sites

-Google Slides

-SeeSaw

Our motto is “two clicks is one too many”


Digital tech will be the easiest way to communicate




-Empowering students with using their current digital skill sets

-Teaching new digital tech to enhance their skills

-Help them see how integrating technology into their learning can enhance their projects

What curriculum is related?

All curriculum

N/A

All curriculum

How to foster learners’ engagement and excitement?

Complete agency over their own portfolios


Guiding as to how to present a learning journey


Adult involvement, community involvement

Keeping parents and students in the loop so they understand how their learning will be reported


Students involved in the communication to parents

The intention of focusing on student centered learning is to foster engagement and excitement.


Adding digital tools will create enjoyment for many

Digital technologies that will enrich, enable, or enhance?

Our district is supporting

-Google Sites

-Google Slides

-SeeSaw


We can also use MyBlueprint, which is relevant if it is being used in other classes

Remind

Website - blog / vlog

Integrate into digital portfolios

-Google

-SeeSaw

-Robotics

-Blogs / Vlogs

-Coding

-Other?

Keywords, key learning

Digital portfolios

Portfolios

Self-Reflection

Ministry Reporting Order

District reporting plan

Scanning parent community (Inquiry Spiral)

Student Centered Learning

Student Agency

Design Thinking

Inquiry




Comments

  1. D.McNeeMay 23, 2022 at 2:03 PM

    This is a good first post. You have a clear direction for further reading and research. I appreciated the multimedia elements (word cloud, table) these enhanced your discussion. You may want to consider adding additional multimedia elements to your posts such as hyperlinks. These add another layer for your audience.

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