1. Parent/Guardian Information Evening
Wednesday, November 4, 2015

2. Purpose of evening: Bring us together
Share snapshot of our class community
Acquaint with revised curriculum
Introduce 1:1 learning initiative
Discuss technology-related questions …

3. Bringing Us Together! Our class: 28 learners 14 males 14 females
16 1st/2nd generation Canadian
22+ kinesthetic learners
28 involved in one (or more) outside-school activities …

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5. Quick comparison Revised curriculum Current curriculum
* focus on foundations of reading, writing, math and social studies
* Performance standards based
* ‘checklist’ of skills
* prescriptive
* Students as do-ers
* pre-21st Century (Industrial Revolution)
Revised curriculum
* “Big Ideas” for each grade in each area of learning
* Support for inquiry, project-based, hands-on, and interdisciplinary approaches
* Integrating aboriginal perspectives/content
* Students as creators
* 21st Century learning

6. Current curriculum – Socials 8

7. Overview of Revised Curriculum # 1

8. Overview of Revised Curriculum # 2

9. Revised curriculum implementation:
Introductory implementation K-9
Required full implementation K-9
Required full implementation 10-12

10. My journey… Taught 3 years in Omaha, Nebraska
Began at Citadel in November 2000
Grade 6, 7, 7/8, 8, Student Services
Questions about technology…lots of questions…

12. Technology is like water… If we teach our kids, they will swim, if we don’t…

13. And so… Grade 8 Transition to Riverside
How am I preparing students for grade 9
Meeting the needs of all learners
Professional Development
2 years of graduate studies
Masters in Educational Practice…

14. The question I hope to investigate…
By moving to a 1:1/Bring Your Own Device classroom environment, how can I enhance the social-emotional learning in my classroom?

15. Examples of technology we will explore…

16. What does this mean? We will… We will not… Learn about digital safety!
Investigate our digital footprint/ tatoo
Discuss, practice appropriate use with technology
Stay connected with each other
Keep our bodies moving
Learn about empathy
Create projects with a variety of output/learning options
We will not…
Use technology for everything!

17. I am always an email, Remind chat or call away. llewis@sd43.bc.ca
Questions? Comments?