1. my43 a journey to transform learning and work in Coquitlam School District “convergence & coherence ” Brian Kuhn, bkuhn@sd43.bc.ca bkuhn@sd43.bc.ca Martine Duby, mduby@sd43.bc.ca mduby@sd43.bc.ca

2. Our Context

3. Looking back… my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future 2004 Grad 2004 E-portfolio Grad 2004 E-portfolio 2005 Learning Portal Students Teachers Principals Parents Classrooms Learning Portal Students Teachers Principals Parents Classrooms 2003 Intranet concept Employees Reduce e- mail Reduce paper Intranet concept Employees Reduce e- mail Reduce paper 2006-2007 Convergence Intranet Learning Portal E-Portfolio All stakeholders “my43” Convergence Intranet Learning Portal E-Portfolio All stakeholders “my43”

4. Success Factors - Learning with Technology my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future Equity Renewal Capacity Learning

5. Success Factors my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

6. Anmore Elementary – Jen Whiffin – Laptops and Social Responsibility I embarked on a Social Responsibility project with strong links to Language Arts and Numeracy, which continues to be done solely on the laptops. Through the microloan website, Kiva, my students loan small portions of class-raised money to individuals who wish to start or expand small businesses from various developing nations around the world. My students base their decisions on how needy they determine the country to be, the family situation of the individual requesting the loan, and the impact they believe the small business will have on the community. They have learned to interpret the significance of statistics such as GDP per capita, life expectancy, infant mortality rate, literacy rate and population below poverty line. The level of engagement that my students show in sifting through columns of data continues to astound me. They beg for their turn to write about their decisions. In fact, there have been times when “Writing” was listed on the schedule for the day and met with applause from the class when they realized they would be writing paragraphs about Kiva using the laptops! I love that I can give my students the opportunity to express themselves in such varied ways. Who knows what hidden talents will surface! I can’t imagine this project being as meaningful and educationally rich without the use of our ten MacBooks.

7. my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future TEAM LEADER WIKI

8. LEARNING COMMUNITIES STRUCTURES my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

11. Training Supports – District Departments

12. Sticky Apps my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

13. my43 – Architecture my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

14. Internet Services… wikipedia, youtube, google, skype, MSN, del.icio.us, RSS feeds, news, Google Earch, Maps, BCeSIS, research, Facebook (social networking) School Intranet Virtual Classroom Virtual Classroom my site Professional personal my site Professional personal blog wiki Discussion board Discussion board Learning Resources Learning Resources Learning activities Learning activities Assessment & Feedback Assessment & Feedback District Intranet District Intranet News / Announcements News / Announcements Leaves, pay, Jobs Leaves, pay, Jobs E-mail, Calendar, Contacts Document Management writing video animation alerts calculating Information Sharing Destiny Library School Web Site District Web Site District Web Site blog wiki It is a platform, a digital ecosystem Log-in once – it knows who you are Built on Sharepoint, incorporates Office, Outlook – familiar tools Connect open source, Web 2.0, commercial, custom – imagine… Integrate HR, Finance, Payroll,… the back-office exposed… It is a platform, a digital ecosystem Log-in once – it knows who you are Built on Sharepoint, incorporates Office, Outlook – familiar tools Connect open source, Web 2.0, commercial, custom – imagine… Integrate HR, Finance, Payroll,… the back-office exposed…

15. my43 – District Intranet my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

16. Technology Powered Work – my43

17. Benefits – SCHOOL OPERATION my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future Every bit of paper (field trip request forms, parent letters, anecdotal reports etc) are all stored for staff use from any internet based computer. The school calendar is always accessible and updated as needed. Staff see this every time they log into the internet. All bookings of rooms and the bus are done through our portal. Important Announcements are placed here to be visible long after an email may have been deleted and we can tailor any of this to target groups. Parents have access to our changing calendar – no longer reliant on the August calendar and monthly newsletter updates. We can publish information to parents, students and teachers when we want or need to – not just when our printing schedule permits. Parents are getting used to checking the portal more often first before calling us for information. We know this has an impact … when it doesn’t work, we hear about it! We know this has an impact … when it doesn’t work, we hear about it!

18. Benefits – SCHOOL PRINCIPALS my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future Allows me to document the year – keeps a permanent record of our calendar, activities & announcements. Provides a place to increase the culture of communication with families, students and staff. A place for positive public relations for the school and public education in general.

19. Benefits – COLLABORATION my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future Use of wikis / discussion boards / surveys with staff around school professional development topics.. Use of wikis / discussion boards / surveys with staff around school professional development topics.. Use of online survey for administration performance review. Teachers classrooms have opened up in a way I would have never predicted. Staff who would feel very uncomfortable having a colleague watch them seem fine with others probing around on their website.

23. Looking ahead… my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future Jan 08 Intranet sites 21 lead schools Public sites Open to all 67 schools Scholaris 8 secondary schools Sep 07 Intranet sites 4 lead schools Public sites 4 lead schools Scholaris upgrading Jun 09 Intranet sites All 67 schools Public sites All 67 schools Scholaris Open to all schools

24. my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future Intranet Employee Business my site Personal & Professional Schools Information, Teaching, Learning Classrooms School Community School Community District Community District Community O r p u t a n o t h e r w a y t h e p u r p o s e o f m y 4 3 i s … “ T o t r a n s f o r m t h e l e a r n i n g a n d w o r k i n o u r d i s t r i c t t o i m p r o v e t h e l i f e c h a n c e s f o r a l l o f o u r s t u d e n t s ” Transform means to invent new or different “mores” - more efficient, more effective, more useful Transform means to be able to do, create, extend, expand in a manner currently not possible Transform does not mean to replicate what we are currently doing in a digital environment Transform means to invent new or different “mores” - more efficient, more effective, more useful Transform means to be able to do, create, extend, expand in a manner currently not possible Transform does not mean to replicate what we are currently doing in a digital environment