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Using Skovision, the reference committee aided in the establishment of Strategic Goals to guide the use of technology in the division.
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Document In an effort to bring all of the departments and respective initiatives together, the NESD Coordinators met to develop the Connections Document
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NESD Rubric Formerly known as the CIA Rubric, Coordinators gathered together once again to modify and add to this document and rebrand it as the NESD Rubric. A new media literacy piece, which relied on the ISTE standards was added into the rubric.
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I had the opportunity to receive feedback on the Media Literacy Piece from principals. Consequently some definitions were tightened up.
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Wilma McKie and Cora Andreas began to develop the New Math 10 courses. They took more of a blended approach bringing in some web based activities.
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Kirk and Robert were able to enhance the projects they planned with teachers by having a dedicated portable solution to digital access. A third set, earmarked for elearning has been used as well.
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Smartboards hardware was distributed to participating schools.
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NESD Google Apps has been heavily utilized by staff and students for collaborative purposes.
- teacher web portals
- student collaboration among clasrooms
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The Joomla server was launched which will house the new look Division Web Page as well as some school pages. Drupal will continue to be supported.
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Video Katie and Thad presented on New Media Literacies. We attempted to differentiate meeting the Technology Integration and the Emerging New Media Literacy Paradigm http://moodle.nesd.ca/mod/resource/view.php?inpopup=true&id=37269
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Kris Gendall begins development of Math 10 Foundations. All 20 level Maths will be developed next fall.
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To assist in Distance Learning Development and Creating Supports for Digital Learning, a Video Server is being set up.
