Every Wednesday I highlight some of our amazing MVSD staff on our social media pages. Everyday our staff are using tech in new and exciting ways, are learning new skills, and are sharing ways in which ed tech is assisting them in their practice. Due to the Covid-19 restrictions my visits to schools are more limited compared to last year. While I was previously able to visit schools on my own schedule, with a goal of visiting each one every month, my visits now require a lot more planning. I would previously have lots of time to visit classes, work… Read More
#WOWWednesday – HES PAC
Every Wednesday I highlight some of our amazing MVSD staff on our social media pages. Everyday our staff are using tech in new and exciting ways, are learning new skills, and are sharing ways in which ed tech is assisting them in their practice. This week I’d like to highlight the Henderson Elementary School PAC who has started using social media as a means of connecting with local stakeholders and increasing transparency between families and their organization. They chose Facebook as their platform of choice and have quickly reached many of their HES families; give them a follow!
#WOWWednesday
Every Wednesday I highlight some of our amazing MVSD staff on our social media pages. Everyday our staff are using tech in new and exciting ways, are learning new skills, and are sharing ways in which ed tech is assisting them in their practice. This week I’d like to highlight the technical vocational staff at Grandview School (GVS). Due to the Covid-19 pandemic we have had to cease cross-transportation between schools in an effort to preserve student cohorts. As such, any students who would previously visit another school building for classes such as Human Ecology, Woodworking, etc are now having… Read More
#WOWWednesday
Every Wednesday I highlight some of our amazing MVSD staff on our social media pages. Everyday our staff are using tech in new and exciting ways, are learning new skills, and are sharing ways in which ed tech is assisting them in their practice. This week actually marks the LAST #WOWWednesday of the 2019/2020 school year! If you’re looking for inspiration please check out the #WOWWednesday label on this blog to see the staff/projects I have highlighted in 2020 or view one of the social media accounts to scroll back and seel ALL of the posts from this… Read More
#WOWWednesday
Every Wednesday I highlight some of our amazing MVSD staff on our social media pages. Everyday our staff are using tech in new and exciting ways, are learning new skills, and are sharing ways in which ed tech is assisting them in their practice. This week I would like to highlight Jarrett who teaches at Goose Lake High in Roblin. Jarrett teaches both Math and Science courses and has been one of many reasons why G.L.H has been identified as our “Math Hub” for our video conference course delivery within the division. Jarrett independently chose to film his classes… Read More
#WOWWednesday
Every Wednesday I highlight some of our amazing MVSD staff on our social media pages. Everyday our staff are using tech in new and exciting ways, are learning new skills, and are sharing ways in which ed tech is assisting them in their practice. This week I’d like to highlight all of our staff who undertook technology-related professional development during the suspension of classes. This was an unprecedented time for everyone and I would like to commend our staff who purposefully chose to commit to their professional growth during this time. As we are back in… Read More
#WOWWednesday
Every Wednesday I highlight some of our amazing MVSD staff on our social media pages. Everyday our staff are using tech in new and exciting ways, are learning new skills, and are sharing ways in which ed tech is assisting them in their practice. This week I would like to highlight Andrew who teaches at the Dauphin Regional Comprehensive Secondary School (DRCSS). Andrew is heavily involved in community outreach and plays an integral role in the school’s band, choir, and theatrical programming. While the suspension of classes prevented his students from meeting face-to-face he eagerly took to tech… Read More
#WOWWednesday
Every Wednesday I highlight some of our amazing MVSD staff on our social media pages. Everyday our staff are using tech in new and exciting ways, are learning new skills, and are sharing ways in which ed tech is assisting them in their practice. This week I’d like to highlight Sharon who teaches at Mackenzie Middle School in Dauphin. Sharon has been an integrator of ed tech long before Covid-19 including the use of MS Teams and classroom social media accounts on both Instagram and Facebook. She also had all of her Gr 8 homeroom class participate in… Read More
#WOWWednesday
Every Wednesday I highlight some of our amazing MVSD staff on our social media pages. Everyday our staff are using tech in new and exciting ways, are learning new skills, and are sharing ways in which ed tech is assisting them in their practice. This week I would like to send a BIG thank you to the building admins, computer technicians, and teaching staff who have worked together to organize and distribute devices for our Laptop Loan Program. This is a big undertaking which required our staff to: – reorganize our tech inventory – reimage devices as needed… Read More
#WOWWednesday – Laptop Loan Program
Every Wednesday I highlight some of our amazing MVSD staff on our social media pages. Everyday our staff are using tech in new and exciting ways, are learning new skills, and are sharing ways in which ed tech is assisting them in their practice. This week I would like to share one of the new offerings our ICT Team is undertaking in an effort to help increase student learning success. This was a big task for us as we did not have any device lending pre-Covid and are also not 1-to-1 so our available inventory is limited. As… Read More