Literacy with ICT Across the Curriculum - Baby Steps

1. Literacy with ICT Across the Curriculum - Baby Steps Brandon School Division Literacy with ICT Implementation Team BYTE Conference 2010

2. uild a support network B • Buddy • Professional learning community • Go-to person for hardware/software assistance • Online learning

3. dapt current practice A • Start with what you already know • Curriculum • Inquiry process • Instructional strategies • Best practices • Software applications • Inject ICT activities, products, use by students and teachers

4. uild student skills B • Start at the beginning – where they are • Work toward LwICT Snapshots

5. outh as experts Y • Train classroom experts – go-to people • Buddy System • Form student learning groups

6. creen shots S • Visit the LwICT Website • Learning Experiences • Professional Learning for Teachers • School Leaders • LwICT Wiki • Curriculum Navigator • Division resources • in BSD: FirstClass conferences

7. riangle of Assessment T

8. nvironment E • Physical • Learning • Inquiry • Exploration • Risk-taking • Contingency Plan

9. lan to assess, assess to plan P • Use continuum as planning tool • for learning • of learning • Use continuum as assessment tool to prepare for reporting

10. tep out of your comfort zone S • Try one new ICT-based activity in each unit • Use scaffolds for yourself and for your students • Learn one new software application • Release responsibility to your students

11. And one extra S: • Sense • of humour • of perspective

12. How do you move to LwICT? Time! a at Step One