my43 a journey to transform learning and work in Coquitlam School District

1. my43a journey to transform learning and work in Coquitlam School District Microsoft CLC 2007 Brian Kuhn, Manager of Information Services James McConville, Coordinator of Educational Technology Chris Kennedy, Principal of Riverside Secondary School (1400 students) “convergence & coherence”

2. 30,000 students • 50 elementary, 13 middle, 8 secondary schools • 4000 employees • 5 communities

3. Vision Learning, teaching and leading is enhanced through effective and meaningful use of technology Innovations allow the district to learn what has the most impact on learning Achieving 1:1 access through investing in core infrastructure and extending access to all learners • Three stages for staff readiness: • preparing • exploring • transforming Exemplars Learning Shifting from the tools themselves to capabilities of the tools to do new things Staff Development Equitable Access my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

4. District Context E-mail gone crazy! Paper jungle! Disparate Information Systems my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

5. In the beginning… Early Adopter Educators Sharepoint in Fall 2003 Committees Technology RESISTANCE! It’s a business tool… my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

6. Collaborate In the beginning… Leaves The WAVE (Employee) Share E-mail Forms Efficient News Connect CADS Calendars Choose Documents Search Portals Discussions Subscriptions

7. Sharepoint goes viral… Fragmented Dependency Migration Challenge! my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

8. Anytime, anywhere learning… Students Instant Msg Resources Learning Portal Teachers Lessons Tracking Parents Video Personalized Audio Pictures Differentiated Writing Blended Workflow E-Portfolio E-mail Wiki BLOG

9. What is this project really about? Creating a Connected Professional Learning Community Parent Communication Digital 21st Century Learning Creating an Efficient and Seamlessly Integrated Work Centre my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

10. Fragmentation or coherence? A technology decision or ? Curriculum Technology School leaders Discreet solutions and integrate? Intranet Portfolio Learning Portal Evolution or Wholesale change? my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

11. A Learning Organization A learning organization: “an organization that is continually expanding its capacity to create it’s future…for learning organizations, ‘adaptive learning’ is joined by ‘generative learning,’ learning that enhances our capacity to create. Peter Senge 1990, The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

12. What tools are currently in use in your district? my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

13. Coquitlam School District

14. Professional Learning Communities “… a group of teachers who meet regularly as a team to identify essential and valued student learning, develop common formative assessments, analyze current levels of achievement, set achievement goals, share strategies, and then create lessons to improve upon those levels.” (The School Administrator 2004 vol. 61, issue 10, pp. 48-49, Schmoker 2004) my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

15. Professional Learning Communities • “Educators who are building a professional learning community recognize that they must work together to achieve their collective purpose of learning for all.” (DuFour 2005) • “Despite compelling evidence indicating that working collaboratively represents best practice, teachers in many schools continue to work in isolation.” (DuFour 2005) my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

16. Learners STAKEHOLDERS Understanding the world of the 21st century learner From using the tools… to the capabilities of the tools to empower learning Listen to the 21st century learner my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

17. How is social networking being used in your district? my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

18. Innovation? Print newsletters Little coherence with technology in the building Teachers creating a variety of websites using a range of tools School Context – Fall 2004 A feeling like we were falling behind my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

19. Every classroom! Teacher Sites Tablets New standard School Context – Spring 2007 Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them People want to stay out front my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

20. Desperate move to Sharepoint 2007 School Context – Where Next? Want to connect to others Move discussion from technology to teaching and learning Move to a 1-1 environment my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

21. A comment from the field… “this plan will allow us to not only do what we do now better but reshape what we do – I think this is an important distinction – this investment is not about sustaining, it is about rethinking and reshaping our jobs and will allow us to better deploy resources into the classroom” my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

22. What are students, teachers, and principals asking for? my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

23. What is a portal, really? A software application designed to integrate information, applications, and processes across organizational boundaries and to provide personalized capabilities to visitors Portals are designed to work on different computers and aggregate content and services from multiple sources Imagine the possibilities… …key integrating technology my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

24. my43 is… What’s in a name? “my” “43” my site Intranet Schools my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

25. 2007-8 Spring ’07 Pioneering Learning Sandbox Department sites Documents Discussion School and Classroom sites Search Postings CADS Portal Alerts eMail Calendar LearningRepository ePortfolio News mySite my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

26. Microsoft Sharepoint + Solutions IT Scholaris + Microsoft Exchange + Microsoft Live Communications = Our Portal Environment

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

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

29. Secondary English Teacher my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

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

31. Elementary Teacher my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

32. my43 my site my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

33. my site Blog my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

34. my43 Schools People learn in a variety of ways and at different rates Learning requires active participation of the student Learning is both an individual and a group process Principles of Learning… my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

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

36. Where to next? my43 Intranet will evolve with eLeaves, eForms, calendars, resource booking, communication tools, etc., and district department full transition Fall 08 Spring 08 Elementary school implementation begins Middle school implementation begins Fall 07 September 07 Migration from WSS 03 to Virtual Classrooms / School portals and my site implementation begins; begin use of Office Communicator Secondary school implementation begins and all students on Outlook / Exchange June 07 Early adopters of Scholaris (my43 Schools) my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future

37. my43 Coherence! my site Intranet Schools my43 is a virtual community that transforms the learning and work in our School District to prepare students for the future