PEDAGOGY IS THE DRIVER

(ButTechnology is the Accelerator)

A Design Thinking Case Study

Learning Intentions

• Hear about cloud-based storage solutions

that allow multi-user devices in all our schools

• Understand how facilitating the shift away

from elementary school computer labs allowed

deeper and more meaningful use of technology

• See how the apps we focus on promote

creative representations of learning for our

students

Learning Un-intensions

• Stand and Deliver my message in exactly the

way we are encouraging teachers not to to

teach

Learning Introduction

• My role as Information Technology Coordinator

• My classroom experience(s)

• The drivers of change

Rocks and Hard Places

• In an ideal world…the realities of Public

Education funding, privacy legislation,

curricular change

• Change is non-negotiable, but not

insurmountable

• In fact, even tough change leads to good

things

Valuable Lessons

• In an ideal world…the “Perfect Storm” hits in

unknowable ways

• The positive results of: financial constraint,

FOIPPA compliance, renewed curriculum

No one understands the Cloud

ownCloud

NextCloud

GAFE

Office365

iCloud

The ADST Lens

• This applies to everything everywhere

• Applied Design Skills and Training

• Design Thinking

• Challenges and Challenges

credit: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/design-thinking/ Sarah Gibbons

Everyone is a Coder!

• Computational thinking

• Logical processing

• Creative problem solving

The Three Pillars of the Renewed Curriculum

The Core Competencies

Buy ALL the apps!

So now let’s yap about apps…

• Suite of Core Apps chosen that:

Focus on creating content

Provide learners opportunity to show learning

in an variety of ways

Work together to create deeper/multi-media

projects

Range from simple to complex

• Video/Video Editor (iMovie)

• Stop Motion animator

• eBook publisher (Book Creator)

• Screen cast/ “hypercard” (Explain Everything)

• Music Creation (Garage Band)

• Coding/Computational thinking (Lightbot Hour,

Swift Coding)

• Others by request: DuoLinga, Khan Academy,

YouTube…. occasional “Fraction

Munchers/ATRT

Underlying it all, of course, is

SAMR

Credit: Dr. Ruben R. Puentedura http://hippasus.com/blog/

–Twitter (and possibly Michael Fullan)

“Pedagogy is the Driver

Technology is the Accelerator”

Thank you! And let’s connect:

Lisa Read

District Information Technology Coordinator

SD79 Cowichan Valley Duncan BC

Work Blog: https://theuncoordinatedcoordinator.wordpress.com/

Everything Else Blog: http://readlisaread.edublogs.org/

Twitter: |*LisaRead*| https://twitter.com/LisaRead

FaceBook: Lisa’s Technology Pagehttps://www.facebook.com/Sd79Technology/