Sarah Cook's EDDL Portfolio

Access At the schools where I work, students have access to the following software: Adobe Acrobat DC; Blackboard; Calculator; Camera; Comic life 2; CM Trace; DropBox; Dyned; Filezilla; Google; Groove Music; Internet Explorer; Messaging; Mail; Microsoft Office- word, PowerPoint, Access,; Mixed Reality Portal; Mixed Reality Viewer; Movie Maker; Movies and TV; One Note; Paint; Paint 3D; Photos; Snipping tool; Skype; Sticky Notes; Video Editor; Voice recorder …

Pro D In my district, each teacher is allocated $175 a year (those with a contract) to use towards Pro D. A TOC costs $400 and so before you have even signed up for a course etc you are already $325 out of pocket. You can ‘borrow’ from staff who …

My Institutional Privacy Policy Searching for the privacy legislation and policy of SD23 was very easy and transparent. The search immediately provided a link to the FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY’ section of the Policies and Procedures . It reiterates that The Board of Education is a public body subject to …

Privacy Impact Scenario Students on the DC course are required to produce an ‘All About Me Page’ on Weebly which uses digital and online tools to tell their learning journey. In a subsequent lesson, students share this content with students from another class or school in the district and peer …

Project Plan Template Were you able to estimate values for the template? Yes.  As this course is a collaborative blended approach, there would be occasions where the Careers teacher is leading and so staff would be able to utilize the times. By distributing the tasks amongst all DC staff, this …

Personal Technology Plan Motto:  Using technology to personalize, enhance and transform learning Objectives  To develop the Blended Learning Digital Communications 11/ Career Life Education 11 by integrating more Learning Inquiry Opportunities and opportunities for assessment. Learning Plan As the district is moving away from Moodle, and will not be renewing …

In order to find out more about the School District’s Technology Plans, I asked the Principle of Technology (luckily my Boss!) to share his knowledge. Does SD23 have a technology plan, and if so, how and where is it accessed?  Yes.  You can see the 10,000ft details of our Shared …

I agree with Edyburn who challenges the notion that teacher’s are using UDL but just don’t realize it. Whilst UDL  removes barriers in instruction and provides flexibility, the initial phase of “good design for people with disabilities benefits everybody” just isn’t enough nowadays. For differentiation to be effective and allow …