We are reaching the end of the first year of our new technology plan in the Durham District School Board. The shift we have seen this year has been powerful for our students and is a testament to how teachers have embraced the greater access to technology and the change to Chromebooks. As we look […]
One of the great things about being a teacher is seeing one’s students grow in confidence and develop their learning over the course of a semester. Usually this is accompanied by the ever-sought-after “light-bulb moment” where a student really “gets” an idea or concept. This can usually be seen by a broad smile or an […]
As a new member of the Innovative Education Team I was involved in a well-planned and well-executed phase two Chromebook roll-out. While visiting schools to distribute the hardware and share orientations in classrooms there were a number of Grade 10 students who expressed their excitement about receiving their own Chromebook. There was definitely a positive […]
As a Grade 7 teacher, I was very excited about the 1:1 student Chromebook initiative, and so were my students! On the day they arrived there was a palatable feeling of excitement in the school and the distribution was filled with all the ohhhhhh’s and ahhhhhhh’s of students exploring their new devices. That afternoon, I just happened […]
