GSCS - Linking it all together

Linking it all together…

•Supplement•Support•Integrate

Students

Stakeholders

K- 12 Online

Schools

Parents

K- 12 Face-to-Face

SchoolsGSCS Staff Community

Educators Parishes

SportingCommunity

AOK12SMembers

General Population

SCCS approach

Key Program

Blogs (Movable Type License)

• Easily updated web sites• Minimize training needs• Users train each other• Templates • RSS Feeds• Email Subscriptions• Daily updates• Current information for all audiences

Blog Uses(Movable Type)

ClassroomHomework

School Web sites

School Newsletters

Resource Sharing

Sports Stats &Schedules

Classroom Journal

Assignments

School Events

Image Archives

Classroom Web Site

Major Component - RSS Feeds

The Internet…

The Pros:Individual access to a world of informationQuick communicationA wealth of knowledge somewhere out there…

The Cons:How do you sort and filter a “world of information”Endless searching for meager or low quality resultsLabour intensive… (you mean I have to find it??)Suitability and Authenticity

With the RSS (Rich Site Summary) technology, the web became a place where information could be pushed to surfers…

Users don’t have to go to it, it comes to them.

And best of all…. We can control what we get!

School Web site With RSS Feeds

Using blogs to filter resources

How do we find these resources?

News Aggregates

Learning Communities (Staff)

•LC’s are virtual environments where educators can gather to share information, ideas, units, web sites , etc…•The LC’s cater to different groups. (i.e. Principals, L.A.T’s, Grade 2 Educators, Secondary Science Educators)•LC’s are secure areas housed securely in WebCT. •Users must register through the Cyber School to receive log in credentials •GSCS LC’s are open to anyone who wishes to register. There are certain exceptions to this rule (i.e. Principal LC)

Learning Communities

• All Learning Communities have secure email, chat rooms and discussion boards• Helpful tutorials regarding the use of WebCT, computer basics, Internet basics, etc.•Support from SCCS staff•Over 50 members in each Learning Community•The sky is the limit. SCCS will develop a LC for any group who wishes to have a secure area to communicate

Learning Communities

Learning Communities

•Cyber Planets are secure online elementary school classrooms. •The classroom includes secure e-mail, chatrooms & bulletin boards. •The classrooms allows teachers to monitor their students activities while logged into the classroom at school or even at home.•The Cyber Planets also include "Subject Stuff".

•The websites found in this area have been evaluated and include sites and activities for students divided by subject area. Be confident that your students are not only on safe sites but also educational sites!

Using Blogs to filter resources

Association of Online K-12 Schooling

Association of Online K-12 Schooling

Free Membership Includes:

•Newsletters•Showcase Course Units•GSCS Learning Community Access•Association Learning Community Access•K-12 Educational Blogs•Free blog hosting•Networking with other Distance educators all over the world (currently there are members in 4 continents)

School Web site 4 blogs feeding into one

page

School Web site

School Newsletter Blog

Student Notices Blog

Classroom Web Site

Sport Schedules

Student Journal Blog

Student Journal Blog

Parish web site using a blog

Hybrid Courses

Hybrid courses are courses designed as on-line courses that are used, in some form, in a face to face classroom.

Hybrid Models1.) Facilitator in the class, use the online

material as a guide to classroom instruction. Credit is offered from face to face school.

2.) Hybrid is used as an additional resource to supplement in-class instruction. Students can write online exams in place of face to face.

3.) Use units of online class or learning objects in F2F, using tools for communication tools to extend F2F discussions.

Hybrid Models4.) Students taking different online

courses in a single F2F classroom, with a single instructor.

5.) Whatever one can dream about.

Use your imagination

There are so many possibilities

Linking it all together…

So....................What can the future hold?

Stakeholders:ProvincialNational

InternationalMicrosoftSaskTelGSCS

Time to dream Large.

Microsoft

Sharepoint (software)

SaskTelCanada has the best network in the world.

Saskatchewan has the best network in Canada.

We should be offering worldwide because we are the best equipped to do so.

Provincial

Too small not to share.Don’t re-invent the wheel.Central clearing house.Don’t create, collect, sift and present.

Bandwidth?

International Market

Can we offer what we have off-shore?Built or building partnerships with

South AfricaIsrael

United StatesHollandSwedenCroatiaNorwayFinland

DenmarkGermany

BrazilAsia

FranceAustralia

Nigeria

GSCSSCCS offers material to....

Supplement

Support

Integrate