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Regional Workshop – Curriculum & Assessment
This afternoon I was able to attend a presentation about a prototype for curriculum and assessment at the North Peace Cultural Centre. There were over 80 participants from School Districts 59 and 60 who took part in what I felt were exciting proposals around how we handle curriculum and assessment in the future. Here are […]
Skype and Around the World in 80 Schools
Would you like to take part in a neat project to connect with classrooms around the world? This is a great project that began in 2009 and involves classrooms connecting via skype for a short conversation. http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/01/03/around-the-world-with-80-schools/ http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/01/02/reasons-for-skyping-in-the-classroom/ http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/11/16/videoconferencing-with-elementary-school-students/ http://aroundtheworldwith80schools.wikispaces.com/ If you are interested please email jbell@prn.bc.ca and Technology Services would be happy to help […]
Planned Outages
Here are two planned outages that will affect schools; however we hope will have no impact as they are scheduled for late in the night. RFC# 84786 Location(s): Fort St. John RNC – All TELUS MAN services SD60 – Alwin Holland Elementary School Bert Ambrose Elementary School Bert Bowes Middle School C M Finch Elementary […]
Wonowon Internet Upgrade
I’m happy to say that the Wonowon Elementary School’s internet has been upgraded to a 4Mbps ADSL line via Northwestel! We expect this to provide much better reliability, download and upload speeds than the previous satellite connections.
We’re sorry…
The SD60 WebApps site is not available from outside the School District network.If you are attempting to change your password, your best bet is to try again from your school (or a School District location). If you are a TOC, Casual, or a Bus Driver, you can see any secretary to get your password reset. […]
What is MT in Twitter?
Many of you familiar with twitter know that RT signifies a Retweet. MT stands for a Modified Tweet or Mention Tweet (thanks to John for the Mention Tweet). I edit some retweets so I can fit in a comment or change a hashtag. When I do, I change the letters RT to MT and leave […]
For Discussion – New Printer Moratorium
Originally posted March 12, 2012 In light of a cost report done at the Vancouver School Board which referenced printers and printing costs along with our requirement to have various printing reduction strategies in place for Provincial carbon reporting I would suggest the following change to the Printer Purchasing Policy which is currently at http://www.prn.bc.ca/ts/?p=284. Suggested […]
Keep the IT folks fed
Here’s a great picture of JP Wood by Rick Phillips – Chips and Dip
60 iPad apps in 60 minutes
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