PLEASE! HELP SAVE THE BANDWIDTH! Did you know that schools may only have a small bandwidth available to them? This is often used up all day long and split between many computers and many devices at the same time. The more computers and devices accessing the same bandwidth, the slower the internet will be for […]
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21st century learning
21st century learning 2010 cspa View more presentations from Ottawa Catholic School Board.
Large scale Internet slowdown
We’ve noticed slow speeds over the last few days. PLNet has reported that this is a regional issue that is affecting many of their clients and they are dealing with it as a high priority. No ETA on return to normal speeds.
Power Saving and Computers
We are looking at implementing a power saving regime in the district. We’d ask you that if you are done using your computer for the day to shut it off. Although a quick look through schools shows that many machines in classrooms and labs are left on 24/7. Desktop computers use around 100W at idle, […]
Student voice and technology
While I was cooling down from my morning treadmill I found this through google reader and the Superintendent’s blog (www.leadership.prn.BC.ca) about student voice and technology. Read the post and watch the video at the link below www.committedsardine.com/blogpost.cfm?blogID=1512 And I posted this while stretching – don’t try typing on your phone while on the treadmill…
From Tech-dummy to tech-savvy #BCTF article
http://www.bctf.ca/publications/NewsmagArticle.aspx?id=21675
2010-2011 Tech Grant
There were $55,000 worth in requests to the SD60 technology grant this fall for projectors and Smartboards. The grant has an approximate budget of 44k. 22.5k has been provided to requests from schools while the remainder will be used to upgrade school labs and teacher stations according to the replacement cycle that was put in […]
What’s twitter for?
Speaking with a teacher yesterday he suggested that twitter was only used by students to learn what that boy or girl’s name was down the hall. I said “That’s great! They are using it for learning what they are actively engaged in and wanting to learn.” Our job now is to engage them in something […]
On-line Smartboard Training
Happy to hear that 12 teachers at Prespatou School are taking part in the Blossom on-line learning Smartboard courses https://www.blossomlearning.com/default.aspx