iPads and Clicker Apps are having a big impact on learning at a little school in northern BC. A few years ago, the highly collaborative staff at Kitwanga Elementary began assembling a bank of iPads and experimenting with apps.
Eralee is a cheerful grade five student living in Kaslo, B.C. She has a wonderful sense of humour and loves to laugh, but she her lack of functional language makes it very difficult for her to express her wants, needs and knowledge to others.
Teacher Jessie Forman and her Grade 6/7 students at Seymour Heights Elementary School in North Vancouver are exploring innovative ways for using iPads with Clicker and TouchChat applications. Earlier this…
The SET-BC Tier 2 Classroom-Based Solution at Tomekichi Homma Elementary has demonstrated that even adding 8 iPads with educational iApps can dramatically extend and expand learning activities and provide effective…
As part of the Richmond school’s district Inclusive Learning Communities project, one of their core questions being investigated was: How can we meet the diverse needs of our students in…
At Lord Tennyson Elementary in Vancouver, Suzanne Lapierre’s French Immersion students have embraced technology to its fullest. As part of a SET-BC Tier 2 Classroom-Based Solution, Suzanne received several iPads…
Lynnmour Elementary in North Vancouver was highlighted earlier this year with its Tier 2 Classroom-Based Solution supported by teacher Tessa Harrington and Principal Kelly LaRoux. Their earlier story, Lynnmour Kindergarten…
Brooke is a bright 9 year old girl in grade 3 who enjoys school and being with her peers. She is enjoying a lot of success in the classroom this year…
A classroom teacher has several iPads and a handful of Math apps to enrich her lessons. How many learning opportunities can be generated in the process? And how many smiles…
Ecole Aubrey Elementary students in Grade 3, 4 and 5 are taking part in a Tier 2 Classroom Based Solution with SET-BC this year. Teachers and students in both French…
Miranda, a clever and determined 11 year old girl, has lots to say and takes great pride in earning good grades in school. She thoroughly enjoys novel studies in Language…
“It made everything easier!” “They have helped me with Summarize This! with summarizing extreme articles.” – Grade 6 and 7 students at Wolfe Elementary Students in Shannon Soper’s Vancouver Grade 6…
Presenting Kristian Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a set of principles which guides the inclusive classroom. It suggests that a one-size-fits-all approach to instruction and assessment is not effective…
Eda is a grade 2/3 student in the Vancouver school district. She is an independent, happy girl and this has allowed her to quickly learn how to use technology to help her participate in class and express her learning.
At John Henderson School in Vancouver, Grade 4 students are using iPads and Clicker apps to develop writing fluency. Classroom teacher Joan Jung and resource teacher Kim Grey have been busy implementing a Tier 2 classroom-based solution they received from SET-BC this year.
Small Risks, Great Rewards! When Terry Kammerle, a Grade 2 teacher at Madeira Park Elementary on the Sunshine Coast, first set out to include technology in her classroom she wasn’t so sure…
Brian Ee, a teacher at Lord Selkirk Elementary in Vancouver, embraces all his superhero powers to help his students learn to write.
With a Tier 2 classroom-based technology loan of 15 Chromebooks from SET-BC this year, Shelley Putman is “Going Google” in her grade 5 classroom at Mountain Elementary in SD #34 (Abbotsford).
At Sir Alexander MacKenzie Elementary School in Vancouver, teacher Sean Martin has taken a thoughtful, logical approach to introducing technology to his students.
Maggie Wherle, an award winning writer, accomplished musician and innovative artist has been sharing her creative gifts since she started as a Kindergarten student at Margaret Jenkins Elementary 4 years ago.
The students in Christine Lang’s Grade 2 classroom at Lord Roberts Elementary probably have no idea what Universal Design for Learning is but they experience it every day!
Students in Ted Coombs’ Grade 3/4 class at Livingstone Elementary in Vancouver are finding new and innovative ways to connect with each other and their learning.
With the support of Lynnmour’s Principal Kelly La Roue and help from SET-BC consultant Nedra Post, Kindergarten teacher Tessa Harrington has been incorporating the technology loaned by SET-BC into her daily teaching practice.
At Juniper Ridge Elementary in SD#73 (Kamloops), Grade 1 students are using iPads and the “Explain Everything” app to practice reading and to receive self-feedback.
Teacher Josh Withrow and the Grade 7 students at John Knox Christian School are creating podcasts with their SET-BC Tier 2 Classroom Based Solution.
Salt Spring Island Middle School’s grade 6/7 teacher and students have been learning together this year. Teacher, Kim Moffat, with the support of resource teacher, Tom Langdon, has embarked on the use of iPads as a key tool in her inclusive classroom.
This year the Cariboo-Chilcotin school district selected Lac La Hache, a small rural school consisting of 22 students, as a priority for receiving SET-BC Tier 2 classroom-based support.
Allison Bos, a teacher in the Cariboo-Chilcotin school district, explains how supporting Universal Design for Learning (UDL) strategies with iPad technology has transformed her students’ learning and her own teaching.
Creativity abounds in a Grade 3/4 class at Ecole Sandy Hill Elementary where teacher, Nancy Desormeaux, has embarked on a SET-BC Tier 2 Classroom Based Solution.
Friar William of Occam is often (mis)quoted as stating, “The simplest solution is the best solution.”
SET-BC is a Ministry of Education Provincial Outreach Program
