SETstories 2017 – 2018

This past school year, grade 2 teacher Beth Smith and her class at Brackendale Elementary School participated in the SET-BC Synergy Project: Supporting the Communication Competency with Technology.

At Cowichan Lake School in School District #79, classroom teacher, Lindsay Hartshorn believes in learning by doing, and in using the tools and options in your surrounding community to support educational goals.

It’s minus 17 degrees outside and an impromptu blizzard is blowing in alongside the remaining rays of afternoon sun. But the temperature in Alison Gordon’s kindergarten classroom is far from icy.

Asher is a bright, attentive and social student at View Royal Elementary School in SD #61, Victoria.

Lance Lloyd is a grade 6/7 teacher in School District 71 who is using iPads in the classroom. He has been teaching 18 years, 13 of which have been at Lake Trail Middle School.

Many teams working with students who have significant physical access challenges look to eye gaze technology as a possible solution.

Siobhan Kivell is a grade 4/5 teacher at Quadra Elementary School in Victoria. She has been teaching for 12 years in the Greater Victoria School District.

St. Patrick Elementary is a warm and welcoming school in the heart of Vancouver. You can feel the spirit of community as soon as you step in the front doors.

Digital storytelling is a powerful and engaging educational practice that allows students of all grades to tell their story.

Ron Morwick is a grade 3 teacher at Blakeburn Elementary in Port Coquitlam, BC. He has been using technology for some time and is a great resource for his school and district.

As a Provincial Resource Program, SET-BC supports school districts, classrooms, and students in all corners of BC. In the northeastern corner, lies the northernmost classroom to receive services in the 2017-2018 school year – R.L. Angus Elementary, in Fort Nelson.

Each spring, interested classroom teachers can apply to their district to be one of the classrooms to receive SET-BC service for the upcoming school year. Each district will set their own application deadlines and will decide which classrooms will receive CBS support.

Over the last few years SET-BC has worked with various French Immersion classrooms, partnering with the classroom teacher to integrate technology into teaching practice.