Presently,
teachers and Middle School students are using mobile laptop carts as a
means of integrating technology into the curriculum. In 2006-07, all Middle
School students will be issued laptops. As a means of facilitating the
integration of technology throughout the Middle School curriculum, as
well as promote collaboration across subject areas, the
present integration plan
is now being phased in. This plan seeks to create an on-line magazine
whereby students would publish at least one of their class projects during
the course of the 2005-06 academic year.
Essentially,
a comprehensive computer skills curriculum has been developed with different
software skills (projects) being assigned to various disciplines in Grades
7 & 8. Teachers then integrate their assigned computer skills into
a unit that they are teaching in their course.
LCC's
Multimedia-based Laptop Curriculum prepared by Mr.
Auclair, Head of Computer Studies
Sample of Ms. Stokely & Ms. Cantin's Grade 8 integration project in science
For
example, Ms. Stokely and Ms. Cantin (Grade 8, Biologie) were assigned
an advanced Powerpoint unit. This past term, the focus of their subject
was cells. As such, students will be expected to produce a Powerpoint
presentation on various types of cells. Ms. Stokely and Ms. Cantin have
developed an English outline
and a french outline
of their project, as well as an English
assessment rubric and a rubrique
d'évaluation en français.
Comments?
e-mail me @ cauclair@lcc.ca