West Vancouver Portal Project Technology Update October 2007

What are we doing? How are we teaching our kids for a 21 st century workplace? How are we preparing our system for a device rich environment? How are we supporting our teachers for their changing workplace? How are we enabling parents to participate in their child’s education? How are we ensuring we stay out front?

How are we teaching our kids for a 21 st century workplace?

How are we preparing our system for a device rich environment?

How are we supporting our teachers for their changing workplace?

How are we enabling parents to participate in their child’s education?

How are we ensuring we stay out front?

Shift Happens . . . :

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How is your school using technology to improve student learning or how would you like to use technology to improve student learning?

Trends of Educational Change Organizational Change Value Personal Department Team System

What Shapes Performance? Different time, different place Same time, different place Same time, same place Working alone Work Styles Percentage of work product that will depend on group input 0 20 40 60 80 100% 2000 2005 2010

Information & Knowledge Worker Trends Industrial Economy Knowledge Economy Follows standard rules & procedures Requires significant judgment & flexibility Follows standard rules & procedures Requires significant judgment & flexibility (to adapt) 80% 20% 20% 80%

People As Middleware Document Creation Collaboration Search Processes ERP CRM Ad Hoc Workflows And Tasks Structured Data Hard Drives and File Shares Enterprise Apps Relational Database Traditional IT Investments Unstructured Work Coordinate teams & share knowledge Simplify access to Education applications Find and use information Manage content with security & compliance Automate Education process Use data to drive Education decisions

What is a portal, really? A software application designed to integrate information, applications, and processes across organizational boundaries and to provide personalized capabilities to visitors Portals are designed to work on different computers and aggregate content and services from multiple sources Imagine the possibilities… … key integrating technology

What is this project really about? Creating a Connected Professional Learning Community Creating an Efficient and Seamlessly Integrated Work Centre Staff / Student / Parent Communication Digital 21st Century Learning

Changing Business and Learning E-mail Forms News Calendars Documents Discussions Resources Audio / Video Pictures Workflow Blogs / Wikis Lesson Tracking

E-mail

Forms

News

Calendars

Documents

Discussions

Resources

Audio / Video

Pictures

Workflow

Blogs / Wikis

Lesson Tracking

How will the portal allow you to do business differently?

Connecting People & Information Teaching & Learning Managing the Institution Strategic Pillars for 21st Century Learning

Evolution of Technology in Schools

Our Portal Allows us to Manage Information Classroom School District Public Site Internet My Site BACK END CHANGES

What it might look like . . .

At a school / class level . . .

Ongoing District Projects Infrastructure Updates (active directory / new image for computers) School Connect (home access for files) BCeSIS Preparation and Launch Major Hardware Updates

Infrastructure Updates (active directory / new image for computers)

School Connect (home access for files)

BCeSIS Preparation and Launch

Major Hardware Updates

What are the current tech challenges in your school?

Portal Timelines E-Mail Conversion / Microsoft 2007 Update Nov 2007 – June 2008 Sharepoint Installation Early Spring 2008

E-Mail Conversion / Microsoft 2007 Update

Nov 2007 – June 2008

Sharepoint Installation

Early Spring 2008

Portal Timelines (cont’d) District Portal Launch Spring 2008 School Portals (Internal) Spring 2008 - School Portals (External) Fall 2008 - Virtual Classrooms Fall 2008 -

District Portal Launch

Spring 2008

School Portals (Internal)

Spring 2008 -

School Portals (External)

Fall 2008 -

Virtual Classrooms

Fall 2008 -

Challenges Building and supporting the infrastructure Building capacity in the system Providing ongoing hardware and headware support

Building and supporting the infrastructure

Building capacity in the system

Providing ongoing hardware and headware support

What we need help with now Keeping websites up-to-date Being patient with school technology needs Help share and lead the vision

Keeping websites up-to-date

Being patient with school technology needs

Help share and lead the vision

What are you posting to your website and how are you keeping it current?

But, What About . . . Laptops Tablets Smartboards New Software “ Clickers” Proliferation of Printers Role of the School Tech Committee

Laptops

Tablets

Smartboards

New Software

“ Clickers”

Proliferation of Printers

Role of the School Tech Committee

How does the Tech Committee function in your school?

What We Are Trying to Do . .. It’s a technology project Student Learning Teacher Supports Employee Supports School Supports

What supports do you need from the district?