The Student Needs Project aims to employ a blended learning environment to meet several learning goals: developing a growth mindset, digital literacy skills, collaboration abilities, and opportunities to give "Bridges out of Poverty." It plans to build a website cataloguing community-created "how-to" lessons not taught in school but important for future success. The project framework uses the Simcoe County D2L environment and various web 2.0 tools to enhance learning and develop digital proficiency, employing a business startup model to create a complex website and brand.

1. Student Needs Project
Motivation
The students project was/is being developed to
employ a blended learning environment to meet the
following learning goals:
1. Work an environment that promotes growth
mindset
2. Develop appropriate on-line etiquette(netiquette)
3. Develop Digital/Social Literacy Skills
4. Engage students in collaboration and develop
their personal voices (Student Voice)
5. Provide learning opportunities that give “Bridges
out of Poverty”

2. Student Needs Project
Overview
Build a website/brand that catalogues community
created “how-to” (Procedures) lessons that are not taught in
school but are considered important to a student’s future
success in life.

3. Student Needs Project
Framework
The project uses the Simcoe County D2L
environment as a learning and collaborative environment.
This is coupled with numerous Web Based (Web 2.0) and
Social Media tools that enhance the experience and
develop proficiency in digital literacy. Underlying this
learning environment the project employs business start
up model to achieve the end goal of creating a complex
website and brand.

4. Student Needs Project
Initial Breakdown

5. Student Needs Project
Learning Format
We wanted to keep a consistent format that allowed us the flexibility to use
a variety of tools but would be familiar enough to promote student success.
Looks something like this:
1. Presentation and tutorial
2. Exposure to web 2.0 tool to demonstrate
learning/collaboration/research
3. Demonstrate and exhibit work in Discussion Area
4. Read, Reflect and Respond
5. Consolidate through survey to drive the next phase

6. Student Needs Project
Pros and Cons of Learning Environment
Pros Cons
Access to curriculum activities Fairly Static Interface
1 Stop Shop Limited Participation outside
of SCDSB students
Seamless integration
content/communication/asses
sment/tracking
Complicated...
External content easily
embedded
Access to some tools limited
Extensive support tutorials
Relevant/Useful statistics

7. Student Needs Project
Evidence of Learning

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Evidence of Learning

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Evidence of Learning

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Evidence of Learning

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Evidence of Learning

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Evidence of Learning

13. Student Needs Project
Evidence of Learning

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Evidence of Learning

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Evidence of Learning

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Evidence of Learning

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Evidence of Learning
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