Improving Student Achievement and Program Quality with Digital Technologies
An effective learning experience incorporates research-based pedagogical practices that foster future-ready skills such as critical thinking, authentic problem solving, communication and collaboration. Students are given agency through meaningful learning tasks that leverage technology, that are driven by their needs, interests, and the big ideas of the curriculum. Flexible, learning spaces enable students to learn and create in different ways, at different times.
Technology has revolutionized the way we learn and teach. By using technology in innovative ways, educators can redefine the learning experience and create opportunities where students are creating, evaluating, and analyzing in new ways. Technology also allows students to access content in engaging ways by providing them with the tools they need to succeed in changing learning environments. Educators can take advantage of digital resources to differentiate tasks and create equitable opportunities for students.
Goal:
We commit to providing digital tools, resources, and technologies that empower effective, responsive, and equitable learning experiences.
Students:
- Know what tools to select to support their learning and achievement in various subjects, including literacy and mathematics.
- Show increased level of digital fluency, and empowerment to leverage technology in effective ways.
- Demonstrate greater voice in what and how they are learning.
- Leverage technology to engage in authentic, relevant and challenging learning tasks.
Staff:
- Leverage technologies, including assistive technology, in redefining instructional practices to improve student learning.
- Exhibit improved confidence and capacity to integrate digital learning in instructional practice, with ongoing professional learning opportunities.
System:
- Display increases in innovative teaching and learning experiences in blended and online learning environments.
- Acknowledge and celebrate innovative teaching and learning experiences in blended and online learning environments.
- Various surveys and educator feedback tools will indicate:
- 50% more educators are using technology effectively to provide innovative learning activities that meet the needs of all learners.
- 75% of students critically select, evaluate, and use digital tools and resources to deepen learning on a regular basis.
- Various surveys and student feedback tools will indicate a 50% increase in:
- Opportunities to have a voice in what and how they learn.
- Feeling challenged in their learning.
- Knowing how to use technology to create and share information in a responsible and ethical way.
- What could be changed to support student use of technology to create knowledge or enhance the learning experience.
- Through collaboration with other central departments, support infusing digital technology into authentic learning tasks in a variety of subjects, in both blended and online learning.
- Continue to expose intermediate students to experiences offered through the Virtual Learning Environment.
- Provide professional development opportunities for staff to develop best technological practices.
- Engage and inspire educators to redefine learning and assessment tasks.
- In collaboration with other central departments, inform and guide the use of AI in support of learning.
Connections to Exit Outcomes
- Goal-Oriented
- Innovative/Creative
- Collaborative
- Globally Aware
- Resilient
- Ethical Decision-Makers
- Digitally Fluent
- Academically Diverse
- Effective Communicators
- Critical Thinkers