Tuning into Teenagers ... and now our next phase, iTuning into Teenagers. How do you support and involve ALL staff in integrating IT into their programs to better engage students and achieve higher levels of achievement? This presentation will examine our journey at Bayside Secondary School over the past several years in addressing this question.

1. Tuning Teenagers into Learning …
and now our next phase,
iTuning into Teenagers
Grant Montgomery
Principal – Bayside Secondary School
Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board
Ontario, Canada
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2. Overview for Presentation
Our Demographics at BSS
Learning in the NOW
Our Journey
Making IT Happen
Looking Ahead and Next Steps
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3. Learning Goals
At the end of the presentation, I will be able to:
discuss specific examples of important
factors involved in integrating IT into
school improvement
re-affirm the importance of leadership to
continue to promote these types of
changes
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4. Our Demographics
Our Board
Bayside Secondary
Ref: Google Maps
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5. Learning in the NOW
A Vision for 21st Century Learning
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6. What are the building blocks in a school
for developing a more engaging learning
environment in the 21st Century to tune
teenagers into learning?
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7. Developing an Engaging
Learning Environment for
NOW
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8. Our Journey
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Professional
Development
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Vision
Engaging Learning ?
Infrastructure
Environment for
NOW
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Data and
Monitoring ?
Curriculum
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Collaboration
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9. Vision
Our BSS Key Competencies
Long Version Short Version with Graphics
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10. Vision
The 3 Ps The 3 Es
~~> Michael Fullan ~~> SPEAK UP 2010 National Findings
K-12 Students & Parents April 2011
Precision Engaging
Personalization Empowering
Professional Enabling
Development
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11. Vision
Ref: http://qedfoundation.org/transformational-change-model/
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12. Our Journey
Professional
Development
Vision
Engaging Learning ?
Infrastructure
Environment for
NOW
?
Data and
Monitoring ?
Curriculum
?
Collaboration
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13. Professional Development
Differentiated Instruction
Grown Up Digital by Don Tapscott
Guest Speakers
Conferences: Quest 2010, ecoo,
EOSDN
Curation: Student Engagement,
Future Trends and Advances
Daily and Ongoing Staff Learning
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14. Our Journey
Professional
Development
Vision
Infrastructure
Engaging Learning
Environment for
NOW
?
Data and
Monitoring ?
Curriculum
?
Collaboration
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15. Infrastructure
 Updated Computers
 Smartboards
 Mini-Labs
 Upgraded LAN and WAN
(Bd)
 Dept. Office Computers
 Clickers
 Wireless (Bd)
 BYOD (Smartphones,
Netbooks, Tablets)
supplemented by 2 school
iPad Carts
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16. Our Journey
Professional
Development
Vision Infrastructure
Engaging Learning
Environment for
NOW
?
Data and
Monitoring Curriculum
?
Collaboration
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17. Curriculum
Some examples:
Grade 10 Applied
English Integrated Unit
(created by Jessica Francis)
TLLP curriculum and
projects (TLLP teachers)
Student Creation
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18. Our Journey
Professional
Development
Vision Infrastructure
Engaging Learning
Environment for
NOW
?
Data and Curriculum
Monitoring
Collaboration
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19. Collaboration
 Different staff teams in the
school
 Sharepoint with staff
 BSS District Review wiki
 Outside the school –
Creation of PLNs and other
networks using Twitter and
other Social Media
platforms
 Students in the classroom
 Students in the school -
@bssnews on Twitter
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20. Our Journey
Professional
Development
Vision Infrastructure
Engaging Learning
Environment for
NOW
Monitoring Curriculum
and Data
Collaboration
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21. Monitoring and Data
Use of Staff Connectors
Filemaker Student tracking
Other data: achievement, credit
accumulation, attendance,
suspension, student perceptions
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22. LEADERSHIP
Professional
Development
Vision Infrastructure
Engaging Learning
Environment for
NOW
Monitoring Curriculum
and Data
Collaboration
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23. LEADERSHIP
Professional
Development
Vision Infrastructure
Monitoring Curriculum
and Data
Collaboration
Engaging Learning Environment for NOW
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24. Leadership – Making It Happen
Building Capacity – Patience and Persistence
Engage teachers to Engage Students
Take risks – don’t worry about failures – learn
from them; celebrate successes
Support and Encourage
Modelling by all leaders – teachers, staff,
students, parents and community
The leader always sets the trail for others to follow.
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25. Looking Ahead and Next Steps
Continue to expand our learning culture at the
school and share our learning outside the school;
continue to shift our classroom practices to more
student-centred learning
Expand our use of student collaboration and
mobiles in the classroom including the use of
Apple TVs connected to our Smartboards
Further our understanding of formative feedback
and increase student self-assessment and peer-
assessment using co-created criteria
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26. Microsoft 2020
Technology
Future Vision
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27. Presentation Links
Slide 5
A Vision for 21st Century Learning: http://youtu.be/Mirxkzkxuf4
Slide 13
Guest Speakers (Ken Robinson): http://youtu.be/Bt1ed2uE1H0
Curation – Student Engagement:
http://www.scoop.it/t/student-engagement-for-learning
- Future Trends and Advances: http://www.scoop.it/t/future-
trends-and-advances-in-education-and-technology
Slide 17
TLLP wiki: http://baysidetllp.wikispaces.com/home
Slide 19
BSS District Review wiki: http://bssll21c.wikispaces.com/Welcome
Slide 26
Microsoft 2020 Future Technology Future Vision:
http://youtu.be/vxPn4Eo0PRk
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28. Feel free to contact me if you have
any questions regarding the
presentation:
Grant Montgomery
@GMontgomery10
gmontgomery@hpedsb.on.ca
613 966-2922 ext. 2122
Bayside Secondary School
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