NWCS

NWCS School Based Goal

Our 1st goal was to increase communication with the IT department. This goal was achieved very quickly developing plans, calendars and expectations. It is working wonderfully due to a great staff and IT department.

We then decided to create a 2nd goal which involved our staff using the Smartboard Technology more effectively. NWCS has a young energetic staff which are trained in Smartboard Technology and are willing to advance their knowledge. Teachers used the wiki tutorials to help use Smartboard Technology more effectively.

Positive: All teachers used Notebook to plan more than one lesson. Grade 1-5 teachers use the Smartboard Technology for absolutely everything including: daily routines, attendance, interactive teaching - (math manipulatives, science - moving body parts to fit body, music - interactive keyboard, body breaks, and more), skype, video chat with another classroom in division, skype with Edmonton Oilers, History- videos, Math- (graphing - using pen colors, inserting online lessons from other divisions into notebook),and much more.

Obstacles: Time to share these positive ideas with eachother.