Welcome to the Garden Valley School Division PBWiki! This collaborative online space is dedicated to supporting and showcasing educational information and communications technology (ICT) projects in the division. This wiki also offers a space where professional development opportunities are communicated, and classroom learning can be extended and shared with parents/guardians. Through the divisional Technology Integration Plan (TIP), GVSD supports Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth's (MECY) Literacy with ICT Across the Curriculum initiative. The division's aim is to move beyond mere equipment acquisition, and move toward true technology infusion across the curriculum.

Our ICT Mission: to "Enlighten, encourage, and enable students and teachers to develop and use ICT literacy skills...(and)...empower learners to become responsible, contributing, and ethical members of an ever changing global society." (Technology Integration Plan 2006).  If you're interested in contributing to this wiki, please contact the wiki administrator. 

Announcements

 GVSD is pleased to offer a new third option for Tech College, which represents a broadening of our Tech College options to better meet the needs of our teachers. Teachers participating in option #3 will have opportunities to attend 15 1-hour sessions being held throughout the division. Sessions will be offered at three different levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. read more >>

 GVSD is planning to pilot the use of ePEARL in 2008-09. ePEARL is a powerful electronic portfolio platform developed by Concordia University, and is now used by many Manitoba schools. A group of GVSD teachers and their students will begin building portfolios this fall. The successes of this project will hopefully be shared with colleagues and parents, and the hope is that all teachers wishing to use ePEARL will be able to do so in the future. read more >>

 2008-2009 Technology Innovation Grant Awards announcement: The Garden Valley School Division Technology Innovation Grant aims to promote and support teachers who are developing innovative ICT projects that focus on technology infusion in the classroom. The Technology Innovation Grant Committee would like to thank all the teachers who submitted innovative project ideas and applications, and also congratulate the 2008-09 grant recipients. The following project submissions have been selected to receive 2008-09 GVSD Innovation Grant Awards:

1. Title: ICT Literacy Kits

     Project Leaders: Esther Klassen, Evelyn Koop, Vicki Doell, Cheryl Crossman

     School: WES

     Cohort: K-4

2. Title: GPS and Geo-Caching

     Project Leader: Jackie Neufeld

     School: Plum Coulee

     Cohort: 5-8

3. Title: Virtual Business - Management 2.0

     Project Leader: Charlie Siler

     School: GVC

     Cohort: 9-12 

Tech College

Tech College is an after-school professional development course designed to help teachers become more computer/technology literate, and to help teachers learn how to integrate technology across all curricula. The first Tech College cohort completed their experience in 2005-2006, and Tech College continues to provide GVSD teachers with training in both ICT and the development of students' literacy with ICT. All GVSD teachers are encouraged to participate in tech college sessions being offered throughout the year. read more >>