Welcome to your Digital Portfolio at Dr. Charles Best. We provide a unique and innovative digital culture for all students to learn in. We are a 1:1 school which means each and every student and staff member uses a device to enhance teaching and learning, and most importantly, help prepare our students with tools and skills to be successful in the future. In order to ensure the success of the 1:1 program we have put in place a variety of support systems.

If you ever need assistance with technology please visit the Digital Literacy Room beside room 202.

Edublogs

Our school uses Edublogs to document and showcase your learning and experiences at Dr. Charles Best. You will use your blog to post work and assignments for classes, to post about your learning and experiences in your portfolio, and write reflections based on the Core Competencies.

Get Edublog support here: CampusPress User Guides

Office 365

All of our staff and students have FREE access to O365 tools. Our school uses these tools as one of our foundational platforms.

Coquitlam Open Learning – Applications of Digital Literacy 10

At Dr. Charles Best, Grade 9 students will earn four credits for their work in developing digital literacy skills in the course, Applications of Digital Literacy 10. In their classes, students will be required to demonstrate the ability to efficiently and effectively navigate digital technologies while behaving ethically, responsibly and protecting personal security and privacy.

Digital Footprint

A digital footprint is the collection of all the traces you leave in electronic environments as you use or move through them. Some is content you actively volunteer—like your Facebook profile. Other material is passive—the cookies a site stores in your browser, the content your district collects about your use of their equipment, etc. All this data can be aggregated to build a profile of you and your behavior.

(Courtesy of http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/04/a-great-guide-on-teaching-students.html)

Tips for Creating a Positive Digital Footprint

Always THINK
Never post anything that you might find embarrassing later.
Be careful with the pictures you post on your public profiles. Remember others will see them and judge you based on their content.
Change the privacy settings on your social networking sites so that only your Friends can see your information
Do not disclose your personal address, phone number, passwords. Bank card numbers…etc even in private messages. There is always the possibility of somebody hacking into your account and finding them.
Do not post things to bully, hurt, blackmail, insult, or afflict any kind of harm on others
Always keep in mind that once information has been posted online, it can be almost impossible to remove because of archiving and file sharing. Even though you deactivate your accounts, the information may still be retrieved by others.

(Courtesy of http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/04/a-great-guide-on-teaching-students.html)

Core Competencies

Posted on December 17, 2024 by Addison

In French 10, we did a literary circle discussion on a book that we read in small groups. This was a great demonstration of communication as it pushed me to explain/ recount and reflect and connect and engage with others. In this activity we all had to read one of the books that our teacher picked out for us and had to read them and then join in a circle and discuss. We then presented some questions that we had formulated and communicated our personal links with the story. Sometimes we had to create ideas on the spot as we would listen to other people’s thoughts/comments and make contrasting statements or state our opinions. This activity was also a great demonstration of my ability to acquire, interpret and present information that I had acquired from reading these books. These discussions would last 15 minutes while everyone needed to contribute to the discussion. In all, this has helped me improve my communication skills and develop more confidence with speaking in groups.

I have grown the most in creative thinking. Before it was difficult for me to develop ideas from a creative standpoint rather than focusing on factual evidence. I am more of a person who like one straight answer rather than multiple possibilities for one question. But now I have developed better creative thinking skills and am now able to consider and develop multiple creative ideas, especially in English 10. We have been reading many short stories with discussion questions afterwards with which there are multiple different answers based on personal interpretation of the stories. I believe that that activity has helped me grow my creative thinking skills.

My goals are trying to stop my procrastination and trying harder in my classes. I am definitely a procrastinator, which is something I am trying to work on. My plan to try and end my bad habit is to try and start on all my work the minute I get home and to diminish any distractions around me. The hope is that I will become more efficient in completing my work and be able to get more done. I also want to try harder in my classes. I do admit that I have some overdue assignments at times, and I want to get better at trying to knock them off before they become overdue. This also has to do with my procrastination. I will use personal awareness and responsibility to achieve these goals, specifically self-regulation and determination.

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