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 Competency Student Reporting

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Communication

In FCLE10, I participated in a mock interview, which was an excellent example of my communication skills, as it demonstrated that I was able to discuss myself positively while still engaging in conversation. I will focus on developing my communication competency by going out of my comfort zone and engaging in small talk with those I don’t know to strengthen communication.

Creative Thinking

In English 10, I completed a project where I had to create a piece of art related to a book of my choice. What made it difficult was that I was not allowed to recreate something that already existed, so I had to think outside of the box and create something that was both related to the book as well as new to it. I will focus on developing my creative thinking by reading more books over the summer to help my creative flow.

Critical Thinking

In Science 10, I developed my critical thinking skills by asking critical questions. I mainly do this in all of my classes; however, it was particularly more noticeable in my Science 10 course. I will continue to develop this skill by making sure I understand whole concepts, and if I don’t understand a full part of it, go into depth and make sure everything makes sense to me.

Social Responsibility

In French 10, I developed my social responsibility by taking part in the “Kiva Project.” In that project, we raised money by selling numerous things such as baked goods, chips, and drinks. All the money we made went towards the less fortunate people all around the world in the form of micro-loans. I will continue to develop my social responsibility by being more considerate of those less fortunate than me and helping them out in any way I could.

Personal and Cultural Identity

In Foods 10, I developed this competency from our final project to research and cook food that is ethnic to a certain country. After doing this project, I decided that I wanted to explore in my own culture and started researching how my own favorite Persian foods came to be. I can strengthen this competency by further researching more foods and possibly even cooking them.

Personal Awareness and Responsibility

In PHE 10, I was able to develop my personal awareness and responsibility while we were in our weight lifting unit. I had to use all the allotted time efficiently to ensure everything I needed to complete in one day ended up getting finished. At the end of each class, I then had to do a self reflection to check if I really was as efficient as I needed to be and what I could work on the next day. I could further develop this skill by doing self reflections at the end of each day to see if my day truly was productive.

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