Your Charles Best Digital Portfolio

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)

I chose the topic of researching the results to modeling fishlike swimmers because I’ve been swimming for most of my life and I thought it would be interesting to see a school subject, physics, mix with an extracurricular activity. Initially, I was hoping for the article to explain and perhaps help my understanding of how fish and people can propel themselves forward in a more effortless and efficient effort, unfortunately, that was not the case. The article was very heavy on math, physics, and machines used to achieve the conclusion, which I still thought was interesting – just not what I was expecting. Through this project, something really valuable that I learned was where to find the sites shown by Mrs. Royle because now with the advancement with ai and social media, it’s hard to find reliable sources that can show solid proof of their conclusions. Lastly, I found that being able to sit down to read a 30-page paper to which 40% I couldn’t understand is also valuable because it required me to read something difficult, which I think is important for the improvement of my overall knowledge and something that I haven’t had the time to do in a while.

For my presentation, I think I showed growth in the core competencies of communicating, more specifically – focusing on intent & purpose and acquiring & presenting information. This is because I feel that I stayed on the topic of the project – which was to share with the class a research article linked to our passion – and present it in a smooth matter. This can be seen as a competence that I show growth by comparing my confidence and content at the beginning of this year to now – I was less confident and wasn’t as to the point compared to now. Additionally, I plan to further this competence by doing more to prepare for the presentations: reviewing and practicing the content. As well, I plan to participate more in in-class discussions and answer questions because this can also aid in practicing the skill of communication.

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