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)

In Entrepreneurship and Marketing 10, I have demonstrated creative thinking in our creating a campaign for a business assignment by generating ideas. I had to come up with an unique campaign for an already existing business, I used my creativity to generate unique ideas. I made a campaign that would be hosted on Instagram where people could win a prize and connect with others. I also demonstrated creative thinking in business 10 in my project to create a logo design for myself, I used my creative thinking to incorporate my initials in a pleasing design demonstrating that I can think “outside the box” to get innovative ideas and persevere to develop them.

I’ve improved my communication competency in Business 10, by asking my peers questions after their presentations this demonstrates connecting and engaging with others. I would communicate with them what I think they did well and also where they could improve, also asking questions about anything I had confusion about. Another way that I have worked on my communication competency in business 10 is consistently presenting and going in front of the class to explain my project. This demonstrates that I acquired, interpreted and presented information.

I demonstrated the communication skill during our literary circles in my French 10 class. I shared my ideas about the book with my classmates and participate in discussions. I collaborated with others and shared our opinions, continuing to respect each other even if our ideas were different. This shows that I can participate and collaborate with others in French.

I demonstrated personal responsible by practicing and studying my weakness in my French 10 class. In French my weakness is grammar and I improved my practicing a lot before tests and spending time studying. I improved my grammar by asking my teacher questions. I also used my strengths which are my oral French. I communicated with others and was confident during presentations. This shows that I know my forces and weaknesses in French and I am ready to work to improve them.

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