The Connected Classroom: Shawn Skalinski

Classroom

Weekly class meetings

Triple R's (Respect yourself, Respect others, Respect your environment)

SMART goals

Core competencies (BC Curriculum)

Career Education

leadership

family

public identity

Group work focus

classroom agreements

self regulation

Critical thinking and problem solving

Self regulation

Technology

Office 365 Teams

collaboration on digital documents

connecting with teacher on video or chats outside of school

video conferencing with parents

group work online from different locations

organising tool for students: resources, documents, assignment tracking

Online etiquette

Online research

Conferencing

Zoom etc.

Microsoft Teams

Wakelet

class newsletter and parent communication

Microsoft Virtual Field Trips

Online portfolios

FreshGrade

Teams

Community

Parents

Parent Teacher conferences

PAC initiatives

Student led conferences

Local

First Nations curriculum integration

Hearts for vets card making

shore line cleanup

Global

Connections of concepts to global issues

Field Trips relating to Social and Science units

Guest speakers and presenters

School

Buddies class

Sports day

Whole school events

assemblies

grade group coordination

Curriculum

Core Competencies

Communication

Personal and Social

Social Studies First Nations integrations

First Peoples history with Canada

Math First Nations integrations

First Peoples worldviews and perspectives to make connections to mathematical concepts

English Language Arts First Nations integrations

stories in First Peoples culture

Art First Nations integrations

traditional and contemporary Aboriginal arts and arts-making processes

Career Education

Leadership and collaboration with others

Family and community relationships