Welcome to your Digital Portfolio at Heritage Woods Secondary. Heritage Woods is in the process of developing a unique and innovative digital culture for all of our students to learn in. Heritage Woods is transitioning to a 1:1 school whereby each and every student and staff member will use a device to further enhance teaching and learning, and most importantly, help prepare our students with tools and skills to be successful in their future endeavors.
In order to ensure the success of this program, and to help you develop your portfolio we have put in place a variety of support systems.
If you ever need assistance with technology or the maintenance of your blog you can email Mr. Aitken (paitken@sd43.bc.ca) or Mr. Castonguay (lcastonguay@sd43.bc.ca). You can also seek assistance from Mr. Blake or Mme. Ferrer if you require it.
Edublogs
Our school uses Edublogs to document and showcase your learning and experiences at Heritage Woods. This tool is based around a WordPress platform.
You will use the various pages of your blogs (English, Social Studies, Science etc.) as a repository of your learning. You will post examples of your work and write reflections of these pieces based around the core competencies. You can also use your blog to post about your experiences at Heritage Woods, your involvement in clubs and teams, your volunteer opportunities and other opportunities. This will provide you with a basis to develop a positive digital footprint as well as a showcase of your achievements that can later be shared with post-secondary institutions and potential employers.
Login to your blog here: kodiaks.sd43.bc.ca
Your Username is your first name and last initial followed by the year you entered Grade Nine at Heritage Woods.
Get Edublog support here: Edublogs User Guides
While there are some links on your blog to various documents that will help you to complete your assignments the Edublogs user guides are especially useful in helping to problem solve and troubleshoot any issues that you may be having in regards to your blog.
Office 365
All of our staff and students have FREE access to Office 365 tools. Our school uses these tools as one of our foundational platforms. It will be advantageous for you to download copies of all of the Microsoft Suite of Programs as many features of the blogs, and within your classes revolve around these programs. You can make use of Apple products, however, not all of the documents that you will use are compatible with Pages, Keynote, and or Numbers.
Login to Office 365 here: login.microsoftonline.com
Coquitlam Open Learning – Applications of Digital Literacy 10
Heritage Woods is fortunate to be able to offer our grade 9’s a course credit for their work in the development of their digital literacy skills. The official title of the course is Applications of Digital Literacy 10 and will be a grade 10 credit given to all of the grade 9 students upon successful completion of the course. In your classes, students will be required to demonstrate the ability to efficiently and effectively navigate various digital technologies and platforms while behaving ethically, responsibly while maintaining personal security and privacy in an online environment.
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. Also remember not to post pictures of others without their permission.
- 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.