District Technology Coaches can be released from their classrooms to support your understanding around how technology can be used for learning. Read the bio's below to learn about each coaches' area of expertise.
Clayton Willms
My name is Clayton Willms and I teach our provincial curriculum by integrating arts & technology at F.G. Leary Fine Arts Elementary. I love to integrate coding, ADST, Minecraft, and film with core academic subjects. I have taught basic coding using Scratch programming for over 10 years and find it one of the most versatile tools for students to both learn the problem solving cycle and show their learning in almost any subject. I have also used Minecraft to teach and demonstrate subject material for over a decade. It is one of the best tech resources we have in the district and every child has a license through Microsoft 365. Please don't hesitate to send me an email or a chat request over Teams. I have many accessible activity and project ideas for you to explore with your class and would love to share.
Email: clayton_willms@sd33.bc.ca
Scott Gregory
I'm very interested in helping teachers develop projects that use technology to address learning outcomes in various subjects at their grade level. I would also like to provide ideas and suggestions for apps you can use for math, reading, writing, science, social studies and more. My school uses Apple products exclusively, so I have a lot of experience with Mac computers, iPads and Apple TV. I enjoy developing projects that address learning outcomes across multiple subject areas in the grade 4 and 5 curriculum. Since a technology project can demand a significant time commitment, I found it important to have the projects that provide assessment in more than one subject area. I have an interest in projects that incorporate the following technology:
- PowerPoint Presentations
- Comic Life Projects
- iMovie (creating movies)
- Brochures/Flyers Podcasts (Radio Plays)
- Blogs Photo/Video Editing
- Story Writing by Story Boarding
Students really love using technology and I find it's a great way to cover some of those harder to get learning outcomes (in particular, social studies, career, health). Students also develop some great prerequisite technology skills that will be useful to them in middle and high school. I would really like to help other teachers plan and implement projects that make use of their technology and address the curriculum.
Email: scott_gregory@sd33.bc.ca