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=**Elgin Park Secondary School**= =**Digital Integration Learning Design Project**=


 * Learning Design Team:**
 * Mr. Kevin DeBoice || Principal ||
 * Ms. Leigh Murray || Teacher-Librarian ||
 * Ms. Carolyn Pederson || English Department Head ||
 * Ms. Lindsey Martin || Social Studies Teacher ||
 * Mr. Danny Tsang || Business Education Department Head ||
 * Mr. Johan Mynhardt || Technology Education Department Head ||

The commitment to this project began prior to the meeting held at North Surrey Secondary School. Mr. DeBoice discussed the possibilities of this proposal and identified that there was already a significant level of enthusiasm at Elgin Park for a project of this nature. Following the district meeting, Mr. DeBoice returned to Elgin Park and immediately began liaising with department heads asking for discussion to begin about the possibilities of committing to a digital integration project at Elgin Park. Department heads willingly dedicated a Department Head Release Day to facilitate a meeting of 16 staff members and 4 parents on February 28, 2011 to collaborate on the development of the project focus.


 * Team Development:** The Learning Design Team was selected from interested parties who represented a cross-section of the school community and who willingly made a long-term commitment to the fulfillment of this project. In addition to the team named in this proposal, Elgin Park's present and past Tech Facilitators, David Ingram and Greg Worsley, have expressed a commitment to provide technological and pedagogical support for the project.


 * Student Involvement:** A representative sample of the student population met with the Learning Design Team to discuss ideas for implementation from the student perspective. Students were given 5 days to network with their peers to generate ideas for digital integration and report back to the design team their findings.


 * Project Purpose:** Elgin Park's Digital Integration Project will enhance, promote and extend student engagement and student learning; promote information and media literacy throughout the entire school community; and continue to keep students at the centre of an expanding learning community. The project will encourage the establishment of a collaborative culture of teaching and learning by giving students an opportunity to engage with real-world technology through authentic learning activities.


 * Project Timeline:**


 * Introductory Year:**
 * March 14,2011 || Project Applications Due ||
 * April 4, 2011 || Successful Applicants Contacted ||
 * April 11-12, 2011 || Half-day sessions to explore project tools (release time provided) ||
 * May 10-11, 2011 || Full-day sessions to design learning activities (release time provided) ||


 * Year 1:**
 * October, 2011 || Full-day sessions for project feedback and development (release time provided) ||
 * February, 2012 || (District NID) Full-day sessions for staff development ||
 * Spring, 2012 || Project Sharing ||


 * Year 2:**
 * October, 2012 || Full-day sessions for project feedback and development (release time provided) ||
 * February, 2013 || (District NID) Full-day sessions for staff development ||
 * Spring, 2013 || Project Sharing ||

Header image: Kurdle, Snapping. Apple. 2010. Photograph. //Flickr//. Flickr. 20 May 010. Web. 1 Mar. 2011. . Used with permissions under Creative Commons Licensing.