Digital Documentation Made Simple
(Sunday, March 15 - Friday, March 20, 2009)

Location:http://knowschools.ca
Facilitator: Bernadette Rego, Canada

In this knowWEEK we will be exploring the definition of "digital documentation" and how it can raise your classroom's profile within your school community. We will be finding ways of simplifying how we document student work by using only photography and text as our media. We will be primarily exploring Picasa Web Albums and Flickr as ways of sharing what and how students learn. We also will be exploring successes and challenges of digital documentation. As part of the knowWEEK, students will be encouraged to digitally document something happening in their classroom and to share it with peers. To create the project, you will need a digital camera with a USB cable, a computer with internet connection and USB port, and a Gmail and/or Yahoo! e-mail.

About Bernadette Rego:

Bernadette is a French Immersion Teacher in BC. While teaching pre-school aged children at UBC Childcare, she discovered digital documentation at a conference she attended. Since then, she has documented, through photography, children's learning experiences both at UBC Childcare and later in public school teaching. Her work on wikis was presented at a UBC Conference on Digital Technologiesin 2006. She is an avid blogger and is part of various education related social networks. She created a wiki for educators at http://thedigitalclassroom.wetpaint.com. Bernadette is currently working on her Masters of Education in Technology through UBC.

How To ACCESS This knowWEEK:

Please note the following steps

1. Limited Participation
Each knowWEEK is limited to a maximum of 35 participants. Pre-registration is encouraged!

2. Who can Participate?
Of interest to school administrators and teachers.Access is open and free of charge to:

• All BC teachers and Administrators in the BC public and private school system;


• By special arrangement for organizations outside of the BC Public School System.

If you don't fit into the above criteria you can still participate and $175.00 CAD for each knowWEEK. Pay through our secure online registration system.

3. Access Steps

• First time at KnowSCHOOLS? Welcome! Your first step is to create an account in our site: http://knowSCHOOLS.ca

• Once you have created your profile (login and password), your next step is to pre-register for the knowWEEK discussion(s).

4. KnowWEEK Length:
knowWEEKS open apx. 9:00 am, Sunday and close apx. 12 noon, Friday Pacific time (Vancouver, British Columbia) http://timeanddate.com (World Clock)

5. Late Registration:
If you register after the knowWEEK has begun, and try to enter the discussion, you will be asked for an enrolment key. This means we haven't moved you into the knowWEEK yet. We will very soon, we promise!

• KnowSCHOOLS Facilitator: Bernadette Rego
• KnowSCHOOLS Facilitator: Claire Thompson