Resources

Are there TOO MANY solutions out there? What's worth investigating, let alone recommending or obliging your students to use?

Feel free to leave your comments!

The OCDSB Chromebook Support website lists solutions for chromebook / chrome browser users - many of those have been ported onto the pages of our website

About Google Meet (vs Hangouts)

OCDSB Learns at Home

To support our Educators with the training and support required to work with these supported platforms, Business and Learning Technologies has created the following WebSite:

OCDSB Learns at Home: https://sites.google.com/ocdsb.ca/ocdsblearns

Our team will be providing two models of support in order to offer Educators choice and personalization of their professional learning with these supported platforms:

Synchronous Learning Model: Educator Workshops

* Workshops start Wednesday (tomorrow) sign up on the site. *

These introductory workshops will be most appropriate for educators who prefer to have an instructor alongside them as they do their learning. Class sizes are small, to ensure that instructors are able to offer individualized support. Following the introductory workshop, educators can extend their learning using the teaching OCDSB Learns at Home: Asynchronous Learning Model resources, or by requesting individual support by submitting a Service Request to https://heat.ocdsb.ca/HEAT.

Asynchronous Learning Model: Resource Documents and Video Tutorials

* Links to video and document tutorials *

These resources will be most appropriate for educators who prefer to engage in personalized professional learning. Educators will have the ability to learn about a variety of tools to support online learning by selecting from resource documents and video tutorials created by the B&LT Academic & Training Team. Educators will have the ability to select the topics and the learning platform of their choice, and can engage in learning at their own pace, and timing. Educators who have additional questions can requesting individual support by submitting a Service Request to https://heat.ocdsb.ca/HEAT

From the DDSB

Techological Education Resources

Communications Technology

Lynda.com

Free month membership for courses in Software Development, Web Development, Photography and Design.

www.Lynda.com

Autodesk for Education

Free download with excellent tutorials for AutoCAD, Revit, 3Ds Max Fusion 360 and Inventor (not for Chromebook)

https://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/featured

Skills Competencies Canada: Essential Skills Resources

Comprehensive resources for the nine essential skills, free workbooks, activities in cooking, hairstyling, electrical installations, carpentry and graphic design. Link to mobile app for assessment tools.

https://www.skillscompetencescanada.com/en/essential-skills/resources/

Adobe Creative Cloud

Adobe Creative Cloud for education has embedded applications to support creativity and productivity at home. Through your school’s IT Admin, it can be made free to access during school closures.

www.adobe.com