Using SAKAI to Build the BCT Community of Practice

Building Community through Telecollaboration ProjectFirst Meeting – Year Four

September 22, 2010

Pearson Electrotechnology Centre

Lester B. Pearson School Board

SAKAI and the BCT Community

Sakai can help us:

Build a community of practice for BCT teachers and educational leaders (i.e., shared vision and shared repertoire)

Share experiences, thoughts, knowledge, and resources in relation to our professional practice

Sustain communication and collaboration among BCT teachers and educational leaders

How to access BCT Sakai Portal

http://sakai.learnquebec.ca – Bookmark it..!

Login (Top right hand corner) – User ID & Password

Click on BCT Community tab (Blue tab)

Click on Discussion Forum (Left hand side)

Scroll down to Cycle Groups 2010-2011 and click on your cycle group

(1) http://sakai.learnquebec.ca

(2) Click on Login

(3) LEARN User ID & password

(1)My Workspace

(2) Click on BCT Community

(1)BCT Community: HOME

(2) Click on Discussion Forum

(1)BCT Community: Discussion Forum

(2) Cycle Groups 2010-2011

(1) Discussion Forum for Cycle 1

(2) Click on New Topic

to post a new message

To Get an E-mail Notification

Announcements, Schedules, and Messages:

My Workspace tab (Blue tab)

> Preferences

New messages on Discussion Forum:

BCT Community tab (Blue tab)

> Discussion Forum > My profile > Preferences

(1)My Workspace

(2) Click on Preferences Tool

(3) Choose your preferences

(2) Click on My Profile

(1) Discussion Forum

(3) Scroll down to Preferences

Why Should We Use Sakai? (1)

Open Communication Freely ask and share questions, information and

experiences Use discussion forums rather than personal e-mails

Continuous Participation Read forum messages, documents, and resources

(to keep current) Respond to forum messages Post new messages

Why Should We Use Sakai? (2)

Sustainable Interaction IRF: Initiation – Response – Feedback Interact with other BCT teachers and educational

leaders Culture of Sharing and Shared Repertoire

Inform BCT community of activities planned, underway, and done in cycle groups and sub-groups and share the experiences and reflection.

Share “craft” knowledge and expertise within and across cycles

BCT Teachers are Encouraged to: Add the URL (http://sakai.learnquebec.ca) to

your Favorite. Keep up-to-date on what is going on in the

BCT Community. Reply to requests asking for a response (e.g.,

E-mail, Online survey, Discussions in DF) in a timely manner.

Feel free to communicate openly and interact freely.

Keep records of activities in cycle groups and sub-groups (e.g., DF and/or BCT website).

Example of Potential Guidelines

We try to visit the BCT Community on Sakai once a week.

We regularly check announcements and new postings in the Discussion Forum (e.g., BCT Project and Cycle group).

We try to post at least one relevant message each week.

BCT Online Spaces

BCT website (Open to public): http://bctcollaboration.wikispaces.com/

Live Classroom (A synchronous communication tool): http://decn.wimba.com/

BCT Facebook Group (An informal social space): http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=127597123943302