Able Students Supporting Able Students Supporting Information Sector TechnologyInformation Sector Technology

• 2009-2010 2009-2010 Specialist High Specialist High Skills Major Skills Major Program at TA Program at TA Blakelock High Blakelock High SchoolSchool

These themes, already used at These themes, already used at TA Blakelock HS, will enhance TA Blakelock HS, will enhance the SHSM program.the SHSM program.

• RoboticsRobotics• ElectronicsElectronics• ServiceService• NetworkingNetworking• Advanced Advanced

Placement Comp Placement Comp Sci in JavaSci in Java

• Guest SpeakersGuest Speakers• Field TripsField Trips• Co-Op PlacementsCo-Op Placements

RoboticsRobotics

• Participation in Participation in Skills Robotics Skills Robotics and Virtual and Virtual Robotics.Robotics.

• Use of the Blue Use of the Blue Rogue robot and Rogue robot and the OOPic the OOPic language in the language in the curriculum.curriculum.

RoboticonRoboticon

• TAB team TAB team members to join members to join E.C. Drury at the E.C. Drury at the University of University of Guelph for this Guelph for this annual Lego annual Lego Robotics Robotics challenge challenge using…using…

……The Blue Rouge with The Blue Rouge with Oopic …Oopic …

• This unit This unit provides a fun provides a fun way to learn way to learn programming, programming, interfacing and interfacing and electronics.electronics.

…….. an excellent platform for learning... an excellent platform for learning.

Electronics and Electronics and InterfacingInterfacing

• We write We write

programs programs

which which

interface with interface with

the computer.the computer.

Electronics and Electronics and InterfacingInterfacing

• This is the This is the

Traffic Light Traffic Light

Intersection of Intersection of

Grade 10 or Grade 10 or

Grade 11 Grade 11

Computer Computer

Engineering.Engineering.

ElectronicsElectronics

Electronics and interfacing are an integral part of computer engineering.

Computer ServiceComputer Service• Hands on and TheoryHands on and Theory

• Have ability to create Have ability to create our own servers using our own servers using Lynix Server image as Lynix Server image as part of Cisco part of Cisco Networking Academy Networking Academy Program.Program.

• Can provide web Can provide web servers for the school servers for the school intranet.intranet.

Cisco Networking Cisco Networking Academy ProgramAcademy Program

• Hands on Hands on • TheoryTheory• Learn Learn

NetworkingNetworking• QualityQuality• CertificationsCertifications

Cisco Networking Academy

Cisco Networking Cisco Networking Academy ProgramAcademy Program

• Discovery Discovery • 1 to 41 to 4

– Grade 11Grade 11

• ExplorationsExplorations• 1 to 41 to 4

– Grade 12Grade 12

Cisco Networking Academy

Computer ServiceComputer Service

Interpersonal skills such as customer relations and help desk communication skills are also a component. ASSIST students often interact with other teachers or adults to solve problems.

FacilitiesFacilities

FacilitiesFacilities7 Computer Labs at TA Blakelock High School.

Computer Insights for Computer Insights for TeachersTeachers

Mike Druiven at E.C. Drury has attended two of these one week courses during the summer at the University of Toronto. CIT gives teachers the chance to contextualize their own teaching by discovering the University curriculum, hearing from University students about their own high school experiences and learning how to teach Object Oriented programming in a fun and relevant manner. Programming and engineering project ideas and teaching methodology are discussed with peers from around the province.

PCC and IBM PortalPCC and IBM Portal

• Programming Programming

Contest Contest

Central using Central using

IBM’s PortalIBM’s Portal

PCCPCC

• Contests

• Animation and game coding

• Alignment for C and U courses

• Java

•An IBM initiative

Guest SpeakersGuest Speakers

• Reach Ahead Reach Ahead

Activities for Activities for

short short

placementsplacements

• CoOp for CoOp for

semester long semester long

placements.placements.

• Guest speakers from industry motivate students to explore the wide range and diversity of career choices.

Guest SpeakersGuest Speakers

• Guest speakers Guest speakers from colleges from colleges and universities and universities motivate motivate students to students to continue their continue their studies in IT studies in IT after High after High School.School.

• Have Halton Industry in Education Council to help us find placements for students in various IT fields.

• Use BitNet company consortium.

Field Trips and CLAsField Trips and CLAs

• Field trip Field trip opportunities to opportunities to local industry, local industry, colleges and colleges and universities and universities and events help the events help the students to meet students to meet peers from other peers from other schools.schools.

Field Trips and CLAsField Trips and CLAs

Contextualized Learning Activities are unit delivered in Math Class, English Class, or Business classes which relate to your SHSM.