District: No. 85 (Vancouver Island North)
At Eagle View Elementary School in Port Hardy, this project will explore ways to encourage greater family participation in education through a wide range of communication tools.
Visit the project blog HERE.
Here is a video about this project –
Here are some project related pictures –
Growing Innovations Team – Port Hardy, BC – Christine Clitheroe, Jillian Walkus, Christina MacDonald, Sarah Soltau-Heller:

Growing Innovation site support facilitator Christine Clitheroe at Bere Point, Sointula (below left) and waiting for a ferry (right):

Trusted site facilitation traveling companion Jackson, in Port Hardy:

(With thanks to Christine Clitheroe for photos).
Webinar resources from this project’s 2013 Growing Innovation webinar are available here –
From the Growing Innovation Webinar series (2012-2013), please find here links to resources from the presentations, as well as recordings of some of the presentations.
1. November 26, 2012 – Project Based Learning for Student Engagement in SD#59 (Peace River South) and SD#60 (Peace River North)
Powerpoint presentations from this webinar are available for download in two parts (of ~20MB each), to download part 1, click HERE, and for part 2, click HERE.
2. January 15, 2013 – Place Conscious Learning through Digital Story Telling in SD#8 (Kootenay Lake) and SD#10 (Arrow Lakes).
The powerpoint presentation (10 MB) from this webinar is available for download HERE.
A PDF file of the part of the presentation from Digital Heritage Connect Project Leader Tamara Malloff may be found HERE.
3. January 17, 2013 – Nature Kindergarten in SD#62 (Sooke)
The powerpoint presentation (23 MB) from this webinar is available for download HERE.
4. February 21, 2013 – Connected Classrooms and Collaboration without Boundaries in SD#74 (Gold Trail) and SD#85 (Vancouver Island North)
The powerpoint presentation (10 MB) from this webinar is available for download HERE.
5. March 5, 2013 – The Aboriginal Academy in SD#58 (Nicola-Similkameen).
For a video from this project, click HERE.
A recording of the webinar is now available to be viewed HERE.
6. April 11, 2013 – Connecting Generations in SD#64 (Gulf Islands).
The powerpoint presentation (60MB) from this webinar is available for download HERE.
To download the Experiential Learning Consent & Waiver form Sarah & Ahava described, click HERE.
A recording of the webinar is now available to be viewed HERE
7. April 29, 2013 – Transitioning Students with Special Needs through Community Partnerships in SD#51 (Boundary).
The powerpoint presentation from this webinar is available for download HERE.
A recording of the webinar is now available to be viewed HERE.