[Sican] RE: Success stories on use of ICTs in social services agencies
Dennis, Dianne
ddennis at sd61.bc.ca
Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:50:02 +0000
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Thank you for sharing! I am very happy to also offer this letter of suppor=
t that I recently received from one of the teachers at Shoreline Community =
Middle School. We are often focused on our services outside of our school =
family but note that CAP helps us provide vital support to vulnerable youth=
in the area as well.
I am a high incidence teacher at Shoreline Middle School. My students have=
various disablities and many come from struggling families. One of my stud=
ents is in grade 8 and struggles with many learning challenges and social s=
kills. Break and lunch time is always very difficult for him as he doesn't=
have the social skills to successfully handle the unstructured time. My cl=
ass provides opportunities for him to develop these skills because break an=
d lunch are too difficult for him. However, over his three years at Shorel=
ine, the challenge has been what to offer him during break and lunch.
Through CAP and the computer access provided by the community school, my st=
udent is allowed to come into the room and use a computer during these bloc=
ks in the day. This has meant the world to him. His family struggles fina=
ncially and are not able to afford a computer. During his time on the comp=
uter, he is able to learn important fundamental life skills. He feels safe=
in the community school office and his anxiety around break and lunch has =
been greatly reduced.
Thank you for your contribution as I know it is helping many students.
Karen Fallan
High Incidence Support Teacher, Shoreline Middle School
Dianne Dennis
Program Manager
Shoreline Community School
2750 Shoreline Drive
Victoria BC V9B 1M6
250-386-8367 ext 3
ddennis@sd61.bc.ca<mailto:ddennis@sd61.bc.ca>
From: sican-admin@victoria.tc.ca [mailto:sican-admin@victoria.tc.ca] On Beh=
alf Of Kaye Kennish
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 4:09 PM
To: Sican@victoria.tc.ca
Subject: [Sican] Success stories on use of ICTs in social services agencies
Hi,
This is a success story on use of ICTs in social service agencies from one =
of our volunteers:
I had one student that had been sent wedding photos of her niece, taken at =
Cornell University in the US. The photos were posted to a website and were =
password protected. Her niece had sent her the web site and the password to=
access the photos. She could not get into the website, she could not use t=
he password, and therefore could not get to see the wedding photos. Togethe=
r we figured out how to get to the photos. When we succeeded to unlock the =
photos her face lit up, she was so grateful for the assistance. I think now=
she is more fearless and will try different ways, push different keys with=
out fear of erasing and/or losing access to what she wants. For me it was a=
great feeling to have helped someone and see the results so immediately. W=
e went on to learn more about the internet, how to book an airline ticket, =
and to book a hotel on travel planning websites. I sure she still does it h=
erself. I have seen her post course at the main library on the public compu=
ters. Well she wanted to go to London England, which caught my attention, s=
he wanted to stay at the London school of economics. Again this raised my i=
nterest. Her answer to my curiosity was that she wanted to stay in visiting=
lecturer accommodation, during student school break week because there wou=
ld be empty rooms, it is in the middle of London within walking distance to=
everything see wanted to see, dorms were clean, with good security, good g=
round transportation to and from the school and the kicker was that it was =
affordable. ( http://www.lsevacations.co.uk/) She can now book on line. I t=
hought to myself how many major cities around the world have universities i=
n the middle of the city, even Canadian cities do e.g. Ottawa, Toronto, Mon=
treal. I learn as well from the students, and without the program this mutu=
al benefit would not happen. This is only one of many stories that demonstr=
ate the exchange value of the computer tutorial program. Many people are be=
ing encouraged by relatives to be part of the modern computer world and get=
connected to email particularly so they can keep in touch. The program hel=
ps many people make that first step and get connected to email and the inte=
rnet, and stay in touch with loved ones.
Thanks,
Kaye
Kaye Kennish
Executive Director
James Bay Community Project
547 Michigan Street
Victoria BC V8V 1S5
Tel: 250 388-7844 Ext 311
Fax: 250 388-7856
Email:kkennish@jbcp.bc.ca
www.jbcp.bc.ca
"Building Healthy Community Together"
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:#1F497D">Thank you for sharing!=
I am very happy to also offer this letter of support that I recently=
received from one of the teachers at Shoreline Community Middle School.&nb=
sp; We are often focused on our services outside
of our school family but note that CAP helps us provide vital support to v=
ulnerable youth in the area as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></spa=
n></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Ari=
al","sans-serif";color:black">I am a high incidence teacher =
at Shoreline Middle School. My students have various disablities and =
many come from struggling families. One of my students is in
grade 8 and struggles with many learning challenges and social skills.&nbs=
p; Break and lunch time is always very difficult for him as he doesn't have=
the social skills to successfully handle the unstructured time. My class p=
rovides opportunities for him to develop
these skills because break and lunch are too difficult for him. Howe=
ver, over his three years at Shoreline, the challenge has been what to=
offer him during break and lunch.
</span><span style=3D"color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style=3D"font-size:8.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-=
serif";color:black">Through CAP and the computer access provided by th=
e community school, my student is allowed to come into the room and use a c=
omputer during these blocks in the day. This has meant
the world to him. His family struggles financially and are not able =
to afford a computer. During his time on the computer, he is abl=
e to learn important fundamental life skills. He feels safe in the co=
mmunity school office and his anxiety around break and
lunch has been greatly reduced.</span><span style=3D"font-size:8.0pt;color=
:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style=3D"font-size:8.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-=
serif";color:black">Thank you for your contribution as I know it is he=
lping many students.</span><span style=3D"font-size:8.0pt;color:black"><o:p=
></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style=3D"font-size:8.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-=
serif";color:black">Karen Fallan</span><span style=3D"font-size:8.0pt;=
color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style=3D"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-=
serif";color:black">High Incidence Support Teacher, Shoreline Middle S=
chool</span><span style=3D"font-size:8.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span><=
/p>
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n></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:#1F497D">Dianne Dennis<o:p></o:=
p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:#1F497D">Program Manager<o:p></=
o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:#1F497D">Shoreline Community Sc=
hool<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:#1F497D">2750 Shoreline Drive<o=
:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:#1F497D">Victoria BC V9B =
1M6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:#1F497D">250-386-8367 ext 3<o:p=
></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:#1F497D"><a href=3D"mailto:dden=
nis@sd61.bc.ca">ddennis@sd61.bc.ca</a>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kaye Kennish<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 20, 2011 4:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sican@victoria.tc.ca<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Sican] Success stories on use of ICTs in social services a=
gencies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang=3D"EN-CA">=
Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang=3D"EN-CA">=
This is a success story on use of ICTs in social service agencies from one =
of our volunteers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang=3D"EN-CA">=
I had one student that had been sent wedding photos of her niece, taken at =
Cornell University in the US. The photos were posted to a website and were =
password protected. Her niece had sent
her the web site and the password to access the photos. She could not get =
into the website, she could not use the password, and therefore could =
not get to see the wedding photos. Together we figured out how to get to th=
e photos. When we succeeded to unlock
the photos her face lit up, she was so grateful for the assistance. I thin=
k now she is more fearless and will try different ways, push different keys=
without fear of erasing and/or losing access to what she wants. For m=
e it was a great feeling to have helped
someone and see the results so immediately. We went on to learn more =
about the internet, how to book an airline ticket, and to book a hotel on t=
ravel planning websites. I sure she still does it herself. I have seen=
her post course at the main library on the
public computers. Well she wanted to go to London England, which caught my=
attention, she wanted to stay at the London school of economics. Again thi=
s raised my interest. Her answer to my curiosity was that she wanted to sta=
y in visiting lecturer accommodation,
during student school break week because there would be empty rooms, it is=
in the middle of London within walking distance to everything see wanted t=
o see, dorms were clean, with good security, good ground transportation to =
and from the school and the kicker
was that it was affordable. ( <a href=3D"http://www.lsevacations.co.u=
k/">http://www.lsevacations.co.uk/</a>) She can now book on line. I th=
ought to myself how many major cities around the world have universities in=
the middle of the city, even Canadian cities
do e.g. Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal. I learn as well from the students, and =
without the program this mutual benefit would not happen. This is =
;only one of many stories that demonstrate the exchange value of the comput=
er tutorial program. Many people are being
encouraged by relatives to be part of the modern computer world and g=
et connected to email particularly so they can keep in touch. The prog=
ram helps many people make that first step and get connected to email and t=
he internet, and stay in touch with loved
ones. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang=3D"EN-CA">=
<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang=3D"EN-CA">=
<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang=3D"EN-CA">=
Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bl=
ackadder ITC"">Kaye<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Kaye Kennish<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">James Bay Community Project<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">547 Michigan Street<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Victoria BC V8V 1S5<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Tel: 250 388-7844 Ext 311<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Fax: 250 388-7856<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Email:kkennish@jbcp.bc.ca<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">www.jbcp.bc.ca<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><i><span style=3D"color:#1F497D">"Building Heal=
thy Community Together"<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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