Victor Boulanger

Thank you to all the participants of my workshop Redesign the Learning Experience at the Learning2 conference hosted by Saigon South International School. Here are the resources that I am happy to share with everyone: Google Drive Folder with all Resources Both Friday and Saturday sessions are there including the trombinoscopes ! I Feel Lucky card deck Deck of cards including all the questions to the I Feel Lucky icebreaker game Poster  of the 4C's These thinking routines are used for the reflective pieces for the team Concepts - What key concepts do you think are important? Connections - What connections can you draw with other learning Challenge - What ideas do you want to challenge? Changes - What changes in attitudes are suggested? Poster of the ISTE Technology Standards (2016 revision) The 2016 ISTE Standards are used as a first layer in the x+y combine to innovate process Empowered learner Digital citizen Knowledge constructor Innovative des

This is an extract on the case study done during the staging phase of the construction of Kaohsiung American School new campus and its technology infrastructure. KAS Blends its IT and Learning Technology Operations Our small IT department went without an office in the original designs. How would we create a technology support center to better suit our IT needs? Unlike international institutions with large technology departments that separate IT and professional development operations, KAS only retained a lean staff of three employees at the time. We hypothesized that centralizing all tech-based learning within one hub would build continuity between the effective delivery of IT learning experiences, dedicated technical support, and the involvement of the rest of the professional community. KAS IT Department Victor and Robert KAS Fosters a Flexible, Student-centered New Campus We reviewed and discussed the building designs, examining in great details all related aspects fr

This is an extract on the case study done by KiSSFLOW regarding the implementation of their process automation solution by Kaohsiung American School IT department. The Need For Office Process Automation KAS is a hundred strong professionals who cater to over six hundred users across their campus. Like most international organizations, KAS too has numerous processes taking place throughout the year: finance, administrative and HR processes, most of which were carried out over paper. Even the simplest of processes, such as leave request approval, was taking days to complete. Although the flow of office processes were well defined, the medium through which they were carried proved to have numerous cracks for them to fail. Process Automation with KiSSFLOW Together with Lena Wang, our Systems Analyst and Robert Chuang, our Senior Technology Specialist, I was looking for a system to transform our organisation into a more productive and paperless atmosphere. A simple system throug

Technology Innovators We have many great technology innovators in our international institution. A strategy to support them requires as a preliminary step to identify who these various actors are. Some have already been identified and organized: Tech ambassadors program established leaders Tech crew program for aspiring innovators Others still need to be recognized: Admin and leadership teams Users who are not yet tech ambassadors Onboarding users who are not in the tech crew Tech Ambassadors Program We initiated a thorough review of the main axis of our  strategy to support and empower the learning leaders at Kaohsiung American School: the existing KAS Tech Ambassadors program. The following document details the origins of the program from its inception to its self-determined mission. It further examines the accomplishments and challenges that have been met leading to a reflective piece by Victor on its past 3 years. Tom develops the existing foundation into a the leade

Since the adoption of a one-to-one environment in 2012, large investments were made into developing state of the art technology at Kaohsiung American School. These culminated in a complete integration of technology into the new campus inaugurated in May of 2015. The missing component was an equally strong system to enable our community to thrive by using this environment and infrastructure to redefine the professional development experience at KAS. Thus the first Learning Technology Coach position was created at our school in August of 2015. Lead, Collaborate, Share An in-depth discussion with Diana Beabout during her fortuitous visit at KAS in September allowed us to become conscious of the leadership potential in our existing Tech Ambassadors program . Innovators and early adopters establish the momentum that will effect transformation ( What Are Innovators Like? Everett M. Rogers 1962 p.55). Tech Ambassadors are KAS lighthouses whose leadership skills need to be recognized a

For this part of the course, Tom and I initiated a thorough review of the main axis of our  strategy to support and empower the learning leaders at Kaohsiung American School: the existing KAS Tech Ambassadors program. The resulting analysis spans over 6 pages which we agreed would not be suitably reproduced in this forum. You can click on the following link to review the full content of KAS Tech Ambassadors . As for the content of this forum post, I will share an excerpt of my personal reflection: Diana Beabout’s words during her visit at Kaohsiung American School still echo loudly in my office: “The Tech Ambassadors are lighthouses, beacons for other teachers. (from  What Are Innovators Like? Everett M. Rogers 1962 p.55). It is clear that their lights shine, reflect, and inspire others. Following the success of a session held by the Tech Ambassadors, one of our ELL teachers hosted an Authors’ Tea this week. In a meticulously time-controlled environment, ELL students shared t

I organized my post-observation meeting around a short list of open-ended questions taken from the Cognitive Coaching method (I found the first couple of questions in the Coaching Initiative Packet shared by the Minnesota Low Incidence Projects) which I supplemented with long-range questions stemming from this forum: What were some of the things that you felt went well? What did you find most difficult about teaching this lesson? What are some skills you would like reinforce in your students? What is next for you? What would you like to try? These allowed me to establish a progression similar to the GROW model which Jocelyn described. We were able to start our meeting by recognizing Lulu’s strengths before looking at improvements to be made and future initiatives to be taken. Sharing Lulu felt that the sharing portion of the sandboxing activity went very well. Except for a couple of students, they all learned from each other and demonstrated helpfulness and respect which ar