Successes

• Palmer Secondary School, Richmond, BC Years ago, a dedicated teacher salvaged 30 Mac computers to create an after-school digital arts program. As the 10-year old computers gradually failed, the program was in jeopardy.
  
  Richmond School District came forward with a unique proposal: create a multimedia lab to offer Grade 10-12 programs in music composition and broadcasting, as well as house the district’s Virtual School. The Tech Lab will allow for the expanding arts program, and offer a permanent home to the Virtual School, which boasts one of the highest completion rates in the BC.
  

• Western Technical-Commercial School, Toronto, Ontario
  With a student base focused primarily on technology, it was notable that the school’s administration and teachers put forward an application for resources for the English Department to increase literacy. The administration believes students need confidence to succeed and excel, and that communication drives confidence.
  The Tech Lab will focus on a broader program around competency and enjoyment of 21st century literature, to inspire students to learn and engage in the world all around them. The new equipment and café-inspired room will serve as the school’s hub for Media Studies, and the new home for the school’s newspaper Hidden Agenda.
  

• Dartmouth High School, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
  Dartmouth High School transformed a rarely used Physics lab into a leading edge multi-purpose lab to support science, technology, and communications programs. Specifically, Geography will benefit from a new weather station, and a newly created podcasting program will share school news, and allow students to create a range of curriculum-based podcasts.