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A Great Tool to Create Classroom Magazines
make classroom magazines online
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Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: Some Handy Tools For YouTube
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School of Education at Johns Hopkins University-Tuition and Fees
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Beyond Substitution: The SAMR Model « 2011 Summer Tech Institute
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Investing in Professional Development for Technology and Inquiry-Based Learning | Edutopia
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Technology Integration Matrix | Arizona K12 Center
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UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE)
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2012-Leadership-Forum – Provide Just-in-Time, Relevant Professional Development through Coaching
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Provide Just-in-Time, Relevant Professional Development through Coaching
Tech coaches are making a difference with teachers as they coach teachers
ISTE wiki site for this: bit.ly/RqEU8x httpWhat is the role of the coach?1. Co-planning learning activity2. Model or team teach3. Go and observe their learning partner or teacher and reflect4. The above 3 are more difficult because teachers tend to be private5. Get unprivate when relationships are established6. Coaches are there to develop the capacity of the teacher; probing questions; build individual and collective responsibilityIs it better to start with instructional person first or tech?1. It is important to start with instruction first so that there is high quality teaching standards.2. What is Prebles vision of the kind of instruction he wants to see taking place in the classrooms?3. Super has to articulate the vision after a certain period of time and what it will take to get there. Who are we? What are we all about?Coaches should go to the teacher and support them.Data collection on coaches is about evaluation which is needed to see if the collective work is working.Funding1. Many districts going to lease program so not stuck with dated equipment2. Utilize funds that allows kids to make progress and prove it to the board and community3. -
ISTE Leadership Forum: Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Programs
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BYOD: Increase Chances for Success!
Specs
1. Should be a set of minimum specs2. For kids who can’t afford it, some places give kids a ChromebookQuestionsWhat do you with kids who don’t bring, or don’t have the BYOD?Teacher training? Offer ongoing, long term support.Network security? Bringing in devices that can bring the network down. A separate network for BYODWhat about 3G or 4G where the network isn’t needed?Equity among students? Fundraisers to earn the device, and every family to get insurance on device and the family takes care of all of the repairs.Does BYOD really save money? Bandwidth, infrastructure, and training all has to take place.3 things to help plan for BYOD1. research2. planning tools3. additional resourcesReaserch1. Horizon Reports2. Speak Up ReportsPlanning Tools1. There will always be issues2. MILE Guide Self-Assessment Tool-Partnership for 21st Century Skills
>Implementation Guiding Recommendations>P21 Framework3. Participatory Learning-Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)>Acceptable use policies in the Web 2.0 era>Leading with Web 2.0>Learning with Web 2.0>Transformative leadership with Web 2.0
4. One-to-One 2.0LearningBYOD should be considered across the district starting at grade 5Buy a laptop and give to every freshmanTell parents what they have to buy -
COVERITLIVE.COM – CoveritLive – second screen, live blogging, real time engagement – home
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Ed Leadership in Dynamic Learning Environments
NETS A and NETS T have to implemented so that NETS S can implemented.
This is a systemic reform so implementing NETS across the district is important.Unpacking the NETS A and T standards for the class John and I are trying to create.
If we only create a sit and get, then the individual
Digital learning spaces are necessary for kids to connect with content. Content is the watering hole. Connect my personal learning to something I have identified with.
Where have I created the collaborative learning space for others to connect with me and I with them. Learning from each other is the key to the development and deepening of my metacognition.
Teachers/admin need their own learning spaces as e-portfolios
Mentorship creates a sustainable digital learning age model. Who are the mentors?
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Michael Fullan & Quinn@brettbailey
Whole system reform
Techies are findin the pedagoges and pedagoges are finding the techies- set to explode in the next 24 months4 themeschange savvy leadershipsystem improvement frameworknew pedagogical partnershiptools for moving to actionWhat is the innovation we are really working on in the next 24 months?What did I want to learn about when coming to ISTELF12What is the focus for our change?– the moral imperative is to raise the bar and close the gap– am I realizing the moral imperative for which I want change?– saying the moral purpose is good for kids and others are doing it and so should weMy moral imperative is?My moral imperative is to get teachers to be coaches and students to learn how to learn. In the age where information is overflowing, kids need to know how to curate it to create their own learning.How does my moral imperative link to the school/system moral imperative?My moral imperative is linked to other teachers by getting them to see the broader picture that education is changing and that by changing with tech, there is a greater capacity for learning and it is authentic.What is the evidence that my moral imperative is being realized?What is driving the ideals behind education?Four criteria for right drivers1. foster intrinsic motivation2. engage teachers and students in continuous improvement3. inspires team work4. affects all students and teacherWhat is good accountability?1. A function of good data,, used as a strategy for improvement2. non-judgmentalism3. widespread transparency4. all of the above produce strong “internal accountability” which in turn produce strong public accountabilityBuild capacity1. capacity building is the process of the developing the ability of the individual or organization to make the change required to improve learning for all students2. it integrate the development of knowledge, skills and commitments3. collective capacity building involves the increased ability of educators at all levels of the system to learn from and with one another with a focus and a coherent strategy for improving learning2nd pair of drivers: Human vs. Social Capital1. team work trumps individual work (do both)2. be careful: focus on school principal development of teachers is NOT The driver (it is an enabler)3. if you want to change the group, use the groupTech vs. pedagogy1. tech is seductive2. it outraces pedagogy every time3. the digital revolution is now unstoppableFragmented vs. Systemic1. it’s a system thing2. you need inspirational focus, good diagnosisCoherence making1. alignment is about structures; coherence is about mindsets; mindsets that are shared2. system coherence is about shared mindsets3. a tool is only as good as the mindset using it; fools with toolsHow do we make change happen?
Lens 1: Leadership to mobilize actionWho needs to be involved? Who are the right people? What is the moral purpose for teaching and learning?Lens 2: Instruction and assessment nexusLens 3: Collective capacityWho can I get involved in what I am doing? Who else should see and know my thinking? Focus on peer learning as deep learning.Lens 3: SystemnessIs change a part of the system vs. an add on? Do I now have more to do?Stratospherelooking at integrating pedagogy and technologystudent achievement, standards, assessment, pedagogyChallenge for educationWhat percentage of your kids are really engaged in learning?There is an increase in dissatisfaction within teachers; students are boredJohn Hattie is a researcher1. Which practices makes teachers effective? teacher as activator2. What does it mean to be a teaching activator?3. Facilitator vs. Activatoractivator; reciprocal teaching; feedback; teacher-student self-verbalization, metacognition, goals-challenging, frequent effects of teachingfacilitator: simulation and gaming, inquiry basedNew Learning: Exciting innovating learning1. irresistibly engaging for both students and teachers2. elegantly efficient and easy to use3. technologically ubiquitous 24/74. steeped in real-life problem solvingStratosphere1. best of all students learn collaboratively, consolidating connections with others locally and afarThe New Pedagogy1. the expert teacher2. instructional precision3. What does it mean to have a learning partnership with students?
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