Alan November
Wrap Up
Words matter: we don't sell dead cows we sell Beef
We should remove the name Technology from all of our titles
Our titles should reflect what we want to have happen
Global Communication Specialist
Students teachers are coming out with tech skills not 21st Cent skills
National ASCD proposal needs more technology
http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/menuitem.c63df8e835be92de8b35b392d3108a0c/template.article?articleMgmtId=5e1a98a96fc7f010VgnVCM1000003d01a8c0RCRD
This conference will be in Orlando March 14-16, 2008
Use of Ning http://blcconference.ning.com/
conversations with people you just met
want more hands-on and higher level sessions to meet needs of more varied people
needs suggestions on pre-conference events
open source
writing
historical - around Boston - write on the Freedom Trail
Friday, July 18, 2008
Marc Prenskey The Rules of Engagement: Turning on the Lights
Marc Prenskey The Rules of Engagement: Turning on the Lights
Games are preparing our kids for 21st Century Success
Rules of engagement in the game world
What matters? in keeping the kids engaged
Instructional designers suck the life out of game design ..A Game Designer
Games to teach algebra (cost)
www.tabuladigita.com
Waste of Space (Free)
www.hagames.com
Immune Attack
fas.org/immuneattack/
The Grammar of Doom
www.english-online.org.uk/games/grofdoom/advisory.htm
Darfur is Dying
Food Force
www.food-force.com
PeaceMaker
www.peacemakergame.com
Foreign Language - get the game in the language you teach and have them play that version
Disney's Hot Shot Business
disney.go.com/hostshot/index.html
Rock Band (game)
http://www.rockband.com/
Make engagement our #1 goal
Games are preparing our kids for 21st Century Success
Rules of engagement in the game world
What matters? in keeping the kids engaged
Instructional designers suck the life out of game design ..A Game Designer
Games to teach algebra (cost)
www.tabuladigita.com
Waste of Space (Free)
www.hagames.com
Immune Attack
fas.org/immuneattack/
The Grammar of Doom
www.english-online.org.uk/games/grofdoom/advisory.htm
Darfur is Dying
Food Force
www.food-force.com
PeaceMaker
www.peacemakergame.com
Foreign Language - get the game in the language you teach and have them play that version
Disney's Hot Shot Business
disney.go.com/hostshot/index.html
Rock Band (game)
http://www.rockband.com/
Make engagement our #1 goal
Alas Media - Celebrating Community through Digital Storytelling
NOTE: this session was the best from this week at BLC08. The group of students are from Marco Torres' school and they put together a presentation on their experiences as students in the school and community and the impact it has had on their lives.
Celebrating Community through Digital Storytelling
Rosa, Miguel, Ernesto, Elizabeth, William
Alas Media
computer inspiration studio
High school about 5000 students
SFETT
students did not realize that what they did in Marco's class wasn't normal
Product: Ideas
Me > The World > My Family > My Community
Me > My Family > My Community > The World
Students in the school their families all came from three state in Mexico so heritage connection back to native land
Presentation skills improved students afraid to raise hand in class due to shyness
For the first time in their lives it was okay to make mistakes - provided feedback
Writing prompts - I Knew it When (person's B side outside of teaching)
Always start with a mind map
David Pena (SP) recomposed star wars themes and George Lucas to hear his music and George Lucas has asked David to work on his next feature
Team get together and develps a mind map
list the deliverables Product, Scritp - Goal: Capture a moment where Daid knew what mede hime hapy and what he wanted to fo a long time
Process
Narration - BW, Color, video- subtile music - about 2 min - B Roll - tools
Plan is building the blue print
Never allowed to touch anything unless there was a plan
script had to be read by three others before taking it to Torres
3 before me rule
forces students to talk and learn from each other
Blanca Navarro - video about Will's mom
they did this in school, year round, this group wanted into the school while other wanted out they wanted in to do the films
Projects started with the writing but ended with a project not a writing
this has been 9 - 14 years since they started high school and they have all gone to college and now donate time on Saturdays back at the school to help other kids. First in their families to go to college.
Film making was never the intention,
Alas Media
www.alasmedia.net
www.sfett.net
www.flickschool.com
Celebrating Community through Digital Storytelling
Rosa, Miguel, Ernesto, Elizabeth, William
Alas Media
computer inspiration studio
High school about 5000 students
SFETT
students did not realize that what they did in Marco's class wasn't normal
Product: Ideas
Me > The World > My Family > My Community
Me > My Family > My Community > The World
Students in the school their families all came from three state in Mexico so heritage connection back to native land
Presentation skills improved students afraid to raise hand in class due to shyness
For the first time in their lives it was okay to make mistakes - provided feedback
Writing prompts - I Knew it When (person's B side outside of teaching)
Always start with a mind map
David Pena (SP) recomposed star wars themes and George Lucas to hear his music and George Lucas has asked David to work on his next feature
Team get together and develps a mind map
list the deliverables Product, Scritp - Goal: Capture a moment where Daid knew what mede hime hapy and what he wanted to fo a long time
Process
Narration - BW, Color, video- subtile music - about 2 min - B Roll - tools
Plan is building the blue print
Never allowed to touch anything unless there was a plan
script had to be read by three others before taking it to Torres
3 before me rule
forces students to talk and learn from each other
Blanca Navarro - video about Will's mom
they did this in school, year round, this group wanted into the school while other wanted out they wanted in to do the films
Projects started with the writing but ended with a project not a writing
this has been 9 - 14 years since they started high school and they have all gone to college and now donate time on Saturdays back at the school to help other kids. First in their families to go to college.
Film making was never the intention,
Alas Media
www.alasmedia.net
www.sfett.net
www.flickschool.com
Pedro Noguera - Re-Imagining Schools
Re-Imagining Schools
Pedro A. Noguera, Ph.D. (Excellent keynote speaker, opinion after hearing him speak)
New York University
Obstacles to Creating the Schools We Need
Is our nation at risk?
high drop-oyut rates - over 50% in most cities
international comparisons suggest we are behind
difficulty attracting and retaining effective teachers and administrators
Inequities in resources - budget cuts related to recession
Overly politicized policy debates
The Challenges:
Changing demographics due to immigration
Persistent gaps in achievement
Growing inequality
Families in distress
Public impatience with the pace of change
A Generation of Reform
Reforms treated as fads - too much change not enoough follow through, no evaluation
Too much focus on "quick fix" solutions
Too top down - insufficient "buy-in" from school staff
Insufficient attention to school culture
II. Signs of Progress: Lessons from High Performing Districts
Strong, stable leadership with clear accountability - Atlanta, Miami
Willingness to do whatever it takes - Montgomery County, MD, Abington, PA
Willingness to support innovation: Boston, New York
Lessons from High Perfoming Schools
Culture of High Expectations PS 138 (historical artifact gallery on second floor) , IS 322
Focus on the "whole chile" - Edison elementary school, Portchester, NY (school needs to function as a community center)
Strategic Partnerships - PS 188 - Lower East side of Manhattan - expand vision of what it takes to educate kids, internet cafe open to 9:00 PM, teach english to parents, do not focus on test prep but get high scores
High Standards - Henshaw Middle, Thurgood Marshall HS - push students to take rigorous challenging courses, algebra is pathway to college so the adjust the time to take the course and eliminate homework - home work is an equity issue if there is no one at home to help then theses students fall behind;
Countering Race and Gender stereotypes - Eagle Academy, Excellence Charter
If kids don't care about learning then they won't invest in learning.
Effective Schools
study Education Trust - expelling the myth (report available on web)
They have systems to monitor academic performance
They use data to make decisions about school improvement
They engage in constant assessment
Diagnostic assessment
Learn from and examine student work
They have effective leadership - shared and distributed
They have a culture of high expectations for all
Systems of mutual accountability for teachers, students, and parents
III. Implementing Change: Do Less of What Doesn't Work:
Blaming students and parents for low performance
Treat teaching and learning disconnected
No coherent strategy for delivering instruction
Group kids by ability in ways that reinforce stereotypes
failure and under achievement is rationalized
Ignore the morale and legitimate concerns for your staff
Don't treat parents as partners in fulfilling educational goals
Little or no involvement from parents of the low performing students
Adopt school rules and procedures that are at odds with educational goals
Discipline is punitive and not routed in values
Most alienated kids are the ones with the least connections to adults at the school
High achieving kids have parents who watch kids and speak up and if not heard they go to someone higher
Parents of high achievers won't let you have anyone but best teachers teach their kids
Low achieving kids no one is watching out for them so it can happen that low teachers are assigned to them
Who's in your basement - low performing kids are often assigned to rooms in basement or out back
Codes of power - if you don't dress or speak in acceptable manners then opportunities are denied. Need to learn to dress, talk, act to be accepted and this is not on standardized test.
Grouping by behavior or ability you will see a school that will not chanage
Special ed should be diagnose the learners needs and adjust instruction to teach them using the best methods
Never seen a contract to make people work hard but have seen schools were people want to make it better so they work harder
Same pay if you give your heart or bare minimum
Background should not determine who should be able to go to college
School suspended an 8th grader for truancy
Goal of discipline is not to teach kids to do what is right to avoid punishment but it is to teach kids to do what is right even when we are not looking.
More learning opportunities depend learning - extended learning time - after school opportunities
Do mor of what does work:
Extended learning time - not more of the same
Address anti-intellectualism through peer study groups
Need for a Paradigm Shift
Old Paradigm
Intelligence is innate
Schools measure an sort
Emphasis on memorization and pleasing teachers
Inequity in resources to highest achievers
Organizatin and schedule based on tradition and what works for adults
Discipline used to week out the "bad" kids
New Paradigm
Schools focus on cultivaitng talent
Social and emotional intelligence, langugue skills n
Pedro A. Noguera, Ph.D. (Excellent keynote speaker, opinion after hearing him speak)
New York University
Obstacles to Creating the Schools We Need
Is our nation at risk?
high drop-oyut rates - over 50% in most cities
international comparisons suggest we are behind
difficulty attracting and retaining effective teachers and administrators
Inequities in resources - budget cuts related to recession
Overly politicized policy debates
The Challenges:
Changing demographics due to immigration
Persistent gaps in achievement
Growing inequality
Families in distress
Public impatience with the pace of change
A Generation of Reform
Reforms treated as fads - too much change not enoough follow through, no evaluation
Too much focus on "quick fix" solutions
Too top down - insufficient "buy-in" from school staff
Insufficient attention to school culture
II. Signs of Progress: Lessons from High Performing Districts
Strong, stable leadership with clear accountability - Atlanta, Miami
Willingness to do whatever it takes - Montgomery County, MD, Abington, PA
Willingness to support innovation: Boston, New York
Lessons from High Perfoming Schools
Culture of High Expectations PS 138 (historical artifact gallery on second floor) , IS 322
Focus on the "whole chile" - Edison elementary school, Portchester, NY (school needs to function as a community center)
Strategic Partnerships - PS 188 - Lower East side of Manhattan - expand vision of what it takes to educate kids, internet cafe open to 9:00 PM, teach english to parents, do not focus on test prep but get high scores
High Standards - Henshaw Middle, Thurgood Marshall HS - push students to take rigorous challenging courses, algebra is pathway to college so the adjust the time to take the course and eliminate homework - home work is an equity issue if there is no one at home to help then theses students fall behind;
Countering Race and Gender stereotypes - Eagle Academy, Excellence Charter
If kids don't care about learning then they won't invest in learning.
Effective Schools
study Education Trust - expelling the myth (report available on web)
They have systems to monitor academic performance
They use data to make decisions about school improvement
They engage in constant assessment
Diagnostic assessment
Learn from and examine student work
They have effective leadership - shared and distributed
They have a culture of high expectations for all
Systems of mutual accountability for teachers, students, and parents
III. Implementing Change: Do Less of What Doesn't Work:
Blaming students and parents for low performance
Treat teaching and learning disconnected
No coherent strategy for delivering instruction
Group kids by ability in ways that reinforce stereotypes
failure and under achievement is rationalized
Ignore the morale and legitimate concerns for your staff
Don't treat parents as partners in fulfilling educational goals
Little or no involvement from parents of the low performing students
Adopt school rules and procedures that are at odds with educational goals
Discipline is punitive and not routed in values
Most alienated kids are the ones with the least connections to adults at the school
High achieving kids have parents who watch kids and speak up and if not heard they go to someone higher
Parents of high achievers won't let you have anyone but best teachers teach their kids
Low achieving kids no one is watching out for them so it can happen that low teachers are assigned to them
Who's in your basement - low performing kids are often assigned to rooms in basement or out back
Codes of power - if you don't dress or speak in acceptable manners then opportunities are denied. Need to learn to dress, talk, act to be accepted and this is not on standardized test.
Grouping by behavior or ability you will see a school that will not chanage
Special ed should be diagnose the learners needs and adjust instruction to teach them using the best methods
Never seen a contract to make people work hard but have seen schools were people want to make it better so they work harder
Same pay if you give your heart or bare minimum
Background should not determine who should be able to go to college
School suspended an 8th grader for truancy
Goal of discipline is not to teach kids to do what is right to avoid punishment but it is to teach kids to do what is right even when we are not looking.
More learning opportunities depend learning - extended learning time - after school opportunities
Do mor of what does work:
Extended learning time - not more of the same
Address anti-intellectualism through peer study groups
Need for a Paradigm Shift
Old Paradigm
Intelligence is innate
Schools measure an sort
Emphasis on memorization and pleasing teachers
Inequity in resources to highest achievers
Organizatin and schedule based on tradition and what works for adults
Discipline used to week out the "bad" kids
New Paradigm
Schools focus on cultivaitng talent
Social and emotional intelligence, langugue skills n
Alan November - School Leaders
Alan November -
Schools with the same budget and technology do different things because
of the principal
It is the vision and leadership skills of the principal that makes the difference
Technology is not a vision - Alan says "We should abolish all technology planning committees"
if we have a committee it then that is what the vision is about
It is not the technology but what flows through the technology - information and global community
Some schools are technology rich and information poor
Information is the life blood of good education
Zoolauf
1. access to information people have never had before
make sure families have access to good quality information
what information do you want as a teacher
map information that could improve the system
2. Relationships change
new methods for putting people together
Alan's opinions - students should make more decisions about their education
data should be used to determine what are the effects that lead to better results
3. Information
data - not very useful - data turns into information
information
knowledge - ability to apply information to solve problem
wisdom - should we be asking questions we have not asked before
Automatic
No change - teacher giving lecture and students taking notes on $1500 laptop that is a $1500 pencil
What is the difference between automate and information
Can we get kids to solve problems that they could never solve before but most schools automate what they did before - adding science probes to do the same science experiments is just automating old stuff, students need to solve and explore new problems that are authentic
Staff development needs to first check what the leaders want to accomplish or goals
What do you want to accomplish then what tools are in alignment with the goals. what are the metrics used to determine change,
role of leader is to determine if a change is being applied - do they know what to look for
http://taggalaxy.de/
Schools with the same budget and technology do different things because
of the principal
It is the vision and leadership skills of the principal that makes the difference
Technology is not a vision - Alan says "We should abolish all technology planning committees"
if we have a committee it then that is what the vision is about
It is not the technology but what flows through the technology - information and global community
Some schools are technology rich and information poor
Information is the life blood of good education
Zoolauf
1. access to information people have never had before
make sure families have access to good quality information
what information do you want as a teacher
map information that could improve the system
2. Relationships change
new methods for putting people together
Alan's opinions - students should make more decisions about their education
data should be used to determine what are the effects that lead to better results
3. Information
data - not very useful - data turns into information
information
knowledge - ability to apply information to solve problem
wisdom - should we be asking questions we have not asked before
Automatic
No change - teacher giving lecture and students taking notes on $1500 laptop that is a $1500 pencil
What is the difference between automate and information
Can we get kids to solve problems that they could never solve before but most schools automate what they did before - adding science probes to do the same science experiments is just automating old stuff, students need to solve and explore new problems that are authentic
Staff development needs to first check what the leaders want to accomplish or goals
What do you want to accomplish then what tools are in alignment with the goals. what are the metrics used to determine change,
role of leader is to determine if a change is being applied - do they know what to look for
http://taggalaxy.de/
Kiva for 3rd world business loans
Alan November - Daily Reflections
Kiva - loans that change the world was on Opra a year ago and now they are
providing loans to people in 3rd world country
1 million dollars goes through the site every 8-12 days
http://www.kiva.org/
program is funded by donations from people, donations to help others 100% goes to the loan receiptment
at check out the system asks for a few dollar to help cover administrative cost - voluntarily
Kiva - loans that change the world was on Opra a year ago and now they are
providing loans to people in 3rd world country
1 million dollars goes through the site every 8-12 days
http://www.kiva.org/
program is funded by donations from people, donations to help others 100% goes to the loan receiptment
at check out the system asks for a few dollar to help cover administrative cost - voluntarily
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Bob Pearlman - Getting and Assessing 21st Century Knowledge and Skills
Bob Pearlman - Getting and Assessing 21st Century Knowledge and Skills
http://www.bobpearlman.org/
http://www.bobpearlman.org/BLC2008.htm
In his school every students does about 240 presentations during high school time.
Every project has a presentation
To learn you have to do
Manor New Tech High
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-klc2KijMG8
Plan the Assessment
Final Products
Sub-assignments
build a proposal
blue print plan
model
other sub products
Process for team to pull project together
Project management plan
layout a plan - turn to do list into a formal plan
Development of Assessments
most measure content knowledge nothing else
delayed or no results to help students
need assessment for learning
it is needed right away
set up a system where students are getting feedback everyday
on-line and available the day that it happens
links to rubric
New Technology High
Napa, California
http://www.newtechhigh.org
To do assessment well define key outcomes
Napa 8 Learning Outcomes
Technology Literacy
Collaboration
Critical Thinker
Oral Communication
Written Communication
Career Preparation
Citizenship and Ethics
Curricular Literacy (content Standards)
Outcomes should be for all subjects - collective objectives
http://www.bobpearlman.org/
http://www.bobpearlman.org/BLC2008.htm
In his school every students does about 240 presentations during high school time.
Every project has a presentation
To learn you have to do
Manor New Tech High
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-klc2KijMG8
Plan the Assessment
Final Products
Sub-assignments
build a proposal
blue print plan
model
other sub products
Process for team to pull project together
Project management plan
layout a plan - turn to do list into a formal plan
Development of Assessments
most measure content knowledge nothing else
delayed or no results to help students
need assessment for learning
it is needed right away
set up a system where students are getting feedback everyday
on-line and available the day that it happens
links to rubric
New Technology High
Napa, California
http://www.newtechhigh.org
To do assessment well define key outcomes
Napa 8 Learning Outcomes
Technology Literacy
Collaboration
Critical Thinker
Oral Communication
Written Communication
Career Preparation
Citizenship and Ethics
Curricular Literacy (content Standards)
Outcomes should be for all subjects - collective objectives
Bette Manchester - The Maine Learning Technology Initiative
Bette Manchester
Content, connectivity,
Where do you want to go and why?
Equity of Resources for Students and Staff
Increase Student & Educator Learning
Increase collaboration among students and educators
Project-based learning
Technology by itself does not raise test scores, what you need is an effective teacher in the classroom who knows how to use technology.
All teachers had opportunity at the end of 4 years to give up laptop and go back to the old methods of teaching, not one teacher decided to go back.
Now the program is going to the high school level.
Culture in the school is everything and it is set by the building principal
Damage is less then 1% and it can be tracked to the leadership in the school
Teacher's voice was taken into consideration, teachers who collaborated.
Project is for every kid and teacher
Build team in building: principal, tech coordinator, teacher, and liberian.
Project ownership is at the building level. Someone who supports rick taking and trying new things. Building staff sets the purpose.
Many tech coordinators have taught in the lab so they understand teaching with an application and they don't necessarily know collaborative project learning.
Deep learning at all levels
Rich learning opportunities for kids in and outside the school
Assessment for Learning
practices that hook students into their own learning
laptops kids were showing evidence of learning in so many ways
Need is showing for increased broadband across state
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK)
Book - Handbook of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) for Educators (Paperback), by The AACTE Committee on Innovation and Technology (Editor)
Science - Ecoscience studying ecological issues in Maine
students learned to use Logo
Cyclical energizing
Work should be hard fun - Papert
Pay attention to energy levels
Implementation Dip - Year 4 you will hit a dip, when doing the program so plan for it with building leadership teams
Celebrate accomplishments -
State writing scores have gone up and held for the last three years, if kids regularly write
Technology moved it for the kids
especially for special kids
Leadership
Green Eyed monster - people kill off each other
People get mocked for using technology
disturbing part of culture - put down what is different or new
Capacity Building through networks
communication - use StudyWiz
Learning communities - within building, district, region, state
Virtual networks
Principal, Teacher Leaders, Librarians, Tech support
student teams
size of Maine - you can take all New England states and put the geographically inside of Maine
connectivity for all schools
Main International Center for Digital Learning
Professional Development
Research
International Collaboration
http://www.mainelearns.com/
If they could do it again they would do 7th grade and 12th grade and let them meet in the middle year after year. 9th graders want to blend in so they would not have been a good group at the high school level to start the project.
Leadership layers of teachers
Don't use innovators use the next layer down
innovators usually don't have a following of other teachers but they usually follow the next level down
Leadership - Learning communities - start with what's working from those in attendance
Blocking is not what you want to do, it is about educating appropriate behavior
Working on making policies for "what if" so there is a policy to be followed
Content, connectivity,
Where do you want to go and why?
Equity of Resources for Students and Staff
Increase Student & Educator Learning
Increase collaboration among students and educators
Project-based learning
Technology by itself does not raise test scores, what you need is an effective teacher in the classroom who knows how to use technology.
All teachers had opportunity at the end of 4 years to give up laptop and go back to the old methods of teaching, not one teacher decided to go back.
Now the program is going to the high school level.
Culture in the school is everything and it is set by the building principal
Damage is less then 1% and it can be tracked to the leadership in the school
Teacher's voice was taken into consideration, teachers who collaborated.
Project is for every kid and teacher
Build team in building: principal, tech coordinator, teacher, and liberian.
Project ownership is at the building level. Someone who supports rick taking and trying new things. Building staff sets the purpose.
Many tech coordinators have taught in the lab so they understand teaching with an application and they don't necessarily know collaborative project learning.
Deep learning at all levels
Rich learning opportunities for kids in and outside the school
Assessment for Learning
practices that hook students into their own learning
laptops kids were showing evidence of learning in so many ways
Need is showing for increased broadband across state
Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK)
Book - Handbook of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) for Educators (Paperback), by The AACTE Committee on Innovation and Technology (Editor)
Science - Ecoscience studying ecological issues in Maine
students learned to use Logo
Cyclical energizing
Work should be hard fun - Papert
Pay attention to energy levels
Implementation Dip - Year 4 you will hit a dip, when doing the program so plan for it with building leadership teams
Celebrate accomplishments -
State writing scores have gone up and held for the last three years, if kids regularly write
Technology moved it for the kids
especially for special kids
Leadership
Green Eyed monster - people kill off each other
People get mocked for using technology
disturbing part of culture - put down what is different or new
Capacity Building through networks
communication - use StudyWiz
Learning communities - within building, district, region, state
Virtual networks
Principal, Teacher Leaders, Librarians, Tech support
student teams
size of Maine - you can take all New England states and put the geographically inside of Maine
connectivity for all schools
Main International Center for Digital Learning
Professional Development
Research
International Collaboration
http://www.mainelearns.com/
If they could do it again they would do 7th grade and 12th grade and let them meet in the middle year after year. 9th graders want to blend in so they would not have been a good group at the high school level to start the project.
Leadership layers of teachers
Don't use innovators use the next layer down
innovators usually don't have a following of other teachers but they usually follow the next level down
Leadership - Learning communities - start with what's working from those in attendance
Blocking is not what you want to do, it is about educating appropriate behavior
Working on making policies for "what if" so there is a policy to be followed
Alan November - Building Schools of the Future
Alan November
building schools of the future
all curriculum should be on the web
three years to get ready to design new building
Scotland - $75 million to connect every family and every teacher in one environment
this would be like Massachusetts linking every family and school and teacher together
NTCT - not thought completely through
High Tec High
cubbies
work together
if you don't change the system the design won't work
High Tech High took 4 years to build up adding one grade at a time starting at 9th
Where are you going to get the teachers to teach in a new integrated learning environment
As part of the design process we should watch teenagers when they are away from school
kids don't choose cubbies to work in they like social spaces
HTH - has small intimate spaces that are sound proof
located so one liberians or teacher can look through many walls at once
Margaret Meed - you need three generations to design the school most schools have two
space does not work if you don't have a system that matches
Book recomendation Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Csikszentmihhalyi's book describes the conditions within which best learners, such as Nobel Prize winners, musicians, athletes, operate at their peak. Ideas are transferable to school situations. The first four chapters are essential.
Think of your library as an auditorium not as a library with massive screen
One-room school design so students can see what others are doing - this is being achieved through the use of glass to separate space but allow views.
building schools of the future
all curriculum should be on the web
three years to get ready to design new building
Scotland - $75 million to connect every family and every teacher in one environment
this would be like Massachusetts linking every family and school and teacher together
NTCT - not thought completely through
High Tec High
cubbies
work together
if you don't change the system the design won't work
High Tech High took 4 years to build up adding one grade at a time starting at 9th
Where are you going to get the teachers to teach in a new integrated learning environment
As part of the design process we should watch teenagers when they are away from school
kids don't choose cubbies to work in they like social spaces
HTH - has small intimate spaces that are sound proof
located so one liberians or teacher can look through many walls at once
Margaret Meed - you need three generations to design the school most schools have two
space does not work if you don't have a system that matches
Book recomendation Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Csikszentmihhalyi's book describes the conditions within which best learners, such as Nobel Prize winners, musicians, athletes, operate at their peak. Ideas are transferable to school situations. The first four chapters are essential.
Think of your library as an auditorium not as a library with massive screen
One-room school design so students can see what others are doing - this is being achieved through the use of glass to separate space but allow views.
FCITL board meeting conf. call
Sorry no blogs this morning, I had a FCITL board meeting conference call.
GW
GW
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Alan November Reflections for the day
Alan November Reflections for the day
Aarti - student from Hong Kong eleven years of age addressed the full session
CLC - c learning community can write a column about her learning footprints - secure site she builds web content with
shows her progress through out the year
slideshow embeded slide show video from another site into hers
add a ten minute learnign quiz
has added wikis
she said if you want to know more about her wiki then come to her workshop tomorrow
mind42.com mind map
mind42.com is a browser based online mind mapping application. With mind42.com installing mindmapping tools is no longer needed - for a hassle-free mindmapping experience. Just open the browser and launch the application when needemind42.com is a browser based online mind mapping application.
Mind Maps - http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newISS_01.htm
Aarti answered a lot of questions from the audiance about her life in Hong Kong and education there. Enjoyable to listen to her speak.
Aarti - student from Hong Kong eleven years of age addressed the full session
CLC - c learning community can write a column about her learning footprints - secure site she builds web content with
shows her progress through out the year
slideshow embeded slide show video from another site into hers
add a ten minute learnign quiz
has added wikis
she said if you want to know more about her wiki then come to her workshop tomorrow
mind42.com mind map
mind42.com is a browser based online mind mapping application. With mind42.com installing mindmapping tools is no longer needed - for a hassle-free mindmapping experience. Just open the browser and launch the application when needemind42.com is a browser based online mind mapping application.
Mind Maps - http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newISS_01.htm
Aarti answered a lot of questions from the audiance about her life in Hong Kong and education there. Enjoyable to listen to her speak.
Cyndy & Lester - MultiDimensional Digital Storytelling
MultiDimensional Digital Storytelling
Cyndy Everest and Lester Ray
Two factors strongly influencing student engagement
meaning
emotional hook or component
Today's Tools - texy & images
if an image is on the frame for 2 sec. it is too long
text presented differently from individual - students holding signs
no words spoken -
media comes to us with meaning
Story Spine (work from people's comfort zone as your start professional development)
Once upon a time... a lost teenager didn't know what to do with his life
But one day ... decided to take a college class to learn about photography
Because of that... he ended up getting advanced degrees
Finally ... he is a pedagogical reformer working with educators statewide
Photobooth - take four photos of yourself for the story
Open iMovie 08 and show PhotoBooth then drag your four photos into the timeline
4 sec from a piece of video is allowed for copyright
Set duration of video for image so images change with timing for video
Add narration
Make adjustments to image timing to match audio timing
Cyndy Everest and Lester Ray
Two factors strongly influencing student engagement
meaning
emotional hook or component
Today's Tools - texy & images
if an image is on the frame for 2 sec. it is too long
text presented differently from individual - students holding signs
no words spoken -
media comes to us with meaning
Story Spine (work from people's comfort zone as your start professional development)
Once upon a time... a lost teenager didn't know what to do with his life
But one day ... decided to take a college class to learn about photography
Because of that... he ended up getting advanced degrees
Finally ... he is a pedagogical reformer working with educators statewide
Photobooth - take four photos of yourself for the story
Open iMovie 08 and show PhotoBooth then drag your four photos into the timeline
4 sec from a piece of video is allowed for copyright
Set duration of video for image so images change with timing for video
Add narration
Make adjustments to image timing to match audio timing
Cyndy and Lester - MultiDimensional Digital Storytelling
MultiDimensional Digital Storytelling
Cyndy Everest and Lester Ray
Two factors strongly influencing student engagement
meaning
emotional hook or component
Today's Tools - texy & images
if an image is on the frame for 2 sec. it is too long
text presented differently from individual - students holding signs
no words spoken -
media comes to us with meaning
Story Spine (work from people's comfort zone as your start professional development)
Once upon a time... a lost teenager didn't know what to do with his life
But one day ... decided to take a college class to learn about photography
Because of that... he ended up getting advanced degrees
Finally ... he is a pedagogical reformer working with educators statewide
Photobooth - take four photos of yourself for the story
Open iMovie 08 and show PhotoBooth then drag your four photos into the timeline
4 sec from a piece of video is allowed for copyright
Set duration of video for image so images change with timing for video
Add narration
Make adjustments to image timing to match audio timing
Cyndy Everest and Lester Ray
Two factors strongly influencing student engagement
meaning
emotional hook or component
Today's Tools - texy & images
if an image is on the frame for 2 sec. it is too long
text presented differently from individual - students holding signs
no words spoken -
media comes to us with meaning
Story Spine (work from people's comfort zone as your start professional development)
Once upon a time... a lost teenager didn't know what to do with his life
But one day ... decided to take a college class to learn about photography
Because of that... he ended up getting advanced degrees
Finally ... he is a pedagogical reformer working with educators statewide
Photobooth - take four photos of yourself for the story
Open iMovie 08 and show PhotoBooth then drag your four photos into the timeline
4 sec from a piece of video is allowed for copyright
Set duration of video for image so images change with timing for video
Add narration
Make adjustments to image timing to match audio timing
Marco Torres - Lights, Camera, Learn: Movie-Making Made Simple--And Fun!
Lights, Camera, Learn: Movie-Making Made Simple--And Fun!
Marco Torres
Kids demonstrate that they like different ways to learn
community 99% latino (mexican mostly)
5,000 students in the school
1 white student - only white people are in community are cops, teachers or lost
80% of LA trash goes through their neighborhood
power that video can bring
Video on child labor - influenced other kids in Austaulia to make videos on similar topics
kids need to feel part of society and country
as a teacher Marco was told to leave his culture at the door
Connecting the Family - funeral of Marco's grandmother
video "ham and Eggs" story about her grandfather
students interviewing grandparents about their life story - Rudolph Perez - video
high school students sitting and having a conversation with elders
Why - it connects people
Audio can make or break a film - Stay on Black Keys
get camera with audio support - mic in, invest in a better mic then camera
use Musical typing - stay on black keys and stay in tempo you can not screw up a song
black keys are in the same family of mulitiples and there are fewer of them
Math - fractions causes a huge drop in test grades
Use GarageBand timeline ruler to teach fractions talk about two fourths, three forths
Turn on metronome
group clap on whole note
clap on half note, quarter notes, and eighth notes
midi information to view notes
in note view - select enhanced timing to adjust the timing
just stay on the black keys then use enhanced timing
view math side, bar graphs look and then there is the musical note look
record violin just stay on black keys,
Music is great for teaching X Y graph
frequencies - singing solo and guitar solo are not done at the same time because they are on similar frequencies
Add sound effects to music track to give ambience
Frequency and the black keys
Build opportunities for kids to do stuff and give them pat on the back
Celebrate a C+not just A grades
Band sound in a video, your eyes can get away from it but bad sound stands out
use alternative audio recording devise and use clapper to set beginning
line up audio spike then eliminate back audio track
sfett.com student movies
flickschool.com
Ed Movies cineDLG.com
Marco Antonio Torres torres21@mac.com
Marco Torres
Kids demonstrate that they like different ways to learn
community 99% latino (mexican mostly)
5,000 students in the school
1 white student - only white people are in community are cops, teachers or lost
80% of LA trash goes through their neighborhood
power that video can bring
Video on child labor - influenced other kids in Austaulia to make videos on similar topics
kids need to feel part of society and country
as a teacher Marco was told to leave his culture at the door
Connecting the Family - funeral of Marco's grandmother
video "ham and Eggs" story about her grandfather
students interviewing grandparents about their life story - Rudolph Perez - video
high school students sitting and having a conversation with elders
Why - it connects people
Audio can make or break a film - Stay on Black Keys
get camera with audio support - mic in, invest in a better mic then camera
use Musical typing - stay on black keys and stay in tempo you can not screw up a song
black keys are in the same family of mulitiples and there are fewer of them
Math - fractions causes a huge drop in test grades
Use GarageBand timeline ruler to teach fractions talk about two fourths, three forths
Turn on metronome
group clap on whole note
clap on half note, quarter notes, and eighth notes
midi information to view notes
in note view - select enhanced timing to adjust the timing
just stay on the black keys then use enhanced timing
view math side, bar graphs look and then there is the musical note look
record violin just stay on black keys,
Music is great for teaching X Y graph
frequencies - singing solo and guitar solo are not done at the same time because they are on similar frequencies
Add sound effects to music track to give ambience
Frequency and the black keys
Build opportunities for kids to do stuff and give them pat on the back
Celebrate a C+not just A grades
Band sound in a video, your eyes can get away from it but bad sound stands out
use alternative audio recording devise and use clapper to set beginning
line up audio spike then eliminate back audio track
sfett.com student movies
flickschool.com
Ed Movies cineDLG.com
Marco Antonio Torres torres21@mac.com
Second Life - Ramapo Island
Ramapo Island: A New Dimension in Learning
Peggy Sheehy
http://novemberlearning.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=185&Itemid=135
Second Life - Linden Labs
users build content
Customization of Avitar
Thriving online economy - currency in Second Life goes from to PayPal
Simple building tools
Scripting for comples simulations - similar to C++
Purchasing an Island
16 acres of virtual space
secure "intranet" space
or open and public
Private Island: $700
Ramapo Security
private islands: no on or off - students are only on island can not log in and leave
kids are secure
adults hav eLL background clearance
adult supervision
no access to other residents or content
Using Second Life
Orientation island - UGH
get of orientation it is not that bad
Student Intro - on island 1st year
Peer mentors - with IEPs
dress code in Second Life
Peer mentors
trained in world
edit appearance
joined group
explored
built
Science - built examples of items from science in SecondLife
Math - geo gallery draw verticale angles , mid point
Social Studies - Ellis Island museum and the students added content to the museum with research
English - Of Mice and Men
set up mock trial in second life
Health and Wellness - Body Image component
use of discussion pods to share ideas
had them make their avitar look like them-self
www.campaignforrealbeauty.com
viewed video then then tried to make themself media beautiful
Next day, changed gender and they had to make themselves media beauty
after they changed back the did not care as much about being media beauties"
Perform through their Avitar
Watch out for...
Have and Have-nots
Grid surprises
Prim Counts Prim=primitive shapes (every island will support 15000 prims)
Frustration Levels
Time Management - it is not about finding more time use time you have to do this and include what is already planned to be taught
Updates (most are no longer mandatory)
Future Vision
extend our boundaries
global consortium
F2F exchange
universal curriculum
immersive language acquisition
SLOODLE
Translator
ramapoislands.edublogs.org
Maggie Marat in Second Life
maggiemarat on Skype/Twitter
The Educator's Coffeehouse on ISTE Island 2
peggysheehy@mac.com
Peggy Sheehy
http://novemberlearning.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=185&Itemid=135
Second Life - Linden Labs
users build content
Customization of Avitar
Thriving online economy - currency in Second Life goes from to PayPal
Simple building tools
Scripting for comples simulations - similar to C++
Purchasing an Island
16 acres of virtual space
secure "intranet" space
or open and public
Private Island: $700
Ramapo Security
private islands: no on or off - students are only on island can not log in and leave
kids are secure
adults hav eLL background clearance
adult supervision
no access to other residents or content
Using Second Life
Orientation island - UGH
get of orientation it is not that bad
Student Intro - on island 1st year
Peer mentors - with IEPs
dress code in Second Life
Peer mentors
trained in world
edit appearance
joined group
explored
built
Science - built examples of items from science in SecondLife
Math - geo gallery draw verticale angles , mid point
Social Studies - Ellis Island museum and the students added content to the museum with research
English - Of Mice and Men
set up mock trial in second life
Health and Wellness - Body Image component
use of discussion pods to share ideas
had them make their avitar look like them-self
www.campaignforrealbeauty.com
viewed video then then tried to make themself media beautiful
Next day, changed gender and they had to make themselves media beauty
after they changed back the did not care as much about being media beauties"
Perform through their Avitar
Watch out for...
Have and Have-nots
Grid surprises
Prim Counts Prim=primitive shapes (every island will support 15000 prims)
Frustration Levels
Time Management - it is not about finding more time use time you have to do this and include what is already planned to be taught
Updates (most are no longer mandatory)
Future Vision
extend our boundaries
global consortium
F2F exchange
universal curriculum
immersive language acquisition
SLOODLE
Translator
ramapoislands.edublogs.org
Maggie Marat in Second Life
maggiemarat on Skype/Twitter
The Educator's Coffeehouse on ISTE Island 2
peggysheehy@mac.com
Not all Native Wit: From Creativity to Ingenuity
Not all native wit: From Creativity to Ingenuity
Ewin McIntosh, National advisor: Learning and Technology Futures
edu.blogs.com
www.LTScotland.org.uk
It's not all native wit
from creativity to ingenuity
anyone can be creative it is ingenuity that we need
give a button to a teacher and they ask what can I do with it
give a button to a kid and they just use it
5 points
1. you as a human being have to be interesting and to be interesting you have to be interested ...in everything
Ewin's blog is his property if you don't like it don't visit it
spends about 30 min per day writing on the blog
does not write if he has nothing to say
Bookmark collection - delicious
people send thing you might be interested in - research and development
Flickr - images start a conversation
Facebook - able to see what others are doing
Aggregator - group of experts
subscribe to over 4000 and reads all in less then 30 min, how ... don't read them all
search for things said about you
Read blogs from other places countries
UK kids 60 a week on computer at school and 200 minutes a week on computer at home
UK 2 billion spend on Ed technology and they found that 1.6 billion is waisted on technology in schools not used
Technology is not transformative, it is what you do with it
Microsoft has 10% fewer staff then McDonalds - not enough staff to do things
old technology - push button teaching machine some companies are still selling this
image of box with push buttons with student selecting answer
Tool that brings most people together - email -it is said to be intuitive
When we call something intuitive we often mean Familiar ...Esther Dyson
90 % of 15-25 year olsd have visited their social network in the past month
3rd biggest country in the world: MySpace
Using their space
Hermann von Helmholtz
Saturation - emerge yourself into as much stuff as you can (Divergent and complete is necessary for creativity)
incubation - uncomfortable feeling leave thing to settle (with no deadlines, no stress)
Illumination - you have an idea it comes retrospectively (to a big crowd)
Divergent thinking is vital
map of US with varying colors of green - are we really sick darker color is amount of drugs dispensed for ADHD
more children are not getting ADHD perhaps it is more children are bored so we put them on drugs
quallity teachers are the most important factor in the
The quality of an education system cannot exceeet eh
Deliver for every child.
What does this mean - image of two rolls of toilet paper one with triangel fold other without, others with sticker so you know you are unlocking the roll, toilet paper sculpture - images from flickr
YouTube video Color changing card trick video about changing the color of the cards but actually other items in the video changed color
Change pedagogy that children need input before they can have output
We see a pedagogy and decide that it works or doesn't without trying it
System needs to encourage every child, a change needs to happen in school system
achieving shared awareness of our goals
Is creativity taught or caught?
Tools you can teach but it is not about tools
risk-free creativity
more mobile phone users then internet users
cell phones is where the action is
Allow "Shared awareness"
engineers need a big problem to find solutions to the problems
4. participation culture
we'ge got to understant participation culture, not tools
not about public and private but lots of gray areas
identity 2.0
Secret spaces
Group spaces
publishing spaces
performing spaces - pretent to be someone else
watching spaces
How many friends do you really have?
What simple tools help learning become remarkable?
How can your create a shared awareness?
What changes would you make to get small units of practices to make big changes?
Ewin McIntosh, National advisor: Learning and Technology Futures
edu.blogs.com
www.LTScotland.org.uk
It's not all native wit
from creativity to ingenuity
anyone can be creative it is ingenuity that we need
give a button to a teacher and they ask what can I do with it
give a button to a kid and they just use it
5 points
1. you as a human being have to be interesting and to be interesting you have to be interested ...in everything
Ewin's blog is his property if you don't like it don't visit it
spends about 30 min per day writing on the blog
does not write if he has nothing to say
Bookmark collection - delicious
people send thing you might be interested in - research and development
Flickr - images start a conversation
Facebook - able to see what others are doing
Aggregator - group of experts
subscribe to over 4000 and reads all in less then 30 min, how ... don't read them all
search for things said about you
Read blogs from other places countries
UK kids 60 a week on computer at school and 200 minutes a week on computer at home
UK 2 billion spend on Ed technology and they found that 1.6 billion is waisted on technology in schools not used
Technology is not transformative, it is what you do with it
Microsoft has 10% fewer staff then McDonalds - not enough staff to do things
old technology - push button teaching machine some companies are still selling this
image of box with push buttons with student selecting answer
Tool that brings most people together - email -it is said to be intuitive
When we call something intuitive we often mean Familiar ...Esther Dyson
90 % of 15-25 year olsd have visited their social network in the past month
3rd biggest country in the world: MySpace
Using their space
Hermann von Helmholtz
Saturation - emerge yourself into as much stuff as you can (Divergent and complete is necessary for creativity)
incubation - uncomfortable feeling leave thing to settle (with no deadlines, no stress)
Illumination - you have an idea it comes retrospectively (to a big crowd)
Divergent thinking is vital
map of US with varying colors of green - are we really sick darker color is amount of drugs dispensed for ADHD
more children are not getting ADHD perhaps it is more children are bored so we put them on drugs
quallity teachers are the most important factor in the
The quality of an education system cannot exceeet eh
Deliver for every child.
What does this mean - image of two rolls of toilet paper one with triangel fold other without, others with sticker so you know you are unlocking the roll, toilet paper sculpture - images from flickr
YouTube video Color changing card trick video about changing the color of the cards but actually other items in the video changed color
Change pedagogy that children need input before they can have output
We see a pedagogy and decide that it works or doesn't without trying it
System needs to encourage every child, a change needs to happen in school system
achieving shared awareness of our goals
Is creativity taught or caught?
Tools you can teach but it is not about tools
risk-free creativity
more mobile phone users then internet users
cell phones is where the action is
Allow "Shared awareness"
engineers need a big problem to find solutions to the problems
4. participation culture
we'ge got to understant participation culture, not tools
not about public and private but lots of gray areas
identity 2.0
Secret spaces
Group spaces
publishing spaces
performing spaces - pretent to be someone else
watching spaces
How many friends do you really have?
What simple tools help learning become remarkable?
How can your create a shared awareness?
What changes would you make to get small units of practices to make big changes?
CTAP -iTouch History Calisphere
CTAP -iTouch History Calisphere
Kathleen Ferenz
www.ctap4.com
www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu
UC Irvine history project
don't want students using archive as a clipart collection - primary source information
Using an iPod Touch
Portable & easy
Projects to TV & Video - image looks good on TV some districts do not have projectors
Affordable
New & hip
6 C's for Primary source analysis
Content - main idea
Citation - author/creator
Context - in the world
Connections - prior knowledge
Communication - point of view
Conclusions - understanding of history
Calisphere web site - history from California
Themed collections
not designed to go with textbook and there are gaps in the history
Browse A-Z
images with information on history of California
Teachers build Ning - upload audio recording from various groups then download audio to each iTouch and particpatents can listen on the way home
Kathleen Ferenz
www.ctap4.com
www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu
UC Irvine history project
don't want students using archive as a clipart collection - primary source information
Using an iPod Touch
Portable & easy
Projects to TV & Video - image looks good on TV some districts do not have projectors
Affordable
New & hip
6 C's for Primary source analysis
Content - main idea
Citation - author/creator
Context - in the world
Connections - prior knowledge
Communication - point of view
Conclusions - understanding of history
Calisphere web site - history from California
Themed collections
not designed to go with textbook and there are gaps in the history
Browse A-Z
images with information on history of California
Teachers build Ning - upload audio recording from various groups then download audio to each iTouch and particpatents can listen on the way home
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Jim Davidson - Wrap Up and Technology update
Jim Davidson - Wrap Up and Technology update
jdavidson@corp.epals.com
Mission is to create the largest on-line learning community
core product has to be free
business model is sponsorship
blogs and media - there is a 25 MB limit at this time but they will be increasing it
SchoolMail & SchoolBlog now free
Integration with existing communities:
New technologies to enable your users to seamlessly access ePals.
OpenID
SAML
Enhanced batch management
Learning Station desktop - synchronized accounts provide for 1-click, single-signon asccess
Studywiz - ePals widgets and functionality seamlessly integrated in the desktop:
made up of modules on a desktop page
ePals messaging will show up in module on page
all under control of Studywiz users
Community Server Platform
Full-featured social networking platform
Integrated:
Blogs
Forums
1click
media links
Open iPals API
MentorPlace - IBM employees are matched with students around the world as mentors
IDEA - could MentorPlace be used by local communities to set up mentoring by local or small companies?
jdavidson@corp.epals.com
Mission is to create the largest on-line learning community
core product has to be free
business model is sponsorship
blogs and media - there is a 25 MB limit at this time but they will be increasing it
SchoolMail & SchoolBlog now free
Integration with existing communities:
New technologies to enable your users to seamlessly access ePals.
OpenID
SAML
Enhanced batch management
Learning Station desktop - synchronized accounts provide for 1-click, single-signon asccess
Studywiz - ePals widgets and functionality seamlessly integrated in the desktop:
made up of modules on a desktop page
ePals messaging will show up in module on page
all under control of Studywiz users
Community Server Platform
Full-featured social networking platform
Integrated:
Blogs
Forums
1click
media links
Open iPals API
MentorPlace - IBM employees are matched with students around the world as mentors
IDEA - could MentorPlace be used by local communities to set up mentoring by local or small companies?
Dr. Sheila Gersh - CultureQuest
Dr. Sheila Gersh, City College of New York
CultureQuest: An In-Depth Look at Project-based Learning with ePals
CultureQuest - students learning about theirs and others cultures from within the city and around the world
Example: topic of music and how music is seen in different cultures
Referencing NETS for Teachers and said there are new ones but they are about the same as the old ones. She should have taken the time to read the new NETS-T to see that they are different.
Students are learning and teachers are learning from students all at the same time
Students need to learn to summarize
two column pages copy and paste into first column and second column rewrite into own words
Skills related with culture quest
Pedagogy skills - varying ways of teaching/engaging students
This presenter should have examined who her audience is, most of the stuff she mentions is stuff we have all be using for years. PowerPoint and adding narration with audio :-( as if we didn't know this.
CultureQuest: An In-Depth Look at Project-based Learning with ePals
CultureQuest - students learning about theirs and others cultures from within the city and around the world
Example: topic of music and how music is seen in different cultures
Referencing NETS for Teachers and said there are new ones but they are about the same as the old ones. She should have taken the time to read the new NETS-T to see that they are different.
Students are learning and teachers are learning from students all at the same time
Students need to learn to summarize
two column pages copy and paste into first column and second column rewrite into own words
Skills related with culture quest
Pedagogy skills - varying ways of teaching/engaging students
This presenter should have examined who her audience is, most of the stuff she mentions is stuff we have all be using for years. PowerPoint and adding narration with audio :-( as if we didn't know this.
Bette Manchester - The Maine Learning Technology Initiative
The Maine Learning Technology Initiative
Bette Manchester, Maine International Center for Digital Learning
Governors goals world class work
Goals:
1. School reform at the middle and high school level
equity and access
2. Goal was about learning
not test scores
3. Increase student communication and collaboration
4. Continue to support project-based learning
Go grief for focusing on project-based learning instead of test scores
Sept 2002 - middle school students
Angus King former governor of Maine
equity tool - Seymour Pappert
Get teachers and kids to re-imaging what a classroom is
Context at ALL Levels
Systemic Change - must have staff development and teacher leaders
Purpose setting - set purpose in your school and tie technology to goals
Learner centered - teachers focused on learners, self sufficient learners
Universal Design -
Professional Learning Community
Culture of risk taking
Windows on Maine - http://windowsonmaine.library.umaine.edu/
Schools must have a human and wired network
http://www.mainelearns.org/
Students have collaborative work space, eLocker,
Intelligent Accountability and Vertical Relationships
science projects in the field then building virtual projects based on project
4 ecological concerns in Maine
using
Teachers that try to move forward, even on their own, are shunned by other teachers. Effort is being made to support innovation practices by talking at faculty meetings to make it a culture that is tolerant of innovation.
Getting educators to see themselves as part of the global community.
Bette is now setting up a center, Maine International Center for Digital Learning at the university.
1. Science
2. Math
3. Digital Literacy - working with Don Lou at University of Connecticute
Maine is on a journey ... As goes Maine, so goes the nation
This has been a middle school project, last year they managed to give every high school teacher a MacBook.
Damage to laptops in state is less then one half of one percent
Students have respect for laptops
When it came up for funding with legislature not one vote against the program.
Writing scores are way up across the state
Bette Manchester, Maine International Center for Digital Learning
Governors goals world class work
Goals:
1. School reform at the middle and high school level
equity and access
2. Goal was about learning
not test scores
3. Increase student communication and collaboration
4. Continue to support project-based learning
Go grief for focusing on project-based learning instead of test scores
Sept 2002 - middle school students
Angus King former governor of Maine
equity tool - Seymour Pappert
Get teachers and kids to re-imaging what a classroom is
Context at ALL Levels
Systemic Change - must have staff development and teacher leaders
Purpose setting - set purpose in your school and tie technology to goals
Learner centered - teachers focused on learners, self sufficient learners
Universal Design -
Professional Learning Community
Culture of risk taking
Windows on Maine - http://windowsonmaine.library.umaine.edu/
Schools must have a human and wired network
http://www.mainelearns.org/
Students have collaborative work space, eLocker,
Intelligent Accountability and Vertical Relationships
science projects in the field then building virtual projects based on project
4 ecological concerns in Maine
using
Teachers that try to move forward, even on their own, are shunned by other teachers. Effort is being made to support innovation practices by talking at faculty meetings to make it a culture that is tolerant of innovation.
Getting educators to see themselves as part of the global community.
Bette is now setting up a center, Maine International Center for Digital Learning at the university.
1. Science
2. Math
3. Digital Literacy - working with Don Lou at University of Connecticute
Maine is on a journey ... As goes Maine, so goes the nation
This has been a middle school project, last year they managed to give every high school teacher a MacBook.
Damage to laptops in state is less then one half of one percent
Students have respect for laptops
When it came up for funding with legislature not one vote against the program.
Writing scores are way up across the state
Candace Pauchnick - San Diego - China Collaboratiion
Case Study: San Diego-China Classroom Collaboration with ePals SchoolMail, SchoolBlog and More.
Candace Pauchnick
ePals web site you can search for schools/teachers via an interactive map
Contact other teacher and see if your goals for doing a project can blend together even if they are different.
Cautious of spelling mistakes - land scaper other student may search for a long time to figure out what a scaper is and it should have been landscaper
Benefits - improved writing skills
Working with China students US students are teachers of English so they must use proper punctuation
Need to write and be courteous
Students with an ePal have access to correct information about a country based on what their ePal knows instead of just relying on information posted on the web
If using Skype or other video program allow time to practice before doing a web conference
Candace Pauchnick
ePals web site you can search for schools/teachers via an interactive map
Contact other teacher and see if your goals for doing a project can blend together even if they are different.
Cautious of spelling mistakes - land scaper other student may search for a long time to figure out what a scaper is and it should have been landscaper
Benefits - improved writing skills
Working with China students US students are teachers of English so they must use proper punctuation
Need to write and be courteous
Students with an ePal have access to correct information about a country based on what their ePal knows instead of just relying on information posted on the web
If using Skype or other video program allow time to practice before doing a web conference
UStream
UStream
Stream video from your computer with a video camera.
http://www.ustream.tv/
http://www.ustream.tv/about
Ustream.TV is the live interactive video broadcast platform that enables anyone with a camera and an Internet connection to quickly and easily broadcast to a global audience of unlimited size.
Stream video from your computer with a video camera.
http://www.ustream.tv/
http://www.ustream.tv/about
Ustream.TV is the live interactive video broadcast platform that enables anyone with a camera and an Internet connection to quickly and easily broadcast to a global audience of unlimited size.
Carol Bar, Blue Valley, KS High School
Carol Bar, Blue Valley, KS High School
cbar@bluevalleyk12.org
Steps to getting started with blogging in class
1. Allow class time for initial set up allow 30 minutes
2. Provide clear, strict guidelines
school appropriate
no on-line translaters
3. Provide clear, guided prompts
4. Provide topic choices
5. Encourage student reflections
6. Use repetitive student errors to drive classroom instruction
7. Set clear deadlines for submission
ePals has a date and time stamp on every blog
8. Create an easy scoring rubric
9. Create a Two-fold assignment
must respond to other blogs
students post and respond
10. React to your students! About what they said not language issues
ePals is largest online global community of K-12 learners
Security feature: all content is submitted privately to teacher who approve and posst to blog
Multimedia:
Language translation feature
ePals provides a yellow highlighter for use in reviewing the work
cbar@bluevalleyk12.org
Steps to getting started with blogging in class
1. Allow class time for initial set up allow 30 minutes
2. Provide clear, strict guidelines
school appropriate
no on-line translaters
3. Provide clear, guided prompts
4. Provide topic choices
5. Encourage student reflections
6. Use repetitive student errors to drive classroom instruction
7. Set clear deadlines for submission
ePals has a date and time stamp on every blog
8. Create an easy scoring rubric
9. Create a Two-fold assignment
must respond to other blogs
students post and respond
10. React to your students! About what they said not language issues
ePals is largest online global community of K-12 learners
Security feature: all content is submitted privately to teacher who approve and posst to blog
Multimedia:
Language translation feature
ePals provides a yellow highlighter for use in reviewing the work
Howie DiBlasi
Howie DiBlasi - projects for teachers and students to use
http://www.toolsfortheclassroom.com/page13.html
Some of the projects he mentions are:
Our Town - story comparing and contrasting the town today and yesterday how has it changed?
Small Town - Durango Colorado
Movie - My Grandpa Said
This I Believe - students identify what their beliefs are :
Howie's web site has links to projects he mentioned,
Personal essay, narative,
Voice Thread - pictures add audio comments - educational section for safety
http://ed.voicethread.com/#home
Five Frames - visual literacy project - story told in five frames
photostory - memories on the web
Memories on the Web - get it from Howie's web site
Bio-Cube - six sides to a sheet, print out, fill in blanks, self discovery project
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/bio_cube/
Let them be little
Tell a story about a child growing up
let them be little
Did you Know video, version V will be released later this week.
Howie is the person who added to Carl's Did You Know video
The backdoor to Enlightenment: Eight steps to living your dreams and changing your world
http://www.amazon.com/Backdoor-Enlightenment-Living-Dreams-Changing/dp/0767927400
For every nine people who denounce innovation, only one will encourage it.
http://www.toolsfortheclassroom.com/page13.html
Some of the projects he mentions are:
Our Town - story comparing and contrasting the town today and yesterday how has it changed?
Small Town - Durango Colorado
Movie - My Grandpa Said
This I Believe - students identify what their beliefs are :
Howie's web site has links to projects he mentioned,
Personal essay, narative,
Voice Thread - pictures add audio comments - educational section for safety
http://ed.voicethread.com/#home
Five Frames - visual literacy project - story told in five frames
photostory - memories on the web
Memories on the Web - get it from Howie's web site
Bio-Cube - six sides to a sheet, print out, fill in blanks, self discovery project
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/bio_cube/
Let them be little
Tell a story about a child growing up
let them be little
Did you Know video, version V will be released later this week.
Howie is the person who added to Carl's Did You Know video
The backdoor to Enlightenment: Eight steps to living your dreams and changing your world
http://www.amazon.com/Backdoor-Enlightenment-Living-Dreams-Changing/dp/0767927400
For every nine people who denounce innovation, only one will encourage it.
Using ePals for Global Community and Collaborative Tools
Using ePals' Global Community and Collaborative Tools for Project-Based Learning
Dr. Kari Stubbs and Tim DiScipio, ePals
NetDay survey 69% of students said it is important to work with students around the world
ePals connecting classrooms in 200 countries
ePals Global Network
Find classrooms worldwide to do project with
Projects involve - literacy, foreign language, science, math, etc.
Language learning between students in different countries
Share photographs soccer shoe story
ePals SchoolMail
controlled environment
language tanslation
protected environment
flagged student messages - filter
ecards
safety
ability to preview each in and out email if wanted - turn on and off
capture students artifacts
ePals SchoolBlog
blogs
safe and protected
personalized domain
multi-media posting
policy managed
clendar
options - classroom only, parents only, public access
web based management and storage
NET-T - new emphasis on creativity
model digital age work and learning
Talked about projects but did not really address Project-based learning.
All of the tools mentions above are said to be free
Dr. Kari Stubbs and Tim DiScipio, ePals
NetDay survey 69% of students said it is important to work with students around the world
ePals connecting classrooms in 200 countries
ePals Global Network
Find classrooms worldwide to do project with
Projects involve - literacy, foreign language, science, math, etc.
Language learning between students in different countries
Share photographs soccer shoe story
ePals SchoolMail
controlled environment
language tanslation
protected environment
flagged student messages - filter
ecards
safety
ability to preview each in and out email if wanted - turn on and off
capture students artifacts
ePals SchoolBlog
blogs
safe and protected
personalized domain
multi-media posting
policy managed
clendar
options - classroom only, parents only, public access
web based management and storage
NET-T - new emphasis on creativity
model digital age work and learning
Talked about projects but did not really address Project-based learning.
All of the tools mentions above are said to be free
Barnabas Sang - Ministry of Education Kenya
Barnabas Sang, Ministry of Education - Kenya (Keynote Speaker)
"Use of School Technology in Kenya and Changing role of educational technology in Africa"
Kenya - 42 different languages
Most african countries have committed to access for quality education
poverty levels 50% + of the population living on less the one US dollar a day
50% - 60% of students go to secondary schools (ages 14-18)
ICT is integrated into all areas of education
Kenya 36 million population
10.4% internet penetration through cyber cafe's
22,000 schools and 15% of them have electricity
500 primary schools have computers
32% of Kenya's population is connect to national grid
3,200 out of 6,000 secondary schools have electicity
Current Initiative
Kenya e-Schools Program and NEPAD Initiative
Kenya ICT Trust Fund Partners: Donations
Simple Text Messaging System SMS through cell phones
use of mobile telephony has rapidly grown in the last five years
Use of cell phones haas changed many lives i the continent: Market information, agriculture, financial (m-pesa)
Education:
Education Results - Information
Collaboration tool for teachers, education managers, and administrators
Education Management Information System - EMIS, Mobile phone use as a field education data collection instrument
Broadband connectivity expected to be operational by June 2009
Technology should be a tool for every teacher not just for tech teacher
Asanteni Sana - (Thank You)
"Use of School Technology in Kenya and Changing role of educational technology in Africa"
Kenya - 42 different languages
Most african countries have committed to access for quality education
poverty levels 50% + of the population living on less the one US dollar a day
50% - 60% of students go to secondary schools (ages 14-18)
ICT is integrated into all areas of education
Kenya 36 million population
10.4% internet penetration through cyber cafe's
22,000 schools and 15% of them have electricity
500 primary schools have computers
32% of Kenya's population is connect to national grid
3,200 out of 6,000 secondary schools have electicity
Current Initiative
Kenya e-Schools Program and NEPAD Initiative
Kenya ICT Trust Fund Partners: Donations
Simple Text Messaging System SMS through cell phones
use of mobile telephony has rapidly grown in the last five years
Use of cell phones haas changed many lives i the continent: Market information, agriculture, financial (m-pesa)
Education:
Education Results - Information
Collaboration tool for teachers, education managers, and administrators
Education Management Information System - EMIS, Mobile phone use as a field education data collection instrument
Broadband connectivity expected to be operational by June 2009
Technology should be a tool for every teacher not just for tech teacher
Asanteni Sana - (Thank You)
ePals Opening Remarks
ePals
Nina Zolt with ePals welcome address
units this summer on bullies
adult mentoring - In2Books 3rd - 5th graders free books for kids and adult mentors
National Geographic - content provider
sponsors geography bee
Tim DiScipio - social learning network of 13 million teachers and students
Press release - Kenya schools will connect globally with schools around the world using ePals.
Nina Zolt with ePals welcome address
units this summer on bullies
adult mentoring - In2Books 3rd - 5th graders free books for kids and adult mentors
National Geographic - content provider
sponsors geography bee
Tim DiScipio - social learning network of 13 million teachers and students
Press release - Kenya schools will connect globally with schools around the world using ePals.
ePals Dinner
Arrived in Boston late in the afternoon, checked into hotel then went to conference hotel to meet up with Rita and others here for the ePals session on Tuesday. A group 10 went to dinner together, great conversations. Dinner conversations centered on many technology topics at my end of the table with Dr. Laurie Henry, Dr. Howie DiBlasi, Bette Manchester, Carol Bar, and Dr. Rita Oates discussed their areas of expertise and how technology and Web 2.0 tools are being used. Looking forward to the session tomorrow. Interesting perspectives as some of this group have come to technology from subject area background while others of us have been in the technology field for a number of year.
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