I am presenting a workshop on Podcasting for MEGA with Joselyn Todd (from Cary Academy) at the Friday Institute tomorrow. We have over 40 PEOPLE signed up!!!!!! I have had a great time prepping for this with Joselyn via Skype, Google Docs, and PB Wiki. We have truly modeled how teaching in the 21st Century can and needs to happen!
Our Wiki is set-up at http://megapodcast.pbwiki.com/ I can't wait to see how it grows!
Showing posts with label proffessional development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label proffessional development. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Friday, September 14, 2007
1:1 Learning Collaborative - Curriculum & Media across content areas and grades
Group discussion:
Goals for 1:1?
Increase learning thru engagement
Digital equity
1:1 has been successful in Elem Schools - attendance rates have increased and ISS has decreased.
Learn & Earn - How do we take existing PD and what more can the laptop do? How do you integrate and not add.
What kind of PD do our teachers need? and how do we start?
Tech Facilitator needs to be a nurturer
Teachers helping teachers
You need to have a firestarter that can act as a mentor. Get your firestarters together to create a core team and start building.
If the teachers are not ready its not ubiquitious - it is just laptops in a classroom.
Will tech PD supplant all other forms of PD?
You have to have some command over your tool to be an innovator - we have to teach the tool first and then teach the ways to use it.
How does this change assessment? What are our short-term and long-term measurements? Attendance? EOGs? Teen birth rates? low teacher turn-over?
I think I am blogged out......
Goals for 1:1?
Increase learning thru engagement
Digital equity
1:1 has been successful in Elem Schools - attendance rates have increased and ISS has decreased.
Learn & Earn - How do we take existing PD and what more can the laptop do? How do you integrate and not add.
What kind of PD do our teachers need? and how do we start?
Tech Facilitator needs to be a nurturer
Teachers helping teachers
You need to have a firestarter that can act as a mentor. Get your firestarters together to create a core team and start building.
If the teachers are not ready its not ubiquitious - it is just laptops in a classroom.
Will tech PD supplant all other forms of PD?
You have to have some command over your tool to be an innovator - we have to teach the tool first and then teach the ways to use it.
How does this change assessment? What are our short-term and long-term measurements? Attendance? EOGs? Teen birth rates? low teacher turn-over?
I think I am blogged out......
1:1 Learning Collaborative - Betty Manchester
Moblogged
Betty Manchester Director of MLTI
The worst you can do is see this as an add-on. What are you trying to do? What are your goals? and how does the technology support that work. There has to be a commitment to change. WHat needs to change at the school, district and state level.
Technology folks need to understand that the technology MUST work. They need to be educated in their role of supporting the school.
A learner centered classroom - proff dev is about the students.
Universal Design - enable students to access info in any way
Proff learning communities - engage admin and teachers. There is no magic answer. Everything is contextual.
Culture of risk-taking. We are in new territory. We are still on a journey.
Lateral capacity building by networks. It is critical to stay connected face-to-face. Created one through First Class and Maine Learns.org. The biggest fear was the teachers would not get the PD. Website supported through NEA
Virtual networks - getting info back and forth. What is working and what is not. Video conf - new level of communication.
Leadership team. Paid a stipend for a teacher leader in each school. Tech coordinator ans chool librarian. They know what is going on and how to build capacity in school for PD.
Student teams - need a student voice on the project. Developed videos, etc. help teachers and students and are part of the problem solving team.
Accountability and vertical relationships. Used 21st Cent Assessment practices. "Assessment for Learning" & "The Black Box" Student engaged in the own assessment of their learning.
MSTM project
Deeper levels of learning and inquiry. Inch thick - mile wide curriculum problem. Less is more and deeper is better.
DEPrivatization of classroom. Have teachers step outside classroom and share what they are doing. You have to be looking at student work.
Vygotsky - zone of proximal development. You want the development to be where students are.
If the building prinicpal was not on board - not a techie but sees it as important. Breakage in building is directly related to building principal. And need to expect that every educator is using technology. The principal needs to enforce this. Build teacher goals and action plans. If you let teachers off the hook it looks unimportant.
PD have to be ongoing!
mainelearns.org
Every school opted back in and the legislature voted it back in.
Betty Manchester Director of MLTI
The worst you can do is see this as an add-on. What are you trying to do? What are your goals? and how does the technology support that work. There has to be a commitment to change. WHat needs to change at the school, district and state level.
Technology folks need to understand that the technology MUST work. They need to be educated in their role of supporting the school.
A learner centered classroom - proff dev is about the students.
Universal Design - enable students to access info in any way
Proff learning communities - engage admin and teachers. There is no magic answer. Everything is contextual.
Culture of risk-taking. We are in new territory. We are still on a journey.
Lateral capacity building by networks. It is critical to stay connected face-to-face. Created one through First Class and Maine Learns.org. The biggest fear was the teachers would not get the PD. Website supported through NEA
Virtual networks - getting info back and forth. What is working and what is not. Video conf - new level of communication.
Leadership team. Paid a stipend for a teacher leader in each school. Tech coordinator ans chool librarian. They know what is going on and how to build capacity in school for PD.
Student teams - need a student voice on the project. Developed videos, etc. help teachers and students and are part of the problem solving team.
Accountability and vertical relationships. Used 21st Cent Assessment practices. "Assessment for Learning" & "The Black Box" Student engaged in the own assessment of their learning.
MSTM project
Deeper levels of learning and inquiry. Inch thick - mile wide curriculum problem. Less is more and deeper is better.
DEPrivatization of classroom. Have teachers step outside classroom and share what they are doing. You have to be looking at student work.
Vygotsky - zone of proximal development. You want the development to be where students are.
If the building prinicpal was not on board - not a techie but sees it as important. Breakage in building is directly related to building principal. And need to expect that every educator is using technology. The principal needs to enforce this. Build teacher goals and action plans. If you let teachers off the hook it looks unimportant.
PD have to be ongoing!
mainelearns.org
Every school opted back in and the legislature voted it back in.
Friday, August 31, 2007
NCETC 2007
I'm submitting my workshop proposal to NCETC 2007 in Greensboro, NC today. I hope to teach on Podcasting, which I did last year, but I'm changing it up a bit. I will not only be mupdating it with more current projects, but also want to focus on some of the components that PC users can use as well - since I create my podcast in GarageBand on a Mac.
I'm also trying to decide what to speak on this year. The list is so far:
Podcasting
Digital Citizenship
Wiki - using PB Wiki
Video
Moodle
Preparing a class for LMS (Learning Mangement Systems - like BlackBoard)
We'll see what I can pair it down to....
I'm also trying to decide what to speak on this year. The list is so far:
Podcasting
Digital Citizenship
Wiki - using PB Wiki
Video
Moodle
Preparing a class for LMS (Learning Mangement Systems - like BlackBoard)
We'll see what I can pair it down to....
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