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Episode 48
We’re THANKFUL that we found time to get another podcast out before Thanksgiving! And of course, dear listeners–we’re thankful for you! Have a fantastic Thanksgiving, and God bless each of you!
Resources
Lit2Go
http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/
Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in mp3 (audiobook) format. You can:
* Download the files to your Mp3 player and listen on the go,
* Listen to the Mp3 files on your computer,
* View the text on a webpage and read along as you listen,
* Print out the stories and poems to make your own book.
TimeRime
http://www.timerime.com/
Online community that allows people to create, compare and upload information by creating timelines, and to view information uploaded by others. Timelines can be filled with text, music, movies, etc. Users can create their own timelines, as well as search what others have posted.
KidsWeather Report
http://kidsweatherreport.com/
The current weather conditions are shown in a way that does not require reading. The current conditions are shown as well as a picture of two children showing the type of clothing that would be appropriate to wear.
Simply Box
http://simplybox.com/
SimplyBox is a free service to Capture, Share, and Organize ANYTHING you find on the web.
Route 21
http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/route21/index.php
21st century skills framework and resources.
21st century literacies activities by grade level
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/21stcent/gradelevel.html
Includes learning outcomes, suggested procedures, and assessments for each lesson.
The commoncraft show
http://www.commoncraft.com/show
Video explanations in plain English. Find a variety of topics, including RSS, podcasting, blogging, etc.
25 Days to Make a Difference
http://twentyfivedays.wordpress.com/
Started by a 10 year old to honor her grandfather, this site has inspired many around the world to do something good for someone. How will you make a difference?
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Episode 47 – Tech Forum 2008
Shout-Out
Janice Friesen and Janice’s notesколи под наем
Links
Be sure to check out our blog for the CoverItLive notes for the sessions we attended (Meg Ormiston’s and David Warlick’s links are included there).
Joel Adkins’s links for the break-out session he attended
Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach’s link for her 21st century learning resources
TechForumSW08 PM Breakout Session
Here are the notes from the afternoon session that we attended at TechForumSW last Friday. Sheryl’s session on 21st century learning environments was fantastic. I don’t have as many notes because I was busy listening and contemplating! Check out her wiki for a plethora of resources.
TechForumSW08 Break-out Session #1
| How to Teach 21st Century Skills | (11/07/2008) Powered by: CoveritLive |
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Meg Ormiston talking about all the ways this “technology stuff” gets kids excited about learning; it’s about using the kids’ tools, not our tools |
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9:57
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They started off with a Wurdle of the old NETS and new NETS–very cool to see the difference–students are still key, but technology is much smaler–b/c it’s not about the stuff–it’s about the learning |
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9:58
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correction: http://www.wordle.net/ |
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there’s bad choices everywhere–it’s our job to help kids learn to navigate |
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10:00
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Meg is sharing Media Converter–she likes this one best (I personally like Movavi) |
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[Comment From digimom] wurdle is the addicting iPhone game. Honest mistake. ;) |
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10:01
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LOL–@Digimom–that is what came to mind first |
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10:02
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[Comment From digimom] use images tied to vocabulary. An aside – I like the idea of making words come alive with Animation-ish. |
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10:03
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podcasting in the education–reach 21st c learners and GarageBand makes it so easy (we agree!) |
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10:04
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talking about http://classroom 20.ning.com |
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we have to change what we’re doing–it is about transforming our practice |
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Jon Orech now talking–former Language Arts teachers (HS) and football coach) |
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10:06
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quoting David Warlick–”you don’t integrate technololgy, you integrate literacy” |
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10:09
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BioPedia–online collaborative workspace that students created (btw…can’t google this–may have to get the address later) |
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10:12
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corrected URL (extra space): http://www.classroom20.com/ |
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10:12
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showing example of video resume for SPED student; good example of alternative assessment |
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10:13
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talking about using blogs in the classroom as a revision tool, not necessarily a journaling tool |
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10:18
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Jon talking about inquiry-based research; using Lord of the Flies as an example |
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10:24
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David Warlick up now–talking about this woman in Japan who wrote her novel on a cell phone |
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http://davidwarlick.com/handouts/ and http://davidwarlick.com/sl/ technology is anythng invented after you were born so technology is not why kids are engaged–they live and breathe it it means something to us, but not for our kids how arrogant for us to say here are the 21st c skills…everything changes |
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what’s happening? -globalization (son is playing World of Warcraft w/people from all over the world-he never asks where other players are from) -the nature of information is changing -it’s all “connective” |
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we’re not connecting through wireless–we’re connecting through ideas |
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talking about ThinkQuest and how far it’s come |
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10:33
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kids from all over the world team up and create online projects–global collaboration; web is usually their only medium to work in |
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10:38
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David now talking about “Think Globally. Act Locally. Go Organic” student created site–great example–we can’t do 21st c and keep the walls up walls can’t just be transparent |
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[Comment From digimom] where is he at? HashThat! |
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[Comment From digimom] http://library.thinkquest.org/07aug/01676/ |
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10:42
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also Report: Global Censorship in the Digital Age |
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[Comment From digimom] http://library.thinkquest.org/07aug/02035/ |
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10:45
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Seatte Academy–”demo or perish”–kids are the ones doing the publishing; culture of performance; teachers teach in a fish bowl; the way you are presenting is as impt as what you are presenting; art, music, and PE are just as impt as core subjects |
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when we are engaged in front of an audience, you are doing constant self-assessment |
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10:47
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if we are going to prepare kids for their future; it has to go beyond the classroom and has to have a different culture |
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10:48
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taking audience questions |
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10:49
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one concern–student safety and privacy (private, secure wiki; blogmeister) |
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10:50
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someone wanted Meg’s blog: http://techteachers.com/ |
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10:52
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someone concerned with inappropriate wordles…start with Create, not looking at what’s out there (and start with white background–save on printing); can’t save them, so have to print screen or screen shot |
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10:56
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David suggested we look at TagCrowd (http://tagcrowd.com) strictly a tool–no gallery |
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10:57
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someone said the elephant in the room is “time” there is never enough time, so it’s about technology not being an extra you have to make time–selectively abandoning certain things in your curriculum (what do we spend out time on?) |
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might mean letting go of some of our favorite things in order to spend time on things that kids NEED to know |
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it’s not in addition–technology is in lieu of some other things we are doing |
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10:59
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Sharyl–suggested “collective abandoning” |
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11:01
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session ending–thanks everyone! |
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TechForumSW08
| TechForumSW08 Keynote | (11/07/2008) Powered by: CoveritLive |
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Sherly Nussbaum-Beach keynote 21st century is not about technology hardware or tools it’s about people |
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talking about the 21st century learning: Alabama case study teachers are really engaged, but the kids are still passive learners–what does that mean for us? |
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she had an opportunity to talk to kids….2 questions: 1) remember back through your educational career–what teacher stood out to you and what was the most exciting thing? 2) what was the worst (without names)–most negative experience? |
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[Comment From Joel Adkins] Hey you two! Good to see you. Mind if I join commentary? |
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kids said: *passion–when the teacher really likes what they’re talking about *teachers actually teach (not just put the notes up and let kids copy them down) *you know the word teacher–it has the word teach in it |
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[Comment From Joel Adkins] what lesson stood out the most to you? |
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*social learning came up–”I learn best when I’m learning with my friends and when it’s fun” |
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sometimes we feel like if it’s fun, it’s not learning |
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teenager–hate when we just take pages and pages of notes; give me something that I can skim others–i want lessons with purpose; able to make connections between big picture concepts |
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personal choice was huge |
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[Comment From Joel Adkins] I like that – “I want lessons with purpose”. Feeling a connection between content areas and big picture concepts. |
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like it when teachers know my name |
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[Comment From Kyle Stevens] adults do not like work, why would students. learning should be fun |
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[Comment From digimom] Students want *choices*. no surprises there, but it’s sad that so many teachers don’t offer choices |
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according to study by Henry Jenkins, we live in a Participatory Culture 1) relatively low barriers for engagement 2) strong support for sharing creations with others 3) informal mentorship 4) members believe their contributions matter 5) care about others’ opinions of self and work anyone with passion and desire can participate! |
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we’re past the new Blooms –are kids creating, collaborating, sharing, producing? |
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book to read: Clay Shirky–”Here Comes Everybody” -there are four stages to mastering the connected world: sharing, cooperating, collaborating, and collective action |
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[Comment From Kyle Stevens] @digimom right on. there are several ways to demonstrate understanding |
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[Comment From digimom] new Bloom’s is old news |
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[Comment From Joel Adkins] Bloom’s Taxonomy – new collaboration shifts focus from individual expression. |
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how are we preparing kids to partner with people from cultures around the world; need to know empathy, working with people they’ve never met, being safe online |
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[Comment From Joel Adkins] We need to be preparing students share, cooperate, collaborate, and generate collective action. Top level of Blooms starts this. Move beyond Blooms. |
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cooperation means that if something happens to one group, the other groups still continue |
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[Comment From Joel Adkins] Putting the podcast online is just the start. |
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re: prep kids for THEIR future–magic comes in the collaborating piece…e.g. someone from the other side of the world comments on your kids’ projects; then groups work together to create a product that is so incredible that it actually improves the common good–makes a mark |
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the new economy is not what we make–it’s who we know; do we understand how to build collective intelligence |
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[Comment From Kyle Stevens] new economy means students need to learn how to learn and to interact and share |
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shift…trend 1 social and intellectual capital are the new economic values in the world economy; held together and advanced through the collaboration |
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[Comment From digimom] doing just write and publish the essay alone. make a far more powerful piece with collaboration |
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from…to teaching focus to learning focus teaching as a private event to teaching as a collaborative practice school improvement as an option to school improvement as a requirement mandated accountability to mutual accountability |
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write down everything you are doing with technology…now how many of those are student driven, student created, student owned |
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[Comment From Kyle Stevens] tools should b in the hands of the students, they have cell phones why not use those tools |
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who is learning? who is engaged? the teacher or the student? |
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[Comment From digimom] so Helen’s not gonna say it because she’s too humble, but Sheryl just suggested an activity that she did with principals earlier |
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principal conversation was a powerful learning day |
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[Comment From Kyle Stevens] @digimom what was the activity helen did? |
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[Comment From digimom] some of learning by doing is not just preparing kids for the future, it’s preparing kids for right now |
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schools will always be behind b/c we have to protect our indoctrination; so what are we doing about 21st c digital literacies? we have to get to a place where it’s not mandated accountability but mutual accountability–we’re accountable to each other |
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[Comment From digimom] had the principals write down all technology on their campus on stickies and then put them up on a board saying if they were used by students or staff |
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[Comment From digimom] she took it further b/c she also had them take the student ones and put them on bloom’s to see how some of them are using tech for tech’s sake and not hitting those higher order thinking skills |
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it’s ok that we are critical friend to each other |
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[Comment From digimom] we should be accountable to each other, not because it’s mandated, but because it’s the right thing to do |
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how many of you remember DOS? excitiement of Web 1.0? GUI environment…very cool then Web 2.0? so last year! what’s next? |
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web 2.0 because disruptive, but it changes the way you teach |
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@Digimom saved the day–my battery is down to 10% so she switched with me :) |
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by the year 2011, 80% of all Fortune 500 companies will be using immersive worlds |
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we can try things out in places like Second Life |
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[Comment From Kyle Stevens] not sure i like the term disruptive. are the kids being disrupted or the teachers. term sounds negative, should we start using a more positive term? just asking |
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I think by disruptive, it means that our way of life, our way of thinking, our mental models are changed…not just improved but still the same way…true transformation |
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many thngs we know are unraveling…we have to learn, unlearn, relearn |
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we have to constantly think about how we help kids learn to be–not learn about |
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[Comment From Joel Adkins] I was in Second Life last summer. It was just…..too much. Anyone else? |
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yes, Joel–Digimom and I agree–we (I) struggle with this life |
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learning to be creates passion |
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it’s hands-on, minds-on–think about watching little kids play–they’re totally into it |
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[Comment From Kyle Stevens] learning to be, great point. being is living. i think some british guys wrote about that once |
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cowboys and indians–self police |
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schools are just one node on the network of learning; the network is more powerful than the node, etc |
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[Comment From Joel Adkins] Schools are just one node on the network of learning. |
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[Comment From Joel Adkins] The question for our kids is to ask: where are your learning nodes? Where do you get your learning? is school one of their nodes? |
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b/c knowledge is abundant and everywhere, learning can take place anywhere; not to diminish role of schools; we still have this great role of preparing kids for the future we know nothing about |
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[Comment From Joel Adkins] I like that: “The network is more powerful than the node”. Sounds like a good quote to put on a T-shirt. |
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how do we redefine schools? |
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Laura Stockman story–25 days to make a difference |
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instead of doing this by herself–she had a readership; collective action |
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[Comment From Kyle Stevens] start redefining school by moving it outside of the walls, both virtually and physically |
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now extends beyond the 25 days–several months–when asked how she decides what to do, she asks the readership what to do |
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recently–schools in Australia joining with her to create a virtual community to change the world |
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I have chill bumps–the power of “communities” is HUGE! |
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sadly–this is blocked in Laura’s schools…how many others? is this protecting kids? |
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[Comment From Kyle Stevens] i’m not sold that blocking anything is protecting kids. seems more like sticking your head in the sand |
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communities of interest, passion, memories, etc… |
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Amen, Kyle! |
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Sheryl is sharing example of online mentorship of new teacher…wow |
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Personal Learning Networks–community in and out of the world; are you clickable? are your students? how do you get your dot on the world map? |
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there is something about that sharing and collaborating–natural leaders come out–helps us challenge the status quo |
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move from classroom metaphor to commuity metaphor |
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it’s ok for kids to teach us–reverse mentorship |
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6% of the population don;t know how to use the technology (teachers); 94% do–the students |
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Tony Wagner’s Seven Survival Skills–not enough–got to step it up a notch |
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formal teacher–you go where the bus goes |
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informal learning experiences–you go where you choose |
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learning ecology map–htp://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/google_whitepaper.pdf |
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[Comment From Joel Adkins] NING communities – great for connecting with new teachers worldwide and sharing. I have personally read posts from new teachers who are frustrated and can’t find someone to help them over the hump of the first year. What a way to share and help them?! Also, you can build your own community in there to share and collaborate on your own topics. Search NING for topics you are interested in and join the conversations. |
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mutli-channel approach; 4 way arrow (synchronous – asynchronous; peer to peer -> ?) |
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letting student passion and interest rule the curriculum |
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(whew–fingers tired!) |
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[Comment From Joel Adkins] You are doing good! |
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thx, Joel! |
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Sheryl showing great video produced by kids re: replacing the Bonner Bridge–about taking action (from First Flight High School) |
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Lisa Duke was the teacher; started out as a quiet, class project–turned out to be this huge web project–lots of public |
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change is inevitable; are we willing to embrace ambiguity? |
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[Comment From Joel Adkins] Lisa Duke’s Civics and Economics class video – collective action for civic responsibility. Great project about change. |
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we are the last generation of teachers that had the option to opt out of technology; it is mandatory to help kids with digital literacy; we have to give them ways to understand to be good digital citizens |
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[Comment From Kyle Stevens] video great example of classroom learning extended throughout the community. powerful images |
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signing out–moving to next session :-) thanks for all the help guys! |
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