Notes from the Canyons School District Ed Tech Retreat:
A Conversation With Carol Anne McGuire
rockourworld.org
The teachers will remember how what you're teaching will fit into the curriculum and why it is important, but won't remember how to do any of the technology. The students will remember how to create using the technology, but doesn't care about how it fits into the curriculum. Bringing a student along with the teachers for training and workshops can be really beneficial. It's a good "marriage" to have both involved.
Not necessarily the smartest student in the class. Sometimes it could be the most wiggly of them all. Maybe it's the student who is great at music or into movies.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Chris Lehman
Notes from the Canyons School District Ed Tech Retreat:
A Conversation With Chris Lehman
Principal at the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia
1 to 1 laptop school
We don't do a blog project or a wiki project. We do a project about a subject and choose the tools that will work best.
Twitter - used naturally
Acceptable Use
A vision statement about whether what we are doing with the technology is for an academic use.
Teach them to be good digital citizens.
There are less "Thou shalt not"s and more vision statements.
Project-oriented school
What if high school wasn't preparation for real life? What if high school was real life?
Have the students work on projects that really matter.
Core values of the school:
Amazing projects!
Every teacher shares the same core values and goals, so the language is the same in every class no matter what the subject is.
An incredible amount of scaffolding must take place each year and from year to year.
Words of wisdom:
Do it for a reason!
Don't use something just because it's a new tool, use it for a reason.
Don't put the tools first. Put the pedagogy first.
A Conversation With Chris Lehman
Principal at the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia
1 to 1 laptop school
We don't do a blog project or a wiki project. We do a project about a subject and choose the tools that will work best.
Twitter - used naturally
Acceptable Use
A vision statement about whether what we are doing with the technology is for an academic use.
Teach them to be good digital citizens.
There are less "Thou shalt not"s and more vision statements.
Project-oriented school
What if high school wasn't preparation for real life? What if high school was real life?
Have the students work on projects that really matter.
Core values of the school:
- Research
- Collaborate
- Create
- Present
- Network
- Reflect
Amazing projects!
Every teacher shares the same core values and goals, so the language is the same in every class no matter what the subject is.
An incredible amount of scaffolding must take place each year and from year to year.
Words of wisdom:
Do it for a reason!
Don't use something just because it's a new tool, use it for a reason.
Don't put the tools first. Put the pedagogy first.
Joyce Valenza
Notes from the Canyons School District Ed Tech Retreat:
A Conversation With Joyce Valenza
What does a technology rich teaching environment look like?
Use technology to promote books, not replace them.
Google search - click "Show options"
Springfield High School Library
Wikis
Checks student work for plagiarism
Students have to check their work at the early stages, and they know right from the beginning whether they're in trouble with it.
Gives them a chance to discuss copyright, fair use, etc.
They have banned reports from their district.
No more reports on presidents, for example. Instead, compare two presidents' policies.
Or instead of doing a report on cats -- What would be the best pet to have at home?
Don't do wasteful, unproductive reports. Ask questions and encourage inquiry instead of giving an assigned report.
Librarians are defenders of
Joyce Valenza Homepage
NeverEndingSearch
Reading 2.0 Wiki
A Conversation With Joyce Valenza
What does a technology rich teaching environment look like?
Use technology to promote books, not replace them.
Google search - click "Show options"
- Wonder Wheel
- Related Searches
- Timeline
Springfield High School Library
- Page Flakes
Wikis
- Use it as a place to organize their research.
- Embed RSS feeds from the research sites they like the best on their wiki, instead of having to keep going back to the sites.
- It's a container or a parking lot for all the work they're doing.
- Also use for collaboration
- Also use for presentation
Checks student work for plagiarism
Students have to check their work at the early stages, and they know right from the beginning whether they're in trouble with it.
Gives them a chance to discuss copyright, fair use, etc.
They have banned reports from their district.
No more reports on presidents, for example. Instead, compare two presidents' policies.
Or instead of doing a report on cats -- What would be the best pet to have at home?
Don't do wasteful, unproductive reports. Ask questions and encourage inquiry instead of giving an assigned report.
Librarians are defenders of
- Access
- Equity
- Intellectual Freedom
Joyce Valenza Homepage
NeverEndingSearch
Reading 2.0 Wiki
Dean Shareski
Notes from the Canyons School District Ed Tech Retreat:
A Conversation With Dean Shareski
We need to be social beings along with being learners. Teachers have so much coming at them already. We can't just throw more at them. We really do need to build relationships with them. Allow your personality to come through.
We tend to think that our students already know all about technology tools, but they typically don't know how to use them as learning tools. The teachers often don't either. That's where we can help.If the best thing about the Internet to you is looking up stuff, you're missing the point. The point is connecting with people. Everything published on the Internet was created by someone. Connect with them. Talk directly with them. Share content online.
The teachers that are more easy to connect with are the ones that consider themselves learners first. We need to be learners first too. Many teachers feel that school works fine, why change it? Because they succeeded in school. They were the winners in school. That's how they got where they are. But, some of the best teachers are those who teach when they weren't the winners in school. If they struggled in school, so they know how to adjust the way school is set up to better meet student needs. We need to realize that sometimes we do need to change the way we are doing things. Some things are working fine, but some things need change.
To help hook teachers, find out what teachers absolutely love to teach, and help them learn to teach it even better.Find ways to honor and celebrate the good work teachers, students, schools, and we are doing. Elevate the awareness in the district of the great things going on.
A Conversation With Dean Shareski
We need to be social beings along with being learners. Teachers have so much coming at them already. We can't just throw more at them. We really do need to build relationships with them. Allow your personality to come through.
We tend to think that our students already know all about technology tools, but they typically don't know how to use them as learning tools. The teachers often don't either. That's where we can help.If the best thing about the Internet to you is looking up stuff, you're missing the point. The point is connecting with people. Everything published on the Internet was created by someone. Connect with them. Talk directly with them. Share content online.
The teachers that are more easy to connect with are the ones that consider themselves learners first. We need to be learners first too. Many teachers feel that school works fine, why change it? Because they succeeded in school. They were the winners in school. That's how they got where they are. But, some of the best teachers are those who teach when they weren't the winners in school. If they struggled in school, so they know how to adjust the way school is set up to better meet student needs. We need to realize that sometimes we do need to change the way we are doing things. Some things are working fine, but some things need change.
To help hook teachers, find out what teachers absolutely love to teach, and help them learn to teach it even better.Find ways to honor and celebrate the good work teachers, students, schools, and we are doing. Elevate the awareness in the district of the great things going on.
- School Websites
- How else can we share these successes?
Doug Johnson
Notes from the Canyons School District Ed Tech Retreat:
A Conversation With Doug Johnson
Copyright
It can be helpful to just avoid the copyright questions by using resources that have no copyright restrictions, like Creative Commons.
However, if we don't use the rights we have under fair use, we might lose them.
Look at the fair use guidelines and use them as your guide. They need to be considered. They don't need to all be followed, but considered. Achieve an informed level of comfort with fair use.
Any piece of student work ought to have a creative commons license on it. Kids will then think of themselves as a producer and how they want their work used.
The future of the library:
Libraries are for people/schools who are interested in creative thinkers, analyzers, independent thinkers, open-minded students. A library is a creative commons. Maybe in 10 years the entire school will be a library - a place where students gather to do their own research and produce products and direct their own learning. Libraries will become more and more web based, but it could be a portal for information.
www.doug-johnson.com
Other copyright information:
copyrightconfusion.wikispaces.com
A Fair(y) Use Tale
A Conversation With Doug Johnson
Copyright
It can be helpful to just avoid the copyright questions by using resources that have no copyright restrictions, like Creative Commons.
However, if we don't use the rights we have under fair use, we might lose them.
Look at the fair use guidelines and use them as your guide. They need to be considered. They don't need to all be followed, but considered. Achieve an informed level of comfort with fair use.
Any piece of student work ought to have a creative commons license on it. Kids will then think of themselves as a producer and how they want their work used.
The future of the library:
Libraries are for people/schools who are interested in creative thinkers, analyzers, independent thinkers, open-minded students. A library is a creative commons. Maybe in 10 years the entire school will be a library - a place where students gather to do their own research and produce products and direct their own learning. Libraries will become more and more web based, but it could be a portal for information.
www.doug-johnson.com
Other copyright information:
copyrightconfusion.wikispaces.com
A Fair(y) Use Tale
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Kevin Honeycutt
Notes from the Canyons School District Ed Tech Retreat:
A Conversation With Kevin Honeycutt
Our students need us to lead them in technology use.
Engage in conversation that convinces teachers they need to do this!
The Strongest Dad in the World YouTube video
Teachers love their kids. Go for their heart first. Let them know their kids needs them.
Analogy - The kids are already on the playground, who's on duty?
Kids are doing things right in front of everyone online. They should be thinking about it. What footprint are we/they leaving? Help kids build a digital future.
Talk positively. What can we do to help?
Make connections in networks so you have resources to get help and ideas when you need it.
Be who you really are online. Be in the real world online. Because the online world is the real world.
artsnacks.org
A Conversation With Kevin Honeycutt
Our students need us to lead them in technology use.
Engage in conversation that convinces teachers they need to do this!
The Strongest Dad in the World YouTube video
Teachers love their kids. Go for their heart first. Let them know their kids needs them.
Analogy - The kids are already on the playground, who's on duty?
Kids are doing things right in front of everyone online. They should be thinking about it. What footprint are we/they leaving? Help kids build a digital future.
Talk positively. What can we do to help?
Make connections in networks so you have resources to get help and ideas when you need it.
Be who you really are online. Be in the real world online. Because the online world is the real world.
artsnacks.org
Sue Waters
Notes from the Canyons School District Ed Tech Retreat:
A Conversation With Sue Waters
Network Learning
http://suewaters.wikispaces.com/
http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/
A Conversation With Sue Waters
Network Learning
- More ideas
- People all over the world to learn with
- You don't have to be an expert at everything because you're connected to other experts
- Write about what you want to write about, not what others want to read.
- Ownership is key to keeping up a blog.
- If I don't know something, others probably don't either, so it might be worth blogging about.
- Blogging isn't just about writing posts, it's a conversation. Comment on other people's posts so people will check out your posts and comment.
http://suewaters.wikispaces.com/
http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
David Warlick
Notes from the Canyons School District Ed Tech Retreat:
A conversation with David Warlick
Technology integration -- Not!
It's not about the technology, it's about the information.
Networking has allowed us to get information directly from the author instead of through a publisher.
We get overwhelmed by all the information that is available to us.
Book: Redefining Literacy
Literacy is no longer only being able to access text, it is now being able to determine what is true and valuable from the abundance that is available.
Students need to learn how to communicate with images, sound, etc. as well as in text.
Questions to ask teachers: What are students learning about finding information?
For the first time in history we are preparing our children for a future we cannot clearly describe. So, we need to teach students to teach themselves. In the industrial age it made sense for us to teach kids how to learn, but today we need to teach them how to teach themselves. Talking, defending, deciding. Ask them the question, "How do you know that's true?" Defending how and where you got your information.
Students should be publishing for a real audience. - Blogging - Their learning and thinking becomes a conversation. It's not just about writing for grades, it's about sharing and conversing. For example, use tag clouds to analyze plays, books, speeches. 21st Century teaching is all about conversations. And conversations in new ways.
This is hard because it's asking teachers to redefine what it means to be a teacher. A teacher needs to be a master learner. This gives you permission to say:
The teacher is a curator. Help the students be information artisans. Take information and shape it. Mold it. Make it beautiful. Show it off.
A conversation with David Warlick
Technology integration -- Not!
It's not about the technology, it's about the information.
Networking has allowed us to get information directly from the author instead of through a publisher.
We get overwhelmed by all the information that is available to us.
Book: Redefining Literacy
Literacy is no longer only being able to access text, it is now being able to determine what is true and valuable from the abundance that is available.
Students need to learn how to communicate with images, sound, etc. as well as in text.
Questions to ask teachers: What are students learning about finding information?
For the first time in history we are preparing our children for a future we cannot clearly describe. So, we need to teach students to teach themselves. In the industrial age it made sense for us to teach kids how to learn, but today we need to teach them how to teach themselves. Talking, defending, deciding. Ask them the question, "How do you know that's true?" Defending how and where you got your information.
Students should be publishing for a real audience. - Blogging - Their learning and thinking becomes a conversation. It's not just about writing for grades, it's about sharing and conversing. For example, use tag clouds to analyze plays, books, speeches. 21st Century teaching is all about conversations. And conversations in new ways.
This is hard because it's asking teachers to redefine what it means to be a teacher. A teacher needs to be a master learner. This gives you permission to say:
- "I don't know."
- "How did you do that?"
- "How would you figure out how to do that?"
- "Let me find out and get back to you."
The teacher is a curator. Help the students be information artisans. Take information and shape it. Mold it. Make it beautiful. Show it off.
David Jakes
Notes from the Canyons School District Ed Tech Retreat:
A Conversation With David Jakes
It's not about technology, it's about people.
Be patient.
Be aware that everyone sees things through different lenses. Try to see things through a variety of perspectives.
Fallings Rocks
How will you model continuous learning and professional development? How will you help that person you're working with to grow?
Read blogs, share websites and resources.
Find David Jakes on delicious.
jakesonline.org
jakes.editme.com
jakes.editme.com/dls
A Conversation With David Jakes
It's not about technology, it's about people.
Be patient.
Be aware that everyone sees things through different lenses. Try to see things through a variety of perspectives.
Fallings Rocks
How will you model continuous learning and professional development? How will you help that person you're working with to grow?
Read blogs, share websites and resources.
Find David Jakes on delicious.
jakesonline.org
jakes.editme.com
jakes.editme.com/dls
Robin Ellis
Notes from the Canyons School District Ed Tech Retreat:
A Conversation With Robin Ellis
A Conversation With Robin Ellis
- Communicate with each other and help each other with professional development.
- Go to faculty meetings.
- Give business cards with your contact information.
- Get to know the content areas for the grades/subjects you will be helping with.
- Start with something small within a unit and add technology tools to the unit.
- Add one simple element and model the first time. Then, have the teacher try that the next time, and you add something more to model.
- Students are the focus. What can I do to enhance their learning?
- Be accessible. Meet whenever they can.
- Keep repeating things over and over.
- Scaffold.
- Have a set location within each building so you are more accessible.
- Work closely with your librarians. They can be a great asset.
- Think outside the box.
- Use digital cameras. For example, take photos on a field trip and podcast about it later.
- Work with every teacher individually and meet their needs where ever they are.
- Offer teachers choices.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Jeff Utecht
Notes from the Canyons School District Ed Tech Retreat:
A Conversation With Jeff Utecht
It's all about relationships. Get out there. Smile. You work for the teachers. Get your foot in the room. Be nice. Help. Even if it's just helping them unjam their printer.
Go to team meetings and department level meetings at the schools. If you're there when they're planning you can get in at the ground level and show them that technology is embedded not an add-on.
A Conversation With Jeff Utecht
It's all about relationships. Get out there. Smile. You work for the teachers. Get your foot in the room. Be nice. Help. Even if it's just helping them unjam their printer.
Go to team meetings and department level meetings at the schools. If you're there when they're planning you can get in at the ground level and show them that technology is embedded not an add-on.
Sheryl Nussbaum
Notes from the Canyons School District Ed Tech Retreat:
A Conversation With Sheryl Nussbaum
There exists non-equity from school to school and teacher to teacher.
Develop a strong, compelling argument for change.
Build trust, relationships, community. Let them see that you're really willing to help and believe in what you're doing.
Model the use. Show how you use the tools, be transparent in how you use them, share what you do so people can see.
Put kids first. Don't put the schedule first, don't put the budget first - put kids first.
Traveling the Techno Trail
PLP - Powerful Learning Practice
We are facilitators, not fountains of all knowledge. Create networks of experts.
A Conversation With Sheryl Nussbaum
There exists non-equity from school to school and teacher to teacher.
Develop a strong, compelling argument for change.
Build trust, relationships, community. Let them see that you're really willing to help and believe in what you're doing.
Model the use. Show how you use the tools, be transparent in how you use them, share what you do so people can see.
Put kids first. Don't put the schedule first, don't put the budget first - put kids first.
Traveling the Techno Trail
PLP - Powerful Learning Practice
We are facilitators, not fountains of all knowledge. Create networks of experts.
Chris Craft
Notes from the Canyons School District Ed Tech Retreat:
A Conversation With Chris Craft
Don't blindly believe everything people tell you in blogging, twitter, etc. There is a lot of misinformation out there. Don't agree with everything everyone says about using technology tools, networks, etc. Think it through as an educator. What is really in the best interest of kids? If a tool doesn't improve your educational practice, then why use it?
teachjeffspanish.com
spantube.org
A Conversation With Chris Craft
Don't blindly believe everything people tell you in blogging, twitter, etc. There is a lot of misinformation out there. Don't agree with everything everyone says about using technology tools, networks, etc. Think it through as an educator. What is really in the best interest of kids? If a tool doesn't improve your educational practice, then why use it?
teachjeffspanish.com
spantube.org
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