m.a.s.s. professional development series january 13, 2013 reading, ma

M.A.S.S. Professional Development Series

January 13, 2013

Reading, MA

*John Doherty, Superintendent

*Marcia Grant, Instructional Technology Specialist

*Kathy Santilli, Instructional Technology Specialist

John F. Doherty, Ed.D.

Superintendent, Reading Public Schools

82 Oakland Road

Reading, MA 01867

Phone: 781-944-5800

Email: john.doherty@reading.k12.ma.us

Twitter: jdoherty

*http://expandingtheboundaries.wikispaces.com/Leading+in+the+Digital+Age+Presentations

*http://www.polleverywhere.com/

1. Standard texting rates only (worst case US $0.20)2. We have no access to your phone number3. Capitalization doesn’t matter, but spaces and spelling do

TIPS

EXAMPLE

* Why Change?* How do we change?*An example of how it is being done

*15 Step Process

* A look at some tools for administrators* Some examples

*BYOD* iPad integration

* Final Project* Closure and Questions

How can I lead my school/district to change their use of technology and 21st Century Skills?

*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

*The rapid evolution of the new global “knowledge economy,” with profound effects on the world of work.

*The sudden and dramatic shift from information that is limited in terms of amount and availability of information characterized by flux and glut.

*The increasing impact of media and technology on how people learn and relate to the world and to each other.

*How to adapt to globalization

*How to adjust to the information technology revolution

*How to cope with the rising national debt

*How to manage a world of both rising energy consumption and rising climate threats.

That Used to be Us (Friedman & Mandelbaum, 2011)

*Critical thinking and problem solving

*Collaboration across networks and leading by influence

*Agility and adaptability

*Initiative and entrepreneurialism

*Effective oral and written communication

*Accessing and analyzing information

*Curiosity and imagination

All Students Will Need These Skills for the Future

*Perseverance

*A willingness to experiment, take risks, and tolerate failure

*Capacity for design thinking

*Empathy (understand different perspectives)

*Integrative thinking (see all aspects of a problem and solutions)

*Optimism

*Experimentalism (using trial and error)

*Collaborators

*Creativity and Innovation

*Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

*Communication and Collaboration

*Information Literacy

*Media Literacy

*Technology Literacy

*Life and Career Skills*Flexibility and

adaptability

* Initiative and self direction

*Productivity and accountability

*Cross Cultural Skills

*Lifelong learning

*Responsibility

*Social Skills

*Leadership

*Personal Wellness

P21 Skill Mathematics Practice

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving • Making sense of problems and persevere in solving them

• Reason abstractly and quantitatively

• Model with mathematics• Look for and make use of structure

Communication and Information Literacy

• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others

• Attend to precision• Look for and express regularity in

repeated reasoning

ICT Literacy • Use appropriate tools strategically

P21 Framework Element CCSS ELA College and Career Ready

Core Subjects • Build Strong Content Knowledge

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving • Respond to the varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline

Communication • Comprehend, as well as, critique

Information Literacy • Value evidence

Self Direction • Demonstrate independence

Global Awareness • Come to understand other perspectives and cultures

Information, media, and technology skills

• Use technology and digital media strategically and capably

“If we only teach one skill to prepare our students to survive in a web-based world, it should be that of critical thinking in the analysis of online information.”

November, 2012

*Chris Betcher

*Who is responsible for this site?

*Is this site published by a person, an organization or a company?

*What are their credentials?

*Do they have any expertise or experience on the topic?

*Is the information they provide likely to be reliable and trustworthy?

*How current is the site?

*Are there lots of broken links?

*Is the information outdated?

*Does it look like the site has not changed for a long time?

*Is this the sort of information which needs to be constantly updated, or is it suitable for long-term use?

*Why does this site exist?

*What sort of information/resources can I get at this site?

*Is this site designed to inform or entertain, or does it have some other purpose?

*Is this site trying to sell me something?

*Who is this site aimed at?

*Is the language level of the site suitable for the target audience?

*Does the overall design, or "look and feel", of the site do a good job of meeting the needs of the target audience?

*Would the target audience for this site find it of interest?

*How easy is the site to use?

*How easy is it to find the information you need?

*Is the site reasonably quick to use, or do the pages take ages to load?

*Could I use this site if I had a disability?

*Would I come back to this site by choice, or has it been a painful experience?

*Identifies which websites are linking into the website you are visiting.

*Enables you to see how other sites are referencing the site and commenting on its content.

*Go to Google and type in link: followed by the website

*Example:*Link:www.martinlutherking.org

*Use Get REAL Acronym

*Read the URL*Do you recognize the domain name?

*What is the extension in the domain name?

*Are you on a personal page?*Look for a name

*Look for a ~

*Look for a %

*Look for the words users, people, or members

*www.easywhois.com

*Group 1*http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

*Group 2*http://www.allaboutexplorers.com

*Group 3*http://home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html

*Group 4*http://www.dhmo.org

*Group 5* http://improbable.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html

*Group 6*http://www.bigredhair.com/robots/index.html

*Group 7*http://www.martinlutherking.org/

*Non-routine high skilled jobs

*Cannot be reduced automated, digitized or outsourced

*Involve critical thinking and reasoning, abstract analytical skills, imagination, judgment, creativity, and math

*Routine middle-skilled jobs

*Involves a lot of standardized repetitive tasks that can be automated

*Has been significantly affected by the merger of globalization and the IT revolution

*Will continue to shrink in this global economy

*Non-routine low-skilled jobs

*Have to be done in person or manually

*Will always exist, but number will depend on the overall state of the economy and local supply and demand

*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmwwrGV_aiE

“You actually want to become really adaptable. You want constantly to acquire new skills, knowledge, and expertise that enable you constantly to be able to create value….Being adaptable in a flat world, knowing how to “learn how to learn,” will be one of the most important assets any worker can have, because job churn will come faster, because innovation will happen faster.”

Thomas Friedman The World is Flat

“The future belongs to a very different kind of mind ─ creators and empathizers, pattern recognizers, and meaning makers. These people ─ artists, inventors, designers, storytellers, caregivers, consolers, big picture thinkers ─ will now reap society’s richest rewards and share its greatest joys.”

Daniel Pink

A Whole New Mind-Why Right-Brainers will Rule the Future

“In today’s highly competitive global knowledge economy, all students need new skills for college, careers, and citizenship. The failure to give all students these new skills leaves today’s youth and our country, at an alarming competitive disadvantage. Schools haven’t changed; the world has. And so our schools are not failing. Rather, they are obsolete-even the ones that score the best on standardized tests.”

Tony Wagner

The Global Achievement Gap

*What changes must be made within the education system to prepare our nation’s students for both analytic and creative thinking?

*What must teachers and administrators do differently to stimulate student’s imaginations?

*What kinds of tests must be given to students to show whether we are making progress toward these ambitious goals?

Tony Wagner (2008)

*The future of our economy

*The strength of our democracy

*The health of the planet’s ecosystem

*Our current and future generations of students

*http://youtu.be/7w8My_aNDDw

Our classrooms of today are still using methods that we used over 30 years ago..

“…all school cultures are incredibly resistant to change, which makes school improvement--from within or from without--usually futile. Unless teachers and administrators act to change the culture of a school, all innovations, high standards, and high-stakes tests will have to fit in and around existing elements of the culture. They will remain superficial window dressing, incapable of making much of a difference.”

Roland BarthEducational Leadership May, 2002

The Key is

Transformational Leadership

*Realize the vision at all costs

*The vision is far more important than individuals

*Organization is viewed as a moral system

*Values and principles outweigh political interests

*Transformational leaders will develop a plan of action, mobilize the workforce, and unleash power by vocalizing the core values of the system

*Leader must walk the walk and talk the talk

*Every action is consistent with the vision

*People watch the leader’s actions towards the vision and respond

*Risk taking is encouraged and welcome

*Symbolic communication is important

*Leader’s actions are beyond normal expectations and outside the rules of self-interest

*Transformational leadership requires looking at educational change systemically instead of a narrow focus.

*Transformational leadership aims to foster capacity development and higher levels of personal commitment to organizational goals, mission, and vision.

*Setting Directions

*Building school vision

*Developing specific goals and practices

*Holding high performance expectations

*Developing People

*Providing intellectual stimulation

*Offering individualized support

*Modeling desirable professional practices and values

*Redesigning the Organization

*Developing a collaborative school culture

*Creating structures to foster participation in school decisions

*Creating productive community relationships

Source: http://www.edleader21.com/approach.html

*How to change and transform a good school/district into a great school or district.

1. Get the right people on the bus. 2. Get them in the right seats- Put the right people in the right place in the bus

3. Get the wrong people off the bus.

*One way to find out who the wrong people are: If  you have to actively manage the people they are the wrong people.

* 8 Schools Going in 8 Different Directions * No District Improvement Plan or Vision* No Wide Area Network* No Wireless Internet Access* Student to Computer Ratio High* No laptops* Minimal SMART Boards in District* Inadequate Technology Staffing* Direct Instruction was the Norm* Minimal Project Based Learning* 21st Century Skills was just a phrase

*District*Schools Moving Forward Together Toward a Common Vision

while Keeping Their Own Identity*Developing a professional learning community*District Strategy based on Research Based Standards*A vision developed by the stakeholders

*Technology*Adequate Technology Staff*90% of Classrooms Have SMART Boards*Job Embedded Professional Development in Technology*Mobile Computer Carts (Laptops, Netbooks, iPads)*BYOD (Grades 7-12)*100% of the District is Wireless*WAN*Student to Computer Ratio in District 3:1

*Instruction*Hands on, Project Based Learning*Sharing of lessons on WAN*Collaboration of lessons and skills

The Reading Public Schools strives to ensure that all students will have common challenging meaningful learning experiences in the academics, health and wellness, the arts, community service, co-curricular activities and athletics. We will lead and manage our school community to reflect the values and culture of the Reading Community, and guide and support our students to develop the appropriate skills, strategies, creativity and knowledge necessary to be productive informed independent citizens in a global society.

*Model of educational excellence in preparing students for an ever-changing complex society*Meaningful and relevant curriculum

*Innovative instructional practices

*Strong analysis and thoughtful dialogue about data

*Collaborative, team approach to learning and teaching

*Safe and nurturing learning environment

*Flexible, comfortable, well-maintained facilities

*Education as the shared responsibility of both schools and the community

*IF WE:Support high quality instruction,Address academic, social, and emotional needs of students,Hire and support effective staff,Measure school performance and differentiate support

accordingly, andRealign human and financial resources appropriately

*THEN STUDENTS:Will make effective progress,Be appropriately challenged, andGraduate ready for college, career and life as contributing

citizens in a global society

*Learning and Teaching: Deepen and refine our focus on the instructional core to meet the academic, social, and emotional needs of each child

*Performance Management: Build a system that measures school performance and differentiates support based on need and growth

*Investment and Development: Compete for, support, recruit, and retain top talent while creating leadership opportunities and building capacity within our staff

*Resource Allocation: Improve the alignment of human and financial resources to achieve strategic objectives

*Implementation of the Common Core and college and career readiness skills

*Implementation of the Massachusetts Tiered System of Support

*Implementation of Educator Evaluation System including development of District Determined and local measures

*Implementation of High School Best Practices

*Providing increased opportunity for planning and collaboration time for staff

*Increase use of Mobile Learning Devices

*Realize Full Day Kindergarten for all students

District Strategy Superintendent School Committee

School Improvement Principal Plans

Classroom Practice Teacher

Student Achievement

* Hire competent and flexible network managers and other technical staff

* Determine Equipment Needs and Purchase

*Servers

*Wireless Access

*Internet Connectivity in every classroom

*Wide Area Network/Local Area Network

*Phone Systems (VOIP)

*Virtualization

* Maintain a replacement cycle that is sustainable

*Create a visionary group that can give you input on a plan

*Develop a realistic technology plan that is a working document

*Integrate curriculum maps with 21st Century Skills, DESE, and ISTE Standards

*Get input on the plan from all stakeholders

*Educational leaders inspire a shared vision for comprehensive integration of technology and foster a culture conducive to the realization of that vision.

*Educational leaders ensure that curricular design, instructional strategies and learning environments integrate appropriate technologies to maximize learning and teaching.

*Educational leaders ensure the integration of technology to support productive systems for learning and administration.

*Educational leaders use technology to plan and implement comprehensive systems of effective assessment and evaluation.

*Federal and State Grant Funding*Businesses*Parents and Alumni*PTO*Fundraisers*Local Budget-Reallocate*Building Projects*Educational Foundations and Grants*http://www.donorschoose.org/

*Identify who has the willingness and capacity to use the technology effectively

*Provide them with three tools*Laptop/iPad

*Projector

*Internet Access

*Let them go…

*Eventually, it will get contagious

*For Community

*For Teachers

*For Students

*Start a Blog

*Join Social Networks

*Have a twitter, google and facebook account

*Join and develop Ning Communities

*Subscribe to blogs and podcasts using google reader or rss

*Identify Someone to Design and Maintain the District Web Page

*Make a Video Podcast

*Use technology (i.e. Google Docs, Skype) in your administrative meetings

*Start a Discussion about 1:1 Computing in Your District

*Start a Weekly Audio Podcast

*Encourage teachers to engage students in learning

*Go see how other school districts are using technology

*Use Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence and ISTE Standards

*www.ning.com

Sign up for a Ning Mini for Educators account

http://go.ning.com/pearsonsponsorship/

* www.wordpress.com

Tips on Building Blogs

20 Ways to Blog Building

Source: Howie DiBlasi

http://www.drhowie.com/

https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount

*www.google.com/cse/

*www.google.com/advanced_search

10 ISTE 29 Google Guide DONE B doc

*http://audioboo.fm/

*Give them laptops and wireless access

*Investigate the use of ipads for use during observations

*Use applications at administrator meetings (i.e. google docs)

*Have them attend professional development workshops with their staff

*Run workshops for administrators only

*Develop an administrator evaluation tool that has standards that include leading and modeling technology use

*Run an Administrative Book Group*World is Flat (Friedman, 2006)

*A Whole New Mind-Why Right Brainers Rule the World (Pink, 2007)

*The Global Achievement Gap (Wagner, 2008)

*That Used to Be Us (Friedman & Mandelbaum, 2011)

*Creating Innovators (Wagner, 2012)

*Have them visit schools and districts that use technology effectively

* Wikispaces* Blogs* Google* Gcast* Jing* iShowU* Camtasia* Skype* Zamzar* You Tube* Internet Grammar* Ustream

*Facebook*RSS*Twitter*Wikipedia*Del.icio.us*Diigo*Google Maps*Audacity*Mousepose*ProfCast*Voice Thread*Photo Story*And more…

* "If you are a thoughtful leader and you are running a school system, then you should be technologically on the front lines and you should be the voice of that school system," she said. "I urge you to blog, to use the Web anyway that you can to get the great news about your schools out.“

Mika Brzezinski at 2010 AASA National Conference on Education

*Train the Trainers Model (SMART Trainers)*Become a SMART Showcase District*Sharing Workshops*Staff Meetings*Expanding the Boundaries of Teaching and Learning Graduate Level Course using Cohort Model

*Instructional Technology Specialists*Workshops and Courses*National Blue Ribbon School Institute*Regional Workshops*Align goals with teacher evaluation*Book Groups*Professional Learning Communities

Expanding the Boundaries of Teaching and Learning

*Cohort 1 (2008-09)

*Cohort 2 (2009-10)

*Cohort 3 (2010-11)

*Cohort 4 (2011-12)

*Cohort 5 (2012-13)

*Over 100 Teachers and Administrators Involved

Who owns the learning?

Who works harder in the classroom, the teacher or the student?

*6 Credit Graduate Level Course

*August through April

*Open to all Reading Teachers and Administrators

*Receive laptop and iPad

*Facilitated by Superintendent

*Taught by past cohort members

*To use the cohort model as a way to create sustainable and replicable job embedded professional development.

*To educate teachers about the need to integrate 21st Century Skills into the classroom.

*To improve teacher and student use of technology and 21st Century Skills to achieve curricular goals.

*To give teachers additional strategies to transform their classrooms to a more student-centered, constructivist approach that integrates available technologies.

*To create a district where students are not only consumers of information, but producers as well. To create schools where students are empowered to construct their education, become expert managers of information, and build relationships within the classroom, and the school, but around the world.

*To give teachers the ability and understanding to “shift the control” of learning to the student.

Why do we need to change?

How do we change?

*Ning

*Google Tools

*Wikis

*Podcasts

*Twitter

*Diigo

*Screencasting Tools (i.e. Jing)

*Presentation Tools (i.e. Prezi)

*Blogging and RSS and Twitter

*Wikipedia

*Future School Project

*Web Literacy

*Flipped Classroom

*Bring Your Own Device

*Digital Learning Farm

*Presenting to Staff

Taking this course was an eye-opening experience for me….it is our job as teachers to prepare students to be successful in a 21st century global society. If it had not been for this class, I am not sure that I would have realized how imperative that job truly is….I might be out of line in saying this, but I think it would be great for some decision makers at the state and national level to take this course, or one like it.

Kristie Lambert, Cohort 3

“This class has been an amazing experience for me.  Prior to the course I used technology, but didn’t really think much about the philosophical reasons for incorporating it into my class.  Having the background about how the world has changed and where it might be heading was powerful.  I think it motivated me to make myself change as a teacher. Connecting with other teachers in my building was one of the best parts about the course.  We were able to form a support system for each other which definitely made us closer.  It’s been really nice to get to know other people from the district too and see what they are all doing in their classes.”

Sarah Doane, Cohort 3

*Outlook

*Test Wiz

*Audio Boo

*Ning

*Administrator’s Plus

*Grade Quick

*Edline

*Google Tools

*Skype

*Wikispaces

*Wordpress.com

*Slideshare.net

*Discovery Education

*Break the rules*Minimize your filters*Develop an AUP that encourages the use of Web 2.0 Tools

*Give students email addresses*Support the teachers who want to change*Redesign teacher evaluation to include measures that assess 21st Century Skills

*Run Pilot Projects, Collect Data and Assess Results

*Develop assessments that measure 21st Century Skills

*Start a Discussion about 1:1 Computing in Your District*1:1 Computers or BYOD

*Mobile Phones

*Ipads

*Have a tool that allows teachers to have their own web pages (Edline)

*Add Virtual Learning (Virtual High School) and Distance Learning Opportunities

*Subscribe to Digital Textbooks and Discovery Education

*Have students create own textbooks on a Wiki

BYOD

*Improvements in attendance and discipline

*Broader array of learning resources and experiences

*Increased frequency and quality of supportive individual and group interactions

*Improvements in student and parent attitudes toward the school

*Increases in student achievement

*Prepares students more effectively for college and career skills

*Most students have mobile devices

*Sustainable-Making the shift to digital instructional materials can save money, extend access, and improve engagement

*Promotes healthy and appropriate technology use

*Take advantage of online assessments (PARRC in 2014)

*Expanded access yields expanded digital options

2011-12 2012-13

Timeline 2nd Semester Pilot Full Year

Who Grades 7-12 Grades 7-12

Number of Teachers

15 Over 50

Number of Students

450 1500

Signup Process Some issues Seamless

*Administrators

*IT Network staff and Integration Technology Coordinators

*Teachers who are leaders of technology use in their classrooms

*Parents and students who agree to a Mobile Device AUP and sharing their mobile devices

*For the purposes of this pilot, “Device” means a privately owned wireless and/or portable electronic piece of equipment

*Laptops, netbooks, tablets/slates (i.e. iPad, Kindle Fire, Nook Color), iPod touches, cell and smart phones (i.e. iPhone, Droid)

*No gaming devices will be allowed in this pilot.

*Devices need to have the following

*Wireless Capability

*Anti-Virus Software

*Internet Browser (i.e. Explorer, Firefox, Safari)

*Tracking Software (Optional)

*All 3 schools are wireless

*Capacity for multiple devices to be connected at a time

*Up to 700 mobile devices will be connected during pilot

*Devices will be connected to “BYOD” Network which will be filtered

*Students will not have access to their network folders with the devices

*Students will not be penalized if they do not have a device in the classroom

*Storage

*Locked locker or in their possession

*District is not responsible if device is damaged, lost or stolen

*Student must use district wireless network, not 3G or 4G network

*Parents and students need to have an updated Acceptable Use Policy and Student User Agreement to participate

*Mac address of each device must be registered

*MassCUE Project

*Develop an Evaluation Plan

*Student and Parent Surveys

*Discussion Forums

*Walkthrough Observations

*Monthly debriefing with BYOD Team

Action Research ProjectTypes of Data Collected•Student surveys (Pre/Post)•Interviews (Pre/Post)•Monitoring off task behaviors in activities using and not using technology•Attendance of struggling students•Quality of Student Work

The Impact of Technology on the Motivation of Special Education StudentsJennalee Anderson, 7th & 8th grade LA, Coolidge Middle School

*Students are working more collaboratively

*Teachers are planning for more student-student interactions

*Students have a greater sense of ownership and appreciate the trust level

*Very few instances of misuse or damage

*No theft issues

*Network Infrastructure

*Smooth transition because of what was in place

*More relevant and authentic learning

*Students are willing to share devices

*Paperless assessments

*Setting up midyear routines

*Students remembering to bring in their devices and charged

*Students who do not have devices

*Finding multi-platform apps (free)

*Limited to lowest performing device (ipod touch)

*Using Learning Management System (Edline) on the mobile devices

*Teachers may have to deal with troubleshooting tech issues instead of teaching

*Being issued locks*Invasion of privacy

(websites)*Damaging or losing

their device*Bulkiness of device

(laptop vs. tablet or phone)

*Students who do not have a device

*Sharing of devices

*Use alternate hardware (cell phones, ipads, iPods) to complete projects

*Use more sophisticated software (Moviemaker, iMovie, Garageband)

*Maximize email use during school hours for posting assignments

*Collaborate more effectively (i.e. google docs)

*Create a more organized system of notes (i.e. Evernote)

*Quickly access information on the web

*Grade 7 Utopia Project

*Grade 8 blogs, magazine project

*Online research

*E-Books

*Independent Reading

*Reference (Dictionary)

*Digital Field Notebooks

*Socrative Assessment Tool

*Skitch Projects

http://www.edline.net/pages/ReadingPublicSchools/District/Technology/RPS_BYOD_Pilot

Our Journey

January 18, 2013

*First iPads to the district were 50 ipads distributed among 5 schools for use with our SPED Groups

*Spring 2012 - schools interested in iPads were asked to submit proposals for the 2012-2013 school year*Proposals included:

* Purpose for purchasing iPads* Funding source (s)* Quantity requested* Grade levels/teachers and students involved* Apps* How would training be provided* How would iPads be maintained, charged and stored

Proposal Outcome:

*Two Elementary Schools (108)

*Two Middle Schools (55)

*High School (20)

*Funding:*PTO Funding/Gift Account (majority)

*Some district funding

*Mostly free apps were added to the iPads

*Based on proposals

*Paid apps purchased through the Apple Volume Purchase Program

*Future app requests to be approved using an evaluation rubric

iCart

•Charging/Syncing Tray or Cart

•MacBook allows for using iTunes and the Apple Configurator to manage apps on multiple devices

•iPad Covers

•Operating System/App Upgrades done on periodic basis

*Monthly meetings

*Trainings

*Lunch Meetings

*In class collaboration with tech integrator

*diigo/wiki/ning

*Email

*Increased student Engagement

*More opportunities for Collaboration

*Creativity

*Multiple ways to Communicate

*Critical Thinking

*Not 1:1 students/classes must share

*Moving workflow from devices without using email.

*App management across multiple devices

* Google.com

* Ning.com

* Wikispaces.com

* Audioboo.com

* Blogging (Wordpress.com)

* Jing.com

*Piratepad.net

*http://splashurl.net/

* Web Page (www.posterous.com)

* Twitter.com

* Facebook.com

* Tweetdeck.com

* Slide Share (www.slideshare.net )

*www.piratepad.net

• http://www.wikispaces.com/

*Top Educators to Follow on Twitter

* Creates tiny urls for ease of use

*www.slideshare.net

*http://www.diigo.com/education

*http://www.diigo.com/index

*http://www.diigo.com/user/jfdoherty

Ask the Question…

What should learning look like?

Team of students

1.Tutorial Designers

2.Student Scribes

3.Student Researchers

4.Global Communicators and Collaborators

*Need 5 students each day then rotate-every student participates in a team

AnimotoAudacityBloggerCreating a Google Custom Search EngineCustomSearchEngine.comDiigoEducator's PLN Ning“Eli Pariser: Beware online ‘filter bubbles’” English Companion NingePalsGarageBand '11Google Advanced SearchGoogle Custom Search

Google DocsIndependent School Educators network—NingNingPamela for SkypePowerGramoRogue AmoebaRoot Zone DatabaseSkypeTechSmith®Twitter's search engineVoiceThreadWolframtAlphaWordPressZoho

*Educate the community

*HOW DO I HELP MY CHILD LEARN TO USE THE INTERNET WISELY?

*Teach the skills in school, so they can use it safely outside of school

*Eliminate other mandates

*Make this a priority

*Do not make it the “flavor of the month”

*Web Literacy Scenarios

*Are you watching the differences between what boys and girls as well as students of different socioeconomic statuses are doing with technology?

*How are students being grouped? Are groupings heterogeneous and of multiple ability levels?

*Are students always relying on the same search engines? Are they cross-referencing with other sources?

*Are students using primary sources of information?

*Is there clear alignment of technology with curriculum or is it being used just for the sake of using it?

*Is technology being used in ways that improve teaching and learning?

*Are students and teachers making global connections, or are they staying within the school walls?

*Is content being developed, or only consumed?

*Is there an eye toward assessment?

*Is curriculum becoming more rigorous and demanding, or are we just adding another layer to do the same things?

*Is effective planning in place to develop leadership?

*http://novemberlearning.com/resources/handouts-and-tips/

*For every nine people who denounce innovation, only one will encourage it.

*For every nine people who do things the way they have always been done, only one will ever wonder if there is a better way.

*For every nine people who stand in line in front of a locked building, only one will ever come around and check the back door.

*Our progress as a species rests squarely on the shoulders of that tenth person. The nine are satisfied with things they are told are valuable.

*Person 10 determines for himself what has value.

John F. Doherty, Ed.D.

Superintendent, Reading Public Schools

82 Oakland Road

Reading, MA 01867

Phone: 781-944-5800

Email: jdoherty@reading.k12.ma.us

Twitter: jdoherty

Presentation Link:* http://expandingtheboundaries.wikispaces.com/

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