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Digital Citizenship Teacher Activity

12/8/2019

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Aurora Institute [iNACOL]: Disrupting Education - Designing Equitable Learning Spaces

10/29/2019

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Presenters: Karla Virgil, EduLeaders of Color RI, Emily Abedon, Equity Institute
Session Learning Outcomes:
  • Describe how students' cultural characteristics can help develop strong relationships with diverse students in order to effectively personalize instruction.
  • Engage in critical discourse on how equity in a classroom supports the academic success of all students.
  • Understand how equity pedagogy drives instruction to meet the needs of students.

Discussions: What is a culturally responsive educator?
  • Equity and culturally responsive education: What does this mean? How does this look? Does this currently exist in the public school system? [equity institute]
  • Identity development: [images in chronological order: the power of storytelling]
    • showing connections to students through your story [True Story]
    • being involved in the community; contributing back to your community; i.e. racial justice, multiracial justice, vulnerability, equity, cultural responsiveness and relevancy
    • It is important to understand your own identities, use your vulnerability to find commonalities
    • incremental changes happen [Who is your David in your life?]
  • Identity activity: Who are you as an individual? as a person? as a human being? [Molecule Bonds Activity]
    • identity bonds: name in the center [bigger] circle
    • how did it feel sharing your identity with others? how does it feel to listen to each other people's identities
  • Social identifiers: [Self-identify activity]; chart tablets, 
    • race
    • socio-economic class
    • gender
    • age
    • ethnicity
    • religion
    • ability
    • sexual orientation
  • Culturally Responsive Walkthrough Tool (CRT): Framework Discussion
    • Activity Questions:
      • How does this domain the framework acknowledge student identity?
      • How might it support the curriculum you use in your classroom?
      • How might it be used to create an inclusive classroom?
    • CRT1: Classroom culture/environment: How do I create an inclusive environment?
    • CRT2: Student relationship building: How do I build trust and respect with my students?
    • CRT3: Instructional strategies: How do I ensure that I'm being culturally responsive with my instruction strategies?
  • Culture [what is seen vs. what is unseen]; Iceberg image
    • everyone has culture, characteristics of every life of a group of people; plays a role in communicating and receiving information
    • Surface: dance, dress, food, language, crafts, celebrations, language
    • Deep: crafts, facial expressions, body language, eye contact, personal space, concept of beauty, music, concept of cleanliness, patterns of handling emotions, non verbal communications
    • Hidden: concept of beauty, concept of past and future, tone of voice, problem solving, concept of "self", nature of friendships, attitude towards elders
  • Socialization: [Social & Cultural Lens]
    • ​beliefs about intelligence, learning, school and schooling
    • What is culturally responsive teaching?
      • including students' cultural references in all aspects of learning (Ladson-Billings, 1994)
      • Culturally Responsive Personalization: Where to Begin
      • Students' cultural characteristics in daily teaching practices
      • Better connect and build solid relationships with students
      • Acknowledging students' multiple identities and supporting the development of students' attitudes toward learning and the habits necessary to succeed in life
    • What are our beliefs and where do they come from?
    • socialization and identity are linked
    • Beliefs that frame our thinking
      • ​people are both individuals and our members of social group
      • social groups are valued unequally in society
      • valued more highly have greater access to resources of a society
      • schools and teachers actively share students learning
    • activity: frames and lenses - what does it mean? what does it represent? using the lenses as a metaphor
      • think. talk. create: talk with people at your table, write on the glasses to express your thinking about the possible metaphors, share your reflections
      • bridging culture, cant' see reality, only what lens allows, cultural norms
    • culture changes through generations
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#ISTE19 Creative Student Voice: Visual Design and Learning

6/23/2019

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Presenter:
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Overview:

Visual Engagement Activity
https://quickdraw.withgoogle.com/
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​Edutopia Vide: The Powerful Effects of Drawing on Learning
https://youtu.be/hntHGr8JR7o

Paper: Icons, Emojis, Diagrams Activity
  • ​Agriculture and Fisheries Vocabulary Activity - Goal: Create visual representations of essential agricultural activity
  • Tell Your Teehaven or Not at Teehaven Story - #1 Tell Your Story: Explore, Collect, Create & Share Your Learning Experiences; Creative Expression - photostory, photo sharing, Padlet (post your photos that are part of your photostory, collage)

Adobe Spark & Visual Design
  • ​creative expression for your photostory
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Pear Deck & Visual Design
  • ​making Google Slides interactive
  • Flascard factory

Inforgraphics & Visual Design
  • ​Piktochart
  • easelly
  • used as a presentation tool
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#ISTE19 Stations of STEAM: Tips, Tech & Tools

6/23/2019

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Grow Your Professional Learning Network
@TechTerraEd

Innovative learning spaces can be in a classroom, a cart going from room to room
No matter how much space an innovative learning space has, there are 3 things that should be included in and for every space:
  • ​Vision
  • Mission
  • Goals
why have these spaces and tools found a fit in today’s schools?
  • ​Personalized learning experiences
  • Authentic and meaningful learning experiences
  • Connected to core curriculum
High Tech: Robotics
Low Tech: Circuitry, Chibitronics.com
No Tech: The Design Process, Sparkables, Idea Creation Cards
Tools: Choosing Innovative Learning Tools
  • ​what will work with your devices
  • tangible
  • sturdy
  • expansive, they do more than one thing
  • levels of learning for curriculum connections
Coding Tools: What’s your learning objectives? How many do you want in a coding station? (2-3 students; maximum of 4)
  • ScottieGo! EDU
  • MatataLab
  • Cubetto
Robotics
  • ​Cubroid
  • Makeblock
  • Neuron Blocks
Connected Learning Tools
  • ​Marbotic Smart Letters & Smart Numbers
  • Osmo: Words, Numbers, Pizza Co, Tangrams, Coding Awbie, Coding Jam
Augmented Reality (AR)
  • ​Space
  • Dinosaurs
  • Animals
  • Humanoid
Curiscope
  • ​Virtual-Tee & Heart
Drones
  • ​DJI Tello EDU
  • CoDrone by Robolink
Techterraeducation.com
  • ​STEM Equity for All
  • Julia Schonhar and Christine Bell
  • TechTerra Education offers curriculum, professional development, tools and programs​
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#ISTE19 Explore a Free World of Personalized Professional Learning

6/23/2019

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Bold Educators Activate Change
Presenters:
  • ​Lisa Schmucki, Founder and CEO of @edwebnet, SIIA Education Technology Industry Network (ETIN)
  • Rachel Langnhorst, Instructional Coach and Tech Integrationist, @rlangenhorst
  • Dr. Rob Furman, Principal of Southpark Elementary School, @rfurman
  • Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair at New Canaan High School, @mluhtala
Resource: tiny.com/freePD2019 (download slides)
Notes:
  • Professional Learning Communities help educators move forward
  • edWeb.net: Find webinars, communities of like-minded teachers and professionals in education
  • You as a Learner, Field Experts, edWeb Communities, being able to share with like-minded educators
  • WHY?: edWeb is free, one stop location, has a variety of tools, easy scheduling/calendar, something for everyone, Personalized PD
  • CONSIDERATIONS: find your hub, most efficient delivery (in-house PD or something teachers can do on their own), accountability
  • FAVORITE TECH TOOLS: wiser.me, google apps, pear deck, Nearpod, EDpuzzle, Socratic by MasteryConnect; always work with your content standards (TEKS)
Pajama PD Self-Paced PD Example
  • ​Nearpod used for content delivery
  • student-paced choice allows for remote use
  • accountability report and built into the program
  • freemium websites
  • Google drive and edWeb integration within nearpod for accountability, collaboration and action plans (ex. SIOP Lesson Preparation Ideas and Activities)
How do you ensure usefulness and implementation
  • ​implementation time has to be involved
edWeb
  • ​you can create your own free community
  • you can join other communities to share with other teachers
  • Personalized Professional Development on edWeb
  • Free tools: blog, discussions, wiki, file sharing, etc.
edWeb’s REsearch-Based practices for personalized professional learning
  • ​bit.ly/rockvalleycasestudy
Principal Perspective on Personalized Professional Learning
  • ​edWeb gives you a tool to make a very easy jump into personalized professional development
  • as the PD creator and develop, be cognizant of the needs of your audience (teachers), it has to be a model as to what we want teachers to emulate in the classroom
  • model it in the classroom
Webinator Michelle Luhtala
  • ​MackinVIA
  • Sustained conversation to keep going
  • Power of the community is very important
  • Have conversations with people all over the world
  • Discus about a book that inspired you, a unique and interesting experience, etc. Being able to enrich each other’s experiences
  • Growing Schools (Librarians as Professional Developers) by Debbie Ablock
  • Bringing in guests in webinars; bringing in other people’s expertise
  • The best way to learn is to teacher; involve the community in the presentation (ex. Chat or discussion threads — use as a resource for future webinars
What is important to you in a Teacher Professional Development?
How has edWeb impacted your teaching?
What type of PD helps you improve as a teacher?
home.edweb.net/webinars
earn CE certificates for PD hours
home.edweb.net/edweb-your-state





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Active Learning Framework iMovie Project

5/23/2019

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Design Stage
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Refine Stage
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