CUE14 - Notes and Reflections (Friday)

Wow - Friday at CUE had some of the BEST and most useful sessions. See my notes and comments below.


REDEFINING ASSESSSMENT WITH GOOGLE AND IPADS

• HOLLY CLARK
• @hollyclarkedu
• Bit.ly/digitalportfolios
• http://edtechteacher.org/summer/ 
• Netflix is a disruptive innovator. They thought of things before blockbuster did and now blockbuster is gone.
• These kids cannot learn in the same way we did. Putting things online for them is critical
• Digital student portfolios=digital citizenship
• Digital citizenship is NOT about cyber bullying
• What they need to learn:NOTHING YOU PUT ONLINE IS PRIVATE
• EVERYTHING THEY DO IS BUILDING THEIR DIGITAL WEB PRESENCE
• "When I used to make mistakes, I did them in analog"... Now it is all digital!!
• WHAT THEY CURATE IS  A REFLECTION OF THEM. don't put something online that isn't your best work!
• THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND FONTS, COLOR SCHEMES, ETC.
• FRIENDS DONT LET FRIENDS USE WORDART :)
• when making the blog, students need to understand why they need their blog to look professional and appealing. It's not just a suggestion, it's a requirement.
• THREE TYPES OF PORTFOLIOS
• 1. Process- the steps you took
• 2. Showcase- the final product
• 3. Hybrid- includes a little bit of both
• Collect via DRIVE
• reflect via FORMS
• publish via SITES
• CRITICAL CONSIDERATIONS
• Who owns it?
• Who curates it? Until 3rd grade, it needs to be the teacher. Then students can do it
• Who organizes it?
• Where does it live? Google sites, blog, etc
• Solving one math problem... Video at the beginning, the middle, and the end. Show the growth
• Resumes and stuff should be online. Design a google site for yourself! Learning profile, personal learning goals, accomplishments, interests as tabs on the side. Can constantly update and add to.
• Pick three templates for students to choose from for their blog. That's it.
• Touchcast
• .info
• Every April they go on sale for 99cents
• Crystalkirch.info

JR CHROMANDO SESSION - see his site for full details. I took notes on ones I didn't know about that really stood out to me.

• Bit.ly/chromandotraining
• Customize the way that google chrome works for you
• Multiple signins with gmail accounts. 
• Omnibar-URL or search bar
• Start typing YouTube and then a tab will come up and you can search directly from the omnibar
• Works with amazon, yahoo, target, cnn, etc
• Pinned tabs- right click on tab and pin it. When you close chrome and have pinned tabs, they will automatically load for you. NO MATTER WHAT COMUPTER YOU ARE ON, PINNED TABS SHOW UP
• Bookmarks bar. Just icons if delete titles, can also have folders... Organize this!
• Apps- all installed on apps page, find them in apps store
• Extensions- find on chrome web store, get installed to right of omnibar
• Chrome app launcher. Will take you directly to the app you need so you don't have to do multiple clicks
• Extension- adds functionality and effectiveness to your browser experience.
• Applications- programs that work entirely within the browser. They live within the chrome browser. Constantly updated automatically
• In the chrome web store there are categories, including "education"
• There are new apps "for your desktop" and "Offline apps"
• What is great about them
• 1 click access, functionality, accessibility, productivity
• extensions- just delete them when you are done with them
• Apps- remove them from chrome. Right click, "remove from chrome"
• Save different resolutions for different projectors. Windows resizers
• ON A MAC. CTRL and swipe will zoom in on webpage. Check to see if this is right (it might be command and swipe but I'm not on my mac right now)
• START USING EVERNOTE!!!!!!
• Google voice search Hotword. "Ok google" and then you speak
• Google quick scroll search. When you search and you click on the search result, it will find things within the WEBPAGE as well so you Don't Have to read the whole thing
• TABMAN. All tabs come up as a list so you can easily navigate
• Screenleap. Easy share screen
• Goo.gl URL shortener
• Snag it. You need the app and the extension
• Students can download it to do screen recordings for free!!
• Tab cloud- Put tabs in groups for different presentations and save them
• We video for student video editing
• Momentum extension
• Daum equation editor - uses latex
• Mural.ly

ROADMAP FOR BLENDED LEARNING
iNacol

• 6 elements to implementing and maintaining blended learning
• With the common core implementation, you HAVE to move in the direction of blended learning. Every school will become a blended learning school to better personalize learning for all students
• This is a journey, not a destination. It takes time to maake the change
• Changes with blended learning...
• What the student is doing and where the student is
• What the teacher is doing where the teacher is
• What and where the content is
• It's not just flipped learning, where every student is watching the same video every night.
• Definition - horn and staker, check out slides online
• Every student has their own learning path. Ultimate goal.
• Blended learning does not mean putting more technology in the classroom. It's not about smart boards and 1-1
• First- what are the learning goals? then, what tech can I use to help implement those learning goals
• THINGS SHOULD look DIFFERENT IN  A BLENDED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, MORE STUDENT CENTRIC, MORE PERSONQLIZED LEARNING
• If you cannot identify the front of the room, you are probably in a distruptive/blended classroom?
• (See session notes for tomorrow about how admin observes a blended classroom)
• WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS? What are YOU TRYING TO ACHEIVE BY IMPLEMENTING BLENDED LEARNING???
• 1. Create your learning goals
• 2. The leadership will determine sustainability and success. Both teachers and admin
• 3. Collaborative leadership style is essential
• 4. School culture of support, innovation. It is ok to try and fail
• 5. Ongoing pd. for teachers and leadership
• SIX ELEMENTS- DOWNLOAD THE ROADMAP FOR FREE ONLINE
• 1. Leadership
• Ongoing interactions between leaders and teachers. Formal and informal, one on one and group.
• School culture of innovation and empowerment
• Start small and build
• Ongoing communication is strong and occurs in a variety of ways,
• Meeting time DURING THE SCHOOL DAY for collaboration and support
• Designated blended learning specialist
• 2. Professional development
• Formal and informal
• Common preps for blended teachers
• Training through district but also find opportunities out of district
• Have a implementation manager who can help find resources and provide support. (Like a tosa)
• Mentoring program
• 3. Teaching/instructional practice
• Teachers work together to create resources that they need
• Always analyzing data
• Classroom setup was not in rows..they were in groups, you couldn't tell where the teachers desk was, etc
• Instruction can be individualized
• 4. Operations, admin systems/ policy
• Changing schedule, block scheduling, etc
• 5. Content
• Are you going to build your own content or are you going to buy it to buy it from someone else?
• Will there be a common platform or does every teacher choose for themselves?
• 6. Technology
• Clrn.org has reviewed online content providers for the ca standards
• The order of this list matters. Notice that the content and technology is at the bottom. You need the other stuff first!!
• "Blended the best of Face to face with the online world"
• 3-5 year implementation
• See continuum and timeline on resources
• Observation form
• Blended learning rubric
• Leadership, new staff roles, new student roles, personalized learning plans and progress, 2 more
• A day in the life of a blended teacher webinar online
• INacol.org/ something...  Think it is blended?
• CHECK OUT RESOURCES

SOCIAL MEDIA TO ROCK PD-Karl, John, Victoria

• Adding a space or period before a tweet means everyone sees it. If out use @ first, only people who follow both of you will see it

INSPIRATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT

• RUSHTON HURLEY
• Nextvista.org his nonprofit
• Is your school a better school today than it was five years ago?
• Is your school a better school today than it was ONE year ago?
• Will your school be a better school one year from now?
• How is a school measured
• --Test scores... That is a lousy way to measure a school
• Does what it measures deserve the time we put into it?
• --Attendance, discipline statistics, passing rates (and why are students passing or failing)
• --Teacher progress -look at possible questions linked from slides
• Have you learned something new this year?
• Have you collaborated with a colleague on a class activity?
• Have you worked with someone else to learn something new?
• Do you feel you are making  a difference with _______ of your students (none, some, lots, all)
• --Whoa factor
• Did anything happen in the last week where students learned something and said "whoa!!!"
• The whoa factor is a big deal!!!
• Inspiration and technology
• Technology is the very best tool he knows in developing an exploratory culture in school
• Fear and stress is probably the number one barrier for teachers
• -will I be replaced by technology?
• It is laughably naive to think that teachers can be replaced by videos
• "Any teacher who can be replaced by a computer... Should be" -Arthur c Clarke
• "You don't have time to get through the curriculum you need to because of the way you teach!"
• USE GOOGLE SEARCH SMARTLY
• Haiku poetry filetype:ppt
• SHOW STUDENTS THINGS (videos, ppt, etc) AND HAVE THEM TELL YOU WHY IT IS BAD, WHAT IS MISSING, WHAT IS CONFUSING, ETC.
• A child will press a button to see what it does. An adult will ask what a button does before they press it
• Moving from the head to the heart...
• What are the barriers that people have put up around their hearts?
• @mrjohnlozano
• CIS
• comparison inadequacy syndrome
• Way too often we compare ourselves to the teacher next door... The only person you need to compare yourself to is the you that you were yesterday
• Baby elephant chain story- they just get used to and even though they could break away now that they are older, they don't. They stay chained and don't move.
• What is the chain that is holding you back?
• Isolation is the cancer of the education system.******
• Check out RESOURCES, there are a ton.
• Slides at tinyurl.com/RH-CUE14-improvement
• May you inspire and be inspired each and every day