2.+2012-13+Agenda

=**March 4th**= =**Can we get a volunteer to help take notes?**=

http://checkthis.com/discover
 * Agenda**
 * Ideas for student** **publishing - Julia**

Making portfolios with iPads video

http://padlet.com for student feedback - Julia http://padlet.com/wall/w9z0aeh836

Sharing of student work and teacher portfolios - cohort

=**Jan 23**=
 * Present: (Pl add in your name here: Jess Rowe)**


 * Agenda:**
 * 8:00 -9:30 Sharing:**
 * Please add to our learning community something you have learned in the past few months. Please provide links to software/apps where possible and add in student samples. Organize your sharing in your Growth portfolio. Click here**

http://www.education.gov.sk.ca/default.aspx?dn=9bd9d964-02fb-445f-af46-80dc5b7a5f32 Google sites: start here
 * 9:30-10:30** Portfolios. Types of portfolios and resources.

Here is the link to the template that Marty and Gail has set up: https://sites.google.com/a/graland.org/sites/system/app/pages/meta/dashboard/create-new-site


 * 10:30 break**
 * 10:45-12:30** working on Growth or demonstration of learning portfolios. Setting up for June sharing. Book individual meeting time with Julia to discuss or help plan for class project relating to June sharing.

A growth portfolio is to demonstrate growth in particular skills over time. Typically this type of portfolio is used within a single area such as a writing portfolio, a math portfolio, a social skills portfolio, etc. In order to demonstrate growth, the artifacts included must show a work in progress by including initial drafts and revisions, and typically include early, mid-term, and later samples of similar types of work. If the intent of the portfolio is to demonstrate the development of social skills, you would need to include artifacts such as self-assessments, video tape and/or observations from a number of intervals over a course of time. In a growth portfolio, student reflections would focus on what was learned during the process, what would/could be improved, and what next steps might be

--- Nov =**Oct 10**=
 * 8:00 Celebrations, sharing. Share a question, an artifact, something with the group.**
 * Volunteer for collaborative note takers.**
 * Please create a google doc and share it with us for today's notes.**

How might we use our iPads to provide feedback? Can we use screen casting or video tools to provide better feedback to students?
 * Teacher feedback. Let's look at the importance and timing of feedback.**

Anschutz Commons Sustainability Self-Guided Tour on QR coded postings. Go to [|Self-Guided Tour Google Site].

Because of my class size (40+ kids) and limited rehearsal time, I've been flipping and "flip flipping" my choir rehearsals by creating videos and mp3s that the students work with individually at home and in sections in class.
 * Josh Gaffga**
 * Rehearsal mp3s: I record accompaniment and vocal trax using a Yamaha MO8 and Garageband and then post them to a community dropbox account (all students have the password). I also share the link on our Edmodo choir page.
 * Rehearsal videos: Using my iPad & macbook, the programs Reflection (macbook), Soundflower (macbook), and forScore (iPad) and the site screencastomatic.com I record vides of the sheet music and mp3s that show the notes highlighted as they are sung.

Kids use the mp3s and videos at home, and in class they work in sectionals (sopranos, altos, tenors) with the mp3s to review their flipped work before we sing as a large ensemble.


 * Mark Gatlin**: Edmodo in Science class (7th grade).


 * www.edmodo.com

Posting videos, readings and kids adding related information to share with the class. Kids reply to postings from Class HW is turned in under "assignments" and graded very quickly within Edmodo. code: 6onucr


 * After lunch: Individual conferencing time. Sign up on the Doodle poll to book time with Julia**

= = =**Aug 17th**= We will continue working on our sites. In groups, create guidelines for student presentation portfolios. Why are we doing them? Articulate to kids and parents what a student demonstration portfolio is and why we are doing them. You have created learning communities. Please share the links to our morning activity below:

**Connecting All Stakeholders to the DLF **

**You’ve created spaces for and set up tools for students. Now we need to connect to other stakeholders: parents, administration and teachers and, ultimately, students in other schools and town all over the world. **

**Create a page for communicating with parents ** **Create a tool for parents to communicate with you. ** **Communicating with Administration **
 * Go to your website
 * Create a way to broadcast messages to your parents.
 * Add a new page using the “Announcements” template
 * Post an announcement, just to see how it works differently from the other apges you have created so far.
 * Navigate to your home page and add a “Contact Me” gadget.
 * Add some text explaining to parents--and others--that they should feel free to contact you etc.

** Barbara/Cathy and Mark ** ** [|Tutorial for Digital Portfolios] ** [|Evernote web clipper tutorial] Tutorial Tools **After Lunch.** **Publishing beautiful work.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**How might our students create and publish work to the world for an authentic audience, feedback from others and to impact motivation/purpose?** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**We will look at ways to create student portfolios with demonstrations of learning.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Lesson plan publication- iBook Author** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Come with your favourite lesson and we will look at ways we can incorporate technology to the lesson (if possible). <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">One of the goals for the cohort is to collaborate and publish the beautiful work going on at Graland. A way to create more time is through collaboration.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Your lesson should start with a learning objective (not the name of software). Here are some ideas with iPads: http://www.apptivities.org/

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;">It's ok if you don't know what technologies to use at this point. I will help with that. Just have a learning objective and thoughts on how to assess.

=**Aug 16-17, 2012**=
 * 8:30 am Sharing Ideas and inspirations by all 2-5 mins each. Share something you've been learning. Anything. What you did at a workshop, what you learned on your own, what you've delved deeper on.**

We just want to take a snapshot of where we are all at now so that we can show any changes or growth in learning by June. media type="custom" key="20600555"

Can you please come prepared to share something (a resource, idea, question) a 2-5 min share. Anything at all. You can share links and a blurb on our wiki so that it can be referenced back more easily. The address for the wiki is: http://gralandtech.wikispaces.com/Education+Links
 * The work flow for collaboration. How do you manage the work flow when kids are doing different things at different times as with the Digital Learning farm model or the flipped model?**

Ruth Segal, webmaster, gave an overview of improvements to the website. More training will follow on the division level next week.
 * Preview of changes to My Graland portal and classroom groups (Lower School)**

Add a description on your home page. Who are you -bio. What is this page about (eg. grade 7 Science)
 * 1:00 Build a site.** Go to www.sites.google.com

Add a new page: call it Class Notes

Add a new page: Call it Homework

Create a new page: Called Video Tutorials

Create a document: Call it Your class's name Syllabus
 * Create a document called "Youname's ClassName Syllabus"
 * Set the sharing settings to "Graland School"
 * Copy the URL to this syllabus document

3:00 Admin meeting

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= = = = =**Thurs June 14th.**= =**Recap of what we did:**= We have learned about creating learning communities (class webpages vs teacher web page) Searching for the right information at the right time (teaching kids how to learn how to learn today, narrowing our searches by country codes, .edu, .gov, etc to find exactly what you are looking for). Search engines for kids other than Google Organizing and sharing information (Tagging on Diigo and having students research and share their research so that it benefits others)
 * Titan Pad, Google Docs why you might use collaborative docs.**
 * Discussion of New student and teacher roles**


 * Challenge: In a group of 4 or more, you have 30 mins to find out what a Yarn Bomber is and then create a wiki that will teach us how to learn about Yarn Bombing and embed your video into the wiki. Divide your group into roles: Scribe, Researcher, Tutorial designer, communicator. Use any tool you want (iMovie, VoiceThread, Screen Chomp, etc ANY tool to demonstrate your learning) **


 * Challenge: Bending back on our assumptions.**


 * Thinking about our pedagogy and making learning visible.**

Write down your user name and password
 * Set up a YouTube Channel.**


 * Make a Vlog** or a video log / reflection on what you are learning, how your thoughts are changing about your teaching practice and learning. What assumptions do you make about learning?

How am I contributing to the learning of others? On a scale of 1-10, (10 rocks) Where do you sit on the compendium below:
 * Topics to consider:** When I learn something new I feel….My response affects me and all of those around me. Something new I want to try is…
 * // User of Technology //** in their personal and professional roles which will enhance their learning and teaching;
 * // Knowledgeable Educator //**, being able to evaluate, select or create diverse learning and instructional opportunities for themselves and their students that are based on relevant literature and assessment data;
 * // Critical Practitioner //** by analyzing current educational theories, research, philosophies, and policies; resulting in thoughtful educational decisions which consider resources, culture, and diverse learning needs in their personal and professional environment;
 * // Autonomous Lifelong Learner //**//, // developing a disposition for self-directed, continuous learning which is motivated and guided by a desire for professional development outside the traditional setting which may include challenging situations and involve some element of risk taking;
 * // Reflective Practitioner //**, being able to use self-assessment and formative evaluation on an ongoing basis to realistically monitor and value change in educational practice, personal learning experiences, and personal beliefs;
 * // Facilitator of Learning that is Owned by the student //**, through understanding the educator's role, selecting and using appropriate technologies to provide a safe, rich learning environment to achieve curricular outcomes while recognizing student autonomy in learning, diverse learner needs, and possible extension of learning outside the classroom;
 * // Supportive Colleague //****, ** contributing constructively toward enhancing learning communities, supporting members of the community in their learning and inquiry, helping to design and evaluate learning projects, and valuing the contributions to learning of others and self; and
 * // Educational Leader //**, helping others in understanding and using appropriate technology, facilitating learning activities, stimulating and facilitating discussion around educational issues, and being aware of their role as an agent of change.

Post your video reflection to the wiki under “Teacher Reflections” Max 2 mins

Come prepared to share on Aug. 17th =**Wed June 13**=
 * Homework for Aug. 16th-17**
 * 1) Continue building your website
 * 2) Add a unit or lesson ideas to your website
 * 3) Add a lesson idea for using iPads to the wiki
 * 4) Post an additional reflection to the Teacher Reflection page. Add a link or an artifact to show your evidence of learning
 * 8:30 Go to the Pledge link and write your pledge of what you will do within 3 months. We will revisit this when we meet in 3 months to share out how you are doing with meeting your pledge.**

http://todaysmeet.com/Gralandtech = = Web Literacy - Julia Understand how the web is organized and learn how to search better.
 * Go to:**

Google apps Build a form to use for Advisory in Sept. Add that form to your Wiki

Build a Glogster at edu.glogster.com Add that poster to your wiki page

Project planning time

=**Tues June 12**= =**Concurrent sessions:**=


 * Develop a unit plan in groups:**
 * Screen casting**
 * Create a video tutorial 1 min in length for your unit plan idea. Each person in your group will make one video tutorial**
 * Use: iPad apps ScreenChomp, Show me, Whiteboard, Explain everything $3, Educreations,**
 * or on laptop: Jing (free), Camtasia $100, Snapz Pro $69**
 * Name the video.**
 * Save it on your website/ wiki along with one line describing what the video tutorial is about.**

=**Monday, June 11th 2012**=

Introduction to the Tech Cohort - add the webpage to the Home Screen

Communication - Create a downloadable calendar for rotating days (i.e. A-Day, B-Day, etc.) that only show up from 8:10-8:30 - http://www.smugmug.com/ photo repository...more to come - opt in or out of notifications (when news or announcements are posted on LS classroom pages) for parents

Below is a Graland logo you can add to your wiki page. Just drag it to your desk top.

=Tuesday, June 10, 2011=

Copyright with Wyne

 * 1) AppleEducation Copyright Overview... Here