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Extending Your Classroom Walls - Explain

1. Which of the Skype experiences that you explored in the Bingo Board make the most sense for students in your classroom? Why? If none, what else did you find?

2. How do you see incorporating Skype or Google Meet in your classrooms?

3. What hurdles do you need to overcome?

4. What questions do you still have?

5. How can speaking and listening skills be incorporated?

Extending Your Classroom Walls: How do you define curiosity?

After some time with your cohort thinking about curiosity.
How do you define curiosity?

• Connecting curiosity to teaching and learning.

ISTE Standards for Coaches

While you may not be an instructional coach or technology coach in your building you still are a leader in the use of technology in your classroom.  How do the ISTE Standards for Coaches influence your interactions with your colleagues in promoting transformation in classroom instruction?

ISTE Standards for Coaches

Guiding Questions (choose a question to expand on)

How does this connect to leadership?

How do the Coach Standards apply to being a leader in your building?

What will you do to extend your professional learning after the cohort has finished?

ISTE Student Standards

Last get together we took a look at the ISTE Standards for Teachers. This week we take a look at the ISTE Standards for Students (new draft)

https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=676&category=Set-the-standard&article

Choose a Standard to reflect on

Guiding Questions (choose a question to expand on)

How does this connect to leadership?

What do you think of the ISTE Student standards?

Are there glaring additions or omissions you would address? 

Are these standards “doable” in your classroom?

ISTE Teacher Standards

After talking with your small group about the ISTE Teacher Standards, choose a question to expand on.

Which Standard do you feel you still need to grow in?

Which Standard do you feel you can lead in?

How does this connect to leadership?

Do these standards help guide your practice? If so, how? If not, why?

Leadership Cohort: Gamification in the Classroom

Read the following article

The Ultimate Guide to Gamifiying Your Classroom

Choose one of the following questions to address in your blog response

How does this apply to what you teach?
Do you think that “gamification” is a useful motivator for your students?
Do you think gamification enhances or diminishes content presentation? 

Leadership Cohort: Growth Mindset

Read the following article

Growth Mindset article

Choose one of the questions below to respond to.   

How does this connect to leadership?

How does this apply to what you teach?

What impact can growth mindset have in your classroom?

How does your mindset impact your classroom / students?

http://www.sociedadytecnologia.org/file/download/212611

IW 14-15: FINAL: Presentation Tips and Tricks

As an educator, you probably have participated in many workshops or learning experiences. Likewise, you also may have been a presenter in a workshop. 

Think about the presentations that were particularly interesting or inspiring to you.  What made those presentations so appealing and interesting to you?  Or what tips or tricks did you use in your own presentation to make it enticing to your audience? 

As we prepare for the Inspired Learning Conference on April 25th, what presentation tips or tricks would you like to share with your cohort members?

IW 14-15: January : This Will Revolutionize Education

Welcome back. 
Take a few minutes to watch the below video: This Will Revolutionize Education

Please comment on the following questions:

1. Now that you have watched the video, how do you feel about the profession of teaching?

2. Do you agree or disagree with the video?

IW 14-15 November: Writing Revolution

Read the following article

Are we in the middle of a writing revolution? Column

What thoughts or questions does the article bring up?

IW 14-15 October: 2014 Fall Debrief

We have discussed many topics over our last sessions in Inspired Writing. 
( Prewriting, Drafting, Editing, Mindsets, Fishbowl Discussions, Teacher websites, Blogging, TPACK, SAMR, Gradual Release Model...)

What have you used? 
What are you planning on using in the future?  
What do you have questions about?  
What ways are you supporting writing with technology?
How have the first 2 months of school looked like in your classroom. 
Have you tried anything new?

IW 14-15 September: Growth Mindset in Writing

After reading the two articles below and participating in a Fishbowl Discussion, what are your takeaways about Mindsets and Writing?

Article 1: Growth Mindset in Writing - Edutopia -  Amy Conley

Article 2: Why I'll never tell my son he is smart - Khan Academy - Salman Khan

Carol Dweck - Mindset

IW 14-15 August: 21st Century Literacy

1) Which of the four pillars of  Literacy for the 21st Century connects with you the most?  Why?

2) Which one do you think you would need the most guidance with? Why?

Feel free to include links to resources in your response that may be helpful to other cohort members.

Below is the slideshow that we shared with you about 21st Century Literacy in LPS

IL: Reflections on the year gone by

As this school year comes to a close, it is time to take a look back on all that you have accomplished.  As a teacher you have changed, your classrooms have changed and as an educator you have grown.  For your final blog response, we would like you to reflect on how this year has changed you and your classroom.  The "ups" and the "downs", the successes and the "I would do different next times".  Then talk about how you plan to continue your professional learning next year.  What resources have you developed?  What contacts have you made?  What networks will you take advantage of?

Thank you for a great year and never stop learning!

Flipped: Jon Bergmann Blog

Jon Bergmann is a leader in the Flipped Classroom.  You just spent last month reading his book Flip Your Classroom - Reach Every Student In Every Classroom Every Day
Spend some time on his blog and find a post that connects with you and gives you some pieces to implement or consider.

Turning Learning on its Head
http://jonbergmann.com/

Blog
http://jonbergmann.com/blog/

1. Choose one of his posts from the last 12 months and respond to it.
   a. What was the post about and give a short summary
   b. What are your thoughts about the topic?

IW: March: Dangerously Irrelevant - Technology, Leadership and the Future of Schools

Dangerously Irrelevant is a popular Technology, Leadership and Schools blog written by Scott McLeod.

He does not have a subtle writing technique.  LPS does not support his views necessarily, but thought that he had some topics that may be interesting to read and respond to.

1. Choose one of his posts from the last 12 months and respond to it.
   a. What was the article title and short summary
   b. What are your thoughts about the topic?

Blog Site: http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/

Examples of recent posts from his blog: 

Picking right answers from a set of prescribed alternatives that trivialize complexity and ambiguity

No wonder nobody wants to come

IW: February-Presentation Tips and Tricks

As an educator, you probably have participated in many workshops or learning experiences. Likewise, you also may have been a presenter in a workshop.

Think about the presentations that were particularly interesting or inspiring to you.  What made those presentations so appealing and interesting to you?  Or what tips or tricks did you use in your own presentation to make it enticing to your audience?

As we prepare for the Inspired Learning Conference on April 26th, what presentation tips or tricks would you like to share with your cohort members?

Flipped: JING January 30th Reflections

JING

Is a free tool that allows anyone to create a short video.  

1) If you have already used this tool in your classrooms what affordances and/or constraints did you find with it?
OR
1) If you have not used this tool before what can you see doing that you could not do before and/or what constraints do you see using this tool?

2) 

Additional Resources found on Twitter about FlippingConsider following: @FlippingClass @EyeOnTheFlipped

http://flipped-learning.com/?page_id=417

Flipped: PLN - Life Long Learning January 16th Reflections

After starting or continuing your use of Twitter today:

1. What articles / statements / comments have you come across that have helped your understanding of the Flipped Classroom?
2. What questions/concerns to you still have regarding using Twitter as a PLN tool?

Articles:

• PLN in Education
• How to get more out of your PLN using Twitter
• Using Twitter to build your PLN
• Twitter Chats to grow your PLN