NECC+2009

NECC 2009

Edublogger Con - [|http://www.edubloggercon.com/Web+2+Smackdown+2009]

[|Smackdown] - including coveritlive notes and video Google Images - similar images (get related images w/o duplicates) Compfight.com - search images - efficient image search and organization wibe7.tb - YouTube video search and organization

School Reform - Jon Becker led group discussion

How do schools reinvent themselves There is a list of 21st century skills (Partnership for 21st Century Skills) How does this translate into conversations about what it means for change in the classroom How does this become a part of what we do need to do to "pass the test" partnerships - community, school board, parents, universities, etc.

Open discussion on blogging. Is it dead/dying? Where does Twitter fit In some districts -teachers are banned from communicating w/ students on Facebook and some areas (PA) banned from having Facebook account
 * Edu Blogging - Jeff Utecht**

Director, Education Technology, [|National School Boards Association] (with [|Kevin Jarrett] & [|Scott McLeod])
 * Social Media Policy & Practice for K-12 Districts"** a Conversation with Ann Flynn,

"We know that some students use their voices inappropriately, but we don't prohibit them from speaking in school." "We know that some students use their bodies inapporpriately, be we don't prohibit them from speaking in school." "We treat technology as an all or none equation." - Scott McLeod

Dean Groom - Australia In Australia, burden of responsibility has been moved to the student, but is now policy is being debated - possibly nto become shared responsibility

If punishment for breaking AUP should not be to take away internet. If you do so, you are saying that the use of the internet is not important to the education process - Craig Nansen

Should be presenting - with a school board member at school board conferences (same at admin conferences.


 * You Can Make A Video in 10 Minutes - Rushton Hurley**
 * You can use Photostory to do a Ken Burns style movement, save it as a movie, and then add it to Movie Maker project.

How Do we Get There Prevent technology overload WHat's good is a better question than what's new" Tools allow us to research, collaborate, create, present, network in new ways Tools don't teach, but they change the way we teach Common language of teaching and learning Common inputs Common process Common outputs Common Skills - being added soon
 * Using Technology to Differentiate - Lisa Parisi and Christine Southard**
 * Progressive Pedagogy and 21st Century Schools - Chris Lehmann - UBD21c.wikispaces.com**
 * Kids should be thoughtful, wise, passionate, and kind - the rest will take care of itself.
 * we teach children, not subjects. "I teach children physics", not "I teach physics"
 * inquiry driven - what are the questions we can ask together
 * student driven, but teacher-mentored. kids need adults
 * community-based - we can learn nform many
 * passionate - and it has to matter
 * integrated - the day has to make more sense
 * technology infused - ubiquitous, necessary, and invisible
 * meta-cognitive - we need to think about thinking
 * Authentic assessment - understanding driven and transparent
 * Authentic assessment - understanding driven and transparent
 * inquiry
 * research
 * collaboration
 * presentation
 * reflection
 * UBD - understanding by design - grant wiggins, and Jay McTighe
 * Rubric

Understanding be Design - Template