• Day 1Read the
Horizon Report (2008).
Post a blog on what technological trend you feel will become most prevalent in K12 learning within 5 years and why.
(see Rules of Engagement)• Day 2Please watch both of the Sir Ken Robinson videos linked below. Then post two slides on the shared presentation: 1) one way schools kill creativity, and 2) one way schools foster creativity.
Do schools kill creativity?Creatively Speaking(see Rules of Engagement)
• Day 3
Assignment 1 - See Blog entry on Web 2.0 Directory below for instructions.
Assignment 2 - See Blog entry on P21 Skills below for instructions.
• Day 4Assignment 1 - Wikipedia - see post below.Assignment 2 - Colliding Forces - see post below.
• Day 5 and Day 6Live Broadcast - post a response to the blog below on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)• Day 7 and Day 8 - Surprise.....Your assignment is optional - you will receive credit whether you email me yes or no, but you do have to email me. I do not believe in zeros, nor in failure as an option. However, you get what you put in, so I encourage you to say yes....;-)
If you email me yes, here's what you are committing to. Give me your email address at work, what grade level or content area you teach, whether you are an administrator, whatever. What school you are at and a short resume/introduction of yourself. I will leave your name and contact anonymous until I find another teacher/educator/administrator in PVUSD who might like to work with you on REACH, and in turn you with them. I will make an intitial email introduction of each of you to the other - from there, you are on your own to put into practice the communication, collaboration and creativity of 21st century teaching and learning, using information technology to bridge time and space constraints.
REACH (Real Experiences Advancing Childhood Humanities) is an initiative our district is implementing with other educators/administrators outside of our walls. We are connecting students/teachers/administrators, from differing classrooms, differing schools, cities, states, countries, using technology to communicate/collaborate/create in whatever ways possible and appropriate to postively impact student learning - totally up to you and your PVUSD counterpart on what you think would be useful - how big, how small, how deep, how thin, is up to you.
It does not have to be high tech, with tons of technology - in fact, the technology is not the point - learning with and about others is, being creative and taking a risk is the experience. One simple internet connection and a Google account can do wonders (you should now know that), to connect students, teachers, administrators, whatever. I suspect your kids, your school will be richer for the adventure and you will cross into something I believe is profound and necessary in education - REACH'ing beyond the walls......
So, if you want to REACH, give me the details and I will personally try to connect you with an appropriate counterpart. Then, you have the opportunity to extend your coursework learning into actual practice - the point of taking a class. Email me yay with details, or nay. What I wish for you is to REACH beyond this ASU class, throw optimism into the wind and see what emerges in your participatory networking experience.
Jeff......
14 comments:
Nicole said...
Reno video conferencing would be a great tool to use to collaborate with other teachers within your school as well as district wide. I know my district holds grade level trainings....video conferencing would be great for this type of thing.
TK said...
I totally agree with your on the faculty meeting should be on video conference. I'm not sure about the parents will be on video conference, because I think meeting parents in a face-to-face meeting will give a better home-connection.
Reno, It sounds great and think of the time and energy it will save for both parties involved.
I would love it if we could attend staff meetings via video conference! However video conferencing does take away from some of our personal relationships. Yet so does text messaging and I seem to do that quite often....
It would be very helpful and convenient!
Yes what a great way to even multitask, attend a video meeting from home and watch Monday Night Football on mute all from the comforts of your home office. This would save people time and money and a lot more could get done through the day.
I agree with the idea of video conferencing and I think that it will be in even greater demand as we move toward more online schools.
Jeff, I think this is so true. I have had many times where someone could not make a meeting because they were across town. Having video conferencing could open so many doors. Wouldn’t it be great for teachers that don’t have a mentor at their school to be able to have a conversation about what is really good for kids and what types of strategies work best? I think that this would also be great for teachers to talk with other teachers from around the country to share ideas!
Sorry the above comment was to Reno!
Video conferencing is part of what's called "synchronous" collaboration. Party(s) have to be on the network at the same time to implement the technology. It is indeed a powerful technology, bridging the variable of distance/space. It has the advantage of visual and audio cues and real time data. However, that's it's disadvantage as well. Specifically, the variable of time is not conquered as people have to connect at the same time to collaborate. Sort of a ying/yang deal. Additionally, as oddly as it sounds, many people, including students, prefer the socialization dynamics of not being judged by their dress, their looks, their age, their gender, their speaking ability, their race, etc.. Pretty interesting - there is some gaining and compelling research findings that non face to face, and non video conferencing actually enhances different and some new socialization skills.
I think your ideas are excellent about video conferencing. I would love to attend and give a staff meeting this way. The only draw back would be if it was taped you wouldn't have that professional discourse. Love the idea though!
I agree that video conferencing would be a great collaborative tool. It could also be useful for teachers to model lessons for other teachers to a live audience of students. That would be a great way to learn!
What a great way to eliminate the extra drive time and to allow for more accessibility.
Video conferences would let you work in your pajamas! (granted your webcam doesn't shoot farther down than your neck)
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