Keynote+Speaker

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 * Keynote Speaker **** (Alice Barr - Yarmouth High School, Yarmouth, Maine): **
 * Don’t change your technology, change your culture
 * 8th graders to teach/present at parent’s night?
 * Ask these questions
 * How can I provide more choices
 * How can I provide methods that allows demonstrations in a way we’ve given as expectations?
 * Teachers as learners, learners as teachers
 * Photographer, Blogger of the Week - Classroom Job
 * It’s messy, and that’s OK
 * Embrace personalization
 * Children are 24/7 learners
 * Student Math Tutors available by facetime?
 * Geek of the Week - winner gets a cool flashdrive
 * Are you reading more?
 * How are you communicating & collaborating with other teachers?
 * ** Never stop learning! **
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 * A good school administrator understands that point, tech is neutral, people add the behaviors


 * __ http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_themselves.html?source=email#.UWlsBxZJzvU.email __**
 * We believe the best learning occurs... **
 * When positive relationships form the foundation for learning; **
 * Students need to have an active role in their community...collaboration. **
 * Students develop the rules and guidelines for technology use...creates a buy in. **
 * How will student demonstrations be individualized in the classroom? **
 * How do I balance learning the tools for teaching and integrating them in the classroom? Summer tech conference **
 * Public share out at the end of learning online. **
 * Give teachers the time to work and create project ideas. **
 * Teacher Assistants - students who learn about that (meet up w/Brian, Tony or Kristen) second graders learn in pairs, come back to teach peers and one level down **
 * Rubrics not necessary for every project...Accept their creations w/modeling, etc. **
 * Instead of having kids researching and sharing out...be the photographer, architect, etc. instead of researching a photographer (make a movie being the photographer to share out) **
 * YarmouthSchools.org **
 * Flipped classroom...sometimes it means switching roles, not just different homework assignments. **
 * Writing and documents linked to a website or web page for parents to view. **
 * Upload to the server any document....teacher can view it and edit it. **
 * Teachers should work smarter, not harder. **


 * Water **
 * Hunger **
 * How can you make a difference? Essential question **
 * Collaborate with peers. **
 * Plan and implement a long-term project. **
 * Engage in discourse around social change. **
 * Model core values including caring and citizenship. **
 * You need tools to do this! Creating global citizens who can help change the world. **
 * Put out a weekly video on skills kids are learning...kid created. Teachers are author of the blog or site. Making classrooms transparent. **
 * Every teacher has a web page...homework posted on it...window into the classroom. Students know their work is public and published....it's messy and people know that. **
 * Blogger of the Week-kid is responsible to update to parents. **
 * Photographer -kid snaps photos and chooses which ones go on blog **
 * School You Tube channel...showcase student work using a school template **
 * Promotes positive digital citizenship skills at the same time. **
 * Technology tools (iPads, laptops, etc.) allow kids to be personalized, individualized...yet collaborative, assuming 1-to-1 for each kid. **
 * Lots of learning at home on their own time...kids watch Ted Talks on their own, You Tube, accessible at any time of the day...learning 24/7. **
 * Students experience independent studies on student-led topics....self-motivation. (Future educationalists movement...teacher facilitates learning...kids follow their passions.) **
 * Teachers learn alongside the kids. **
 * Teachers offer homework help after school for an hour online. **
 * Kids writing grants to obtain what they want at our school. **
 * Bring kids in to help argue the need to the school board. **
 * Students developed a tutoring program...kids apply and work with a teacher and student tutor (kids teaching kids), kids create a website to do the PR **
 * Online portfolios of student work and have them reflect on their learning online. **
 * Based on the essential questions and rubric, do your reflection of your learning. **
 * Students help teachers with the technology...they work alongside YOU! **
 * Possibilities are endless when you give kids opportunities to make their portfolios public! **
 * Summer Camps for older kids to become involved w/technology on campus to prepare for the fall. **
 * Kids organize camps or groups. Kids can dream-up ideas on their own if we give them the opportunities and guidance. **
 * If you aren't getting PD in your school, FIND it on your own. Find out what others are doing! **
 * PD's should focus on improved teacher practice, NOT hardware. **
 * Ed Chat once a week...PD online! **
 * Hash tags for education....list is created. **
 * Classroom 2.0 meets every Saturday morning. **
 * FREE Webinar with Grant Wiggins for UbD **
 * Ted Talks **
 * Start using 1/2 hour/week to learn more PD online...give up half an hour a week of TV. **
 * Geek of the Week- ask Alice about this **
 * Leaders need to lead by example....if a new tool is being rolled out or expected, leadership should be using them, too. **
 * 21st century skills **
 * Everybody learning **
 * How are you trying new things and allowing yourself to be messy with new ideas and collaborating with others? If they aren't out there for you, create it YOURSELF. **
 * Google docs will be the future trend in like 2 minutes! **
 * Teachers and leadership teach good digital citizenship with kids. **
 * If kids are abusing the technology tools, address the behavior not the technology. **