Lorenzo Walker Prof Learning Communities http://lorenzowalkerplcs.pbwiki.com/ RecentChanges for Lorenzo Walker Prof Learning Communities en http://lorenzowalkerplcs.pbwiki.com/feedlogo.gif PBwiki http://pbwiki.com/ PBwiki 1.3.8 support@pbwiki.com FrontPage http://lorenzowalkerplcs.pbwiki.com/FrontPage email.hidden@example.com (Marie Coleman) Marie Coleman edited FrontPage]]> Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:20:25 +0000 mod January 2008 - FETC http://lorenzowalkerplcs.pbwiki.com/January+2008+-+FETC email.hidden@example.com (somozagr) somozagr edited January 2008 - FETC This workshop was presented by Linda Croushorn and Ken Hollingsworth. It is for current school leaders and those in Educational Leadership programs. Because the Principal Leadership standards are more a part of most University programs (in other words the graduation requirements are stricter. You must prove competency in all standards through rigorous development.) The Department of Education has developed an interactive website that Principals and Ed Leadership students can use to access the standards and keep track of what we are doing in our schools or University programs. Almost like a working Resume. I look forward to signing up and working more with this.
Using Technology with Classroom Instruction That Works- (G. Somoza)
on del.icio.us/ehubbel, del.icio.us/ehubbell, for anyone to peruse. The workshop provided an overview of research-based instructional strategies and the technologies that best support those strategies.
Internet Resources for English Language Learners-(G.]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:59:56 +0000 mod January 2008 - FETC http://lorenzowalkerplcs.pbwiki.com/January+2008+-+FETC email.hidden@example.com (Marie Coleman) Marie Coleman edited January 2008 - FETC]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:44:34 +0000 mod January 2008 - FETC http://lorenzowalkerplcs.pbwiki.com/January+2008+-+FETC email.hidden@example.com (Robert Jackson) Robert Jackson edited January 2008 - FETC The Amazing Math Toolbox for Teachers - (Bob Jackson)
Presented by Ian Pretz. This presentation targeted technology and math for struggling students and students with disabilities. Teachers will find technology solutions to help students succeed in math. I found the following online tool helpful in solving math problems, showingstep by step solutions. General math through calculus.www.webmath.com
The Digetal Age:Teaching and Learning for Tommorrow Today- (Bob Jackson)
Presented by Mark Benno. Businesses today are looking for students who can do much more than physical labor or data crunching. To meet the needs of tomorrow's businesses, they need to be able to manipulate multimedia tools and the internet. Technology is"native" to them. As educators, we need to adapt our instructional approach to meet their needs. My students are wired differently compared to me.I have a digital "accent", I speak a different language then my students. I speak in terms of "taping" a pr]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:45:42 +0000 mod January 2008 - FETC http://lorenzowalkerplcs.pbwiki.com/January+2008+-+FETC email.hidden@example.com (Robert Jackson) Robert Jackson edited January 2008 - FETC The filmmakers examine the everyday lives, pressures, and ambitions of six high school studentsin three countries: China, India, and the United States. I attended with Bob Jackson(see his comments). WOW! It is stated:"The battle for America's economic future isn't being fought by our government. It's being fought by our kids". Upon completion of the 8th grade our students have just 2 Million Minutes to prepare for college and ultimately a career. The differences in educational opportunities, philosophies andglobal vision are in stark contrast. I was overwhelmed, frightened, yet challenged by the movie. Wish everyone could view and then discuss it.
(Bob Jackson's comments) Are we giving our children the skills needed in the global workforce? You make the call after viewing thismovie. Compare students in 30 industrialized countries, American 15 year olds rank 25th in math and 21st in science. Two-thirds of the new jobs being created in today's economy require higher education or advanced training, ]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:51:21 +0000 mod January 2008 - FETC http://lorenzowalkerplcs.pbwiki.com/January+2008+-+FETC email.hidden@example.com (Robert Jackson) Robert Jackson edited January 2008 - FETC Presented by Robert A. Compton (www.2Minutes.com) (www.EDin08.com)
The filmmakers examine the everyday lives, pressures, and ambitions of six high school studentsin three countries: China, India, and the United States. I attended with Bob Jackson(see his comments). WOW! It is stated:"The battle for America's economic future isn't being fought by our government. It's being fought by our kids". Upon completion of the 8th grade our students have just 2 Million Minutes to prepare for college and ultimately a career. The differences in educational opportunities, philosophies andglobal vision are in stark contrast. I was overwhelmed, frightened, yet challenged by the movie. Wish everyone could view and then discuss it.
(Bob Jackson's comments) Are we giving our children the skills needed in the global workforce? You make the call after viewing thismovie. Compare students in 30 industrialized countries, American 15 year olds rank 25th in math and 21st in science. Two-thirds of the new jobs being]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:18:35 +0000 mod January 2008 - FETC http://lorenzowalkerplcs.pbwiki.com/January+2008+-+FETC email.hidden@example.com (khris) khris edited January 2008 - FETC Digital Media Tools for Bilingual and English Language Learners-(G. Somoza)
Arturo Guajardo (aguajard@austinsd.org) gave a very enlightning presentation on how to maximize learning for Bilingual and ELL students using the digital media tools available online. His presentation can be viewed at-http://eduese.pbwiki.com/FETC
I (Khris) also attended this meeting. It was very excited because I am dealing with two class of English Learners. I got a lot out of this session. One- I now understand that it is important to have an understanding of the Knowledge that the student has in his or her first language. In order to continue to teach them, I must understand what they know or do not know in their native language. Second- I learned sadly that a lot of students who speak another language besides English fall between the cracks. They may have a special learning need that is not made apparent until months or even years at a school. Third- I learned that when student are presenting their work to a larger aud]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:38:24 +0000 mod January 2008 - FETC http://lorenzowalkerplcs.pbwiki.com/January+2008+-+FETC email.hidden@example.com (G. Somoza) G. Somoza edited January 2008 - FETC Florida School Leaders- (Holly Cowburn)
This workshop was presented by Linda Croushorn and Ken Hollingsworth. It is for current school leaders and those in Educational Leadership programs. Because the Principal Leadership standards are more a part of most University programs (in other words the graduation requirements are stricter. You must prove competency in all standards through rigorous development.) The Department of Education has developed an interactive website that Principals and Ed Leadership students can use to access the standards and keep track of what we are doing in our schools or University programs. Almost like a working Resume. I look forward to signing up and working more with this.
Using Technology with Classroom Instruction That Works- (G. Somoza)
Elizabeth Hubbel presented this workshop which bears the title of her book. She has her presentation on a wiki--http://citw.pbwiki.com and also on del.icio.us/ehubbel, for anyone to peruse. The workshop provided an overview of resea]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:04:08 +0000 mod January 2008 - FETC http://lorenzowalkerplcs.pbwiki.com/January+2008+-+FETC email.hidden@example.com (G. Somoza) G. Somoza edited January 2008 - FETC Forget About the Future, It's the Present that Concerns Me (M. Coleman)
David Thornburg has been around for awhile and was challenged by Gary Stager to focus on what's needed/happening now - not in the future. His emphasis is on open source software (http://www.tcpdpodcast.org/oss.html) and he demoed a number of them. I was particularly intrigued with MathTrax (http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/mathtrax/) and Virtual Microscope (http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/vlab/).
(Gracie--"Celestia" navigation software. Enjoyed the innovative/creative approaches and all the free sites/software available)
Building Learning Communities (M. Coleman)
Alan November is always provocative and his comments make me think - though some describe him as cynical. His focus was to emphasize the fact that the majority of us (demonstrated by use of Promethean response system) believe that students *should* own the learning, but don't...and that our educational system is flawed compared to other countries. He also advo]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:59:31 +0000 mod January 2008 - FETC http://lorenzowalkerplcs.pbwiki.com/January+2008+-+FETC email.hidden@example.com (khris) khris edited January 2008 - FETC Educational Games, Game Dev., Importance of Games in the Classroom- (Bruce Peters)
To keep up with the "video game" generation, manufactures are looking into incorporating major educational standards into standard commercial "off the shelf" games. This will be something teachers can utilize to promote understanding of concepts sometimes to difficult to understand by conventional means. (I can only hope:)
I (Khris) also attended this meeting. I found it very interesting how this new industry is opening up. They are making real looking games that are now educational. I think that would hold the interest of my students and the students of the future.
Florida School Leaders- (Holly Cowburn)
This workshop was presented by Linda Croushorn and Ken Hollingsworth. It is for current school leaders and those in Educational Leadership programs. Because the Principal Leadership standards are more a part of most University programs (in other words the graduation requirements are s]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:56:00 +0000 mod January 2008 - FETC http://lorenzowalkerplcs.pbwiki.com/January+2008+-+FETC email.hidden@example.com (Holly Cowburn) Holly Cowburn edited January 2008 - FETC To keep up with the "video game" generation, manufactures are looking into incorporating major educational standards into standard commercial "off the shelf" games. This will be something teachers can utilize to promote understanding of concepts sometimes to difficult to understand by conventional means. (I can only hope:)
Florida School Leaders- (Holly Cowburn)
workshop was was presented by Linda Croushorn and Ken Hollingsworth. It is for current school leaders and those in Educational Leadership programs. Because the Principal Leadership standards are more a part of most University programs (in oth]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:53:45 +0000 mod January 2008 - FETC http://lorenzowalkerplcs.pbwiki.com/January+2008+-+FETC email.hidden@example.com (Holly Cowburn) Holly Cowburn edited January 2008 - FETC Educational Games, Game Dev., Importance of Games in the Classroom- (Bruce Peters)
To keep up with the "video game" generation, manufactures are looking into incorporating major educational standards into standard commercial "off the shelf" games. This will be something teachers can utilize to promote understanding of concepts sometimes to difficult to understand by conventional means. (I can only hope:)
Florida School Leaders- (Holly Cowburn)
This workshop was
]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:42:01 +0000 mod January 2008 - FETC http://lorenzowalkerplcs.pbwiki.com/January+2008+-+FETC email.hidden@example.com (Bruce) Bruce edited January 2008 - FETC Council on 21st Century Learning (Richard Ponton)
Interesting panel discussion on voter attitudes on technologyu and education and how to marry the two. The only part of the research I found weak was they surveyed 800 people; a relatively small number for a glossy headliner...
Making your own Modern Marvel Video for science- (Bruce Peters)
This was a high school science class that had a year long project on making a video of a particular subject. They had to interview 3 professionals in the field and incorporate them in the video. Not to helpful because I feel we do this all the time here. I knowJackie does a project very similiar as well as
Joann and some others. It made me feel good to sit thereknowingwe do this often in our school.
Storymapping with Google- (Bruce Peters)
I learned about Google story mapping and how I can incorporate this feature in my presentations. For instance, if I'm discussing about a particular animal found in the cloud forests of Costa Rica, the program would ]]> Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:47:54 +0000 mod January 2008 - FETC http://lorenzowalkerplcs.pbwiki.com/January+2008+-+FETC email.hidden@example.com (Richard Ponton) Richard Ponton edited January 2008 - FETC Chris Dede is more research and theoretical in orientation, but he also offers some practical application. The main premise revolved around the question - why do we spend so many resources on summative evaluation (i.e., one high-stakes test at the end of the program) rather than a series of diagnostic/formative assessments that could be done on the front end and actually have a chance to improve skills, knowledge, learning, etc.
Image....Imagination....Integration (M. Coleman)
play. I
I (Richard Ponton) attended this also. I knew much of what he presented but got a great idea to incorporate writing with images. For my assignment right after FETC, I have students taking two images from historical people, and layering them. Then students are writing why they selected each image, as well as the selected 'location' where the two people are 'meeting'.
Cross-Curricular and Across the K-12 World with Google Earth (M. Coleman)
Cindy Lane offered a quick look at some very hands-on]]> Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:13:53 +0000 mod January 2008 - FETC http://lorenzowalkerplcs.pbwiki.com/January+2008+-+FETC email.hidden@example.com (Richard Ponton) Richard Ponton edited January 2008 - FETC Chris Dede is more research and theoretical in orientation, but he also offers some practical application. The main premise revolved around the question - why do we spend so many resources on summative evaluation (i.e., one high-stakes test at the end of the program) rather than a series of diagnostic/formative assessments that could be done on the front end and actually have a chance to improve skills, knowledge, learning, etc.
Image....Imagination....Integration (M. Coleman)
for play. play. I (Richard Ponton) attended this also. I knew much of what he presented but got a great idea to incorporate writing with images. For my assignment right after FETC, I<]]> Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:03:03 +0000 mod January 2008 - FETC http://lorenzowalkerplcs.pbwiki.com/January+2008+-+FETC email.hidden@example.com (M Coleman) M Coleman edited January 2008 - FETC Chris Dede is more research and theoretical in orientation, but he also offers some practical application. The main premise revolved around the question - why do we spend so many resources on summative evaluation (i.e., one high-stakes test at the end of the program) rather than a series of diagnostic/formative assessments that could be done on the front end and actually have a chance to improve skills, knowledge, learning, etc.
Image....Imagination....Integration (M. Coleman)
Adobe Premiere Photoshop Elements) for the purpose of usefulness and practicality, as well as to enhance dramatically and imaginatively. The integration ideas included a software program being piloted by Clemson University for digital writing using photographs as the writing prompt. The presentation was very interesting but would probably be better served in a longer workshop setting where hands-on time would allow for play.
Cross-Curricular and Across the K-12 World with Google Earth (M. Coleman)
Cind]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:23:31 +0000 mod January 2008 - FETC http://lorenzowalkerplcs.pbwiki.com/January+2008+-+FETC email.hidden@example.com (M Coleman) M Coleman edited January 2008 - FETC Joanne Barrett is the Tech Coordinator for Out-of-Door Academy, a private school in Sarasota. She provided some reasearch about the use of laptops in classrooms and then posited the concerns of social networking. Unfortunately, I found her 'scare tactics' regarding digital citizentry and internet safety to be ineffective and inappropriate in this day and age. It would be difficult to advocate for online learning when one doesn't even bank online due to the fact that "nothing is safe in the world wide web."
New Strategies for Educational Assessment (M. Coleman)
Chris Dede Dede is more research and theoretical in orientation, but he also offers some practical application. The main premise revolved around the question - why Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:19:56 +0000 mod January 2008 - FETC http://lorenzowalkerplcs.pbwiki.com/January+2008+-+FETC email.hidden@example.com (M Coleman) M Coleman edited January 2008 - FETC Jeanine Gendron and other educators from Broward County shared their class-/school-wide initiatives in selected schools to increase success. Their focus is interdisciplinary and project-based learning with access to many web tools. The program, called GLIDES, was supported by grant funds and a re-prioritization of district resources. Their web page (be sure to Student Projects link and FETC presentation pdf for more information) is a comprehensive look of project (http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/it/glides/)
It's Different! Learning Through Networked Communities (M. Coleman)
constructivist) learning. learning. This presentation was UStreamed to the Lorenzo Walker Management Team meeting to share the content and the mechanism for sharing. Since this]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:35:23 +0000 mod January 2008 - FETC http://lorenzowalkerplcs.pbwiki.com/January+2008+-+FETC email.hidden@example.com (M Coleman) M Coleman edited January 2008 - FETC Forget About the Future, It's the Present that Concerns Me (M. Coleman)
David Thornburg has been around for awhile and was challenged by Gary Stager to focus on what's needed/happening now - not in the future. His emphasis is on open source software (http://www.tcpdpodcast.org/oss.html) and he demoed a number of them. I was particularly intrigued with MathTrax (http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/mathtrax/) and Virtual Microscope (http://learn.arc.nasa.gov/vlab/).
Building Learning Communities (M. Coleman)
Alan November is always provocative and his comments make me think - though some describe him as cynical. His focus was to emphasize the fact that the majority of us (demonstrated by use of Promethean response system) believe that students *should* own the learning, but don't...and that our educational system is flawed compared to other countries. He also advocated for connections beyond the classroom walls, especially web 2.0 tools such as blogs, wikis, etc. It would be great to have a team participate]]> Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:42:48 +0000 mod January 2008 - FETC http://lorenzowalkerplcs.pbwiki.com/January+2008+-+FETC email.hidden@example.com (M Coleman) M Coleman added January 2008 - FETC

FETC


January 23-25, 2008


 


Sessions


 


Get A MUVE On:  The Power of Synchronous Online Environments (M. Coleman)


Kathy Schrock did an excellent presentation on multi-user virtual environments as a platform for professional development and classroom learning, with emphasis on Second Life and Teen Grid.  I am no longer a "newbie" in Second Life (though still a beginner) so if you want assistance in creating an account and venturing into a whole new world, let me know!  In addition, we have two books about Second Life in the library.


 


Forget About the Future, It's the Present that Concerns Me (M. Coleman)


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