We currently have the following presentations planned for Friday and Saturday's conference:
Pre-Session: Building a Personal Learning Network
This concept of a PLN has been around for many years. What has changed in recent years though is the reach, the size and the availability of that network.
From your colleagues in the building you work in, a cherished personal mentor, professional development opportunities offered sporadically throughout the year, conferences and college credit classes taken for re-certification to blogs, RSS feeds, Twitter, Nings, and Skype among others.
Learn how to be in charge of your own Professional Development, connect to learning opportunities around the world, and about tools that enable you to make a 21st century Learning Network possible.
This session will explore Twitter as an example for building a PLN.
Keynote: The NOW Literacies Through the Lens of Sharing
Looking at the “Now” literacies, , including digital, media and global literacy, we are preparing students for a time when what they know is not as important, in comparison, to what they can do with what they know. We are becoming a society where consumers have become producers and increasingly are required to being contributors. How does this translate into the classroom? What does this mean in terms of professional development and continued learning for teachers? How do we become leaders in the NEW literacies and make them NOW literacies in our schools?
We will be looking at these NOW literacies through the lens of SHARING. How can we use the power of networks to raise awareness and support our students in experiencing these skills? What would happen to the network and amplification if no one shared?
Breakout Session 1: How To Get Started: Collaborating Among Schools
The talk about modern literacies… about becoming a globally connected educator… and having your students collaborate with peers from around the world is great…. BUT how do you actually DO it? I will be elaborating on the keynote of the morning and specifically look at steps you can take to make it happen. We will be looking at plenty of examples of collaborative learning in and out of the classroom.
Breakout Session 2: Mirando alrededor: Aprendiendo en un mundo nuevo
El mundo en que vivimos ha cambiado! Will Richardson, un guru del mundo educativo exclamó: “ Si ustedes no se sientan un poquito incómodo de ser un docente o estar en ámbito educativo, entonces no están prestando atención."
Trabajando en una escuela y en educación, a veces nos pone en una burbuja, lejos del mundo real. Tenemos un microorganismo como funcionan las cosas. El mundo educativo no ha cambiado en mucho tiempo. Los padres esperan que sus hijos serán educados de una forma similar a ellos. ¿Porqué no? Fue una education buena para ellos.
Los invito a tomar otra mirada al mundo alrededor de nosotros que esta cambiando de una forma impresionante, sin forma de comparar. ¿Cómo preparamos a nuestros hijos y estudiantes para un futuro en este mundo?
This concept of a PLN has been around for many years. What has changed in recent years though is the reach, the size and the availability of that network.
From your colleagues in the building you work in, a cherished personal mentor, professional development opportunities offered sporadically throughout the year, conferences and college credit classes taken for re-certification to blogs, RSS feeds, Twitter, Nings, and Skype among others.
Learn how to be in charge of your own Professional Development, connect to learning opportunities around the world, and about tools that enable you to make a 21st century Learning Network possible.
This session will explore Twitter as an example for building a PLN.
Keynote: The NOW Literacies Through the Lens of Sharing
Looking at the “Now” literacies, , including digital, media and global literacy, we are preparing students for a time when what they know is not as important, in comparison, to what they can do with what they know. We are becoming a society where consumers have become producers and increasingly are required to being contributors. How does this translate into the classroom? What does this mean in terms of professional development and continued learning for teachers? How do we become leaders in the NEW literacies and make them NOW literacies in our schools?
We will be looking at these NOW literacies through the lens of SHARING. How can we use the power of networks to raise awareness and support our students in experiencing these skills? What would happen to the network and amplification if no one shared?
Breakout Session 1: How To Get Started: Collaborating Among Schools
The talk about modern literacies… about becoming a globally connected educator… and having your students collaborate with peers from around the world is great…. BUT how do you actually DO it? I will be elaborating on the keynote of the morning and specifically look at steps you can take to make it happen. We will be looking at plenty of examples of collaborative learning in and out of the classroom.
Breakout Session 2: Mirando alrededor: Aprendiendo en un mundo nuevo
El mundo en que vivimos ha cambiado! Will Richardson, un guru del mundo educativo exclamó: “ Si ustedes no se sientan un poquito incómodo de ser un docente o estar en ámbito educativo, entonces no están prestando atención."
Trabajando en una escuela y en educación, a veces nos pone en una burbuja, lejos del mundo real. Tenemos un microorganismo como funcionan las cosas. El mundo educativo no ha cambiado en mucho tiempo. Los padres esperan que sus hijos serán educados de una forma similar a ellos. ¿Porqué no? Fue una education buena para ellos.
Los invito a tomar otra mirada al mundo alrededor de nosotros que esta cambiando de una forma impresionante, sin forma de comparar. ¿Cómo preparamos a nuestros hijos y estudiantes para un futuro en este mundo?