BLC16

OneNote is a powerful tool to organize and deliver lessons as well as engage and organize students in a simple and effective way. This session will look at the power of OneNote, how it used in classrooms and how the Learning Tools help both general and special education students access their learning.

Global Communication and Collaboration in the Classroom with Skype

Open students’ eyes to the global ramifications of technology by using Skype to communicate and collaborate with anyone, anywhere in the world. Have a book talk with an author; experience the challenges faced by explorers; virtually visit national and global parks and landmarks; Mystery Skype with classrooms and learn about other cultures and geography.

Research offers insights for working with diverse populations in education. There are theories in motivation and research methods, technology and case studies. Experience the story of how research in practice changed the way student voice shaped learning design, impacted preschoolers, formed identity, and helped at-risk youth find purpose in education. You'll get to try out  Poetic Transcriptions, experience digital ink, and collaboratively co-authoring Sway based on your own student artifacts you can access or bring with you or practice with artifacts provided. Sway works on any device and is easy to create with a mobile device. Look at ways of telling your own experiential learning, story, cross-age mentoring, and cross-country collaboration to share how your work creates bridges across domains and people. See how Sway can become a tool for amplifying voice, co-authoring, and creating digital portfolios.

In this workshop, participants will learn about, and practice, six dimensions that white boarding and screencasting tools can be used in support of instruction, feedback, knowledge building, and assessment of learning. These dimensions are: synchronous instruction and feedback, a synchronous instruction and feedback, instructor-drive template creation, student note taking, student-driven tutorial production, and student work with templates. By exploring these 6 dimensions, participants will have a better understanding of how dynamic, multimedia tools can  help people communicate thinking and better understand each other.

Embracing and implementing technology initiatives requires change. Effective school leaders are using the power of coaching to craft and communicate a vision for digital learning and managing change.

Coaching unlocks individual potential and maximizes performance while inspiring others to become solution-minded. When faculty and staff are fully engaged, they more readily embrace challenges, take risks and collaborate for more significant results.

Coaching results in:

·      increased leadership engagement and competency
·      the establishment of practices to remove barriers in achieving the vision (sometimes you may be the #1 obstacle!)
·      more meaningful, engaging conversations
·      keeping teachers’ connected to their passions
·      growing a vibrant growth-focused culture  
·      ensuring the buy-in of stakeholders
·      increased life-work balance

In this session school leaders will become familiar with basic coaching skills such as intuitive listening, reframing, clarifying, and scaling as well as tools and principles to live by and lead by.

Global Communication and Collaboration in the Classroom with Skype

Open students’ eyes to the global ramifications of technology by using Skype to communicate and collaborate with anyone, anywhere in the world. Have a book talk with an author; experience the challenges faced by explorers; virtually visit national and global parks and landmarks; Mystery Skype with classrooms and learn about other cultures and geography.

Embracing and implementing technology initiatives requires change. Effective school leaders are using the power of coaching to craft and communicate a vision for digital learning and managing change.

Coaching unlocks individual potential and maximizes performance while inspiring others to become solution-minded. When faculty and staff are fully engaged, they more readily embrace challenges, take risks and collaborate for more significant results.

Coaching results in:

·      increased leadership engagement and competency
·      the establishment of practices to remove barriers in achieving the vision (sometimes you may be the #1 obstacle!)
·      more meaningful, engaging conversations
·      keeping teachers’ connected to their passions
·      growing a vibrant growth-focused culture   
·      ensuring the buy-in of stakeholders
·      increased life-work balance

In this session school leaders will become familiar with basic coaching skills such as intuitive listening, reframing, clarifying, and scaling as well as tools and principles to live by and lead by.