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ScreenCastify Google Chrome Extension - Teacher Narrates the selected text. Teacher then creates an EdPuzzle to check for comprehension.

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TIES Presentation - Close and Active Reading with Tech

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Close and Active Reading Strategies Using Technology https://goo.gl/Yh3awT

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Tech Innovation One Student Big Change Mark Garrison

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Tech Innovation One Student Big Change Mark Garrison

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That's How I Got to Memphis #goodsong #you'lllikeit
Tech hasn't transformed how his kids work in the classroom, it IS how his kids word in the classroom

grammarly app for phone - repliability meter

Moore's Law of Diffusion of Innovation - tipping point at 16% of buy-in and act on... data shows it's working: 76% of students reporting they're using computers everyday, 90% teachers believe tech enhances learning, etc...

67% of teachers at WBL getting all PD in house - yikes... PD better be good... I wonder how this compares to other districts...

WBL uses ChromeBooks, AcerSomeNumber - he likes them... Hmmm...

Kids have library cards with Ramsey County - has been a game changer for digital materials... LIBRARIESCHANGELIVES. True story. (:

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SAMR needs to move from Tech-Driven to Learning-driven.

Curriculum is what we teach, Technology Frameworks is how we deliver the learning.

3-year build process -

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Beyond SAMR Ladders & Pools: A Framework for Teaching & Learning: Dave Eisenmann

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6 word story with image
Fun to share
Use image editor if desired - there are lots, pic collage, etc.
Can be a brain break?
Scaffold with sticky notes or other entry point
Vision for your life
What words didn't you use? Why?
Google a Day
101 Questions - Dan Meyer
The Daily Create
The Daily Shoot
SOS strategies - any grade level, any content

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Full immersion - schools say they don't hit every standard, but their kids (regardless of SES) outscore other schools on high stakes tests...
Lots of options:
20% time
Innovation Week
Half Day
Immerson

ways to approach:
value added units
inquiry driven
teacher dictated
student driven

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PechaFlickr - GREAT for a 5-minute FUN/JOY session to follow-up on PechaKucha presentations in LA 10.  Follow up on this , Joe.

Consider assessing creativity - maybe creative ability progress?
Creativity is a Muscle.  Duh.

Creative exercises need to be streamlined, maybe low-tech, clean, REPEATABLE!

Six-word story - repeatable, fun, did it on phone!   - If you're not first, you're LAST!

I like this guy's affect.

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Create Tags for bookmarks - put it up against Diigo

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Consider addressing this between LA and Social Studies - We don't write 5-paragraph essays any more.

Sometimes you need to let some of your content go in order to gain more...

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Ask him for this - supposed to be in Saturday session

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$2000 budget - tshirts, signs, lumber for stage, curtains for media center, lunch, tripods, subscription to Weebly, headphones...
Can charge admission if you wish
Sponsorships... Can accept up to $10K, in-kind donations do not count
Can be done for very little...
Free encoder - open broadcast something (live streamed with YouTube)
FULL dress rehearsal a few days prior
7,000 views for an 8th grade girl's talk
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gHk2tFcsLAg_jAiD7lQ65VPYGsrlfCtGH9UCJFTA_cc/edit#slide=id.p
Tedxdeperemiddleschool.com.
Don't set a number on speakers... See what quality looks like first...

A lot of work... but worthwhile.. giving students opportunity to speak about passions... So many right answers...
Limited to 100 tickets/attendees
Recolive Multicam app - $5, worth it

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Pushing Change - 10 things that need unsettling

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Pushing Change - 10 things that need unsettling

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What's wrong with Social Studies Education?

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What's wrong with Social Studies Education?

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multiple choice
Not as valued by others since its not MCA tested
Need more interaction
Need more interaction
Focus on broad vs deep knowledge
Not a lot of direction with curriculum in the district
standards
read and report back to me
Social has to take a back seat to tested areas. No time for it anymore.
Overly reliance on outdated textbooks
Too broad.
We are teaching with an old model. To much lecture based and not enough discovery
Time and support from administration.
Lack of importance
Lack of importance
A 1994 VHS mentality
Lack of social studies in elementary levels...makes it hard to teach middle school social studies with students not having a lot of background in social studies
It becomes an afterthought (after MCA-tested subjects)
Students want yes/no answers
lack of facts in discussion
Not as valued
Students do not care, uninspired and do not realize significance of class
Standards too limited and not always culturally relevant
Too many possibilities and not enough solutions.
No time since everything is about testing.
Too many possibilities and not enough solutions.
Standards too limited and not always culturally relevant
Not always time to fit it in.
too much information can create confusion
Apathy
Too many possibilities and not enough solutions.
favorite" subjects are taught and others overlooked.
Not considered an important subject by many
Not enough non-fiction in the elementary
not a high elementary priority with emphasis on math and reading MCAs
Not valued because its not tested
Antiquated ideas. Reliance on the wrong materials. Textbooks.
Lack of background knowledge in our students.
Need more creative ways to incorporate technology.
Dont teach it in K-4 anymore
it is less important to the powers that be" so it is almost gone at lower levels and it being cut down at higher levels
Lack of cohesive curriculum/direction because it isnt focused on due to no MCA testing
Too much time spent on dated history at the sacrifice of modern/relevant topics.
administrators make social stuides department do everything, effects teaching/learning time
Students in elementary are often pulled for IEP service times during social studies
Taking a back seat to other content areas. Less valued. Cover everything instead of teaching kids to think and go deep.
The apathy of a few teachers is toxic for the department I serve as ITS. Change is resisted by only a few
Not enough time given to the content. Example, cover 5000B.C.E-1760A.D.E in one semester.

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What's right with Social Studies Education?

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What's right with Social Studies Education?

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Real-life application
Current events
The people and the passion they have for it.
Creating a global awareness
Sharing opinions and discussing
Online resources and primary sources
Good over evil.
More access to primary sources
discussion
focus on critical thinking
Providing the facts and letting students draw conclusions for themselves.
Teachers that are working to fix' and improve.
collaboration, experiential learning, in house field trips
access to limited resources
Discussions within the classroom are valuable
IT IS NOT STATE TESTED! NO MCAs
Connections between whats happening right now and the past.
Students can debate and think critically about whats going on in our world today.
Teachers trying new things to reach more students.
More emphasis on getting it right
Open Discussion
The interest in current events!
Kids posing challenging questions and thinking about why the world is the way it is today.
Creativity and collaboration
Teach has allowed us to virtually visit some places we study
Flocabulary US history raps
collaboration and problem solving
Researching and discussion.
Students are more easily engaged in real world examples.
Collaboration
I am teaching history backwards, starting with the current and working our way backwards. My 7th graders finally engage history since we start with something they were a part of !
Passionate teachers who bring energy and joy to students
Thank God for technology
Google maps activities
Access to a variety of sources.
Connecting the past to the present
Better access to curriculum, real-world connections
interactive
High interest in global events.
Class discussions on controversial " issues. The gray areas!
personalized learning
Cause and effect analysis
Making connections between students and the real world"
Its about story and significance to life!
Focus on equity and factual information
Some of my teachers are willing to try integrations, and they see the seriousness of these times.
Students

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Cory Klinge - We Broke Social Studies...

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Cory Klinge - We Broke Social Studies...

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#1 is Relationships with students - SHS has got that in spades.

Video shared - he highlighted what needs to change with us - what innovation needs to happen with us?

We are in the "Post-Truth" Era.

Addressed the Fake News topic.

LOOK UP DOCTAPUS APP
KORY DID A SESSION ON THIS ON SATURDAY - DIG UP HIS NOTES.

Referenced Trello for project management

California professor challenges any of his kids to show where they've used a 5-paragraph essay in the working world.  Has not paid out the $20 yet:)

MICRO-WRITING

Share (protect names) results of formative assessments with students, and for that matter, share the whole plan with them.

ThingLink

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Social Studies: We Broke It, Let's Fix It

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The Human attention span is 8 seconds.
The Evolution of Communication -

Why does question asking drop off sharply at age 3?

Bring student desks in for school board meeting.  Give everyone perspective on this.

Graphic on the idle brain from Illinois university on the effects of the idle body on the brain.

How are your students getting content?  Consuming or Creating it?

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Brad Gustafson - Keynote speech, shared 10 epic fails as an administrator.  More inspirational than pragmatic.

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Today's students must be prepared to thrive in a constantly evolving technological landscape. The ISTE Standards for Students are designed to empower student voice and ensure that learning is a student-driven process. Connect with other educators in the ISTE Standards Community and learn how to use the standards in the classroom with the ISTE Standards for Students .

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Today's students must be prepared to thrive in a constantly evolving technological landscape. The ISTE Standards for Students are designed to empower student voice and ensure that learning is a student-driven process. Connect with other educators in the ISTE Standards Community and learn how to use the standards in the classroom with the ISTE Standards for Students .

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Fung Shui to Engage Learners - Kim Horst

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Fung Shui to Engage Learners - Kim Horst

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Check out Randy Field

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Nick Proud

Steps -

1. Paint a Picture in your Mind.  "Every Person who aspires must first sell themselves hope, the promise of a better life."  -Uell Stanley Anderson

1. How can we communicate the perfect picture?

2. Create a Motto or a Slogan -

1. Elementary kids actually created a chant they start each day with

3.  Make Promises

1. Nick considers these to be most important and essential.

2. MAKE THEM PUBLIC

4. Promote Like Crazy

1. Put in on SWAG!

1. pens, water bottles, T-shirts

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Dude is #JackedUp.  Maybe too much?  Maybe its what his 85% "Polar Bear" staff needed to shift.
"Compass Mindset" - Knowing what you want your school/classroom/students to look like.  Keeping your eyes on the prize.

EMINENCE BELIEFS

1. Surprise and Delights - what do you do that is unique? What do you do that is extra? - Echoing Dean Shareski’s “Unfair Advantage.”

2. Start to think differently

"Kids love to choose."

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How To Set Your School on F.I.R.E.!: Buddy Berry

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http://bit.ly/VanFenTies
*ISTE change in standards
97' Learning to Use Technology 2007 - Using Technology to Learn - 2016 Transforming Learning with Technology - Isn't this actually compounded?  Thus the challenge?  Maybe it is at least down-streamed to younger ages.

I need to look at how I am archiving/documenting what I find on the web so that I can share it.  Digital hoarding or continuity?
Nancy uses Diigo...

Assessment notes - Authentic assessment means to move alongside the student and provide them feedback.   I think I disagree with not grading it all - to this extent:  If it is not worth grading, why are you assigning it in the first place?  I think we agree on this topic, but I get confused with it by teachers who do grade everything they assign, but the motivation behind learning it is points, not purpose.

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Technology Infused Ideas for Learning-Centered Classrooms http://bit.ly/VanFenTies TIES Resources Page Put tabs up - 2 padlets, spreadsheet, ties resource page, Haiku Deck, LiveBinder, Angie's site, etc.

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Photo-zooms during presentation to reset/re-focus/shift attention are simple and unique.
Dude seems relaxed and he is wearing coral pants.  Super-approachable.

"Music builds instant community"  - Billy Joel - referenced singing for singing's sake.  Power of doing something collectively.

LipDubs - Mylee example of Party in the USA -
Rationale to justify this video:
Education doesn't have to taste aweful in order to work - #BuckleysCoughSyrup

He later used this model to create a retiree video for a staff member that had the montra "Suck it up, buttercup."

Happiness peaks at $75,000.  Depression in developed countries is 8X greater.  Wow.

4-year olds laugh 400X per day.  40-year olds laugh 4x per day.  Wow.

Live in constant wonder -
In the world we live in, Wonder can be difficult to find.  It is easy to access many answers, and when we do this we can mess up a great learning opportunity.

HOWEVER, do we need to audit what we expect kids to wonder about?  Maybe we can push towards those things that don't have one easy answer.

Dean - "Are you creating opportunity and space to wonder"
"Is your classroom a delightful place?"
"Adults need to have fun so children will want to grow up"
"Busy is not a badge of honor."
Amina Zafar - CBC - stress management of adults.

True happiness is to enjoy the present without an anxious anticipation of the future.

Why do we need to keep these management techniques on the DL?

"Teachers, find and use your unfair advantage."  What is your Schtick?
What is it that you do that is unique.