1. You need an internet
connected device for
today’s session
2. How
Do Students Learn in Your School?
Tim Holt
Executive Director of Blended Learning
holtthink.tumblr.com
@timholt2007
EPISD
3.
4. Agenda
• Welcome
• Social Media and Learning:
• PikaFlickr
• Twitter / Twitter Picture #AISDLearn
• First Twitter Challenge: #whyIteach
• The Challenges of Social Media with Students
• Learning Spaces
• Cardboard Chair Challenge
• Learning Spaces
• The Role of Learning Spaces in Learning
5. Agenda
• The Digital Learning Space/Blended Learning
• The Active Learning Quadrant
• 60 Sites in 60 minutes
Google Drive: bit.ly/22wMMem #AISDlearns
21. I don’t …
• tweet, facebook, blog, wiki, do that social media
“stuff.”
• have time for “that stuff.”
• do it because “That is for the kids.”
• do Facebook because I could get into trouble
Google Drive: bit.ly/22wMMem #AISDlearns
22.
23. • If you never drive a car, you wont get in an
accident.
• If you don't own a gun you will never get shot
• If you don't eat, you wont choke to death
• If you don't swim, you will never drown
• If you don't play, you will never lose
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24. The Dangers
0 People killed over ten years by medical treatment (death by M
30,000 people killed each year in US by Automobiles
1 out of every 3700 people will die from choking on food
Google Drive: bit.ly/22wMMem #AISDlearns
28. • In your groups go to the Google Drive Folder:
Social Media Articles
• Pick one as a group.
• Read.
• Discuss the implications.
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34. Let’s Talk About Twitter
• #Texedchat
• #Txedchat
• #Edtechchat
• #TCEA
• #powerupepisd
Google Drive: bit.ly/22wMMem #AISDlearns
35. Twitter Activity
Log into twitter.com and create an account.
On a piece of paper, in the lower left put #Whyiteach
Complete the sentence:
“I teach because…”
Post on Twitter with the hashtags
#whyIteach and #aisdlearns
38. High Cognition
Low Activity
High Cognition
High Activity
Low Cognition
High Activity
Low Cognition
Low Activity
Cognition
HOTS
Activity
39. High Cognition
Low Activity
High Cognition
High Activity
Low Cognition
High Activity
Low Cognition
Low Activity
Cognition
Activity
40. High Cognition
Low Activity
High Cognition
High Activity
Low Cognition
High Activity
Low Cognition
Low Activity
Cognition
Activity
41. High Cognition
Low Activity
High Cognition
High Activity
Low Cognition
High Activity
Low Cognition
Low Activity
Cognition
Activity
42. High Cognition
Low Activity
High Cognition
High Activity
Low Cognition
High Activity
Low Cognition
Low Activity
Cognition
Activity
43. High Cognition
Low Activity
High Cognition
High Activity
Low Cognition
High Activity
Low Cognition
Low Activity
Cognition
Activity
44. Let’s Look at what we have done so far…
• Welcome / Message
• Be More Dog
• PechaFlickr
• AISD Handbook
• Pro and Cons of
Social Media
• Twitter/ #whyiteach
Mark where each goes in
your quadrant chart…
46. Cardboard Chair
Group:
2 Builders
1 Designer
1/2 Recorder/Social Media Expert
1 Timer/Material Gatherer
Google Drive: bit.ly/22wMMem #AISDlearns
47. Cardboard Chair
s, box cutters, roofing nails, document fasteners) design and b
30 Minutes
Extended Challenge: Can your chair hold two people?
Twitter Challenge: Tweet your progress with photos:
Before, during, after
#AISDLearns
All chairs publicly displayed outside of library
Google Drive: bit.ly/22wMMem #AISDlearns
49. Classroom Spaces
• What did you notice about the way you used the
space to create your chair?
• Did any of you immediately go to the web to
figure out how others have done it?
• What else did you notice about your group’s
behavior?
Google Drive: bit.ly/22wMMem #AISDlearns
50.
51. Video
The Case for Space
This video makes the
argument
that the learning space is as
important as the learning
itself.
Let’s talk about that before
watching.
Google Drive: bit.ly/22wMMem #AISDlearns
53. High Cognition
Low Activity
High Cognition
High Activity
Low Cognition
High Activity
Low Cognition
Low Activity
Levels
of
Cognition
Levels of Activity
54.
55. –Courtney Cislo 5th grade teacher
“You can have the best lesson and read the
most intriguing stories, but if you’ve lost your
students, your wonderful lesson wasn’t as
wonderful as you had hoped. For me that was
a huge wake-up call, that one math lesson
where I looked up from the overhead and
realized no one was with me. See, in my
head, it was going great. But it was going
great for me, not for them.”
56. Quadrant Examples
• Look at the videos assigned to your group.
• Use the quadrant to make an X during each part
of the lesson.
• Write what the teachers/students were doing and
approx. how much time was spent
Google Drive: bit.ly/22wMMem #AISDlearns
Editor's Notes
Random name Picker
http://www.classtools.net/random-name-picker/66_M49Ykc
You need the teachers names in a list for a random calling
today I am going to challenge you to come out of your comfort zone. We have a safe place here. We are all family We are all on the same team. We all are working on the same goal. So if someone falls behind, or gets uncomfortable, I need the team to help them out.
https://youtu.be/LB8dD9c5AgA
Get out of your comfort zones
Try new things
Go to the Google Drive and Download Employeehandbook AISD 40-42
Read those three pages
http://pechaflickr.net
Teacher of the year gets to go first.
Everyone must create a twitter account. Even if you NEVER use it again. you need to use it today.
Once you create a twitter account, team up with ONE person, go take a selfie and post it to Twitter.
Post with the hashtag #AISDlearns
http://www.tweetbeam.com
http://cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html
What is going on here?
What is going on here?
What is going on here?
What is going on here?
What is causing us to become “anti social?” Is it the device?
What is going on here?
We do these things without thinking about the dangers. Yet some of us still stay away from Social media because of perceived “dangers”
Comments?
Do this before going on to the articles:
On a white board post the pros and cons to using social media
In your group think of ten pros of using social media
ten cons of using social media
Articles that show teachers getting into trouble with social media
Even Number groups go here : Five minutes
Pick a spokesperson
Odd number groups study this: 5 minutes. Pick a spokesperson
Hand out a list of education hashtags on Google Docs
http://www.teachthought.com/twitter-hashtags-for-teacher/
Speak Up Survey results 2014
How does this work?
How does this work?
Low Cognition, Low Activity
Low HOTS thinking, no movement or interest or participation
Examples?
How does this work?
Not a lot of thinking , but a lot of activity
Examples?
How does this work?
Lots of hots , but little activity
Examples?
How does this work?
Lots of thinking , Lots of activity
Examples?
Be able to explain your reasons for putting it there
Please move into groups in 1 minute. When the music stops you need to be in your group.
Builders: Responsible for constructing project
Designer: Helps in design and research on how to construct
Recorder: Documents the process and posts on Twitter #AISDLearns
Timer: Makes sure that team stays on task and completes in allowed time
Roles may change during the course of the
Group talk: Communicator reports out
Random Groups:
http://www.classtools.net/random-name-picker/6_jHKbX5
Active Learning Spaces https://youtu.be/r6vOMnxGc2g
Make this an active learning lesson:
Every 3 minutes stop and ask what was being said
Lets look at the chair activity: Where would you place it on the quadrant?
Science Lesson https://youtu.be/tOWYMCmx_0c
Elem Classroom https://youtu.be/jzq-kuyhiqs
Elem Root Words https://youtu.be/tAz7TD02ytU
Elem Adjective Lesson : https://youtu.be/HfWqRvrYfAQ?list=PLkGXU5wmigfBL_R_XZuoctxR95g3dedJP
http://www.teachereffectivenessandevaluation.com/#!observations/c83m
HS History lesson: https://youtu.be/V4sj-ovibo8
MS Math: https://youtu.be/QxLFTvodBBI
https://teachfortexas.org/Navigation/CalibrationVideos/ViewVideos/tabid/1221/Default.aspx