This document discusses how Web 2.0 technologies can be used to transform learning in Birdville Independent School District (BISD). It notes that the skills needed in the 21st century, like creativity and collaboration, are better supported by Web 2.0 tools. BISD has embraced various social media like YouTube, blogs, wikis and Facebook to encourage student engagement and customizable learning. This represents a shift to a more student-centered paradigm where learning is a social and collaborative process. The document outlines several successful Web 2.0 initiatives in BISD classrooms and argues that harnessing these technologies is key to remaining relevant and meeting the needs of today's students.
Digital citizenship: A global perspectiveJulie Lindsay
Webinar presented March 2014 - to focus on how to move digital citizenship ideas and actions from local to global. The recording of this 1-hour webinar is here: https://www.fuzemeeting.com/replay_meeting/06881587/5999043
7 Steps to Flatten Your Classroom #tic13 June 2013Vicki Davis
How can you connect your classroom with the word? Based upon her popular book Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds learn how to connect yourself and your students to powerful learning experiences with other classrooms around the world.
Digital citizenship: A global perspectiveJulie Lindsay
Webinar presented March 2014 - to focus on how to move digital citizenship ideas and actions from local to global. The recording of this 1-hour webinar is here: https://www.fuzemeeting.com/replay_meeting/06881587/5999043
7 Steps to Flatten Your Classroom #tic13 June 2013Vicki Davis
How can you connect your classroom with the word? Based upon her popular book Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds learn how to connect yourself and your students to powerful learning experiences with other classrooms around the world.
Developing a Digital Citizenship ProgramCathy Oxley
Promoting responsible Digital Citizenship within the school environment.
Schools have a duty of care to teach students how to behave in responsible and ethical ways when using the internet. A negative online presence can have a profound impact on a student’s learning, and personal and professional life. This looks at ways of helping students create a positive digital footprint and the process for developing a whole school Digital Citizenship program. Includes examples of a wide range of sources schools can use when implementing such a program.
Presentation for Speakers Ink Seminar, August 2012 and Creating Future Libraries Day October 2012
Presentation about digital citizenship and empowering students with reference to Flat Classroom Projects and the Flat Classroom Conference in Qatar January 2009
See http://julielindsay.wikispaces.com/Digiteens+go+Global
Userfarm - Video Production and Video CrowdsourcingBruno Pellegrini
Userfarm introduction to the Social Case History Forum 2014 in Milan (SCHF 2014) with relevant data about video production industry, video marketin strategy and video crowdsourcing solutions.
Developing a Digital Citizenship ProgramCathy Oxley
Promoting responsible Digital Citizenship within the school environment.
Schools have a duty of care to teach students how to behave in responsible and ethical ways when using the internet. A negative online presence can have a profound impact on a student’s learning, and personal and professional life. This looks at ways of helping students create a positive digital footprint and the process for developing a whole school Digital Citizenship program. Includes examples of a wide range of sources schools can use when implementing such a program.
Presentation for Speakers Ink Seminar, August 2012 and Creating Future Libraries Day October 2012
Presentation about digital citizenship and empowering students with reference to Flat Classroom Projects and the Flat Classroom Conference in Qatar January 2009
See http://julielindsay.wikispaces.com/Digiteens+go+Global
Userfarm - Video Production and Video CrowdsourcingBruno Pellegrini
Userfarm introduction to the Social Case History Forum 2014 in Milan (SCHF 2014) with relevant data about video production industry, video marketin strategy and video crowdsourcing solutions.
Apache Cassandra at Videoplaza — Stockholm Cassandra Users — September 2013DataStax Academy
Josh Glover, Software Engineer at Videoplaza, will introduce you to the domain of video advertising and show how Videoplaza uses Apache Cassandra as part of a system that solves the difficult problem of allowing clients to analyse the performance of their advertising campaigns in real-time. Videoplaza needs to aggregate data for tens of thousands of combinations of dimensions and metrics for hundreds of clients from an incoming stream of thousands of requests per second, and do it fast enough so that clients can see trends as they happen.
Introduction to DataStax Enterprise Advanced Replication with Apache CassandraDataStax Academy
DataStax Enterprise Advanced Replication supports one-way distributed data replication from remote database clusters that might experience periods of network or internet downtime. Benefiting use cases that require a 'hub and spoke' architecture.
Learn more at http://www.datastax.com/2016/07/stay-100-connected-with-dse-advanced-replication
Advanced Replication docs – https://docs.datastax.com/en/latest-dse/datastax_enterprise/advRep/advRepTOC.html
Introduction to DataStax Enterprise Graph DatabaseDataStax Academy
DataStax Enterprise (DSE) Graph is a built to manage, analyze, and search highly connected data. DSE Graph, built on NoSQL Apache Cassandra delivers continuous uptime along with predictable performance and scales for modern systems dealing with complex and constantly changing data.
Download DataStax Enterprise: Academy.DataStax.com/Download
Start free training for DataStax Enterprise Graph: Academy.DataStax.com/courses/ds332-datastax-enterprise-graph
Introduction to 21st Century Learning: The Digital Natives are Restless
What is 21st Century learning? Why is it important? Come gain an understanding of the shifting learning literacies that the 21st Century demands and why developing a 21st Century pedagogy is critical to student learning in a digital age. Leave with a sense of urgency for why you should shift your classroom practice toward more engaging approaches.
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
Acetabularia Information For Class 9 .docxvaibhavrinwa19
Acetabularia acetabulum is a single-celled green alga that in its vegetative state is morphologically differentiated into a basal rhizoid and an axially elongated stalk, which bears whorls of branching hairs. The single diploid nucleus resides in the rhizoid.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
1. In a Future TheyCreate… Web 2.0: Balancing the Protection of students for 21st Century Technology and Learning Dr. Stephen Waddell Superintendent of Schools Kelli Montgomery Coordinator of Instructional Technology
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3. “OMG, I CNT BLIEVE WE R REALLY GTTNG 2 TXT HERE!”
4. BYOB (Bring Your Own Device)…YES! Thursday, Feb 10th 9:15 - 10:15 am Karen Teeters, BirdvilleITS CrystenCaviness, Birdville ITS Patrick Johnson, Birdville Technical Support Services Coordinator
5. Daniel Pink Presented to opening session of House and Senate Education Committees - 2009
6. A Whole New Mind…For a Whole New World The Left Brain Abilities Powered the Industrial Age Logical, linear, concrete, sequential Right Brain considered frivolous But, the Right Brain abilitieswill be most important in the Conceptual Age (the 21st Century) Left Brain Abilities PLUS: Inventiveness, Creativity, Empathy, Design, Joyfulness, Meaning, Artistic
7. “The future belongs to a different kind of person. Designers, inventors, teachers, storytellers – creative and empathetic right-brain thinkers.” – Daniel Pink, A Whole New Mind
16. India produces 350,000 engineers a year 48% of GE’s software is developed in India An American computer chip designer makes $7,000 per month- one in India makes $1,000 Left Brain Routine Work Leaving for Asia Where It Can Be Done Cheaper…
29. Focus on Design: “I see us being in the art business. Art, entertainment and mobile sculpture. It just happens to provide transportation.” Bob Lutz, General Motors CEO
36. Tom Peters, “Software is a forklift for the mind.” http://www.bobby-fischer.net/Garry_Kasparov_vs_Deep_Blue_1997_games.html http://kenthomas.us/
37. Conceptual Age Medical Schools - a new curriculum focus on empathy - the patient’s ‘story’ - for better diagnosis and care Yale UCLA Columbia
38. MIT Open Courseware - free materials and resources for HS Teachers and Students
39. iTunes U - hundreds of thousands free lectures, videos, films, and other resources from all over the world iTunes U App for the iPhone or iTouch
40. WolframAlpha- making all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone Khan Academy - a not-for-profit organization with the mission of providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere
41. The Imperative 21st Century Skills: *critical thinking *creativity *communication/ collaboration *content area knowledge
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43. “Foster independent thought, creativity, and learning how to learn, …those are most important things. And at the same time make sure that (education) is rigorous…
44. “The future belongs to those who can recognize patterns, empathize with others, be creative, and provide meaning to peoples’ lives.” -- Daniel Pink
45. Speak Up Results 2010 What are our kids saying? The Digital Divide is Alive and Well – our students are still powering down to go to school and powering up after school to re-enter the digital world. Collaboration - students want to be able to interact and learn from their own personalized network of experts using cutting edge communications and collaboration tools. Anytime/Anyplace - They understand that learning is a 24/7 enterprise and need learning tools and processes that are not tethered to time, place and geographic boundaries.
46. Speak Up Results 2009 What are our kids saying? 4. Web 2.0 Tools for Creativity and Innovation – students recognize from their own experiences growing up immersed in digital media that the best way to drive educational productivity is through the effective use of rich and relevant digital tools, content and resources. 5. New paradigm- Technology is enabling, empowering and engaging these Free Agent Learnersin ways that traditional learning paradigms are not.
59. Opening the Future Transforming Learning Web 2.0 as Social Revolution Web 1.0 was reform We cannot control or sustain this If we do not learn how to use this, we will be obsolete Destructive for Democracy
60. Learning as a Social Function People have always learned best as a social function Cities Agriculture Writing Only a small fraction of human learning has been based on writing Smaller yet, has been the industrial model of schools Haltom High School Library – wix.com
61. Paradigm/Revolution:Web 2.0 in BISD Unblocked YouTube four Years ago Putting my money where my mouth was No controversy More important to provide quality learning than to fear some harm
62. Engagement We cannot mandate engagement The nature of Web 2.0 and its social nature means that people have freedom and choice as to how they learn and create We will lose our customers if we do not harness the power of Web 2.0 and customize learning for learners
63. Factors in Implementation 5th Grade class and BISD Math Teachers Professional Learning blog Driven by need to transform learning, engage learners Collaborative Professional learning Conversations with Community Seizing the opportunities in Web 2.0 Taking Risks No Community Fallout Framing the Question Edomodo.com
64. Leading with Transformative Change Opening Youtube Encouraging Wikis and Blogs Initiating Facebook Other social networking sites Cell/Smart phones for learning Culture of Assimilation It has been taken over by staff, students, and community Elementary Book Study Blog Elementary Class YouTube Channel Principal & Staff Professional Learning blog
65. Paradigm/RevolutionWeb 2.0 in BISD BISD students create videos to teach other students concepts and content area learning. Google Docs forms allow students to peer-review one another’s videos posted on the YouTube class channel Student-created video posted to class YouTube Channel Google Docs form for peer-review feedback
66. Paradigm/Revolution We followed with other social networking sites. Facebook Twitter Wikis, Blogs, UStream, Skype, and other sites Cell phone/Smartphone policy School Facebookpages Class Facebookpages
67. Paradigm/Revolution Binion Elem. School Ustream Announcements Class Twitter Page District Middle Science Ning Student Glog (Glogster)– Novel Analysis BISD Teaching With Wall Wisher
68. BISD Beliefs/Vision/Mission Trusting Relationships Engaging and Encouraging in Meaningful Work Succeeding in a future they create They own their learning Become a partner and designer of their learning Collaborative relationships 5th Grade Science Class Wiki Middle School Student Newspaper blog
69. Paradigm/Revolution Elementary Class Book Study Blog A Culture of Assimilation It has been taken over by staff and students Miss May’s HS Pre AP Math Facebook Class page: News and Video Tutorials Elementary Class YouTube Channel Haltom High School Staff Professional Learning blog
71. Other Birdville ISD TCEA Presentations Wednesday: 12:00 pm – Unleashing Creativity: Web 2.0 Tools for Creativity and Innovation – Randy Rodgers, ITS Thursday: 9:15 am – iEngageiLearn: Using iDevices in the Classroom – Cheryl McKnight, ITS & Jeff Samuelson, ITS Friday: 9:15 am – No Limit Learning. Implementing the Four C’s: Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Creativity + Content – Teresa Lawson, ITS & Barbara Chapman, Teacher 9:15 am – Using Social Networking Sites for Effective Communication with School Stakeholders – Jason Wells, Principal Birdville HS
72. Contact info Dr. Stephen Waddell Birdville ISD: Stephen.waddell@birdvilleschools.netLewisville ISD (after March 1, 2011): waddells@lisd.net Kelli Montgomerykelli.montgomery@birdvilleschools.net Birdville ISD Homepage: www.birdvilleschools.net Birdville ISD Instructional Technology: http://schools.birdvilleschools.net/it/site/default.asp
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Industrial Age: Logical, linear, sequential, analytical, spreadsheet, SAT, “zero in on the right answer”
More money spent on trash bags in the United States than ninety countries do on everything
Many Americans have Storage Units. What do they store there? Why do we have so much ‘stuff’?
Picture of Target Store – sleek design of building attracting American’s who are design-focused right brainers
Why do we spend $30 for a designer toilet brush instead of the first picture? The Conceptual Age belongs to those who love design, creating, etc.
USLeft Brain Work Leaving for Asia
An American aerospace engineer earns $6,000 per monthA Russian makes $650Boeing has moved much of its work to Russia.
11.8 Horsepower – revolution of farming as we know it today
This opens the 4930 website. Click on 360 then Boom and Cab. Click on Features and then BoomTracPro
Warehouse – 1 worker. Orange robots retrieve orders from warehouse instead of additional workers
We can do our taxes online – Accountants, paid much less than in America, are trained in US tax laws and answer online questions from us
First computer
The Adding Machine takes over man’s work
We even diagnose ourselves online…
Doctors can see inside the human heart without one cut
Design/creativity MOVES us
Appealing design – Whole Foods/Central Market are the fastest growing grocery store chains
Do we really need pure brute and brawn anymore when software can propel us farther than we ever dreamed?
DON’T MAKE THESE POINTS YET. Democratization of learningCertificates to Competency
Public Schools of today are doomed to the failure of giants like Sears and Roebuck, Ma Bell, Borders books, and Montgomery Ward – just to name a few – if we do not find the disruptive innovation for future customers
Implications for education
Implications for education
: Democratization of learning and Certificates to Competency
Multiple collaborations and contributors representing the new Global Culture
Web 2.0 – it’s free and it’s quality
Do we need to buy it anymore?
Largest university in US. They supplied a need. Are we (Public Education)
Haltom High School’s Wix – Interactive website you can create with Wix.com
BISD TV Media Tech YouTube ChannelGoogle Docs Form created for students to peer-review videos created and posted on YouTube Class Channel.
Edmodo blogging by a 5th Grade class and BISD Math Teachers’ Professional Learning
Principals collaborating with staff through blogging – Smithfield Elem and Haltom High SchoolElementary Class YouTube Channelhttp://educationnalsoftwearr.org/?rid=16208311&rname=edmoto.com&OptId=11
BISD TV Media Tech YouTube ChannelGoogle Docs Form created for students to peer-review videos created and posted on YouTube Class Channel.
Smithfield Elementary Facebook Fan Page for Parent/Community CommunicationMrs. Miller’s 4th Grade Class Facebook Page
Josh Grizzelle’s Class Twitter PageBinion USTREAM Morning AnnouncementsBISD Middle School Science NingBISD Teaching with Technology NingWatauga Middle School student’s Glog analyzing the novel Fahrenheit 451
5th Grade Science Class WikiHaltom Middle School Student Newspaper Blog
Principals collaborating with staff through blogging – Smithfield Elem and Haltom High SchoolElementary Class YouTube Channelhttp://educationnalsoftwearr.org/?rid=16208311&rname=edmoto.com&OptId=11