The document proposes developing an online professional development incubator for the North Kansas City School District. It would pursue a multifaceted approach to adult learning through immersing educators in digital culture, sharing instructional practices, making professional learning teams more transparent, extending learning from consultants, collaborating on curriculum, and providing opportunities for coaching. The incubator would be hosted on a Ning platform to foster collaboration and help educators work beyond physical constraints of time and place.
A revolution in technology has transformed the way we can find each other, interact and collaborate. This wave of tech helps us to create knowledge as connected learners and to develop the social fabric, capacity, and connectedness found in communities of practice and learning networks. Join Sheryl in this interactive presentation as she explores the question- What should professional learning look like in the 21st Century?
A revolution in technology has transformed the way we can find each other, interact and collaborate. This wave of tech helps us to create knowledge as connected learners and to develop the social fabric, capacity, and connectedness found in communities of practice and learning networks. Join Sheryl in this interactive presentation as she explores the question- What should professional learning look like in the 21st Century?
Keynote presentation to the national conference of the Association of Independent Schools, Wellington. Focus on learning from the past, looking to the future and living in the present.
A presentation of CORE"s ten trends for 2020 - a 15 year retrospective look at the trends we've covered, and some questions to prompt thinking for the future.
Future focused schools: aligning strategies to realise positive change - Slides used in my Future Focus Schools online workshop on 5 May and 21 October, 2020
In the final 2014 National Guild of Hypnotists newsletter, we celebrate our yearly convention. Also in this newsletter: a complete list of teleseminar links and ways to connect with the NGH on social media.
Keynote presentation to the national conference of the Association of Independent Schools, Wellington. Focus on learning from the past, looking to the future and living in the present.
A presentation of CORE"s ten trends for 2020 - a 15 year retrospective look at the trends we've covered, and some questions to prompt thinking for the future.
Future focused schools: aligning strategies to realise positive change - Slides used in my Future Focus Schools online workshop on 5 May and 21 October, 2020
In the final 2014 National Guild of Hypnotists newsletter, we celebrate our yearly convention. Also in this newsletter: a complete list of teleseminar links and ways to connect with the NGH on social media.
Situational ingenuity of teachers: The key to transformative, content-focused...Joan E. Hughes, Ph.D.
This presentation was shared at a colloquium sponsored by the University of Houston, Victoria on April 28, 2014 (Please read the slide notes for generally what I said in the presentation). I share my vision for the use of digital technologies in education. I refer to it as transformative, content-focused classroom technology integration. I illustrate this concept through 3 stories of practice: from teachers, a school and its district, and a college of education. Tom is a mathematics teachers who designs a lesson with ropes, video, ipads, and graphing calculators to help students learn to write an equation for a trig function. Hilly High School began a iPad learning innovation in which all students got ipads - I share how they developed their vision which included both a technology-focus and a learning-focus. Finally, I share data on preservice teachers' use of social technologies and discuss how COEs could design a set of experiences that would develop preservice teachers to be connected educators. These will show the possibilities but also many of the challenges involved in this work. In these stories, I hope that you’ll discover ways that you, as a teacher, a school leader, a teacher educator, a parent, can assist in this transformation. I end by describing "situational ingenuity" and how I see teachers as most interested in this challenging work in their classrooms and how I see it as the key to designing content-focused, technology-supported innovations in classrooms.
This lecture looks at how Ning, the Marc Andreessen Social Network company initially started with a Freemium model but later switched to a fully paid subscription service
A Workflow for the Curation of Digital Curricular Resources (aka: A Bridge to...North Kansas City Schools
A presentation within the leadership strand of METC 2015 outlining our workflow for the adoption of digital, open-source resources while simultaneously transitioning from a 4:1 ration of devices to children, toward a future 1:1 implementation. This was done in 2014-2015 as a pilot with 6th Grade Science in the North Kansas City Schools.
Plenary session presented at the "Creating Communities of Learning" Australasian Professional Legal Education Conference, 14-15 November 2014 at AUT, Auckland
In Canvas "the word "Quiz" is but a functional name for the tool. In the hands of an inquiry-minded teacher, this tool can be used to design tasks that build conceptual knowledge starting with prior knowledge.
A slide deck used to support a face to face learning session with science-supervising building administrators in our secondary schools. The same session was then co-facilitated across the district for all secondary science teaching faculty by building principals and Teaching & Learning Coaches.
Just a few screenshots of completed teacher Syllabus sections in Canvas. Editing the page allows for policies, procedures, etc. to be entered into the top section, and student-assigned tasks are then auto-filled by Canvas below
A slide set to accompany an NKCS conversation on our emerging instructional coaching model... with the expert consultation of author, coach, and coach of coaches: Diane Sweeney. (www.dianesweeney.com)
Observing-thinking-questioning-writing prompts.
This is simply a set of images used in a local discussion about how visual literacy can be used as a scaffold into understanding the connections between technology, society, and the environment...
This slide set was used to help articulate a presentation on the workflow of a districtwide project to support Project Connect... the 1:1 computing initiative in the SJSD.
A key element of this project featured the student-curated "blogfolio" of all work products created within all courses. Edublogs Campus was employed as a tool for both a reflective, connective, working portfolio as well as any number of "presentation" portfolios that could be constructed along the way and at the culmination.
This slide set outlines the protocols and procedures we used for a session that provides support in moving instruction beyond a "CLE a Day" approach...
Every teacher is a writing teacher. Common Core State Standards have brought a renewed focus on non-fiction reading and writing across content areas. Participants will explore the idea that a focus on non-fiction content does not necessarily negate creativity in the classroom. Some of the strategies mentioned in this session will certain help to develop higher order thinking skills.
Every teacher is a writing teacher. Common Core State Standards have brought a renewed focus on non-fiction writing across content areas. Participants will learn the difference between merely assigning writing and teaching solid writing skills.
This slide set was used in conjunction with face to face PD session: "Write About It B" in the Writing strand of professional development for Project Connect in the Saint Joseph School District.
Instructions for Submissions thorugh G- Classroom.pptxJheel Barad
This presentation provides a briefing on how to upload submissions and documents in Google Classroom. It was prepared as part of an orientation for new Sainik School in-service teacher trainees. As a training officer, my goal is to ensure that you are comfortable and proficient with this essential tool for managing assignments and fostering student engagement.
Palestine last event orientationfvgnh .pptxRaedMohamed3
An EFL lesson about the current events in Palestine. It is intended to be for intermediate students who wish to increase their listening skills through a short lesson in power point.
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.
Honest Reviews of Tim Han LMA Course Program.pptxtimhan337
Personal development courses are widely available today, with each one promising life-changing outcomes. Tim Han’s Life Mastery Achievers (LMA) Course has drawn a lot of interest. In addition to offering my frank assessment of Success Insider’s LMA Course, this piece examines the course’s effects via a variety of Tim Han LMA course reviews and Success Insider comments.
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
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.
Introduction to AI for Nonprofits with Tapp NetworkTechSoup
Dive into the world of AI! Experts Jon Hill and Tareq Monaur will guide you through AI's role in enhancing nonprofit websites and basic marketing strategies, making it easy to understand and apply.
27. N K C S C H O O L S
Professional Learning
Incubator
A place where ideas and innovations find growth, development, and
A multifaceted approach to adult learning... ...that incubates and reinforces best practices
Immersion in Digital
Culture
The social web is
currently a part of the
lives of all children...
and most adults. This
approach will
purposefully immerse
adult learners in
modern, online 2-way
tools explicitly shifted
toward learning.
Sharing Instructional
Practices
Shining light on bright
spots across our
organization. Providing
opportunities to
troubleshoot.
A Culture of
Collaboration
Providing opportunities to “soften” the walls of our
classrooms as we continue to grow into the 21st Century
The North Kansas City School District is vast with
respect to both geographical area and total number
of faculty. In order to turn challenges into assets,
some form of collaborative sandbox for instructional
alignment & innovation is needed. The Ning
platform is rich with opportunity for the sort of
local customization we need to assist staff in
building relationships with colleagues and coming
together around instructional issues and challenges.
These actions directly impact professional growth,
and ultimately, student performance and
empowerment.
Removing Barriers
Teaching today is an increasingly sophisticated
endeavor. More and more is expected from our staff
as we seek to provide the best for our children. The
ceiling we increasingly push against is time. The
instructional alignment.
Making PLT Work
Transparent
Grade-level teams
across the district.
Content level teams.
Cross functional teams.
Multidisciplinary
approaches. Support for
Encore programs.
Empowering
collaboration &
accountability
Thursday to Thursday.
Extending Professional
Learning
Capturing the rich
work of and with our
paid consultants.
Extending these
relationships forward.
Face to face sharing is the best form of
synchronous collaboration. Yet,
asynchronous learning can easily
evolve beyond the physical constraints
of time and place.
simple fact remains that our days will never number
in excess of 24 hours. In light of this, we must seek
to maximize our time in planning, highlighting and
sharing our bright spots and next practices.
Leaders at all levels know we can never afford to
schedule enough face to face time for professional
learning. The logistics aren’t there, and funds are
limited. Given this fact, we are led toward making
Curriculum
Collaboration
Helping our
curriculum come to life
and find alignment
with both solid
instructional practice
and common, targeted
assessment
districtwide.
Curriculum becomes a
living, breathing entity.
Opportunities to Coach
With teachers reflecting
throughout a common
network, our many
support teams gain
another venue for just-in-
time coaching.
the most effective use of the time we have. The
question becomes... how do we give teachers more
feedback from peers, Administrators, Instructional
Coordinators, Teaching & Learning Coaches, SALTs,
etc.? How do we do this in a way that honors the
time of all of the professionals involved, and yet do
so in a way that credits the ways in which we
increasingly interact in a digital world?
We feel that an online incubator for professional
learning will allow us to better connect research to
planning and planning to practice. Ultimately, this
culture of collaboration will help to spread the best
of our work beyond the walls of our individual
classrooms and in a way that allows us to interact
when and where we work best.
Getting There
Startup for this is simple. The roadmap to
implementation is easily articulated. Soon we can
share practices, troubleshoot for alignment, coach
one another, document the powerful work of our
PLTs, and continue the engagement with our
consultants.
Together we can all become more effective in
meeting the needs of our children for today and into
the future.
NKCS Professional Learning Incubator
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bit.ly/nkcsdincubator
28. N K C S C H O O L S
Professional Learning
Incubator
A place where ideas and innovations find growth, development, and
A multifaceted approach to adult learning... ...that incubates and reinforces best practices
A Culture of
the most effective use of the time we have. The
instructional alignment.
Immersion in Digital
Culture
The social web is
currently a part of the
lives of all children...
and most adults. This
approach will
purposefully immerse
adult learners in
modern, online 2-way
tools explicitly shifted
toward learning.
Sharing Instructional
Practices
Shining light on bright
spots across our
organization. Providing
opportunities to
troubleshoot.
Making PLT Work
Transparent
Grade-level teams
across the district.
Content level teams.
Cross functional teams.
Multidisciplinary
approaches. Support for
Encore programs.
Empowering
collaboration &
accountability
Thursday to Thursday.
Extending Professional
Learning
Capturing the rich
work of and with our
paid consultants.
Extending these
relationships forward.
Curriculum
Collaboration
Helping our
curriculum come to life
and find alignment
with both solid
instructional practice
and common, targeted
assessment
districtwide.
Curriculum becomes a
living, breathing entity.
Opportunities to Coach
With teachers reflecting
throughout a common
network, our many
support teams gain
another venue for just-in-
time coaching.
29. 1. Immersion in digital culture
The social web is currently a part
of the lives of all children... and
most adults. This approach will
purposefully immerse adult
learners in modern, online 2-way
tools explicitly shifted toward
learning.
30. “The more skilled a person is on a
dimension, like academia, art,
music, the more important they
consider that activity to be.”
-Pelham, 1991
31. NCTE’s 21st Century Literacies Framework:
Create, critique, analyze, and
evaluate multimedia texts
Design and share
information for global
communities to meet a
variety of purposes
Develop proficiency with
the tools of technology
Attend to the ethical
responsibilities required by
these complex
environments
Build relationships with
others to pose and solve
problems collaboratively and
cross-culturally
Manage, analyze, and
synthesize multiple streams
of simultaneous information
~NCTE 21st Century Skills Framework
32. “Is it OK to be a
technologically
illiterate
teacher?”
33. 2. sharing instructional
practices
Shining light on bright spots
across our organization.
Providing opportunities to
troubleshoot.
34. “Showing someone a picture of a
slow animal causes them to walk
more slowly. The presentation of
fast animals has the opposite
effect.”
-Aarts and Dijksterhuis, 2000
35. 3. making plt work transparent
Grade-level teams across the
district. Content level teams. Cross
functional teams. Multidisciplinary
approaches. Support for Encore
programs. Empowering
collaboration & accountability
Thursday to Thursday.
36. “Connecting people to people. Over
and over again, that’s what lasts
online. Folks thought it was about
technology, and it’s not.”
-Seth Godin
37. 4. extending professional
learning
Capturing the rich work of and
with our paid consultants.
Extending these relationships
forward.
38. 5. curriculum collaboration
Helping our curriculum come to
life and find alignment with both
solid instructional practice and
common, targeted assessment
districtwide. Curriculum becomes a
living, breathing entity.
39. “The value in media is no longer
in sources but in flows; when we
pool our cognitive surplus, it
creates value that doesn’t exist
when we operate in isolation.”
-Clay Shirky
40. 6. OPPORTUNITIES TO COACH
With teachers reflecting
throughout a common network,
our many support teams gain
another venue for just-in-time
coaching.
41. + OPPORTUNITIES TO LEAD
Leaders promote and model
effective communication and
collaboration among all
stakeholders using digital age
tools.
46. “The old, hardwired ‘plan & push’
mentality is rapidly giving way to
a new dynamic ‘engage &
cocreate’ economy.”
-Don Tapscott & Anthony D. Williams in Wikinomics
66. “The true value of a network is less
about information and more about
community. The information
superhighway is more than a
shortcut to every book in the Library
of Congress. It is creating a new,
global social fabric.”
-Being Digital, by Nicholas Negroponte, 1995
69. ARTWORK THANKS
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“30 Days of Gratitude- Day 8” by ausiegall on Flickr via CC
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