This document provides an overview and agenda for an orientation about a technology incentive grant. It includes an introduction activity, a review of the grant activities, and a discussion about creating a personal learning network. The goal of the grant is to help rethink learning for the 21st century by focusing on skills like critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity. Participants are expected to attend meetings, workshops, school visits and consultations to learn about educational technologies and update their courses. The orientation covers topics like flipped classrooms and explores resources for continuing participants' personal learning beyond the grant.

1. COE Technology Incentive Grant
Orientation
Dr. Leigh Zeitz
Farah Kashef
Get out your cell phones, tablets or laptops

2. Plan for Today
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Intro Activity
Intro to 21st Century Learning
Review the Grant Activities
Personal Learning Network
Talk about School Visits

3. Our Goal is to Create a
Learning Community

4. Get to Know Each Other
• Pair Up with someone you don’t know well.
• Respond to Poll Everywhere Questions
• PollEv.com/unicoe

5. Rethinking Learning:

6. 21st Century . . .

7. Fortune 500 Survey
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Writing
Computational Skills
Reading Skills
Oral Communication
◼ Listening Skills
◼ Creative Thinking
◼ Leadership
◼ Goal Setting/Motivation
◼ Teamwork
◼ Organizational
Effectiveness
◼ Problem Solving
◼ Interpersonal Skills
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Teamwork
Problem Solving
Interpersonal Skills
Oral Communication
◼ Listening Skills
◼ Creative Thinking
◼ Leadership
◼ Goal Setting/Motivation
◼ Writing
◼ Organizational
Effectiveness
◼ Computational Skills
◼ Reading Skills

8. 2013 Fortune 500 Survey
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Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
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Communication
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Collaboration
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Creativity

9. 21st Century Learning . . .

10. John Dewey . . .
If we teach today
as we taught yesterday,
we rob our children of tomorrow.

11. Remember . . .
We must teach our students
for their tomorrows,
NOT our yesterdays.

12. Announcing . . .
Technology
Incentive
Grant

13. Announcing . . .
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14. Must Dos . . .
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Attend Required Meetings (5 1-hr)
Engage in 4 free-choice workshops/webinars (4 hrs)
Engage in at least 1 school visitation (4 hrs)
Consult with Farah (at least 1 hr total)
Keep a reflective blog
Create Panopto videos
Visit T2Pal – Assistive Tech Lab in SEC 147
Use a video conferencing tool (Connect or Zoom)
Update course and syllabus (per rubric)

15. School Visits
Waverly-Shell Rock
BCLUW (Conrad)
http://tinyurl.com/TIGvisits

16. Meet with Farah
• Face-to-Face or Virtually!
• Discuss your course
• Identify possible tech
• Supply necessary training
• Provide support
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17. Potential Workshop Topics
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Google Apps (Cloud-based Learning)
Flipped Classrooms
Using iPads
VoiceThread
Promethean Boards
Student Tech Use (Educause Center for
Analysis and Research; ECAR)
TPACK
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18. Personal Learning
Network

19. What’s Your
Personal Learning Network?

20. Other Sources?

21. Personal Learning
Network
Alec Couros http://www.scribd.com/doc/3363/Dissertation-Couros-FINAL-06-WebVersion

22. Build Your Personal Learning Network
Create groups
Share contact info
– Share Cell Number
– Share Email
– Become Facebook
Friends
– Request Linked-in
– Follow @Twitter
– Pinterest

24. Up Coming
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Submit our Syllabus to eLearning(Current
Version)
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Next Workshop: Friday November 8;
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12-3pm