The document outlines a meeting focused on redefining educational paradigms through technology and innovative learning models, emphasizing the importance of adaptability and interaction among educators. It introduces discussions around contemporary challenges in education, including Governor Snyder's educational reform ideas and various learning models such as online, blended, and brick-and-mortar approaches. The meeting encourages participants to brainstorm parameters that affect educational practices and explore future possibilities in teaching and learning.

1. Any Time, Any Place,
Any Way, Any Pace
Tech Steering Committee
Wednesday, May 18th 2011

2. How to start a movement
Derek sivers - TED talk

3. Goals for Today
Develop:
Working definitions for learning models
Next steps
Summary for Superintendents Meeting

4. My Expectations
Expect to move and interact.
We don’t have all the answers - that’s a good thing!
What if . . . ?
Focus on “how can we make this work for us” instead
of “this won’t work for us.”
Parking Lot ideas - details that we’ll save for next time
Let’s not reinvent the wheel.

5. TEDxGrandRapids
Sheryl Connelly
Ford Motor Company
“Futurist”
TEDxGrandRapids
- Sheryl Connelly from the Ford Motor Company 1st Speaker on “Uncertainty”
- Japanese earthquake & Iceland volcano - why were these so disruptive when we knew
what was going to happen?
- Historical models - nice and mostly reliable, but give us a false sense of security
- Meeting at FMC in 2003 (oil $30/barrel, SUV’s selling very well, economy doing well).
What would happen if . . . oil $100+/barrel, slow prolonged downturn in the
economy . . ?
- Innovation doesn’t happen until the “wild card” comes out because our “box” is very
comfortable.
- Purpose of today - “What if . . ?”

6. What is our “box” in education?
- Think of 5 ____ and write them in your notes
- Pair with someone else
- Share with the group
Are these “mandated”, “tradition” or “convenient”?

7. Our education “box”
What parameters (real or imagined) do we
deal with in education?
Example 1: School from 7:30AM to 2:30PM
Example 2: Testing = proficiency
Brainstorm 10
Text in your “best”
What is our “box” in education? In other words, what kinds of
parameters (real or imagined) cause us to teach or operate the
way we do?
- On your paper brainstorm 10 parameters that affect how your
district operates.
- When I give the ok, you will text in your “best”

8. our education “box”
Look at our answers. Are these parameters
mandated, tradition, or convenience?

9. Gov. Snyder White Paper
’s
A few weeks ago Governor Snyder came out with a “white paper”
on his educational plan. This is not law or a mandate but it lets
us know what he is thinking about in terms of education reform.
Let’s look at the parts that refer specifically to technology in the
classroom and ask a few “What if’s”.

10. The Nerd’s main ideas
Look at the * paragraphs on pages 7 and 8.
Main ideas?
When I give you the ok - text in the one that
would affect you the most.
Let’s dissect this - what does he mean?

11. Any Time, Any Place,
Any Way, any pace
What might “4xAny” look like for ___ ?
Administrators
IT Coordinators
Curriculum Directors/Teachers
- Write down 5 things that would apply to your job or the people
you are responsible for.
- Share that with others in the room who have your same
responsibility
- Move to a table with others of different responsibilities - share
with them you PofV.

12. Think Different
Lead in to the “what might 4xAny look like for . . . ?”
- This is outside our educational box.
- We have a tendency in education to put up walls and focus on
why things won’t work when we hear something new or different.
In this next part, let’s just play “What if . . ?”

13. Any Time, Any Place,
Any Way, any pace
What might “4xAny” look like for ____ ?
Classrooms and schools as buildings
Teacher roles and expectations
Student roles and expectations
Grading
Proficiency
Pedagogy
School schedules
- Group discussion

14. Railroads vs. cars
What should schools, classrooms and learning look like in the
21st Century?

15. Learning Models
Online
Blended/Hybrid
Brick & Mortar
Home Schooling
- Define each of the learning models
- Talk about how they can be used
- Decide which group(s) of students will best benefit from each
model

16. Learning model Matrix

17. Online Learning
Courses taught 100% online
Student/Teacher interaction varies
Schedules vary depending on provider
Online Spectrum
Integrated Online Peer to Peer
No student- Courses Courses Courses Real time
teacher student-teacher
interaction interaction
E2020 MVU JPS-Springport
AP Biology

18. Online “vendors”
What about the companies that are
approaching schools, offering to “sell” or
“recruit” online students?

19. Genesee
http://gennetonline.geneseeisd.org

20. LifeSize

21. Blended/Hybrid Learning
Course done in class and online (blended)
Need Learning Management System (LMS)
Blackboard, Moodle, Angel, etc
Blended Course Spectrum
Mostly Mostly
in-class on-line
Post course Flipped Classroom School as a
work online Mastery Learning “nerve center”

22. MC Student Survey
Survey Link
408 students, grades 8-12, surveyed
Prefer a normal or blended schedule?
45% would take a “blended”, after-school
course if offered.
After-school sports was the biggest reason
for not choosing a blended schedule.

23. best fit
Pros Cons Best for . . .
Online
Blended
Brick & Mortar
Homeschool

24. What about teachers?
IKEA Lamp Commercial

25. Successful Online learning
eSchool News Article: ‘Teacher cheerleaders’
make online learning successful
Relationships
Contact
Consistent Praise
Set Schedules
Interaction

26. Teaching & Learning Online
Training
Grant through Genesee ISD & Florida Virtual
Part 1 - Introduction to Teaching Online
Monday, June 13 or Friday, June 24
9AM to 3PM at JCISD
$100 stipend for attending

27. Teaching & Learning Online
Training
Grant through Genesee ISD & Florida Virtual
Part 2 - Develop an Online Course (Moodle)
Monday, June 27, Noon to 3PM at JCISD
Intro to Moodle
Rest of work done online
When coursework is completed teachers will
have access to all of FVU’s courses

28. Do We do this in Education?
Broken Escalator
Lead in to “what is the next step?”

29. Content
4xAny
Support Classroom

30. Next steps
Where do we go from here?
Pilots/Betas?
PD?
Infrastructure?
What could you do in your district next year to help teachers get
prepared for this?
Example: When Pennfield Schools went 1:1 they decided that in
Year 1 every teacher would create a Moodle course for each class
and post all their assignments online. In Year 2 they would start
to use different activities to engage kids in online learning.

31. Summary for the supts

32. Today’s Goals
Develop:
Working definitions for learning models
Next steps
Summary for Superintendents Meeting

33. Where Good ideas come from