tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34078847487202473752024-02-20T01:50:40.659-08:00Google Tools For SchoolsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407884748720247375.post-827270487673950302014-07-25T17:16:00.000-07:002014-07-25T17:16:38.994-07:00Are Kindergartners Old Enough to Blog?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last Fall a number of teachers from my school attended a workshop on blogging with Sharon Davison, a Kindergarten teacher at the Allen Brook School in Williston, VT. We came away from her presentation convinced that we wanted our students blogging as well and soon all our third graders had their own active blogs. Not only did Sharon offer compelling reasons to blog with young students, she stepped us through how to set up the blogs and communicate with families so that they became completely comfortable having their children's writing online. <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/ccsuvt.org/presentation/d/1sPIqIjY122GDZG3IKDFEtTG9a4l9ldjzip8g79VMDlM/edit#slide=id.p" target="_blank">Here is the slide show</a> Saron used during her presentation and <a href="http://kidblog.org/home/kidblog-in-action-classroom-qa-with-kindergarten-teacher-sharon-davison/" target="_blank">here is an an interview</a> with Sharon about blogging with her students. Take a look. What do you think about students having blogs, especially young students? Can you think of any compelling reasons why you might want to have your own blog, or have your students blog?</span></div>
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books, <em><span style="background-color: white; color: #200b00; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Creating
Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change The World</span></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #200b00;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">, and The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Global
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two that support something we already believe. INSTEAD OF DOING THAT, pick
an idea or an opinion presented by this speaker that makes you feel somewhat
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During the first 12
minutes of his presentation Mr. Wagner lists the seven survival skills he
believes our students will need to be successful after they graduate. For
each of these skills he explains why the design of our schools makes it
difficult for students to master these skills; we fail to teach critical
thinking because schools care more about getting the right answers than
asking intelligent questions, teachers fail to model collaboration because
they work in isolation; we don’t teach students to be adaptable to
changing conditions because schools follow prescribed patterns, etc. Can you suggest a teaching
strategy, perhaps supported by Google applications or other technology tools
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survival skill needs to be added to his list - <b>innovation</b>. He believes that
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In addition, I see this question relevant to Matt Allen’s previous post </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reframe Your Thinking </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when he asks, How has the digital age changed the learner? The learning? Our role as educators? </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How is the way we approach literacy in school keeping up with what it means to be literate in a world where information is no longer just printed text on paper? Are students using digital literacies to develop understanding, engage in their learning, and share their knowledge with others?</span><br /><a href="http://apescience.com/id/fulltext/research-on-digital-literacy-assessment-instruments"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Steve Covello</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> outlines the subdisciplines of the digital literacies as information literacy, computer literacy, media literacy, communication literacy, visual literacy, technology literacy. Since his list in 2010, I would add the newer domain of social media (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc...) To be literate in today’s world is to be able to access online information, comprehend it at high levels, critically evaluate information as to it’s reliability and credibility, as well as create, collaborate, communicate, curate and publish all within the subdisciplines of digital literacy.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the past many of these disciplines have been in the purview of the Librarian/Media Specialist or Technology Class where students learn about online research, created media products and learn basic technology skills. The new digital literacy skills are “literacy skills” and must be embedded into classroom curriculum and literacy instruction. “Review of research on reading comprehension concludes that the Internet requires additional comprehension skills beyond those required for reading traditional print texts (</span><a href="http://www.orca.uconn.edu/orca/assets/File/Research%20Reports/CCSS%20ORCA%20Alignment%20June%202011.pdf"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">RAND Reading Study Group, 2002)</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.” Yet, when we teach reading and writing the focus is on text based materials. While traditional reading and writing skills are the foundation for being a literate person we need to expand teaching of traditional literacy skills to include the new digital literacies. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I believe this is an opportunity to transform teaching and learning as we align curriculum to the Common Core to embrace the digital learning that is embedded into and expected from the </span><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/the-standards/"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Common Core State Standards</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. As we adjust our curriculum to meet the new standards, we should be looking for ways to shift traditional text based activities to digital learning opportunities that are more relevant to today's learners. </span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Listen to Glynda Hull from University of California Berkeley talk about this opportunity and review the Google Presentation created by Maggie Eaton, Middle School LA teacher/Curriculum Leader and myself. As you listen to Glynda and go through the slideshow consider how you might begin to embrace the new literacies and provide digital learning opportunities for your students.</span><br /><a href="http://ell.stanford.edu/publication/5-what-development-literacy-development"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://ell.stanford.edu/publication/5-what-development-literacy-development</span></a><br /><a href="http://ell.stanford.edu/publication/5-what-development-literacy-development"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></a></b><br />
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<li style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What ideas do you have for leveraging technology for student learning as you look at the new CCSS in addressing literacy?</span></b></li>
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</div>emccarthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13736633711626419655noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407884748720247375.post-58137838350556924272012-07-03T07:38:00.000-07:002012-07-09T10:02:57.055-07:00Think About it -- Reframe Your Thinking<br />
"Students have no attention span." "All they do is play
video games and listen to their iPods." "They spend too much time on the
Internet." "They don't know how to socialize without Facebook." "They
can't even hold a conversation; they sit next to each other and text."
"They don't know how to research, all they do is Google their question."
"Technology is fine, but kids still need to know how to..."<br />
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Any of these quotes sound familiar? Have you uttered some of them yourself?<br />
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The following video was produced by the <a href="http://www.macfound.org/programs/learning/" target="_blank">MacArthur Foundation</a> and features <a href="http://www.johnseelybrown.com/" target="_blank">John Seely Brown</a>, <a href="http://www.digitalyouthnetwork.org/" target="_blank">Nichole Pinkard</a>, <a href="http://startl.org/" target="_blank">Diana Rhoten</a>, <a href="http://www.itofisher.com/mito/" target="_blank">Mimi Ito</a>, <a href="http://www.instituteofplay.org/" target="_blank">Katie Salen</a>, and <a href="http://www.henryjenkins.org/" target="_blank">Henry Jenkins</a>--six of today's leading voices in technology in education reform. I
have chosen it to get you to think about the conceptions
you have regarding kids and their use of technology.<br />
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After watching the
video, share your thoughts about its message (new insight,
disagreements, etc). If you have your own thoughts, run with them. For those who would like a bit more guidance, here are some questions for you to consider: Are kids who have <a href="http://dontapscott.com/books/grown-up-digital/" target="_blank">grown up digital</a> motivated by the same things that drove us to learn? Can
technology provide the elements of autonomy, mastery, and purpose that
Pink identifies as <a href="http://googletoolsforschools.blogspot.com/2012/06/think-about-it-motivation-and-learning.html" target="_blank">keys to motivation</a>? How has the digital age changed
the learner? The learning? Our role as educators? <br />
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In 2008, I found
myself reflecting on the concept of motivation in learning as I took on the
challenge of creating a 1 minute video to submit to Google as part of my <a href="http://www.google.com/edu/teachers/google-teacher-academy.html">GoogleTeachers Academy Application</a>. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I started
to think back about those times in my classroom where students were immersed in
the flow of learning -</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">times when I had
to kick them out to attend their next class; times when they came in after
school and on weekends to finish projects;</span><span style="background-color: white;">
</span><span style="background-color: white;">times when they asked to take classroom tools home so they could keep
working on their projects. What did those times have in common?</span></div>
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In his<a href="http://www.danpink.com/drive" target="_blank"> book, Drive, Dan Pink</a>
identifies <i><b>Autonomy</b>, <b>Mastery</b>, and
<b>Purpose</b></i> as the keys to motivation.
Reflecting back on the project based learning environment I had
designed in my classroom, I’d say that Pink’s research is spot on. </div>
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According to Pink</div>
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want to be self directed</li>
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want to get better at stuff - they
seek the challenge of mastery (especially if it accompanies making a
contribution)</li>
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want to be parts of ‘teams’ or
“organizations” with a purpose.</li>
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As educators our challenge is to create learning
environments that give our students the opportunity to latch on to a sense of<b><i>
purpose,</i></b> so they can seek the<b><i> mastery</i></b> of skills
necessary to contribute to that purpose and give them the<b><i> autonomy </i></b>to
contribute to that purpose in a way that honors their skills and passion. This is not an easy tasks. It takes a masterful educator who is
purposeful in his/her instructional design to achieve this. And there will be false starts; there will be
recalibration; there will be projects that plainly don’t come together. There is no easy recipe. But one reoccurring element that I found in
the most motivating learning designs was “authentic audience. Thus was born the inspiration for my one
minute video on motivation. </div>
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With so many examples of students being motivated by authentic audience, the tricky part was editing it down to one minute. <span style="background-color: white;">I managed
to squeeze in examples of students</span></div>
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as part of<a href="http://beyond-school.org/2007/12/07/students-20-edublog-pre-launch-help-spread-the-splash/" target="_blank"> Students 2.0</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal">creating
<a href="http://bobsprankle.com/blog/C1697218367/index.html" target="_blank">podcast and newscast</a></li>
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videos such as the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL7uW4TYqbs" target="_blank">802 You Tube video</a> that went viral and was featured in
the New York Times</li>
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music that was being mentored by professional composers as part of the <a href="http://www.vtmidi.org/" target="_blank">Vermont Midi Project</a> online community</li>
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<span style="background-color: white;">But there are so many more.</span><span style="background-color: white;">
</span><span style="background-color: white;">And today’s digital age culture provides us with so many tools and
opportunities for authentic audience to be part of the learning opportunities
we provide to our students.</span><br />
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Yet, despite the research and the increased availability of
tools and opportunities that the digital age culture provides us to learn with
an authentic audience, schools and organizations continue to design
motivational schemes based on carrots and sticks. </div>
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People don’t want to be treated like a horse. Get rid of carrots and sticks and bring on
autonomy, mastery, and purpose as you design a learning environment that yields
high performance in your students. </div>
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To learn more about Pink’s theories of motivation check out Vermont
principal, <a href="http://connectedprincipals.com/archives/2202" target="_blank">Larry Fliegelman’s blog post ‘19 Top Ideas for Education in ‘Drive’ </a> or
<a href="http://youtu.be/u6XAPnuFjJc" target="_blank">RSA short video animation</a> summarizing key concepts from Drive. </div>
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Think about experiences where you as a learner or your students' motivation lead to amazing
learning. Share what this experience looked
like. What elements contributed to the
motivation? When you think about these successful experiences, do you see <span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.true-motivation.com/maslows-theory-of-motivation.html"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Maslow</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.true-motivation.com/herzberg.html"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Herzberg</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.true-motivation.com/expectancy-theory-of-motivation-2.html"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Vroom</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">, </span></span><a href="http://www.true-motivation.com/motivation-theory-alfie-kohn.html"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Alfie Kohn</span></a>, or <a href="http://www.danpink.com/">Dan Pink’s</a> theories at play? </div>
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