Create Communicate Collaborate

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Create Communicate - Collaborate

• Projects for the Global Classroom

Howie DiBlasi Emerging Technologies Evangelist
Digital Journey howie_at_frontier.net www.toolsfor
theclassroom.com Presentation 2009
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Conference LinksTools For The Classroom - Web
Site www.toolsfortheclassroom.comThis
Powerpoint here gtgtgt www.drhowie.comNing
http//toolsfortheclassroom.ning.com Blog
http//toolsfortheclassroom.blogspot.com Wiki
http//toolsfortheclassroom.wikispaces.com/e-m
ail howie_at_frontier.net
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Web Site Teacher Tube http//www.teachertube.co
m/
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The kids are OKWant to be uplifted watch this
http//www.youtube.com/watch?vbOeWz2k4tTIHol
lie Steele10 Years Old
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Why? B.L.C. ..What is it?

• A group of administrators, school staff and
  PARENTS who are united in their commitment to
  student learning.
• They share a vision, work and learn
  collaboratively, visit and review other
  classrooms, and participate in decision making.
  (Hord, 1997b).
• The benefits Better informed and committed
  teachers, and academic gains for students (AND A
  CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY,
• "As an organizational arrangement it is seen as a
  powerful staff-development approach and a potent
  strategy for school change and improvement."

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The following projects have the following
criteria associated with each and our goal is to
teach our students how to
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1. Deal with massive amounts of information2.
Become self-directed3. Create global
communications and connections4. Create
life-long learning skills5. Collect and/or
retrieve, organize and manage information6.
Interpret and present information7. Evaluate the
quality, relevance, and usefulness of
information8. Generate accurate information
through the use of existing resources9.
Information and effective communications
skills10. Thinking, problem-solving
interpersonal skills11.Self-directional
skills12. Use digital technology tools 13.
Teach and learn in a 21st century context.14.
Understand Digital Age Literacy15. Understand
Inventive Thinking 16. Produce High Productivity
content
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• Educators need to be genuine, authentic leaders
  that will infuse meaning in what we do as
  teachers. We all need to tell our success
  stories, assist others in helping, influence and
  inspire people around us.

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How has the world changed since you graduated?
Has education at large made the same strides?
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Skills for successhttp//www.graduateopportunitie
s.com/career_advice/graduate_skills

• So what skills do employers seek.
• Core skills which employers seek include

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Skills for success Success or Fail ?
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Skills for success -TOP 4

• Creative problem-solving
• Critical and analytical thinking
• Information gathering, evaluation and synthesis
• Team work and collaboration

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• Adaptability
• Literacy and numeracy
• Time management and organization
• Oral and written communication
• Initiative and enterprise
• Ability to apply discipline knowledge and
  concepts
• Emotional intelligence interpersonal skills
• Balanced lifestyle and capacity to manage stress
  levels
• Community involvement
• Personal attributes such as ambition,
  self-awareness and an inquiring mind.

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Creative problem-solvingCritical and analytical
thinking .Lets see if this individual
understands the concept and can apply it
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Creative problem-solvingCritical and analytical
thinking .
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What Are 21st Century Learning Skills

• Digital-Age Literacy
• Inventive Thinking (creative)
• Effective Communication
• High Productivity

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Quote from Alan November

• The six jobs described below outline creative
  ways that your students can make valuable
  contributions to their learning community. While
  these jobs can be successfully implemented
  individually, it is bringing them together in
  harmony where we can create a more balanced
  vision of teaching and learning.

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Change the classroom
My Digital 21st Century Classroom

• Team of students
• Researchers Goolge AltaVista Search
• Tutorial Designers Jing (Create Screencasts)
• Curriculum Team Podcasts (Recordings)
• Official Scribes Google docs (take class notes)
• Collaboration Coordinators-Global team e-pals
  Skype
• 6. Contributing to Society World issues are
  important, and we can use them to teach students
  about social justice and empathy.

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What needs to change about our curriculum when
our students have the ability to reach audiences
far beyond our classroom walls?
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Where Do I go to find Global Partners?
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e-Pals www.epals.com

• ePals The home for meaningful learning through
  global collaboration
• Safe and Protected E-mailSecure,
• Award Winning Blogging
• TechnologyConnections with other classrooms
• Collaborative Projects Language Practice
• Robust Tools and Learning Resources for Schools
  and Districts

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FREE student e-mail accounts

• ePals SchoolMail is the recognized leader in
  FREE school-safe email for students in grades
  K-12, providing easy-to-use multilingual
  electronic communications solutions to schools
  and districts worldwide in a protected,
  customized, and collaborative environment.

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New Video

• Take a virtual field trip to New Zealand to learn
  about their native plants and animals. Ask
  questions of the New Zealand class who submitted
  the video.-- Submit your own virtual field trip
  by creating a video with your students
  highlighting animals and plants in your community
  to share with students around the world.

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Classroom Matchhttp//www.epals.com/about/tour/cl
assroommatch.tpl
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e-Pals Language and Learning Portal
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• You can find a classroom in several ways
• Find a classroom by searching on a topic or
  interest.
• Find a classroom using maps.
• See all the new classrooms that have joined
  ePals.
• There are many more options in our advanced
  search
• When you find a match, click the "Contact" link.

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E-mail from a teacher

• Howie,
• Thank you for keeping in touch. I have to share
  one thing that I have done this week. Out of all
  of the suggestions you shared last week I was
  most intrigued with the ePals program.  I
  immediately registered and posted a profile. I
  literally got goosebumps when I sent my first
  international email-----which was to Greece. Over
  the last few days I have heard back from schools
  in Japan, Germany, and Colombia.  I cannot even
  begin to tell you how excited my students are
  about this project! Thank you for telling me
  about it.  I will share more projects as we go.
  Beth Still

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The Way We Are

• What makes me who I am? In this project, students
  will engage in a collaborative learning
  experience. Through e-mail exchanges, students
  learn about the daily lives, cultures, climates
  and geography of children who live in other
  regions of the world.
• What is "The Way We Are"?
• http//www.epals.com/projects/thewayweare/

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Global Warming

• How can we help to save our planet from global
  warming? In this project, students learn about
  the effects of global warming and ways to reduce
  its effects on our planet.  Through email
  exchanges, students collaborate on ways kids
  around the globe can make a difference. 
• http//content.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivId
  index

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Habitats

• If a camel lived in a rainforest, would it still
  have a hump? In this project, students research
  habitats, and the animal and plant life within.
  Students will learn about  threats to habitat
  life, as well as unique qualities of each
  habitat. Email exchanges help students identify 
  differences between their own habitat and that of
  their ePals.
• http//content.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivId
  index

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Maps

• Why in the world would you need more than one map
  of the same location? In this project, students
  will learn to use three different types of maps
  (physical, climate, political) to gather
  information about where their ePals live.
  Students will participate in email exchanges
  focusing on how geographic location impacts their
  ePals' daily lives.
• http//content.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivId
  index

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Natural Disasters

• What do you do when the news warns of a big
  storm? In this project, students learn about the
  natural disasters of the world.  Through email
  exchanges, students will learn about natural
  disasters, where and under what conditions they
  are most likely to occur, particularly those
  natural disasters common in their ePals'
  location.
• http//content.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivId
  index

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Water

• When is water good to drink?  In this project,
  students will research the world's water
  problems, focusing on how their personal water
  use affects aquatic ecosystems in their 
  communities.  Students will participate in email
  exchanges, exploring the global importance of
  water, particularly in their ePals' location.
• http//content.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivId
  index

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Web 2.0 Tools Communication -Collaboration -
Projects

• Demo -Talks Johnny Lee Creating tech marvels out
  of a 40 Wii Remote Video on Remote Control
  White Board
• http//www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/245

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Johnny Lee Creating tech marvels out of a 40
Wii Remote Video on Remote Control White Board
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Google In Education Web Site

• http//googleineducation.ning.com/
• What is/are Google Docs ?????

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Google for Administratorshttp//www.youtube.com/w
atch?vTYPjJK6LZdM
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http//www.youtube.com/watch?veRqUE6IHTEA
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Cool things to do in Google Maps50 Things to do
with Google Maps Mashups See 50 MORE Things to
do with Google Maps Mashups!)
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• Drill earth
• http//www.livephysics.com/ptools/dig-hole-through
  -earth.php
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• Google earth education
• http//www.google.com/educators/p_earth.html
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• http//www.shambles.net/pages/learning/GeogP/geart
  hplan/
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• Google Mashups
• http//www.shambles.net/pages/learning/GeogP/geart
  hplan/
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• Drill earth
• http//www.livephysics.com/ptools/dig-hole-through
  -earth.php

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• Back for an encore are two posts which generated
  a huge amount of interest in 2006. I put together
  two posts which listed 25 things you can do with
  Google Maps mashups.
• Absoutely AMAZING
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• http//earth.google.com/plugin/tours/flight1549
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• http//earth.google.com/plugin/tours/
•  
• After you've seen them all, learn how to record
  your own tours in Google Earth 5.0!

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• Google Sky http//www.google.com/sky/
• To help you explore the far reaches of our
  universe, we have teamed up with astronomers at
  some of the largest observatories in the world to
  bring you a new view of the sky. Using Google
  Maps this tool provides an exciting way to browse
  and explore the universe. You can find the
  positions of the planets and constellations on
  the sky and even watching the birth of distant
  galaxies as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope.
• Google Mars http//www.google.com/mars/
• We've included three different types of data in
  Google Mars
• Elevation - A shaded relief map, generated with
  data from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA)
  on NASA's spacecraft. Visible - A mosaic of
  images taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera.
  Basically, this is what your eyes would see if
  you were in orbit around Mars. Infrared - A
  mosaic of infrared images taken by the Thermal
  Emission Imaging System
• Google Moon http//www.google.com/moon/
• Apollo Series These six missions of the
  Apollo Program,which lasted from 1963 to 1972,
  were the first and last times that Mankind has
  set foot on another world.

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Google Workshops For Educatorshttp//sites.google
.com/site/cuegli/events/pomona/projectsProof of
Concept Projects
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• As you participate , consider which of the tools
  you might want to explore in more depth.
• When we begin the proof-of-concept projects,
  select a partner (or two) from within your team.
  You will work with this person (or these two
  people) to create a "mock up" of something you
  might use in your role as an educatoror that
  students might create themselves.
• Keep an open mind about collaborating with others
  who teach different grades or different
  subjectsor who have other roles as educators.
  You may be pleasantly surprised by the results of
  collaborating outside your own professional silo.
  Remember you need to have a product in 30
  minutes, so don't let little details (or big
  egos) bog you down.
• With your partner(s), spend about 30 minutes
  creating a proof-of-concept that meets the
  following criteria
• Utilizes at least one NEW tool
• Is tailored for a specific educational purpose
• Illustrates how you or students would use the
  tool
• Demonstrates the concept sufficiently that other
  educators might implement it

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6 Words To Define My Life
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• Dont let fear make your decisions.
• Woman. Mother. Friend. Lover. Adventurer.
  Dreamer.
• "I was born, lived, and died"
• Above all love, laughter, and family.
  
• To a nail, everything's a hammer.
• My parents took away my child.
• Fell for the devil in disguise.
• Waiting to turn 50 to cry.
• Blindly in love lost way home.

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Tutorial DesignersAbbott and Costello - Math -
Explain this math problemwww.youtube.com/watch?v
7WMi5TUJDsohttp//www.youtube.com/watch?v7WMi5T
UJDso
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• http//www.mathtrain.tv/
• Completing The Square
• http//www.mathtrain.tv/play.php?vid200
• What is a URL?
• http//www.mathtrain.tv/play.php?vid196

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The idea of SIMPLE SCIENCE is to have informative
music videopresentations for use in the primary
school classroom.

• http//simplescience.net/index.html

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http//simplescience.net/6a_-_adapting.html
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Project BlogsSoftwaree-Pals
www.epals.comBlogger https//www.blogger.com/
start
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E-Pals Blog---FREE
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My First Blog Experience

• I created a blog and in the first 24 hours this
  was posted
• Hey Howie-hows it goin..Im Kristy and I just
  moved to Durango.I would like to meet a nice guy
  like you. I came here 2 weeks ago and I have
  nothin to doI read your profile and youre cute
  and I liked what you had to sayI am 21-f-/single
  and I like a guy who is easy to be comfortable
  around. I really like guys who are a little bit
  older than me and 64 is just about right. I have
  posted my profile and have lots of photos of
  me.come check it out ..OK

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SOCIAL Connections NETWORKING BOOKMARKING
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Ning - Ning lets you create new social
experiences for the most important people and
interests in your life.Lets join a Ning and
collaborate http//toolsfortheclassroom.ning.
com/ 
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http//www.ning.com/
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Welcome to Classroom20.comThe social network
for those interested in Web 2.0 and
collaborative technologies in education.We
especially hope that those who are "beginners"
will find this a supportive community and a
comfortable place to start being part of the
digital dialog. http//www.classroom20.com/
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Welcome to Classroom20.com, the social network
for those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative
technologies in education.
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Weekly Classroom 2.0 LIVE! Show

• This Saturday, June 6th Kim Caise, Lorna
  Costantini, and Peggy George will be hosting
  another Classroom 2.0 LIVE show. As an extension
  to the Classroom 2.0 Ning community, Classroom
  2.0 "LIVE" shows are opportunities to gather with
  other educators in real-time events, complete
  with audio, chat, desktop sharing, and sometimes
  even video. A Google calendar of shows is
  available at http//live.classroom20.com/calendar.
  html. The topic this Saturday is "Google Search
  Tips" with special guest Lisa Thumann, author of
  the Thumann Resources blog. Please join us as
  Lisa shares tips on creating advanced searches
  using new and little known Google search tools.
  More information and session details are at
  http//live.classroom20.com. If you've never
  participated in a live webinar, don't be afraid
  to come and observe. 'Dip your toes in the
  conversations until you feel comfortable enough
  to "jump into the conversations with both feet"!
  We want to encourage "experienced Web 2.0 users"
  to join us by contributing and extending the
  conversation by sharing real-life examples and
  tips/suggestions.

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The Global Education CollaborativeHelping
Teachers and Students Reach the World
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LIST OF GLOBAL PROJECTS
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iCONNECT iLEARNhttp//iconnectilearn.ning.com/
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Taking IT Global http//www.tigweb.org/connectio
ns/ This section of TakingITGlobal focuses on
online community building and cross cultural
dialogue. Total Members 237,543
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• Discussion Boards Discuss everything from the
  digital divide to peace and conflict with
  hundreds of other TakingITGlobal members!
• Member Stories Are you inspired, informed and
  involved? These people are! This section is
  dedicated to showcasing the personal
  perspectives, ideas and issues facing TIG
  members.
• Member Search Browse through TakingITGlobal's
  vast youth network! You can find members based on
  location, language, interests, and more.
• E-Cards Let a friend or family member know
  you're thinking of them on their birthday or
  other special occasion with one of the free
  e-Cards in our collection!

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Contributing to Society World issues are
important, and we can use them to teach students
about social justice and empathy.
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Pay-It-Forward I'm collecting donations for Kiva
Micro-loans Security Pro Funding Pool...

• We Let You Loan to the Working Poor
• Kiva's mission is to connect people through
  lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.

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The following projects can be completed and
shared by using

• Web Pages
• Social Networks
• Ning
• E-Pals
• CILC
• Google Docs

• Blog
• Wiki
• Podcast
• Visual Literacy
• Digital Story Telling
• Voice Thread

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My Hero
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Who is your hero?
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Define a Hero Groups of 3

• What is a hero?
• What qualities are common in hero's?
• Pick one Hero for the group
• Why are they a hero?
• Be prepared to share with everyone

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My Hero Project

• http//www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?heromarco_t
  orres
• http//www.myhero.com/myhero/go/directory/index.as
  p

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• The study of heroes applies across the curriculum
  in all grade levels. It can be an integral part
  of character education, media arts and computer
  literacy and a tool for reading comprehension and
  the development of writing skills. MY HERO can be
  used to enrich thematic studies in the arts and
  sciences.

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• Objectives
• Students are expected to be able to
• Describe the characteristics of a hero.
• Recognize the hero in a story.
• Name heroes in their lives and express why those
  people are heroes to them.
• Use a computer to access the Internet, find and
  read stories on the MY HERO Website.
• Distinguish between a hero and a celebrity.

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My Hero Sample Project My Grandpa Said.
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My Grandpa Said.
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Curriculum Team Podcasts (Recordings)Students
and Teachers, From K to 12 Hit the Podcasts
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Podcasting-What is it?

• Tivo for radio-an audio broadcast similar to a
  news or entertainment radio show.
• Audio- images video) online and uses the
  Internet
• Works on any Internet-enabled computer
• Can be downloaded to MP3 player (iPod)
• Configure the latest episodes of your favorite
  Podcasts to automatically download to your
  computer and/or audio player whenever it is
  updated.
• You can subscribe to a Podcast through services
  like iTunes, Podcast Alley and Yahoo Podcast,
• Anyone with a computer and a microphone can
  record a show about any subject

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Apple - Education - Guided Tour - An Introduction
to iTunes U http//www.apple.com/education/guide
dtours/itunesu.html
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• This I Believe is an international project
  engaging people in writing, sharing, and
  discussing the core values that guide their daily
  lives. These short statements of belief, written
  by people from all walks of life, are archived
  here and featured on public radio in the United
  States and Canada. The project is based on the
  popular 1950s radio series of the same name
  hosted by Edward R. Murrow.

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• Personal essay Focused on belief or insight
  about life that is significant to the writer
• Personal narrative Focused on a significant
  event
• Personal memoir Focused on a significant
  relationship between the writer and a person,
  place, or object

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This I Believe Thirty Things I Believeby Tarak
McLain
I believe life is good. I believe God is in
everything. I believe we're all equal. I believe
we can help people. I believe everyone is weird
in their own way. I believe hate is a cause for
love. I believe we should be generous. I believe
I should not whine.
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This I BelieveNPR

• Essays New and Old
• Thirty Things I Believe
• January 18, 2009 When Tarak McLain's
  kindergarten group celebrated their 100th day of
  class, some kids brought 100 nuts or cotton
  balls. Tarak brought a list of 100 things he
  believes. Now a first-grader, Tarak shares his
  top beliefs about God, life, nature and war.

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Five FramesUsing Memories On The Web
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Tell a Story in 5 Frames

• Has two important parts.
• The first part is creating and telling a story
  through visual means with only a title to help
  guide the interpretation.
• The second part is the response of the group to
  the visual story. The group response can take
  many forms such as, a poetic or prose rendering
  of the visualization, a critique on the structure
  of the story, comments on the photograph, or
  other constructive forms of response.
• Telling and enjoying stories should create
  entertainment for the group as well as offer
  insight into the universal elements that help
  create a story for an international audience.
• The more people who respond, as either
  storytellers or respondents, the greater the
  reward for all.

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A good story has characters in action with a
beginning, middle, and an ending.

• Title words or a photo with words
• 1st photo establish characters and location.
• 2nd photo create a situation with possibilities
  of what might happen.3rd photo involve the
  characters in the situation.4th photo build to
  probable outcomes5th photo have a logical, but
  surprising, end.

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Sample 5 Frame ProjectTime
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To complete the project

• Make a PhotoStory using photos and music

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Project WikisSoftwarePB Wikihttp//pbwiki.com
/WikiSpaces-For teachershttp//www.wikispaces.c
om/site/for/teachers
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Pitot House
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Natalie Watt Pitot House,

• Natalie Watt has taught her third graders in New
  Orleans how to deeply understand the
  inner-workings of Wikipedia by organizing the
  class to publish an article about a local
  historic mansion, the Pitot House, on the site

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http//www.wikispaces.com/
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http//educatethekids.wetpaint.com/

• this site was inspired while we were _at_ school, we
  read an article about the schools in Afghanistan.
• WE WANT TO HEAR FROM U!!!!!!!!!! we may just be
  kids but we have great ideas! and the more money
  we make the better education they get!!!

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My Townsample project
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• Students will obtain lyrics from the song My
  Town by Montgomery Gentry. A Photo Story will
  be created to tell about the students town that
  they live in. Connections about the community,
  schools, people, government, families, children,
  intercultural, environment will be demonstrated
  in digital photos. Contact will be made with
  the songwriter to obtain permission to use the
  song in the student presentation. Students will
  insert photos, determine timing, visual effects
  and show the final project for evaluation.

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• Label Curb Records address 48 Music Sq. E
  Nashville, Tennessee , 37203 Phone
  615-321-5080 jozier_at_curb.com
  djohnson_at_curb.com
•  Reference Song Title Let Them Be Little
• Artist/Composer Billy Dean
• Songwriter Richie McDonald/Billy Dean
• Recording Company Curb Records
• Dear Sir
• I am the Technology Director for the Durango
  School District in Durango Colorado.
•  
• As a part of our Technology Integration Project,
  we are instructing our teachers and students
  about Visual Literacy and Digital Story Telling.
  In the class each student creates a project with
  digital photos, images and/or slides. I am
  creating a Multimedia Power Point/ PhotoStory as
  an example. I am seeking permission to use one
  song from the Billy Dean Album Let The Be
  Little.
•  I have completed my research on the Internet and
  located the following information
• Reference Song Title Let Them Be Little
• Artist/Composer Billy Dean
• Songwriter Richie McDonald/Billy Dean
• Recording Company Curb Records
• I would like to use the above songs in my
  Multimedia Power Point Project. The complete
  songs will play and show my digital photos of my
  grandchildren, clip art, text and digital images
  that I have created. I have included a slide in
  the presentation that provides the credits for
  the Song title, the artist, songwriter and the
  recording company. Below that information I have

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• How to make My Town
• 1.     Select 3 members for your group
• 2.     Person A Lyrics
• 3.     Person B Power Point
• 4.     Person C- Audio/Music
• 5.     Group selects a song
• 6.     Look for lyrics on the Internet
• http//www.lyricsfreak.com or
  http//www.goodwinmusic.com/lyrics.html
• Or do a search on Goggle sample type in Name of
  song and lyrics
• Sample My Town lyrics or My Way lyrics
• 7.     Print out the lyrics
• 8.     Locate the song on CD
• 9.     Do a search on the Internet for the title,
  artist, song writer and publisher
• 10. Write the publisher for permission see
  sample letter
• 11. Rip the song into WMP format so it will
  play in Windows Media Player
• 12. After ripping the song time it
• 13. Make a folder for the slide shop call it
  the name of your song with PP at the end
• 14. Decide how long each slide will be on the
  screen
• 15. Make a storyboard for the slide show

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SkypeGlobal Connections
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WEB Cameras - 19.95 - 89.95
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3. SKYPE
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I.V.C. Interactive Video Conferencing

• Use the Internet to communicate with audio and
  Video
• Take a field trip around the block or around the
  U.S.
• Visit and communicate globally
• Share and communicate student projects
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IVC Global Connection
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Diversity
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The Best Part of Me
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Students will

• Students will identify a positive physical
  feature of themselves.
• Students will work in pairs to take part in an
  online writer's workshop.
• Students will create a descriptive poem about
  their favorite feature.
• Students will create a digital photo of the
  physical feature.
• Students will create a Photo Story Frame about
  their favorite feature.
• Students will record the audio of their poem for
  Photo Story about their favorite feature.

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Voice Thread
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Our TownPast and Present.
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Our Town
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Journey North

• Web Site
• http//www.learner.org/jnorth/

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• Journey North engages students in a global study
  of wildlife migration and seasonal change. K-12
  students share their own field observations with
  classmates across North America. They track the
  coming of spring through the migration patterns
  of monarch butterflies, robins, hummingbirds,
  whooping cranes, gray whales, bald eagles and
  other birds and mammals the budding of plants
  changing sunlight and other natural events. Find
  migration maps, pictures, standards-based lesson
  plans, activities and information to help
  students make local observations and fit them
  into a global context. Widely considered a
  best-practices model for education, Journey North
  is the nation's premiere "citizen science"
  project for children. The general public is
  welcome to participate.

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Video on Journey North
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My Familyhttp//www.preschoolrainbow.org/family-t
heme.htm

• Early childhood education ideas, activities and
  lesson plans that promote young children's
  self-esteem and self-identity. This education
  theme encourages self-awareness and enhances
  learning about family.  At the beginning of a
  child's experience these activities help ease
  separation anxiety and during the year they help
  youngsters cope with the birth of siblings.

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Preschool Multicultural Activities Passports

• Promote multicultural awareness and self esteem
  with this early childhood education activity by
  Matina. Materials Paper and a camera.
• Description We made passports by stapling white
  paper to construction paper. Then from January
  until May we studied a different country. We
  studied Russia, Africa, Ireland, Israel, China,
  Antarctica, Australia, Mexico, Japan, France,
  Hawaii, and Saudi Arabia. Then for each country
  the youngsters wore a hat or a prop from that
  country (ex France, beret). We took digital
  pictures of each child wearing his or her hat or
  prop. Then I glued the pictures into each child's
  individual passport and gave it to them along
  with a world traveler certificate at the end of
  the year.

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Family Project "Me and My Family"

• Early childhood activity gives each child the
  opportunity to share information about their
  family as well as themselves.
• Materials A note sent home to parents.
• Description Send a note home to the parents at
  least 1 week before you plan to begin sharing the
  posters, pictures, etc. Ask the parents to help
  their children put together a poster or a collage
  of family pictures for the children to share with
  the class. 
• Have each child return their poster or collage to
  school on a different day to share with the
  class. Each child gets to stand up in front of
  the class and tell all about their poster,
  pictures or collage. They can answer any
  questions that the other children might have
  after sharing their information.
• Comments This activity was WONDERFUL in helping
  to create self-esteem and confidence in these
  young children. They loved getting to stand up in
  front of the class and telling about their
  pictures, posters and collages. They liked having
  the other children ask questions about the
  pictures and sharing their own thoughts and
  memories of their pictures.

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Art Activity Me and My Family Pictures

• Lesson encourages self-awareness, self-identity,
  self-esteem and family relationships.  During
  this lesson children will use fine motor and
  representation skills.
• You will need  Drawing paper, crayons, felt tip
  markers, a mirror (full length if possible)
• Description Ask preschool children to look in
  the mirror and describe themselves, "What color
  is your hair?  How many eyes do you have?  What
  color are they?" etc.  Describe the clothes that
  you are wearing and then ask children to describe
  what they and their classmates are wearing. 
• Next, ask children to draw pictures of themselves
  (remember that many young children will only be
  able to manage organized scribbling).  Say, "Tell
  me about your picture" and accept what each child
  tells you.  Label the pictures accordingly (eyes,
  nose etc.).  Some children may want to draw
  pictures of their families, friend and pets.
• Let each preschooler help you write his/her name
  on their individual drawings or, if they can, let
  them write their own names. Some children will
  want to take their drawings home others may
  permit the teacher to put their picture on
  classroom display.
• Vary this lesson throughout the year with
  drawings of relatives, friends, pets, home,
  neighborhood etc.
• Teacher Tip Save a few examples of each child's
  drawings from the beginning of their preschool
  experience and place them in individual
  children's developmental portfolios.  Repeat the
  lesson a few times during the year and note the
  development of the children's fine motor and
  representation skills.
•                  

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This Is My Country
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Is this what will happen if we do not change our
classrooms?
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Is this what the future in the U.S. looks like?
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Let Them Be Little

• Our final Project
• Why do it ?

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7 elements for creating effective stories

• A Point of ViewNot just a recitation of facts.
  Direct the point of the story to your audience.A
  Dramatic QuestionCapture audiences attention at
  the beginning and hold it throughout the
  story.Emotional ContentAchieved through the
  images, effects, music and tone of voice.The
  Gift of Your VoiceTone of voice is very powerful
  in a story. Make sure to practice your
  script.The Power of The SoundtrackMusic/sound
  effects can set the right mood of the story, but
  can also distractEconomyNot every picture and
  sound effect needs to be in the final cut.Pacing
  Keep the story moving. Use music tempo, speech
  rate, image duration and panning and zooming to
  help establish pace.

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• Introduction of Self
• Legacy
• Biography
• Memoir
• Reflection
• Transition
• Decision Direction
• Change over time
• Collaboration
• Documentary
• Oral Language

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• Song by Billy Dean
• Tell a story of child growing up-
• Preschool to 4th grade
• Use PhotoStory or
• Use Memories on Web
• Use Windows Movie Maker

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Let Them Be Little..Billy Dean
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• from the book The Backdoor to Enlightenment
• Eight Steps to Living Your Dreams and Changing
  Your World

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Will you be the 10th person?

• For every nine people who denounce innovation,
  only one will encourage it.
• For every nine people who do things the way they
  have always been done, only one will ever wonder
  if there is a better way.
• For every nine people who stand in line in front
  of a locked building, only one will ever come
  around and check the back door.
• Our progress as a species rests squarely on the
  shoulders of that tenth person. The nine are
  satisfied with things they are told are valuable.
  
• Person 10 determines for himself what has value.

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On or off the bus??? Good to Great by Jim
Collins

• How to change and transform a good company into
  a great company.
• 1. Get the right people on the bus.
• 2. Get them in the right seats- Put the right
  people in the right place in the bus
• 3. Get the wrong people off the bus.
• One way to find out who the wrong people are If 
  you have to actively manage the people they are
  the wrong people.

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What is 21st century professional development?
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Professional Development 21st Century Models

• How to retain good teachers
• -effective professional development
• Workshops That Focus on Real Needs... -
  Face-to-face presentations
• Don't Forget the Administrators
• - Well-trained leaders are key to
  the success
• Topics for staff development
• - center on academic goals
• School administrators are being targeted in
  technology-based professional development
  initiatives
• School principals celebrate completing a "Laptops
  for Leaders" course
• Professional development for superintendent is
  a step they never leave out

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National Education Technology Standards for
Administrators (cnets.iste.org/tssa)

• Superintendent take a 50-hour technology literacy
  course along with other administrators
• Progressive superintendents and executive leaders
  can and should lead the way.

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Use a Blog to post your comments or share your
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What leads to success???
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There's something going on here that's hard to
explain.Bob Dylan Quote .. on a visit to
Israel in the early 1970s
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High School Graduation Rates Plummet Below 50
Percent in Some U.S. Cities

• WASHINGTON   Seventeen of the nation's 50
  largest cities had high school graduation rates
  lower than 50 percent, with the lowest graduation
  rates reported in Detroit, Indianapolis and
  Cleveland, according to a report released
  Tuesday.
• Tuesday, April 01, 2008

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As Jobs Leave America's Shores...The New Face
of Class WarBy PAUL ROBERTS GROUP
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"When more than 1 million students a year drop
out of high school, it's more than a problem,
it's a catastrophe," said former Secretary of
State Colin Powell, founding chair of the
alliance.

• Report, issued by America's Promise Alliance,
  found that about half of the students served by
  public school systems in the nation's largest
  cities receive diplomas.
• Students in suburban and rural public high
  schools were more likely to graduate than their
  counterparts in urban public high schools, the
  researchers said.
• Nationally, about 70 percent of U.S. students
  graduate on time with a regular diploma and about
  1.2 million students drop out annually.

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4-year colleges graduate 53 of students in 6
years

• Hundreds of schools are failing to graduate a
  majority of their students in six years, a report
  says today.
• Nationally, four-year colleges graduated an
  average of just 53 of entering students within
  six years, and "rates below 50, 40 and even 30
  are distressingly easy to find," says the report
  by the American Enterprise Institute, a
  conservative think tank. Bsed on data reported to
  the Education Department of 1,400 schools about
  full-time first-time students who entered in fall
  2001.

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• Last year, of the 2.8 million science degrees
  awarded around the world, 1.2 million were gained
  by Asian students
  
• -- in Asian universities.
• Friedman, Thomas L. The World is Flat A Brief
  History of the Twenty-First Century. New York
  Farrar, Straus Girous, 2005.

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• 30 40 of the people we depend on for computer
  science and engineering are FORIGN BORN.
• Under the age of 45, it is nearly 70. for
  computer science and engineering are FORIGN BORN.
  
• Florida, Richard. Flight of the Creative Class.
  New York HarperCollins, 2004.

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• In China last year B.S.s in engineering
  represented 46 of all university degrees
• In America, it was 5.
• Friedman, Thomas L. The World is Flat A Brief
  History of the Twenty-First Century. New York
  Farrar, Straus Girous, 2005.

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• We will require 200,000 workers in science and
  engineering, 400,000 in arts, music, culture, and
  entertainment, and millions in other creative
  sector jobs.
• Florida, Richard. Flight of the Creative Class.
  New York HarperCollins, 2004.

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Globalization to wipe out U.S. makers of
surfboards.Austun American April 2008
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A factory in China that makes 20 million irons a
year 76,629 a day 9,578 an hour 159 every
min.
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Pain From Free Trade Spurs Second Thoughts Alan
Blinder's Shift Spotlights Warnings Of Deeper
Downside

• http//online.wsj.com/public/article/SB11750080538
  6350446-cRRynUb3zQgR2Yxn8wFOt96EOlE_20070404.html?
  modblogs
• Alan S. Blinder -- Princeton University
  economist, former Federal Reserve Board vice
  chairman, remains an implacable opponent of
  tariffs and trade barriers. But now he is saying
  loudly that a new industrial revolution --
  communication technology that allows services to
  be delivered electronically from afar -- will put
  as many as 40 million American jobs at risk of
  being shipped out of the country in the next
  decade. That's more than double the total of
  workers employed in manufacturing today. The job
  insecurity those workers face today is "only the
  tip of a very big iceberg," Mr. Blinder says.

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Bottom line 42 million to 56 million U.S. jobs
could be lost to offshoring.
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Parents around the world see the change and know
that the traditional 3 R's reading, writing,
and arithmetic are necessary, but not enough.
Their children need to become far more
responsible, creative, and tolerant of
differences. They need to increase their ability
to think for themselves, take initiative, get
along with others, and solve problems.
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Digital Kids-Analog Schools
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Digital Kids-Analog Schools
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If you want change be the changeGhand
,Michael Angier, guykawasaki , Will Richardson,
Angela Jackson, Shri Ram Katha , John W. Snider,
Howie DiBlasi
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Have we changed our classrooms in the last
20-30-years?

• Starbucks
• McDonalds
• Your bank On-line banking-bill paying
• Malls
• Sports stadiums
• Cameras
• Pay phones
• Travel agents
• On-line shopping
• Cars-motorcycles
• Churches
• Schools classrooms ???

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Who said that.

• I am not complacent at all John. I have gone
  through experiences such as this for a very long
  time. I know I am right. I make the good
  argument, write the wise articles, and the
  persuasive letters. And sometimes I feel as
  though I am preaching to a stack of wood. People
  do not easily embrace change. Convincing them to
  turn in a new direction requires a patience and
  persistence that tax everyone. It does not help
  matters that the course we are attempting to
  follow could get us all hanged
• Ben Franklin talking to John Adams , June 7, 1776

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Why do people resist Change?

•  Nudge your neighbor.

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Why do people resist Change?

• Routine is disrupted
• Fear of the unknown
• Purpose is unclear
• Tradition resists change
• Creates fear of failure
• To much effort
• People are satisfied with the way things are

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Featured Video America's Innovation
Shortfall.The Failed Promise of Innovation in
the U.S.

• During the past decade, innovation has stumbled.
  And that may help explain America's economic
  woes.
• http//www.businessweek.com/magazine/toc/09_24/B41
  35magazine.htm

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Lifelong KindergartenAn interview with Mitchel
Resnick

• The director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group
  at the MIT Media Lab, Mitchel Resnick discusses
  the role of play in the innovation process and
  the imperative of creativity and innovation
  today.

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Lifelong KindergartenAn interview with Mitchel
Resnick
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On or off the bus??? Good to Great by Jim
Collins

• How to change and transform a good company into
  a great company.
• 1. Get the right people on the bus.
• 2. Get them in the right seats- Put the right
  people in the right place in the bus
• 3. Get the wrong people off the bus.
• One way to find out who the wrong people are If 
  you have to actively manage the people they are
  the wrong people.

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What is the primary purpose of education?

• Prepare students for higher education and the
  world of work
• To pass along knowledge and values to the next
  generation of society.
• To mold a new generation of good citizens
• Creating good citizens
• Preparing workers for jobs
• Helping the industrious raise their social
  standing
• To learn how to learn
• to learn how to research
• to develop your body
• to develop artistic skills

to have fun to become well-rounded to make
friends to learn job skills to increase
IQ to meet boy/girl friends to learn social
skills to prepare for living in society to
become open-minded to prepare for tests to
become cultured to make connections
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Now, reflect on your classrooms

• What are you doing that is innovative?
• How is what your students learning pertinent to
  todays world?
• Will what you are teaching your students help
  them be successful in todays global economy?

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• What will the world look like 30-40 years from
  now?
• What kind of skills and knowledge will today's
  school kids need to thrive in the world?
• What's education's role?
• What are we currently doing to help
  administrators be effective technology leaders?
• What are we doing to help non-positional leaders
  ( people who lead but lack authority/power) ?
• What kind of research do we need on this topic?
• What kind of research do we need on this topic?
• What could/should educational leadership programs
  be doing to help admin be effective tech leaders?
  

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Goals for today

• What is a BLC
• Projects Criteria
• High School and College graduation rates
• Jobs leaving the U.S.
• What is success?
• My Digital Classroom
• Lifelong Kindergarten
• Change
• 21st Century Skills
• What do companies want for their new employees?
• Projects
• 21st Century Staff Development

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Can your students

• Make a Global Connection
• Make a Authentic Connection
• Make a Family Connection
• Be self directed by writing, directing and
  producing
• Make a contribution to the community
• Be empowered to make a legacy
• Engage with others so they will contact authors
  and researchers
• Credit to Alan November

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Lessons in Politically Incorrect Accountability
by Dave AndersonWhat's Your Excuse, White Boy?

• How can you rationalize, trivialize, or
  marginalize the fact that you aren't successful?
  It's been a white male's world in this country
  since it began. You've made the rules, held the
  highest offices, run the major corporations, and
  controlled the country's purse strings. Compared
  to your coworker counterparts, you haven't had to
  fight prejudice, march for civil or equal rights,
  petition for the right to vote, or sue for equal
  wages in the workplace. Your color and gender
  have made you more immediately acceptable,
  preferable, and prone to promotion for centuries.
  

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If you are a mentally and physically healthy
white male and can't find success in this
country, under these most favorable conditions,
you are without a doubt the biggest loser in the
history of mankind. Whine all you like about
affirmative action, reverse discrimination, and
other injustices you see, as the balance of power
begins to slowly shift away from your domain.
While these corrupt practices are misguided and
wrong they're not to fault for your sorry state.
Your problem is that you surrendered much of the
head start granted at your conception to a
combination of smugness, laziness, arrogance,
sloppy character, absent discipline, failure to
educate yourself, and complacency-and now you've
got to suck it up, swallow your pride, and get
back to work before you become an irrelevant
pimple in the white trash wing of the has-been
hall of fame. Don't expect anyone to shed tears
for you. It's high time you put down the can of
Meisterbrau, get off your puke green sofa, pull
up your pants over your butt cheeks, bleach the
tobacco stains from your hands, brush your tooth,
and get a job!
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Checklist For Change YES NO

• Will this benefit the followers?
• Is this compatible with the purpose of the
  organization?
• Is this change specific and clear?
• Are the top 20 percent (the influencers) in favor
  of this
• Is it possible to test this change before making
  a total commitment to it?
• Are physical, financial and human resources
  available
• Is this change reversible?
• Is this the next obvious step?
• Does this change have both short and long-range
  benefits?
• Is the timing right?

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And finally

• Is the leadership capable of bringing about this
  change?

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Build A Plane..We are building dreams !!!
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Google Docs

• At the top of the section put your names
• Answer the 3 questions
• Put a break line with the at the
  end of you answers

• What is a hero?
• What qualities are common in hero's?
• Pick one Hero for the group
• Why are they a hero?
• Be prepared to share with everyone