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=TIE 2011 Conference=

I am learning so much at this conference! My mind is spinning with all the possibilities that this new information will bring to both me and my building staff. I've gone to so many amazing sessions, learned what other people are doing that is successful, and gained powerful links and resources for my school. I wanted to share a bit about the sessions I've been in, as well as some of the links I've been introduced to.

__**Session #2: Web 3.0 Tools**:__ 1213 :Classroom 3.0: Learn how to transform your classroom into a high-achieving, technology-rich space that fosters student inquiry and engagement. Session Website Presenter: Dawn Ferreyra Omaha Public Schools Technical Focus: Language Arts, Web 2.0 Tools Grade Levels: Pre-K–Elementary, Middle School Session: Tuesday 3:30pm–5:30pm Location: Conference Center, Bighorn C2 Pasted from 

Power of technology into children's hands with the power of a good curriculum. Having a SMART board behind the teacher doesn't help at all. You have to change your instructional practices as well. BBC Clip of flying penguins: Just because it's on the web, doesn't make it true!!!

Look at the content of the lesson, not the technology tools. When using the tools, you're not judging the technology, you're judging the content, and what they've learned.

No busy work. Have ways for kids to reflect on it. Tool vs. Technology vs. Curriculum Example: Play a game and reflect for rigor: what did I learn? How can I transfer this information? With a game/cipher/anticipatory set, record it on the wiki to have a record of learning for both student and parent (as well as administration)

__**Session #3: Power Library Retooled**__

CDE Becky Russell

Their goal is to help schools move to a Highly-Effective Library Programs

Outcomes for today:
 * I will learn about the newly revised PLP
 * I will learn how PLP strategies can help me be a leader in my school
 * I will learn a little more about CDE initiative s and how PLP is instrumental in helping to implement these in my building and district

[] (Main CDE Library Page) [] (PLP CDE Page)

Senate Bill 191 (Educator Effectiveness): 4 categories for teachers: Highly Effective: This is why they chose the terminology of Colorado's Highly Effective School Library Programs: this can blend well with everything else in teacher evaluations

Qualitative piece with parents (This is more the 21st Century Piece) Quantitative piece with materials (Appendix of HighlyEffectiveSchoolLibraries.pdf) You can use this PDF as your evaluation tool for principals and as a self-assessment Competencies in the PDF are for the most part in the most important order Use this PDF to show the new CDE initiatives/standards (21st Century Skills Piece, doesn't have to be adopted until 2013, but we should be thinking about this NOW!) we can use this to help transition our staff to the new standards, especially since we've already been trained on collaboration. IT's a hook to administration because it shows exactly what CDE expects, and this gets them to LISTEN UP!

Senate Bill 163: School Improvement Plan: start with the end in mind, look at a 21st Century Skill Piece
 * -library to have a strategic plan that correlates with the school improvement plan. This should show the principal what the library is going to do to help the school meet the goals. Integrate yourself into all pieces of the school to make sure that students achievement can be affected. This also shows the difference we make, allows us to focus ourselves and balanced about how we are supporting what begins in the classroom.

look at the end in mind. What do you want kids to get out of this? How is this going to meaningful for them apart from learning the tech tool? What is the application???? (Keynote Address)

For all the competencies, you will NOT be highly effective in each area. The bar is super high, but you can pick a few (3) to focus on. You decide with your principal where you are. Look at the areas and show your principal that this is how you are going to work to help the school as a whole. Align yourself with the Colorado Core Academic Standards

Assessment of Student Work: formative vs. summative, rubrics help with formative assessment
 * Model with teachers how to use a checklist. You model how to use one student, so the teacher can evaluate another student.
 * 21st Century Assessment: make the shift to be able to do formative assessment throughout the project, so you can do it on the spot.

If you're struggling with this (21st Century Assessment), contact CDE and they will help in any way they can. Workshops, mentors, etc. Nancy White website/rubrics: []

Use the Progress Monitoring Assessment to help teachers plan (backwards planning) Add the value instead of sharing just a cool tool. Look at the group of kids so you can give them a more defined pathfinder so they aren't overwhelmed. "Differentiation Queen": pull certain kids aside Standards-based grading: show them where you can help with those opportunities, how those tech tools can be used for assessment that are based on the standards IT is a huge SHIFT of thinking! (look at a fixed/flex combo for scheduling)

Fill out the survey at: [] if you would like to participate in the program. October 31 is the deadline to apply and gain recognition from CDE to become an official POWER LIBRARY PROGRAM, if you feel you are HIGHLY EFFECTIVE in most of the competencies

CDE's goal is training, not grading. When looking at the Quantitative piece, K-8 would qualify as one or the other to identify with

Create a teacher will do vs. librarian will do list, heavy on the librarian will do side Letter to teachers of all the services you will provide

__**Session #4: Citizenship in the Digital Age**__

2214: Citizenship in the Digital Age: Explore student safety on the Internet, ways to combat and avoid cyberbullying, and how to enjoin students to leave a positive digital footprint. Session Website : [] Presenter: Christine Schein Academy School District 20 Co-Presenter: Linda Conway Technical Focus: Multimedia, Social Media, Professional Development, Character Education Grade Levels: Pre-K–Elementary, Middle School, High School Session: Wednesday 10:15am–12:15pm Location: Conference Center, Ptarmigan A Pasted from 

Parents, and how to involve them: Research still shows that kids listen to their parents over peers Citizenship: We have rights to feel safe while on the internet Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship by Mike Ribble 1. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society. Technology users need to be aware of and support electronic access for all to create a foundation for Digital Citizenship. Digital exclusion of any kind does not enhance the growth of users in an electronic society. All people should have fair access to technology no matter who they are. Places or organizations with limited connectivity need to be addressed as well. To become productive citizens, we need to be committed to equal digital access. 2. Digital Commerce: electronic buying and selling of goods. Technology users need to understand that a large share of market economy is being done electronically. Legitimate and legal exchanges are occurring, but the buyer or seller need to be aware of the issues associated with it. The mainstream availability of Internet purchases of toys, clothing, cars, food, etc. has become commonplace to many users. At the same time, an equal amount of illegal/immoral goods and services are surfacing such as pornography and gambling. Users need to learn about how to be effective consumers in a new digital economy. 3. Digital Communication: electronic exchange of information. One of the significant changes within the digital revolution is a person’s ability to communicate with other people. In the 19th century, forms of communication were limited. In the 21st century, communication options have exploded to offer a wide variety of choices (e.g., e-mail, cellular phones, instant messaging). The expanding digital communication options have changed everything because people are able to keep in constant communication with anyone else. Now everyone has the opportunity to communicate and collaborate with anyone from anywhere and anytime. Unfortunately, many users have not been taught how to make appropriate decisions when faced with so many different digital communication options. 4. Digital Literacy: process of teaching and learning about technology and the use of technology. While schools have made great progress in the area of technology infusion, much remains to be done. A renewed focus must be made on what technologies must be taught as well as how it should be used. New technologies are finding their way into the work place that are not being used in schools (e.g., videoconferencing, online sharing spaces such as wikis). In addition, workers in many different occupations need immediate information (just-in-time information). This process requires sophisticated searching and processing skills (i.e., information literacy). Learners must be taught how to learn in a digital society. In other words, learners must be taught to learn anything, anytime, anywhere. Business, military, and medicine are excellent examples of how technology is being used differently in the 21st century. As new technologies emerge, learners need to learn how to use that technology quickly and appropriately. Digital Citizenship involves educating people in a new way— these individuals need a high degree of information literacy skills. 5. Digital Etiquette: electronic standards of conduct or procedure. Technology users often see this area as one of the most pressing problems when dealing with Digital Citizenship. We recognize inappropriate behavior when we see it, but before people use technology they do not learn digital etiquette (i.e., appropriate conduct). Many people feel uncomfortable talking to others about their digital etiquette. Often rules and regulations are created or the technology is simply banned to stop inappropriate use. It is not enough to create rules and policy, we must teach everyone to become responsible digital citizens in this new society. 6. Digital Law: electronic responsibility for actions and deeds Digital law deals with the ethics of technology within a society. Unethical use manifests itself in form of theft and/or crime. Ethical use manifests itself in the form of abiding by the laws of society. Users need to understand that stealing or causing damage to other people’s work, identity, or property online is a crime. There are certain rules of society that users need to be aware in a ethical society. These laws apply to anyone who works or plays online. Hacking into others information, downloading illegal music, plagiarizing, creating destructive worms, viruses or creating Trojan Horses, sending spam, or stealing anyone’s identify or property is unethical. 7. Digital Rights & Responsibilities: those freedoms extended to everyone in a digital world. Just as in the American Constitution where there is a Bill of Rights, there is a basic set of rights extended to every digital citizen. Digital citizens have the right to privacy, free speech, etc. Basic digital rights must be addressed, discussed, and understood in the digital world. With these rights also come responsibilities as well. Users must help define how the technology is to be used in an appropriate manner. In a digital society these two areas must work together for everyone to be productive. 8. Digital Health & Wellness: physical and psychological well-being in a digital technology world. Eye safety, repetitive stress syndrome, and sound ergonomic practices are issues that need to be addressed in a new technological world. Beyond the physical issues are those of the psychological issues that are becoming more prevalent such as Internet addiction. Users need to be taught that there inherent dangers of technology. Digital Citizenship includes a culture where technology users are taught how to protect themselves through education and training. 9. Digital Security (self-protection): electronic precautions to guarantee safety. In any society, there are individuals who steal, deface, or disrupt other people. The same is true for the digital community. It is not enough to trust other members in the community for our own safety. In our own homes, we put locks on our doors and fire alarms in our houses to provide some level of protection. The same must be true for the digital security. We need to have virus protection, backups of data, and surge control of our equipment. As responsible citizens, we must protect our information from outside forces that might cause disruption or harm. Pasted from <[]> Addiction Issue with technology: people have to constantly be on their phone, on their social media, time saver Brain Pop Video on Digital Ettiqette Parent Panel: Librarian, IT security, Police Officer, Teacher, Head Tech Person Parents take the quiz (with clickers), ask questions of the panel: Breakout Sessions Pasted from  Parent Academy was 3 in the fall, 3 in the spring JUST for Internet Safety (monthly thing) Hinduja and Patchin have started a research center on cyberbullying [|www.Cyberbullying.us] (you can print any of this and hand it out as much as you like. They will come for a conference) We need to give our students the social norms for the online world Legal Department: NEXUS Rule: talk about your APUs with students and with educators, and what the policies are, etc. GRAY AREA Policy with resource officer, admin involvement for counselors, teachers, etc. How are we taking care of it? It will NOT be efficient to have it mention in our bullying policy just "online" [] : They will present to your school, really great workshops! (be careful what you print and look for copyright) Digital Citizenship Websites: http://caslprecontotiesmackdown.wikispaces.com/Digital+Citizenship College and Job Applications are now asking for your facebook account name so they can research you before hand
 * CSPD Detective, Security
 * Safety Controls - [|Facebooks Settings]
 * Talking to your kids

__**Session #5: Designing Student Centered Classrooms with Promethean**__ 2301 : Designing Student-Centered Classrooms with Promethean: Grab your students’ attention by using Promethean’s ActivInspire. The interactive lesson development software allows any teacher to create lessons that invite student participation. [|Session Website] Presenter: Shannon Wentworth 6th Avenue Elementary School, Aurora Public Schools Co-Presenter: Gwynn Moore Technical Focus: Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Web 2.0 Tools, Techie, Multimedia, Professional Development, Technology Integration, Thematic Learning Grade Levels: Pre-K–Elementary, Middle School, High School Session: Wednesday 1:45pm–2:45pm Location: Copper Station, Wheeler A Pasted from  21st Century learning means having kids being immersed in content using technology tools Award-Winning Flipcharts (where's flippy?) from Promethean Promethean is constantly doing contests where you can win FREE stuff! Check it out! Use slates for teachers to move, as well as for students so you don't have to wait for them to get up and down, just pass the slate. Use the wand so you don't have to upper and lower the board. Vision of 21st Century Learners: youtube video Colorado Hispanic Heritage Flipchart: Winner of Promethean Where's Flippy?: Exploration Habitat: Winner of Promethean Where's Flippy? Pre-lesson:, vocab words, write the words that they think we'll talk about Causes of the Civil War: Grand Prize Promethean Flipchart How to make flipcharts interactive: hand the pen over to the students What are the goals/key learning students need to gain from this lesson? What are the essential questions students need to be able to answer to meet the learning goals/key learning? What are the understandings you want students to show from their learning? What key knowledge and skills will students acquire? What will students create as evidence of their new learning? How will they interact with the lesson and materials? __MAKE SURE EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING IS TO SUPPORT THE END GOAL!__ KISS: Keep it Super Simple Flipchart Rubric: Professional Development: Best Practices When you embed in the flipchart, always store internally in the flipchart, and then it is always attached to your lesson Promethean Resource Library Pics4Learning.com Microsoft Creative Commons Google/Flikr are Copyrighted! Government websites have pictures that you can use freely without copyright Be careful about using pictures, people are now putting links embeded into their pictures so that if you download it onto your computer, they can track you and will know when you steal their picture Promethean ActivTips on iTunes
 * Notes and reset buttons on each page, same background colors
 * Title page
 * Standards and objectives
 * Introduction
 * What we know, what we'd like to know
 * History lesson with interactive piece (boxes blocking pictures underneath)
 * Web with the people, click on the name, get more info (green box from the side, within the actions of the software: SHOW/HIDE)
 * Timeline with containers in order
 * Make a list, dual pens
 * Quiz to review what we've talked about
 * Credits at the end of the flipchart, so they can see, good digital citizenship: if students see it, they will do it as well
 * Notes and reset buttons on each page, same background colors
 * Title page
 * Standards and objectives
 * List the things we know/think we know, and compare to a HIDE/SHOW list of what is true
 * Venn-Diagram
 * Quiz
 * WebQuest/Think-Qwest: create a flipchart for them to think about, a student journal, all within s separate flipchart that is linked
 * Standards
 * Question using the Expressions, and then reveal (HIDE/SHOW) to see the explanation with the answers, link to a video website on discovery ed
 * Read the short paragraphs, highlight the most important parts of each paragraph (some pages have web links)
 * Venn Diagram to compare/Contrast
 * Containers: sort the boxes to the correct boxes
 * Quiz to review