{"data":[{"ID":"54","Class":"EduconConversation","ContextClass":null,"ContextID":null,"Created":1264966378,"CreatorID":"937","RevisionID":null,"Title":"Beyond Standards; The Road Ahead","Handle":"Beyond_Standards_The_Road_Ahead","ShortDescription":"The current focus on standards is misguided and will result in students prepared for yesterday's world, rather than ready to create tomorrow.  In this presentation, we will explore alternative concepts for organizing teaching and learning that will allow students to solve problems which they face now and in the future.","Description":"The current focus on standards is misguided and will result in students prepared for yesterday's world, rather than ready to create tomorrow.  In this presentation, we will explore alternative concepts from other fields for organizing teaching and learning that will allow students to solve problems which they will face now and in the future.   The participants will also reconsider literacy as a singular, rather than a plural concept (ie media literacy, print literacy, etc.) in support of this problem solving.  The participants will also discuss how to practically overcome the","Link":["http:\/\/edtechleadership.com\/wordpress3\/?p=939"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"A small short selection of readings will be posted on my blog which participants can read and discuss prior to my session to give all the participants a common frame of reference.   The actual conversation will follow the What? So What? Now What? Framework.    What is the movement toward universal standards doing to teaching and learning in your situation?  - Small Group Discussion   So What  does that mean for preparing students to solve problems now and in the future (what best practices exist outside of education that we can apply to this problem)?","Presenter":["Joseph J. Bires"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Haddonfield School District"],"PresenterEmail":["joebires@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlot":"Session Five","Room":"207"},{"ID":"59","Class":"EduconConversation","ContextClass":null,"ContextID":null,"Created":1263666185,"CreatorID":"1","RevisionID":null,"Title":"Ditch the classroom, embrace the world, and integrate Adventure Learning","Handle":"Ditch_the_classroom_embrace_the_world_and_integrate_Adventure_Learning","ShortDescription":"We will discuss how teachers can design powerful and engaging learning experiences by focusing on narrative, pedagogy, social media, creative curricula, and the world outside the classroom. I will illustrate how a 5-year K12 Adventure Learning program engaged millions of students worldwide and assist participants in designing Adventure Learning lessons.","Description":"Adventure Learning (AL) is an approach for designing environments to engage learners in opportunities to explore real-world issues through collaborative, experiential, and participatory experiences (Doering & Veletsianos, 2008, Veletsianos & Kleanthous, 2009). For the last 5 years the author has been part of a team that launched a K-12 AL program entitled GoNorth! (http:\/\/www.polarhusky.com) followed by millions of children worldwide. These projects follow the same narrative: a team of explorers and educators traverse an Arctic region of the world on a dog sledding expedition to engage learners with a freely-available inquiry-based curriculum exploring socio-scientific issues of concern (e.g., global warming). Students follow the expedition and participate in the learning experience via an online environment enhanced with media send from the trail (e.g. audio, video). In addition, students engage in conversations with explorers, experts, and co-learners via real-time chats, postings on shared maps, etc. \r\n\r\nThe appeal and transformative nature of the AL approach is not only demonstrated by five years of research, but also by worldwide attempts to actively involve classrooms in expeditions. Examples include a record-breaking foot trek to the South Pole (http:\/\/bit.ly\/f5kIs) and an initiative to study Polar bears in their natural habitat (http:\/\/bit.ly\/2GcXPU). \r\n\r\nTo assist educators in designing technology-enhanced adventure learning experiences, this discussion will focus on five focus areas (narrative, pedagogy, social media, creative curricula, and the world outside the classroom) that foster the design of adventure-based projects.","Link":["http:\/\/www.veletsianos.com\/educon22"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"Participants will be asked to explore examples of Adventure Learning projects. At the conference, George will (a) discuss the topic, and, to demonstrate the ideas presented (b) design a small adventure learning project with participants as co-creators. Next, participants will be divided in groups to design their own adventure learning projects. During this time the author will act as a consultant to the teams. The projects developed will be posted on http:\/\/www.veletsianos.com\/educon22   for future access. At the end of the session each team will discuss their project and receive feedback from the rest of the group.","Presenter":["Dr. George Veletsianos"],"PresenterAffiliation":["University of Texas at Austin"],"PresenterEmail":["veletsianos@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlot":"Session Five","Room":"301"},{"ID":"57","Class":"EduconConversation","ContextClass":null,"ContextID":null,"Created":1264951314,"CreatorID":"968","RevisionID":null,"Title":"Fostering Youth Leadership through Technology-based Service Learning","Handle":"Fostering_Youth_Leadership_through_Technology-based_Service_Learning_","ShortDescription":"How can we as educators and community partners cultivate strong youth leaders in an era of constantly changing technology? The answer is simple: youth as agents of this change. This conversation will focus on implementing student-driven, service-learning program models in schools.","Description":"How can we as educators and community partners cultivate strong youth leaders in an era of constantly changing technology? The answer is simple: youth as agents of this change. This conversation will focus on implementing student-driven, service-learning program models in schools. These models include student help desks, tech clubs and in-class project-based support around the use of digital media. These models are lead by youth, for youth, in a cascading mentoring continuum involving recent high school graduates, high school students, and K-8 students. Members of the Philadelphia Urban Technology Project's (UrbanTech) TechServ initiative will participate in a panel discussion on best practices for fostering the culture of youth-driven change in schools and communities.\r\n\r\n[url]http:\/\/64.235.54.97\/~barefeet\/c\/msg.htm[\/url]","Link":[],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"We will transition from panel discussion format to whole group conversation. Audience members will also have option to post questions for presenters throughout the conversation. Any unanswered questions will be posted on a public wiki.","Presenter":["Edison Friere","Chris Alfano","Crista Collins"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Urban Technology Project (Collaborative initiative between & The School District of Philadelphia and Communities in Schools of Philadelphia","Inc.)"],"PresenterEmail":["efreire@philasd.org","calfano@cisphl.org"],"ScheduleSlot":"Session Five","Room":"211"},{"ID":"64","Class":"EduconConversation","ContextClass":null,"ContextID":null,"Created":1264778932,"CreatorID":"268","RevisionID":null,"Title":"It Takes a Village to Raise a Program","Handle":"Partnering_with_the_Community","ShortDescription":"Community partnerships enable schools to give students experiences outside the classroom. Students can apply their education and learn from nontraditional teachers.","Description":"This conversation will discuss the benefits and challenges of running an internship program with high school students.\r\n\r\n\r\n[url=http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/11110\/Handbook%202009-2010.pdf]Science Leadership Academy ILP[\/url]\r\n\r\n[url=\"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/11110\/Handbook%20Final%202009-2010.pdf\"]The Franklin Institute's internship Guide [\/url]","Link":[],"Audience":["High School"],"Practice":"Because communities are different, with different needs and opportunities, this session will focus especially on the participants and how this model can be adapted to different situations.","Presenter":["Jeremy Spry and Rachel Hallowell"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Science Leadership Academy"],"PresenterEmail":["jspry@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlot":"Session Five","Room":"309"},{"ID":"55","Class":"EduconConversation","ContextClass":null,"ContextID":null,"Created":1263666185,"CreatorID":"1","RevisionID":null,"Title":"On the Development of Learning Spaces","Handle":"On_the_Development_of_Learning_Spaces","ShortDescription":"","Description":"There are five axioms that form the foundation of the Educon experience.  The axioms focus on the characteristics of school, of the role of technology and what learning can become.  They provide a framework for informing what we can andshould do as educators.When we discuss pedagogy, when we discuss the skills that we wish to see develop in students, when we discuss the role of technology, and when we discuss learning in general, it is of critical importance that we also discuss the role that learning space has in supporting what we do.  Excellent practice, high-quality learning, and successful institutions all require a place for the interactions of teaching and learning . Yet, the concept learning space is rarely discussed among educators as a \"one-size- fits- all\" classroom is the accepted expectation and reality in today's schools.  As we critically examine educational practice this weekend, it is imperative that we also carefully reconsider the importance of where learning occurs.This conversation seeks to do just that.","Link":[],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"In this session, our conversation will be based on developing the perspectives that move participants from a classroom-based model of teaching and learning to one that is rooted in the concept of a learning space.  Our conversations will help participants clarify their expectations for a learning space, and how such a space can support an expanded and relevant educational experience for students.","Presenter":["David Jakes"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Glenbrook South High School","Glenview","IL"],"PresenterEmail":["dsjakes@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlot":"Session Five","Room":"208"},{"ID":"62","Class":"EduconConversation","ContextClass":null,"ContextID":null,"Created":1264968325,"CreatorID":"501","RevisionID":null,"Title":"Resources for Success: How to Offer Differentiated Support for Math Students","Handle":"Resources_for_Success_How_to_Offer_Differentiated_Support_for_Math_Students","ShortDescription":"What can be done when students require additional support beyond the classroom? How can we offer support for students while balancing a full teaching load? How can resources be made available to effectively offer differentiated support? This conversation will focus on creating a structured set of mathematics resources both inside and outside of school.","Description":"What can be done when students require additional support beyond the classroom? How can we offer support for students while balancing a full teaching load? How can resources be made available to effectively offer differentiated support? This conversation will focus on creating a structured set of mathematics resources both inside and outside of school. We will examine systems currently in place at SLA, including the use of online classrooms, an in-school peer- and teacher-led tutoring program, the use of online grade reports, math tutorial videos, and the creation of a math-enrichment course for students with multiple gaps in their math knowledge. Additionally, we will break into small groups to explore how teachers from other schools offer support, and we will examine challenges associated with setting up such structures. The conversation will conclude with a whole group discussion tying together many of our collective strategies and exploring how they can be set up most effectively in various school communities.\r\n\r\n[b][url=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/present\/edit?id=0ASIZsPm5WG2RZGd0anJtZjJfMzQ3Z2RjMndnaGM&hl=en]Presentation Slides[\/url][\/b]\r\n\r\n[b][url=http:\/\/spreadsheets.google.com\/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dG5TcElabndfc29yYXF3ZWtKd2VldGc6MA]Navagate to Google Form[\/url][\/b]\r\n[b][url=https:\/\/spreadsheets.google.com\/ccc?key=0AiIZsPm5WG2RdG5TcElabndfc29yYXF3ZWtKd2VldGc&hl=en]Results of Group Discussions[\/url][\/b]\r\n\r\n[b]Useful Resources:[\/b]\r\n* [b][url=http:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/sunilityching\/home\/professional\/resources\/mr2]Mr. Reddy's Math Recordings[\/url][\/b] - [i] video tutorial archive with practice problems for most major topics covered in Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry. More to come...[\/i]\r\n* [b][url=http:\/\/www.engrade.com\/]Engrade Online Gradebook[\/url][\/b] - [i]allows students and concerned parties to get a current progress report whenever curious.[\/i]\r\n* [b][url=http:\/\/www.schooltube.com\/video\/fb61fb43b418a72fa07f\/Sample-Math-Support]Sample Live Support Intervention[\/url][\/b] - [i]video reenactment of instruction outside of the classroom.[\/i]","Link":["http:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/sunilityching\/"],"Audience":["High School","Middle School"],"Practice":"Educators from various schools will discuss and examine practices that they use to provide students differentiated math support both inside and outside of school.","Presenter":["Brad Latimer and Sunil Reddy"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Science Leadership Academy"],"PresenterEmail":["blatimer@scienceleadership.org","sreddy@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlot":"Session Five","Room":"307"},{"ID":"63","Class":"EduconConversation","ContextClass":null,"ContextID":null,"Created":1264959433,"CreatorID":"640","RevisionID":null,"Title":"Students (and Teachers) as Creators of Content - Digital Storytelling and Beyond","Handle":"Students_and_Teachers_as_Creators_of_Content_-_Digital_Storytelling_and_Beyond","ShortDescription":"Digital storytelling, podcasting, Flash animation, Scratch, etc are just a few powerful tools to create content or the web. The list is tremendous! This conversation will discuss current thoughts on creating and creativity, focus on best practices and explore some of these amazing tools.","Description":"Digital storytelling, podcasting, Flash animation, Scratch, etc are just a few powerful tools to create content or the web. The list is tremendous! This conversation will discuss current thoughts on creating and creativity, focus on best practices and explore some of these amazing tools.","Link":["http:\/\/smorraeducon22.wikispaces.com\/"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"I plan on using a variety of online tools including an online whiteboard, wallwisher, and google apps.","Presenter":["Samantha Morra"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Montclair Public Schools","Montclair NJ."],"PresenterEmail":["smsmorra@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlot":"Session Five","Room":"308"},{"ID":"53","Class":"EduconConversation","ContextClass":null,"ContextID":null,"Created":1263666185,"CreatorID":"1","RevisionID":null,"Title":"Taking Play Seriously","Handle":"Taking_Play_Seriously","ShortDescription":"","Description":"Diane Ackerman's quote, \"play is the brain's favorite way of learning\" is oft used to describe the learning that takes place in elementary schools.  Despite that belief, a simple visit to any school in the country will reveal a picture that flies in the face of Ackerman's statement.      We know why play is being squeezed out of schools, but bringing it back will take creative thinking, ideas and sharing.  Together we will discuss and construct ideas for bringing the aspects of play into more learning experiences.","Link":["http:\/\/playfullearning.wikispaces.com\/"],"Audience":["Elementary School"],"Practice":"An experience of playful learning (PicoCrickets) will be described leading to small group sharing of similar learning experiences as well as collaborative construction of an online resource.","Presenter":["Brian C. Smith"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Monroe #1 BOCES"],"PresenterEmail":["brian@briancsmith.org"],"ScheduleSlot":"Session Five","Room":"204"},{"ID":"60","Class":"EduconConversation","ContextClass":null,"ContextID":null,"Created":1263666185,"CreatorID":"1","RevisionID":null,"Title":"Teaching Teachers: How students can help teachers adapt to working in a new learning environment.","Handle":"Teaching_Teachers_How_students_can_help_teachers_adapt_to_working_in_a_new_learning_environment","ShortDescription":"The sequel to \"Forging Student Teacher Relationships in an Era of Shared Learning,\" Tyrone Kidd and Jeff Kessler are back to expand upon the topic. In this session, Jeff and Tyrone will work with new SLA faculty to describe how students have helped them adapt to the SLA community.","Description":"when we discuss learning in general, it is of critical importance that","Link":[],"Audience":["High School","Middle School"],"Practice":"such a space can support an expanded and relevant educational","Presenter":["Jeff Kessler","Tyrone Kidd","Juan Gabriel Sanchez","Erin Garvey"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Science Leadership Academy"],"PresenterEmail":["jeffkesslernj@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlot":"Session Five","Room":"303"},{"ID":"61","Class":"EduconConversation","ContextClass":null,"ContextID":null,"Created":1264950031,"CreatorID":"328","RevisionID":null,"Title":"The Democratization of the Classroom in the 21st Century","Handle":"Technology_and_the_Democratization_of_the_Classroom","ShortDescription":"The intention of this workshop is to explore how the ideal of more democratic and progressive classrooms might look today in light of 1:1 computing, networked communication and other tools that might be available.","Description":"The mission of this workshop is two-fold.  First, it revisits one of the principle aims of progressive education- namely to change the flow of information in the classroom from solely one of direct, top-down instruction to an environment in which students participate actively in their learning through the process of inquiry.  The natural consequence of this perspective is that the educational authority, and to some extent control, is distributed more democratically in the classroom.  Secondly this workshop will present technologies and activities that make this progressive vision more possible in today?s classrooms.  This session is not intended to simply be a ?show and tell? review of technology but more importantly a brainstorming and information-sharing workshop to assist participants in the pursuit of making their classrooms increasingly democratic.  The facilitators of this session are two current faculty members of SLA.","Link":["http:\/\/educon22democracy.wikispaces.com\/"],"Audience":["High School","Middle School","Elementary School","All School Levels"],"Practice":"We are going to be breaking out in work groups for part of this session and through them adding pages to the Wiki for this workshop to create a record of our shared resources and ideas.","Presenter":["Matt Baird and Doug Herman"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Science Leadership Academy"],"PresenterEmail":["bairdito@gmail.com","mbaird@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlot":"Session Five","Room":"304"},{"ID":"58","Class":"EduconConversation","ContextClass":null,"ContextID":null,"Created":1264344536,"CreatorID":"611","RevisionID":null,"Title":"Why Has Technology Failed to Bring Substantial Change to American Schools (and what can we do about it)?","Handle":"Why_Has_Technology_Failed_to_Bring_Substantial_Change_to_American_Schools_and_what_can_we_do_about_it","ShortDescription":"The authors of Disrupting Class ask \"Why haven't computers brought about a transformation in schools the way they have in other areas of life?\". Excellent question. Join us for a discussion of what we can do to change that situation. Bring any and all ideas to share.","Description":"In the book Disrupting Class, the authors make the observation \"While people have spent billions of dollars putting computers into schools, it has resulted in little change in how students learn.\"\r\nThey also ask \"Why haven't computers brought about a transformation in schools the way they have in other areas of life?\"\r\nExcellent question. Certainly there are plenty of answers, including this one also from Disrupting Class \"...the way schools have employed computers has been perfectly predictable, perfectly logical - and perfectly wrong.\"\r\nBut the focus of this session will not be about placing blame.  Instead let's discuss what we can do and what is being done to change things. Come join us for a discussion centered on these ideas and bring any and all ideas, whether from your personal experience or elsewhere.  Invite your friends and colleagues who aren?t attending EduCon to be part of the conversation from wherever they are.","Link":[],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"","Presenter":["Tim Stahmer"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Fairfax County Public Schools"],"PresenterEmail":["tstahmer@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlot":"Session Five","Room":"300"},{"ID":"56","Class":"EduconConversation","ContextClass":null,"ContextID":null,"Created":1264941718,"CreatorID":"1019","RevisionID":null,"Title":"Wikis for a Dynamic Curriculum","Handle":"Wikis_for_a_Dynamic_Curriculum","ShortDescription":"Wiki's are not meant to house static content. See a MediaWiki implementation that highlights how a teacher can have their curricula materials online, make it visually appealing and increase the ability for collaboration among the learning community.","Description":"","Link":["http:\/\/www.girls4tech.org\/curricula"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"The session will use the Tuning Protocol to view and assess a part of the wiki curriculum. Attendees will be able to add to the discussion page of the wiki their \"warm\" and \"cool\" feedback.","Presenter":["Deon Metelski"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Kent Place School"],"PresenterEmail":["metelskid@kentplace.org"],"ScheduleSlot":"Session Five","Room":"209"},{"ID":"65","Class":"EduconConversation","ContextClass":null,"ContextID":null,"Created":1264956221,"CreatorID":"877","RevisionID":null,"Title":"Youth Voices - A Social Network Where Teachers Nurture Student-to-Student Conversation","Handle":"Youth_Voices_-_A_Social_Network_Where_Teachers_Nurture_Student-to-Student_Conversation","ShortDescription":"On Youth Voices, students publish images, videos, audio, and text not just to communicate but to connect with each other in groups of passionate inquiry. National Writing Project and EdTechTalk teachers who have been building this site with their students for seven years. Come learn more about a multi-school, peer-to-peer social network.","Description":"Youth Voices:\r\n1. [url=http:\/\/youthvoices.net]Home[\/url]\r\n2. [url=http:\/\/youthvoices.net\/site-blog]New & Current[\/url]\r\n3. [url=http:\/\/youthvoices.net\/site-blog-list]Popular[\/url]\r\n4. [url=http:\/\/youthvoices.net\/node\/22573]Topics and Keywords[\/url]\r\n5. [url=http:\/\/youthvoices.net\/groupaudio\/full]Podcast[\/url]\r\n6. [url=http:\/\/youthvoices.net\/node\/26076]Allesia' Phone Log[\/url]\r\n7. [url=http:\/\/youthvoices.net\/video-gallery]Images, Videos, and VoiceThreads[\/url]\r\n8. [url=http:\/\/youthvoices.net\/node\/32350]Tribute Pic[\/url]\r\n9. [url=http:\/\/youthvoices.net\/node\/5383]Siskind White Comparison by Nick[\/url]\r\n10. [url=http:\/\/youthvoices.net\/node\/25455]Image Discussion[\/url]\r\n11. [url=http:\/\/youthvoices.net\/discussions\/full\/275?page=1]ORIGINAL Photo Discussion[\/url]\r\n12. [url=http:\/\/youthvoices.net\/node\/31387]Photo Manipulation[\/url]\r\n13. [url=http:\/\/youthvoices.net\/whatsup\/all]What's up?[\/url]\r\n14. [url=http:\/\/docs.google.com\/View?id=ah5m9qjtkbwf_59fp894bdp]Power Users' Weekly Assignments[\/url]\r\n15. [url=http:\/\/youthvoices.net\/curriculum]Collaborative Curriculum[\/url]\r\n16. [url=http:\/\/youthvoices.net\/guides]Guides[\/url]\r\n17. [url=http:\/\/youthvoices.net\/gaming]I-Search, Diigo, and Gaming[\/url]\r\n18. [url=http:\/\/groups.diigo.com\/group\/2010-haiti-earthquake]Diigo Group: 2010 Haiti Earthquake[\/url]","Link":["http:\/\/youthvoices.net"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"We will use simple, open protocols to invite participants to look closely at student work. We will also invite participants to use some of the guides and curriculum materials that we provide to students. We will plan an interactive workshop. If possible, we'll also see if we can webcast this as a special Teachers Teaching Teachers episode.","Presenter":["Paul Allison"],"PresenterAffiliation":["East-West School of International Studies and New York City Writing Project"],"PresenterEmail":["allisonpr@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlot":"Session Five","Room":"311"}],"conditions":{"ScheduleSlot":"Session Five"}}