Connected Learning and Teaching

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Activity #1
Getting to Know You
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Poll Everywhere #1
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Connected Teaching and
Learning
Lucy Gray
EF Education
Montreal
July 2013
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Thank you for the invitation to speak to this audience today. My primary goal today will be to
share some thoughts and ideas inspired by my work with a variety of institutions. Each one of
you is or has the power to be an inﬂuencer or leader in your own buildings, and I hope you
will think about how your school can incorporate some of these ideas and share innovations
that perhaps you’ve already developed as a school community.

Blog

http://www.lucygray.org
(slides
will
also
be
posted
there
and
links
are
clickable)
@elemenous
on
Twitter
LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/in/lucygray

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All slides are available through these links.

#pencilchat
http://goo.gl/rqGxpJ
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Ode to #Pencilchat
http://goo.gl/9G3Ra
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Technological
Change
10
So let’s talk technology and its effect on our society...

Fourth Presbyterian
Church
Chicago, IL
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This is my church where technology is abundant in a new building.

12
This is where Sunday school youth groups meet and play wii games in order to build
community.

13
The teen youth pastor uses technology to engage kids in discussions about real world events.

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He even uses Facebook to conduct outreach. Our pastor understand that he needs to go
where the kids are and keep them connected to the church through multiple means.

Comer Children’s Hospital
University of Chicago
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I’ve also seen technology used by child life experts in hospitals recently.

17
In order to alleviate anxiety before an MRI, my son was soothed by this machine that used a
Simon like interface to change the colors of this lava lamp machine. It also projected images
on the ceiling.

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The child life expert also gave him an iPad to use.

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Children’s Pediatric Dental Health, Chicago IL

Delta Terminal
LGA, NYC
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In your own backyard, technology is abundant. How many of you have gone through this
terminal?

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You can order your food and sundries to be delivered to you in this lounge.

23
You can check your ﬂight’s status and play games while you pass time in the Delta terminal.

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There are also many tables with outlets for re-charging devices.

25
Even the NFL is getting rid of paper and leveraging the portability of iPads.

Activity
#2
What
are
other
examples
of

technological
change?
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Educational Change
• New models of teaching and learning are emerging
• Rigorous content + 21st century themes
• “Sage on the stage” to “guide on the side”
• New literacies need to be taught strategically
• Examples:
• developing a search mentality
• Student personal learning networks (PLNs)
• Standards and accountability still are important;
assessments need revision
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The Partnership for
21st Century Skills
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The Global Achievement
Gap
Critical
Thinking and
Problem-
Solving
Collaboration
Across
Networks and
Leading by
Influence
Agility and
Adaptability
Initiative and
Entrepreneuri
alism
Effective Oral
and Written
Communication
Accessing and
Analyzing
Information
Curiosity and
Imagination
29

Activity
#2
How
is
your
school
currently

addressing
21st
century
skills,
if
at

all
?
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Connections
are
more

important
than
ever
in
this

context.

32
Because of technology, we are all becoming increasingly connected, for better or for worse.

Parent Soup on AOL
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In my case, it has enhanced my life.

Tim Lauer
Lewis Elementary, Portland Oregon
36

Serendipity Happens
37
People and places I’ve met along the way have enhanced my work in ways that I never
expected.

Advisor
Content
Developer
Curator
TrainerTeacher
Connector
38
I wear many hats in my work with the Consortium for School Networking, Illinois Computing
Educators, Edmodo, the Global Education Conference, the STEMx Global Education
Conference etc.

Observer
39
More importantly, I am am an observer, visiting schools and interacting with educators from
all over the world.

Experiences
• Chicago Public Schools
• University of Chicago
• Apple Distinguished Educator
• Google Certified Teacher
• Founder, The Global Education
Collaborative
• Co-chair, The Global Education
Conference
• Project Director, The
Consortium For School
Networking, Leadership For
Mobile Learning
• Multiple Opportunities to visit
and work with schools
• Advising Corporate entities
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Here’s a list of some of the experiences that I bring to the table. While most educators are
silo’d in their school buildings, I’ve been very fortunate to visit a wide variety of institutions.
My favorite thing to do is to tell stories of the work and initiatives that I ﬁnd inspiring.

Julia and Henry
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My biggest inspirations, however, are my two children. I often think about how I (and their
schools) are preparing them for a brave world. How can I nurture them to grow up to be
innovators?

Our
perspectives
need
to
E x p a n d
43
Because of my experiences, I feel that our perspectives need to expand. Continuous
improvement is a worthy goal as we try to navigate educational change.

What
do
we
value
in
schools?
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Are
parents
and
educators
asking
for
more

high
stakes
testing,
standardized

curriculum,
and
seat
time?

I
think
not.

45
There seems to be a societal disconnect between the national narrative for educational
improvement and what we know and desire based on our work with children.

This I Believe
• Visionary
leadership
• Empowered
faculty
• Authentically
engaged
students
• Progressive
teaching
and
learning
practices
• Authentic
school
communities

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Based on my travels and conversations, these are the things I believe in and want to see more
of in our schools.

Schools
where
continuous
improvement
using
a
wide
variety
of

criteria
is
the
bottom
line.
Schools
that
see
their
role
is
to
educate,
enlighten,
and
support

kids
and
their
families.
Schools
where
intellectual
curiosity
and
variety
is
valued,
where

educating
for
compliance
is
not
the
norm.

Visionary Leadership
47

Empowered Faculty
Schools
where
teachers
have
strong
backgrounds
in
pedagogy,

child
development
and
in
meeting
the
needs
of
diverse
learners.
Schools
faculty
have
ample
opportunities
to
observe
each
other,

visit
other
institutions,
and
to
engage
in
activities
to
beneﬁt
their

own
learning.
Schools
where
professional
development
is
personalized
and

supportive
of
teachers.
48

Engaged Students
Schools
where
student
voice
is
taken
into
consideration

throughout
the
school
culture.
Schools
where
students
are
encouraged
to
identify
and
pursue

their
passions.
Schools
that
show
evidence
that
their
faculty
really
knows
and

understands
their
students.

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Progressive Teaching
and Learning Practices
Schools
that
look
beyond
Common
Core
standards
to
prepare

kids
for
a
new
world.

Schools
that
provide
ample
opportunities
for
hands-‐on,
project

and
passion-‐based
learning
during
and
after
school.
Schools
that
view
technology
as
essential
to
the
learning
process

and
thoughtfully
plan
for
integration.
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Authentic Communities
Schools
where
parents
and
students
are
authentically
engaged
in

the
community.
Schools
that
provide
a
multitude
of
means
for
parents
to
get

involved.
Schools
who
encourage
honest
community
dialogue
by

acknowledging
their
strengths
and
areas
targeted
for

improvement.
Schools
that
educate
their
parents
and
community
members

about
what
it
means
to
be
a
21st
century
learner.
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Activity
#3
What
do
you
believe?

What
are
the
characteristics
of

ideal
schools?

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“The Highly Connected
Teacher”
The National Educational Technology Plan
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Highly connected teachers are connected to data, to resources, and to each other.

Connected Educator
Month
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Out of this interest in connections, CEM was born. It will take place this year in October. Free
activities are available to educators from around the world.

ConnectEd
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This is the most recent initiative put forth by the Obama administration. Obama recently
traveled to Mooresville NC to announce new efforts to upgrade connectivity, train teachers,
and build on private-sector innovations.

Students and Adults...
• Content
consumers
• Content
creators
• Content
valuators
• Connected
and
networked
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Many of my peers in education are doing these things. I would argue that to be successful in
our rapidly changing world, adults and kids must be proﬁcient in creating and analyzing
digital media in addition to learning to leverage learning networks.

The Power of Social
Media
Flickr
YouTubeTwitter Facebook
LinkedIn Google+
Diigo
SlideShare
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I’ve also added Pinterest to the mix: http://pinterest.com/lucygray2/.

EdSurge
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EdSurge is an start up co-founded by a friend and their goal is to present information about
the current ed tech bubble that is growing.

The New Media Consortium
K-12 Horizon Report
2013
• 1 year or less
• Cloud Computing
• Mobile Learning
• 2 to 3 years
• Learning Analytics
• Open Content
• 4 to 5 years
• 3D Printing
• Virtual and Remote
Laboratories
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For additional veriﬁcation on trends that are emerging in adoption horizons, please take a
look at the 2013 K-12 Horizon Report. These recommendations come with concrete
examples of how these technologies are manifested in education.

NMC Megatrends
The
world
of
work
is
increasingly
global

and
increasingly
collaborative.
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NMC also identiﬁed megatrends at its Horizon Report anniversary summit in 2012.

NMC Megatrends
People
expect
to
work,
learn,
socialize,
and

play
whenever
and
wherever
they
want
to.
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The numbers of cell phone users and those with broadband access continues to skyrocket.
We are global and mobile.

NMC Megatrends
The
Internet
is
becoming
a
global
mobile

network
-‐
and
already
is
at
its
edges.
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The numbers of cell phone users and those with broadband access continues to skyrocket.
We are global and mobile.

NMC Megatrends
The
technologies
we
use
are
increasingly

cloud-‐based
and
delivered
over
utility

networks,
facilitating
the
rapid
growth
of

online
videos
and
rich
media.
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Think YouTube and Facebook.

NMC Megatrends
Openness
—
concepts
like
open
content,

open
data,
and
open
resources
—
is
moving

from
a
trend
to
a
value
for
much
of
the

world.

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Authoritative sources are losing their importance; increased need for validation and curation.

NMC Megatrends
Legal
notions
of
ownership
and
privacy
lag

behind
the
practices
common
in
society.

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The cloud is blurring these lines.

NMC Megatrends
Real
challenges
of
access,
eﬃciency,
and

scale
are
redeﬁning
what
we
mean
by

quality
and
success.
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Solutions that scale are very important. Look to other parts of the world for innovations in
this area.

NMC Megatrends
The
Internet
is
constantly
challenging
us
to

rethink
learning
and
education,
while

reﬁning
our
notion
of
literacy.
67
Think Henry Jenkin’s New Media literacies. Traditional literacies are not enough.

NMC Megatrends
There
is
a
rise
in
informal
learning
as

individual
needs
are
redeﬁning
schools,

universities,
and
training.

68
Politically, socially and intellectually. Traditional authority is also being challenged in
academia.

NMC Megatrends
Business
models
across
the
education

ecosystem
are
changing.

69
Everyone is re-thinking their missions. Look to libraries, colleges, and the publishing
industry.

Project Tomorrow’s
SpeakUp Survey
72

Project Tomorrow
Recommendations
• Un-‐tether
learning
and
leverage
mobile
devices
to
extend
learning
beyond
the

school
day
and
meet
all
learners
in
their
own
world
• Create
new
interactive,
participatory
learning
spaces
using
tools
such
as
online

classes,
gaming
and
simulations,
online
tutors,
and
virtual
reality
environments
• Incorporate
Web
2.0
tools
into
daily
instruction
especially
those
that
develop

collaborative
or
social-‐based
learning
and
provide
unique
opportunities
for

students
to
be
content
developers
• Expand
digital
resources
in
the
classroom
to
add
context
and
relevancy
to
learning

experiences
through
new
media
tools
• Get
beyond
the
classroom
walls
and
make
learning
truly
experiential
such
as
using

high
tech
science
instrumentation
and
creating
podcasts
with
content
experts
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U.S Public Schools
• Increased
pressure
via
Race

to
the
Top,
AYP,
RTI
• Less
funding
• Less
time
• Emphasis
on
standards
and

high
stakes
testing
• Teacher
proof
curricula
• Less
instruction
in
the
arts,

world
languages,
etc.
• Longer
school
days
• Technology
seen
as
a

content
delivery
mechanism
• Constant
seeking
of
silver

bullets
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Independent Schools
• Time
• Resources
• Streamlined
bureaucracy
• Organizational
vision
• Community
Consensus
• Administrative
and
collegial

support
• Authentic
curriculum
• Recognition
of
the
Importance

of
21st
century
skills
• Professional
development
• Teacher
autonomy
• Prepared
students
• Commitment
to
developing
the

whole
child
• Parental
support
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What do effective schools
seem to have in common?
• A
wide
range
of
eﬀorts
towards
cultivating
21st
century
skills

and
implementing
robust
technology
programs.

• The
success
of
these
programs
depends
on:
• Visionary
leadership
• Strategic
planning

• Commitment
to
continuous
improvement
• The
degree
to
which
the
school
is
pressured
to
prepare
students
for
a

changing
world
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2010 - The Key School -
Annapolis MD
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So, let’s think about how your institution is going about grappling with educational change...

Examples of Innovative
Connected Schools
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Mooresville Graded School
District
Mooresville, NC
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The School at Columbia
New York, NY
• K-8
• Columbia University faculty and local kids
• Innovation driven
• 1 to 1 laptop program
• 3 technologists plus tech staff
• Extensive Google Apps for Education and new
media use
• Other: field trip guides, computer programming,
robotics, conference
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The School uses social media extensively throughout its school, providing real life digital
citizenship experience for kids. They develop their own proﬁles and avatars in a school-run
social network. These proﬁles are archived each year, so that everyone has a fresh start and
numerous opportunities to practice the skill of establishing a digital footprint.

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They even create profiles for historical figures, and tag clouds allow them to see connections
between real and historical figures in terms of interests.

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They use Google Sites for reviewing books and commenting on the reviews of others. It is
organized by class so that you can see the reading habits of kids throughout their time at the
School at Columbia.

Don Buckley
(former) DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION
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Spencer Technology Academy
Chicago, IL
• New Classrooms (School of One)
• IPads
• Gaming in PE Classes
• Classes for Parents
93

Science Leadership Academy
Philadelphia, PA
101

MERCY HIGH SCHOOL
farmington Hills, MI
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Activity
#4
What
struck
you
the
most
about

the
examples
given
here?
Are
there

other
examples
you
would
point

people
towards?

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Personalized
Learning
Mobile
Technologies
21st century
skills
generational
Diversity
Learning
environments
Design
Thinking
Cloud
Computing
Textbook
Revolution
Curated
Learning
New Media
Literacies
Flipping
The
Classroom
Global
Collaboration
Also think about gamification, OER...
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ISTE NETS
Students, Teachers, and Administrators
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Moving Ideas Forward
• Work as a school to set goals and to develop a
multi-year innovation plan.
• Administrators can encourage experimentation by
awarding small innovation Grants.
• Consider adding a Year of Innovation theme to your
PD efforts (H/T to Don Buckley).
• Attend and host EdCamps, Playdates and other
informal unconferences.
• Leverage informal learning opportunities.
• Consider using after school time to experiment with
Maker Spaces, Coderdojos, etc.
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What is social media?
• “Online
technologies
and
practices
that
people
use
to
share

opinions,
insights,
experiences,
and
perspectives
with
each

other.”
• “Social
media
are
works
of
user-‐created
video,
audio,
text
or

multimedia
that
are
published
and
shared
in
a
social

environment,
such
as
a
blog,
wiki
or
video
hosting
site.”
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• As
a
school
leader,
you
need
to
take
charge
of
your
own

professional
development
and
model
learning
for
colleagues
and

students.
• Traditional
models
of
pd
need
to
evolve.
By
developing
a
PLN,

you
can
investigate
best
practices
and
target
your
needs
and

interests.
Anytime,
anywhere.
• Our
student
are
networking
already
and
we
need
to
leverage

their
interest
and
skills.

Why is social media essential
to Educators?
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Your Basic Toolkit
• A
school
or
class
communication
space
• Edmodo
• A
professional
learning
community
• Twitter

• Google+

• Google
Hangouts

• Collaborative
work
tools
• Google
Docs
• Other
suggestions?

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Edmodo
• Create
an
account.
• Join
our
group
by
clicking
on
the
+
next
to
the
word
Groups.
Use

this
code:
3zzo2t
• Practice
creating
an
assignment,
quiz,
poll
or
alert.
• Join
a
couple
of
communities
of
interest.

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Twitter
• Create
an
account.
• Fill
in
your
proﬁle.
• Go
to
Lucy’s
proﬁle
page
and
follow
accounts
of
interest
in
her

lists:
• https://twitter.com/elemenous/lists
• Do
a
search
for
a
topic
of
interest
or
hashtag.
Example:
#gtachi
• Send
a
tweet
using
the
hashtag
#efmontreal
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Google Drive
Goole Docs
• Create
a
Google
Account.
• Go
to
http://drive.google.com
to
see
your
GDrive
home
page.
• Visit
this
link
(http://goo.gl/vvnimo)

and
add
your
favorite

technology
tools.
• Visit
this
link
and
take
the
Google
Form
survey:

• http://goo.gl/UJmV7y
• Results
can
be
seen
here:
http://goo.gl/xpUHCY
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Google+ (if time permits)
• Google
Hangout
on
Air
Demo
• Follow
Google
in
Education
page:

• https://plus.google.com/+GoogleinEducation/posts
• Google+
Communities
to
try
out:
• Mystery
Location
calls

http://goo.gl/SH5l8I
• Chromebook
EDU

http://goo.gl/ynVWP
• #SSChat

http://goo.gl/LvI33Z
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Activity
#5

How
could
the
tools
discussed

during
this
workshop
be
used
to

enhance
EF
trips?

131

Carry
on
the
conversations!
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