Bridging+the+Gap+-+Actions


 * Resources
 * Delicious tag: "ed2020"
 * Ed2020 Resources!
 * Article: "Openness, Dynamic Specialization, and the Disaggregated Future of Higher Education" by David Wiley
 * Big trends: analog to digital, tethered to mobile, isolated to connected, consumers to creators on web
 * (Referred: "Kahn Academy" -- 1400 videos of him teaching a particular subject)
 * Western Governor's University: No courses given--they assess experiences and award degrees
 * www.futureofeducation.com
 * archived recordings
 * ed2020.wikispaces.com
 * k12onlineconference.org
 * LearnCentral.org -- Hold a public event for free with Elluminate
 * Edubloggercon.com
 * [|classroom20.com]
 * Ted Talks
 * Opportunities
 * Teacher training
 * "Guide on the side"
 * Teaching PLNs "personal learning networks" distinct from PLE ("personal learning environments")
 * Includes tools (environment) & people (leveraging/connecting to social capital--PLN)
 * YouTube "Motivated Student"
 * Teachers using same tools students are being encouraged to learn
 * Modeling use of Web 2.0
 * Characterize skill sets/understanding as beneficial (teachers believe time used learning skills are helping, not burdensome)
 * Get support from leadership (invite them to an event like Learning 2.010, etc. to get them "on board" -- they need to understand importance)
 * Technology integration coaches
 * Use Ted talks/Future of Education recordings
 * Train teachers on how to make global/local connections (how to get students out of the classroom either physically or virtually)
 * Build a resource set on this material
 * find and share good examples
 * examples for addressing educator fears
 * Professional Learning Communities ("PLCs")
 * Hold a peer coaching/wiki-based/unconference/bar camp type PD model
 * "Scratch" example
 * Teaching students "how to" 3 times...each time making it easier for teacher and still relevant for students...they watched YouTube on it
 * Architecture changing greatly changes environment of school
 * No matter what, keep student 1st with all other things
 * Future of education "STARTS WITH ME/WE"
 * "You must be the change you wish to see in **school**."
 * If not getting the support from admin, what about getting people together informally every 2 weeks or so to talk about these issues voluntarily
 * "Start a local, voluntary change-agent group"
 * Group Discussion: Non-HS Teachers
 * General
 * Push for 1:1 (early, but not sure what age)
 * Provide opportunities for student self-direction
 * Recognize organic nature of change
 * Rejoice in small victories
 * Group Discussion: HS Teachers
 * Examples
 * Series of research projects, publish works in a portfolio
 * Students in different countries asking the same research question and then doing same experiments in both countries--learning more about other cultures and making more human interactions (communicating via Skype to set up Q)
 * Students choose whether or not to take their own notes (@ end of day, someone will upload/page create on the wiki) -- they are creating their own support system. @ end of 2 year cycle, students take care of that themselves e.g. example of [|IB Geography Wiki]
 * Google Docs essay--group editing/discussion
 * Ideas
 * Students have role in CREATION and EVALUATION
 * Parents have access to student work as well...parents can help in evaluation (parents write notes on students' progress/work)
 * Teachers help other teachers
 * Teach students skills to use this appropriately
 * Students teaching students and have them thinking about what they should be learning/what they are trying to assess (perhaps even designing their own rubrics)
 * Students teaching teachers
 * Getting students to formulate their own questions
 * Before doing this, students still have to memorize a good amount of information