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Roundtable Notes
Our next steps:
 * DCC is going to continue offerring PD once a month next year to give teachers designated time with guidance and sharing to procede with 21st Century integration
 * Wolford is also considering continue after-school workshops and sharing...and possibly on staff development days. Wolford has added 21st Century skills into their site plan.
 * Woodmen-Roberts has now completed site plan revisions and one piece of the plan addresses 21st Century skills. Next year all teachers will have 21st Century goals to tie into the site plan. Allow teachers time to explore the 21st Century skills, projects, thinking, etc.
 * W-R has just hired a new librarian with fabulous 21st Century skills. Librarian and BTC will coordinate many projects.
 * Foothills has intentionally hired some staff who embrace 21st Century learning. Cadre members are going to continue modeling at different grade levels the skills to help spread the enthusiasm to other staff members.
 * Some of us that have been overwhelmed by our busy schedules and are now coming to the understanding that this process is a journey and that we will continue taking one step at a time. Many of the 21st Century tech components involve a big learning curve for some, and as we slowly integrate more skills over time it will become more intuitive. Support from one another is important.
 * We need to continue explaining to some of our tech-phobic peers 21st Century skills involves much more than just technology.
 * Frontier's committee will continue and transfer to an existing committee to address critical-thinking skills. The change begins with individual teachers modeling and bringing other teachers on board.
 * As cadre members we will be models of 21st Century learning and will be cognizant of our PD by presenting in 21st Century manner.
 * Pioneer is training on Smart Notebook technology. They are reviewing 21st Century skills and showing teachers how they are already using them.
 * Some DCC staff are piloting ePearl portfolios.

May 10: What is 21st Century Learning?
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"I use theatre games as transitions in my classroom." (Ex: Pretend you are walking on chewed up bubble-gum.) [] Heidi Hays- Ted Talk on YouTube- Laura Rhodes suggested (The enemy is the pencil) [|www.freetech4teachers.com] -one of my favorite sites || "I used to start MS TAG by teaching kids about their brains and how they work so they can make connections. " (From notes) "What we measure will drive our curriculum." How do we change the system? Do we need to change the assessment. (From notes) Emotion is the on/off switch of learning. Theme of Saturday- Connection (to build desire, passion and sense of being bigger than self. Two studies: 1-praised for smarts 2- praised for effort, effort kids attempted and excelled at harder tasks. They were proud of their efforts. ||
 * **Name** || **Grade/Subject** || **Conference** || **Notes/Resource Links** ||
 * Elizabeth Ford || Music (PK-5) || Boston || []
 * Krisin Hullings || IB || Boston || []
 * Samantha Disney-Saxton || Art || LV || * Attended workshop on the "states" the brain can be in and how to change their mental state. (ex: Touch three chairs, touch the wall, find something red, go get a pencil.)
 * Big Idea: Reading and managing states is the key to engagement. ||
 * Nicci Knox || TAG || Boston || * []"I wished there was more practical application in this conference."
 * "It's about giving the students time to take ownership. That is difficult as a teacher."
 * (From notes) "Students that have been taught to read and think critcally will outscore the students that have just been taught to the test."
 * A Walk in the Rain with a Brain- Edward Hallowell Shine (Great children's book)
 * [|www.drhallowell.com] ||
 * Linda Frost || TAG || Boston || * "It made me realize that we as educators don't know
 * enough about how the brain learns. We need to make a shift
 * to educate educators about the brain. A lot of the brain information was new to me."
 * "Innovation is our future. We need to create that culture in our classrooms."
 * (from her notes) "Give students time to be innovative."
 * Marielle Hartaman- Brain targeted teaching model- Emotional climate, teaching for application, evaluating learning... website for more. [|Www.braintargetedteaching.org]
 * study of low-income students, when taught with creativity, their scores went through the roof. Why do we just think TAG kids should be taught with creativity.
 * What you do will affect whether it becomes short term or long term memory. ||
 * Reagan Ward || Music (K-5) || LV || * Eric Jensen- Engagement with the Brain in Mind- a workshop with lots of ideas that were easy to apply
 * "Habits of the Mind"- My team is going to do some PD on this book (Costa and Kallick)
 * Spoke on wanting more information on grant options. (Especially grants that are larger than $2,000
 * Put the responsibility back on the students. It is your responsibility to find for yourself. Break their habit of being helpless. Give them time to problem-solve. "Let's figure out how to find the answer instead of me telling you the answer." ||
 * Amalia De Ramon || Spanish || LV || * "Sometimes we limit students with the options we give them because we don't think of options they would have thought of for themselves."
 * Went to a workshop on the importance of emotion and motivation and the connection to the brain. Importance of environment. Jokes can be higher- level thinking. Laughter makes the brain ready to learn.
 * "Less Teaching + more Feedback= better learning" We should be doing more formative assessment and giving more meaningful feedback. Leave more up to the student to make edits. Not as much about giving praise. Students take ownership of the change.
 * iPad apps for teachers:
 * Setting Objectives (to create KWL): App Infinote ($2.99), Idea Sketch (free), MindMeister ($7.99), eClicker ($9.99 for host (teacher) free for participants) – works like the clickers but still has glitches
 * Providing feedback: iAnnotate ($9.99), Intro to Math ($4.99 for very young kids)
 * Reinforcing effort: Keynote ($9.99), Easy Chart HD ($.99)
 * Advance Organizers: http://freeology.com/graphicorgs (free) you can take a snapshot and then put in in DrawFree (free)
 * Nonlinguistic Representation: ShowMe (free), VoiceThreat
 * Notetaking: Pages ($9.99), PaperDesk ($2.99), AudioNote ($4.99)
 * Identifying Similarities & Differences: Keynote ($9.99)
 * Generating and Testing Hypotheses: Pasco SPARKvue (free), ProScope AirMicroPad (free)
 * These other resources were mentioned by participants: explorelearning.com - math and science gizmos (has a cost); jungletime - app to tell time (not sure if it has a cost)
 * (from notes) "We should have technology in every classroom. But, we must also help them develop the muscle of concentration."
 * How do we get the people above us to be on board with us to get us the resources we need?
 * Importance of training teachers on new technology ||
 * ||  ||   || beth.ford@asd20.org ||
 * ||  ||   || Take back: the engagement and creativity/innovation that we've discussed, Looking at the curriculum 21 piece, ||