WSCA 2012RICHARD CLEVELAND AND ROBYN CRONIN

Promoting & Supporting Your School Counseling Program with

Technology

Intro

Who we areWhat we are going to do today?

The Amazing Robyn!

Competition Time!

What Do You Want?

What do you want to learn/address today?

What is one thing you want to walk away knowing today?

The Digital Divide

Open Educational Resources (OERs) PowerPoint presentations Multimedia (movies, drawings, diagrams) Working templates (Word, Adobe, Excel)

Literature from OERs looking at the definition of “the Digital Divide”

Migrating from access to usability

The Digital Divide

Prezi.com Spiffy PowerPoint or bigger headache?

Our Structure for Today: Exposure Usability & Considerations

Why Technology?

Plan, organize, collaborate, implement, and evaluate

Create interactionsProvide informationEnable creativityExpand reachProvide channels for communicationProduce results and convey data

Managing Obstacles

How do we do this?Downside of technologyEngaging students

(mainstream as well as under/non-served populations)

Not being left behind as other areas of education “advance”

What Do You Already Have?

What programs do you already have? Isis, DUIS, eGrad, other district/state scheduling,

records, etc. programs and softwareWhat works / doesn’t work?What is your criteria for what does/doesn’t

work? How do we define this criteria? Time? Training? Interface?

Exposure - Tasks

File sharing (i.e. Google Docs, Dropbox, WSCA Scene).

Don’t reinvent the wheel every time you create a document/PowerPoint/etc. Similarly, have access no matter where you are at in the building/district. One more – sharing with colleagues.

Exposure - Tasks

Online Calendar Tools Microsoft Outlook Google Calendar

Microsoft Outlook Google Calendar

Managed sharing with others

Easy to Print & Post day, week, month

Invites, Appt Confirmations through Email

Embed links, docs, etc.

DittosEasy connections to

social media applications

Extends to networks outside district servers

Exposure - Tasks

Jazz up your creations! Use Fun fonts, clipart, animations, movies, etc. to revamp worksheets, PowerPoints, handouts, etc. Take it one step further and have students create these from scratch or from a template. Talk about the GLAD example as well as the STR final project example. Wordle.net

Exposure - Tasks

Exposure - Tasks

Jazz up your creations! Fun fonts Clipart, animations, movies, etc.

Students create from scratch or template GLAD STR final project Wordle.net

Wordle.net

Exposure - Tasks

Fun Tools – Discovery Education (i.e. crossword puzzle maker, etc.), Sheppardsoftware.com, Starfall, etc.

Exposure - Tasks

Presentation Tools “…the reports of PowerPoint’s death have been greatly

exaggerated…” PowerPoint, Prezi, Adobe Connect, GoToMeeting, etc.

Exposure - Tasks

Wireless Response Devices Classroom guidance lessons Small Group “Game Show” Assemblies

Potential Benefits Classroom management Anonymity for Students Differentiated Instruction –

walking answers “backwards”

Exposure - Tasks

TurningPoint Simple, sturdy hardware Simple software interface “Plays well with others..” – works

with other MS applications

Poll Everywhere.com Using cell phone texting iPhone, iPad, Droid, etc.

How To Vote via Texting

EXAMPLE

POLL EVERYWHERE.com

Exposure – Collaboration

Building/Department Website as one of your primary communication tools.

Site Review: Cottondale Elementary; Rye High School (#50) Do you have one Is it accessible, drawing people in? More than communication but

engaging people.Even if you have a district interface that you are required

to use, often you can embed sites, wikis, etc. in the interface (i.e. Wix.com, Google, Twitter, Facebook, gadgets, widgets, etc.).

Reinvigorate – what exactly are people using/interacting with on your site?

Survey students, school/community members – what would like to see more of on your website?

Exposure – Collaboration

ASCA/WSCA Scene as a way to connect, share, and collaborate

The next step from file sharing at a static, one-stop shopping silo.

Post discussion threads and even choose to be notified when someone responds (i.e. Ask for a template and then get notification when people reply to your request).

Exposure – Collaboration

Pearltrees Real time Connectivity Personalized network AI Collaboration

Exposure – Tasks & Collaboration

SummaryQuestions?

LUNCH BREAK

Check-In & Formative Assessment

How are we doing with what you wanted to learn/know?

How does this align with what we have already discussed?

ACTIVITY

Participants break out by level (ES, MS, HS)Discuss:

What/how are you seeing kids use technology? What/how are you using technology? What do you wish your school had? What impact are you seeing at school?

ACTIVITY

Discuss: What/how are you seeing kids use technology?

ACTIVITY

Discuss: What/how are you using technology?

ACTIVITY

Discuss: What do you wish your school had?

ACTIVITY

Discuss: What impact are you seeing at school?

Usability & Considerations

Social media Facebook – depends on district policy whether to have

access/use at site. Instant notification but limited on what you can post (size, etc.).

Usability & Considerations

Social media Twitter

mini-blogging (140 characters) Expanding connectvitiy, but still limited “Gateway” social-media “Pointing” or linking

Usability & Considerations

Social media Twitter – different than Facebook, this is mini-blogging.

Again, while Twitter is expanding its connectedness (or connectability), it is still limited in how much you can share. Really, all you can do is mini-blog and point to cool things.

ACTIVITY

Social mediaCase Study Scenario Activity re:

Cyberbullying

ACTIVITY

Case Study Scenario:

A 5th grade teacher has a Facebook profileand is very professional with her postings.While she does not seek out students or “friend” them, many students “friend” her upon finding her profile.The teacher approaches you concerned about postings one student has repeatedly written regarding another student. She is very concerned about the “victim” student, stating that while nothing has occurred in class, she has noticed the “victim” student presenting more depressed, quiet, and removed.She asks you what she should do.

Tools of Trauma Policy Considerations

ExclusionFlamingOutingCyberstalkingEmailHarassmentIM/TextingWebsitesImpersonationVoting/Polling

Cyberbullying Research Center www.cyberbullying.us

Center for Safe & Responsible Internet Use http://csriu.org

Not in Our School www.niot.org

CYBERBULLYING

Russ Sabellawww.schoolcounselor.com

Usability & Considerations

Limitations/ConsiderationsOpportunity Gap related to the digital divide

previously mentioned.Old school vs. wired all the time with smart

phones, iPads, etc.Grants, money aspect. Provide some places to

look, but also bounce back to them for ideas (i.e. district funds, PTA grants, etc.). Talk to vendors – Turning Point “deals” they keep sending me.

Usability & Considerations

SummaryQuestions

Overall Review & Summary

ExposureUsability & Considerations

Overall Review & Summary

ExposureUsability & Considerations

Defining What Works for You and Your Needs What’s Your Next Step?

Thank You & Questions

Thank YouQuestions