team battle river

Deb Boyda@DebraBoyda

Sharon MacFadyen@macfadyenbawlf

Patrick McFeely@mcfeely3c

Karen Blumhagen@kblummers

Ken Robitaille@krobitaille

Maureen Parker@maureen_parker

focus of interest – developing digital citizenship

Our dream Our discovery

The data that focused us – BRSD Leadership Academy February 2011 - 21st Century Learning Focus

Now more than ever, teachers are charged with engaging students

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In the 21st century, classrooms must be global

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All students in the 21st century must have the ability to think critically

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All students in the 21st century must have the ability to solve complex problems

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Solve Complex Problems

All students in the 21st century must have the ability to use technology

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What we’re doing (besides the dance of joy at finally narrowing the focus):

1. Supporting 20 Lead teachers from 24 schools build their PLN

2. Building a robust network of professional learners with capacity to tweet, blog, flip, bookmark, digitize learning, and make collaborative docs (!)

Details, details!PART 1• End of April• Half day f2f • AISI Lead

Teachers choose session time

• Invite trustees, Division Leadership team to participate

What we’re actually doing

Pecha Kucha Process Circle– Maureen on PLP– Sharon on blogging– Ken on social bookmarking– Karen on Google docs– Deb on cameras– Pat on Twitter

Support for PLN Building- Participants will choose any 3 topics and get

started with 25 minutes of hands-on learning

Measure Progress

• Number of Twitter accounts; tweets; blogs, etc.

• Participant perception / reflection survey

• Anecdotal• PLP debrief

The Journey

“I feel like a pig covered in mud. I want to get the dirt off but it’s gonna take a LOT of water!”

team battle river

Deb Boyda@DebraBoyda

Sharon MacFadyen@macfadyenbawlf

Patrick McFeely@mcfeely3c

Karen Blumhagen@kblummers

Ken Robitaille@krobitaille

Maureen Parker@maureen_parker