Any Time, Any Place, Any Way, Any Pace

Tech Steering CommitteeWednesday, May 18th 2011

How to start a movementDerek sivers - TED talk

Goals for Today

Develop:

Working definitions for learning models

Next steps

Summary for Superintendents Meeting

My Expectations

Expect to move and interact.

We don’t have all the answers - that’s a good thing!

What if . . . ?

Focus on “how can we make this work for us” instead of “this won’t work for us.”

Parking Lot ideas - details that we’ll save for next time

Let’s not reinvent the wheel.

Sheryl ConnellyFord Motor Company

“Futurist”

TEDxGrandRapids

TEDxGrandRapids- Sheryl Connelly from the Ford Motor Company 1st Speaker on “Uncertainty”- Japanese earthquake & Iceland volcano - why were these so disruptive when we knew what was going to happen?- Historical models - nice and mostly reliable, but give us a false sense of security- Meeting at FMC in 2003 (oil $30/barrel, SUV’s selling very well, economy doing well). What would happen if . . . oil $100+/barrel, slow prolonged downturn in the economy . . ?- Innovation doesn’t happen until the “wild card” comes out because our “box” is very comfortable.- Purpose of today - “What if . . ?”

What is our “box” in education?- Think of 5 ____ and write them in your notes- Pair with someone else- Share with the group

Are these “mandated”, “tradition” or “convenient”?

Our education “box”

What parameters (real or imagined) do we deal with in education?

Example 1: School from 7:30AM to 2:30PM

Example 2: Testing = proficiency

Brainstorm 10

Text in your “best”

What is our “box” in education? In other words, what kinds of parameters (real or imagined) cause us to teach or operate the way we do?- On your paper brainstorm 10 parameters that affect how your district operates.- When I give the ok, you will text in your “best”

our education “box”

Look at our answers. Are these parameters mandated, tradition, or convenience?

Gov. Snyder’s White Paper

A few weeks ago Governor Snyder came out with a “white paper” on his educational plan. This is not law or a mandate but it lets us know what he is thinking about in terms of education reform.

Let’s look at the parts that refer specifically to technology in the classroom and ask a few “What if’s”.

The Nerd’s main ideas

Look at the * paragraphs on pages 7 and 8.

Main ideas?

When I give you the ok - text in the one that would affect you the most.

Let’s dissect this - what does he mean?

Any Time, Any Place, Any Way, any pace

What might “4xAny” look like for ___ ?

Administrators

IT Coordinators

Curriculum Directors/Teachers

- Write down 5 things that would apply to your job or the people you are responsible for.- Share that with others in the room who have your same responsibility- Move to a table with others of different responsibilities - share with them you PofV.

Think Different

Lead in to the “what might 4xAny look like for . . . ?”

- This is outside our educational box.- We have a tendency in education to put up walls and focus on why things won’t work when we hear something new or different. In this next part, let’s just play “What if . . ?”

Any Time, Any Place, Any Way, any pace

What might “4xAny” look like for ____ ?

Classrooms and schools as buildings

Teacher roles and expectations

Student roles and expectations

Grading

Proficiency

Pedagogy

School schedules

- Group discussion

Railroads vs. cars

What should schools, classrooms and learning look like in the 21st Century?

Learning Models

Online

Blended/Hybrid

Brick & Mortar

Home Schooling

- Define each of the learning models- Talk about how they can be used- Decide which group(s) of students will best benefit from each model

Learning model Matrix

Online Learning

Courses taught 100% online

Student/Teacher interaction varies

Schedules vary depending on provider

Online Spectrum

No student-teacher

interaction

Real time student-teacher

interaction

IntegratedCourses

OnlineCourses

Peer to PeerCourses

E2020 MVU JPS-SpringportAP Biology

Online “vendors”

What about the companies that are approaching schools, offering to “sell” or “recruit” online students?

Genesee

http://gennetonline.geneseeisd.org

LifeSize

Blended/Hybrid Learning

Course done in class and online (blended)

Need Learning Management System (LMS)

Blackboard, Moodle, Angel, etc

Blended Course Spectrum

Mostlyin-class

Mostlyon-line

Post coursework online

Flipped ClassroomMastery Learning

School as a“nerve center”

MC Student Survey

Survey Link

408 students, grades 8-12, surveyed

Prefer a normal or blended schedule?

45% would take a “blended”, after-school course if offered.

After-school sports was the biggest reason for not choosing a blended schedule.

best fit

Pros Cons Best for . . .

Online

Blended

Brick & Mortar

Homeschool

What about teachers?

IKEA Lamp Commercial

Successful Online learning

eSchool News Article: ‘Teacher cheerleaders’ make online learning successful

Relationships

Contact

Consistent Praise

Set Schedules

Interaction

Teaching & Learning OnlineTraining

Grant through Genesee ISD & Florida Virtual

Part 1 - Introduction to Teaching Online

Monday, June 13 or Friday, June 24

9AM to 3PM at JCISD

$100 stipend for attending

Teaching & Learning OnlineTraining

Grant through Genesee ISD & Florida Virtual

Part 2 - Develop an Online Course (Moodle)

Monday, June 27, Noon to 3PM at JCISD

Intro to Moodle

Rest of work done online

When coursework is completed teachers will have access to all of FVU’s courses

Do We do this in Education?

Broken Escalator

Lead in to “what is the next step?”

4xAny

Content

Support Classroom

Next steps

Where do we go from here?

Pilots/Betas?

PD?

Infrastructure?

What could you do in your district next year to help teachers get prepared for this?

Example: When Pennfield Schools went 1:1 they decided that in Year 1 every teacher would create a Moodle course for each class and post all their assignments online. In Year 2 they would start to use different activities to engage kids in online learning.

Summary for the supts

Today’s Goals

Develop:

Working definitions for learning models

Next steps

Summary for Superintendents Meeting

Where Good ideas come from