VASCD+2008

The 2008 Virginia ASCD Annual Conference - Educating and Engaging the Whole Child for 21st Century Learningtoc

[|Session Handouts]

=-Howie DiBlasi= Description: Participants will learn how to apply web basesd literacy to design rigorous and motivating assignments through the application of one or more of the following collaborative tools:
 * Hands-On Workshop w/ November Learning Team**
 * Google's new tool for designing your own search engine
 * Goodle Docs for collavborative writing
 * Screencasting software for tutorial design
 * Writing and publishing for a global audience
 * Building Wikis to create online communities
 * Applying educational blogs for building classroom community
 * Video conferencing for global communication

kids should own the learning in the classroom

http://www.toolsfortheclassroom.com/ http://toolsforschools.wikispaces.com/

Ning - Our Learning Community http://edvirginia.ning.com/ podcasting, using Gcast http://www.gcast.com/voice threads - http://voicethread.com/#home ePals SchoolMail - free school safe email K-12 - http://www.epals.com/groups/about/pages/schoolmail.aspx Jing - free screencasting software - http://www.jingproject.com/ Fantastic Contraption - online physics puzzle game - http://www.fantasticcontraption.com/ Google blogging - Blogger - https://www.blogger.com/ wikis - pbwiki - http://pbwiki.com/ skype - http://skype.com/
 * igoogle - personalized page - [|http://igoogle.com]
 * google docs - collaboaration software - http://docs.google.com/
 * custom search engine - http://www.google.com/coop/cse/

=-Alan November= Description: This seminar will provide an overview of how critical thinking on the web and collaborative web based tools can help educators design more rigorous and motivating assignments across the curriculum. Leadership strategies for all educators will include: __[|http://novemberlearning.com] __ books - http://novemberlearning.com/resources/publications/
 * Strategies and Hands-on Skills for 21st Century Teaching Learning, and Leadership**
 * staff development design
 * aligning technology to core curriculum
 * building professional and global communities
 * engaging students win web based ethics

(Dayna has these books)
 * __//Web Literacy For Educators//__ - School filtering is not a sufficient policy to prepare children to be critical thinkers on the Web. Web Literacy for Educators was written to grab the “teachable moment” and help teachers gain a clear understanding of the “grammar” of the Web. The book is filled with practical strategies for teaching children careful search techniques. Stories from thoughtful educators add depth and examples of application across the curriculum. This book is an essential primer for teachers who want to be expert researchers and to help students to become life-long learners.
 * __//Empowering Students with Technology//__ - Alan’s best selling book includes powerful stories, ideas and practical applications. This book has been embraced internationally by a wide range of educators and policy makers interested in the impact of technology on learning. Teachers can modify practical activities to support subject areas. Activities, called “E-ventures,” are designed to motivate and challenge students to develop critical thinking and problem solving strategies. Stories of teachers are woven throughout to provide examples of strategies that work. Planning committees can use ideas and pioneering stories to move beyond technology literacy to information and communication literacy. Principals benefit from ideas about leadership and managing change. With more than 50 useful Web sites, Empowering Students with Technology is an important book for any educator who endeavors to build an engaging and interactive learning environment.

=-Tony Wagner= Description: What skills will students need in order to get--and keep--a good job in the new global economy? And are they the same skills students will need in order to be an active and informed citizens? Are we teaching and testing the skills that matter most? In this provocative talk based on his just-released book, Tony Wagner addresses some of the most essential questions for teaching and learning in the 21st century. book - __//The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need--And What We Can Do About It//__ (Dayna has this book)
 * The Global Achievement Gap: How Educators Can Prepare Students for College, Careers, and Citizenship**

= = = = =-Interactive PD is as Easy as 1-2-3!= Stephanie DeiCas, VCU and Emily Steele, Principal, Fair Oaks Elementary, Henrico Co. Description: Participants will learn how to design three types of professional development opportunities that invite and ignite conversations about instructional best practices. Links will be made between using these interactive strategies for professional development and using them in the classroom to increase student learning in any K-12 content area.

handout saved to Salem network (only available from school) G:\Common\ITRT resources for teachers\VASCD 2008\Interactive PD is as Easy as 1-2-3!.pdf

Teachers ' share session based on grades/areas One central theme for year 2 hour share session Co-teaching lesson - strategy done that month End of month - share session on grade level

CONVERSATION POSTERS TREASURE HUNT CONVERSATION ROLLS LINKING LEARNING** CLOSURE - 3-2-1**
 * CLIP CHAT** - provides conversation and teaches respect for others opinions
 * Quotes
 * Key terms
 * Ending activity - have participants have to add a terms/idea that wasn't included
 * CONVERSATION CAROUSEL
 * 2-3 leaders
 * Professional leadership discussion group
 * Pre-post observation - how will this affect your classroom
 * FUTURE PLANNING
 * Square - triangle - circle
 * Squared away
 * Points you are going to leave with
 * Circling around in your head that you still have questions with

=-You've Got 18 Seconds...Go Ahead, Engage Me= Paula Brown, Hampton City Schools Description: In this session, you will learn strategies to grab the attention of the most unmotivated audience. By using proven neurological practices, people can hear you better and even remember what you've said. In a motivating and humorous manner, you will learn the tricks of "attention getting" and understand why some folks just can't remember what you said. The goal of this session is for you to leave equipped with tools to capture the attention of the audience of your choice and make your words and information more powerful.

handout saved to Salem network (only available from school) G:\Common\ITRT resources for teachers\VASCD 2008\You've Got 18 Seconds--Go Ahead Engage Me.pdf

Older people keep info stored in back of brain and have to pull it to the front - kids keep stuff in the front Hype music NBA player intro music Move It song Everyone has a motivator - you just have to figure out what it is Eric Jenson - brain stuff 1st day of school - acclimation/sensory - teachers are wasting time doing rules/procedures - kids need time to acclimate - you can't hear when you are trying to acclimate Change stimuli to make a memory Location memory If someone is talking and not listening - move into their space - beside them and stay until it changes their behavior Attach teaching to a place - if you have a 3 step process, teach it from 3 different locations so that they can recall the information Use props to teach - they help you remember and they are fun 3 factors that can be used to initially get your attention: Meaning and emotion Text messaging - use - have to know the code - prefix, root, suffix teaching Cha cha slide for prefix teaching Are you smarter than a 5th grader - has distracters in the questions - example having someone answer the telephone during the presentation - feel the pull of your attention Analyze the distracter design - visual confusion, use of test strategy word Classroom teachers who do not have relationships with students will not be able to have classroom management You should be unpredictable - have a reason behind the hype Keep props out - use to recreate memory
 * intensity of light
 * intensity of sound
 * novelty

=-How to Impact Student Achievement and Make a Difference= Annette Breaux Description: Regardless of your role in education, are you interested in ways to increase student achievement, raise test scores, and truly make a difference in the lives of every student in your classroom or school? In this inspirational and information-packed presentation, learn practical and proven, easy-to-implement techniques for impacting achievement and making a difference in every student's life without programs and without any money. Participants will walk away with five steps that can be implemented in the classroom instantly!

One ineffective teacher effects seen in test scores two years later Teachers are the single most important influence on student progress Involve audience by having them clap - monitoring technique

We, as teachers, often forget how loudly our actions speak, and we end up modeling the exact opposite of the lessons we're trying to teach. . . 3 criteria for communication So, 93% of our communication has absolutely nothing to do with the words we use. ..
 * The words I use 7%
 * My tonality 38%
 * My body language 55%

Classroom management is the kind of thing no one notices unless it is missing Classroom Management includes: Having clear rules, but only a few (difference) max of 5 - most teachers don't know the difference between a rule and a procedure - rules regulate a serious offense Having lots of procedure such as. . . (talking . . .) Treat every child with respect and dignity, and diffuse Greet students daily "Are you all right" technique The Cookie Thief poem The woman was not a victim of the cookie thief Teachers are not victims of their jobs or of "today's kids" There are going to be days when you feel lousy or frustrated, so you just have to learn to put on a big smile on your face and fake it! Teach enthusiastically, even when you don't feel enthusiastic Become good at "faking it" Students should think that every subject is your favorite. . . Start teaching your students to learn all the skills inside of the classroom just like every skill they learn outside of the classroom. Relate all lessons to REAL life! It takes no extra work. . . You already possess the ability to do it. . . Skills "outside" of the classroom Baby learning to speak - da da is not a word, we don't correct, we don't give a worksheet Structured noise vs chaos Classrooms should have constant activity Teaching doesn't happen in a textbook - textbooks are what happens after teaching takes place Teachers get to start over every day - students are forgiving Bless the Beasts and the Children - song

=-Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites: 20 Instructional Strategies that Engage the Brain= Marcia Tate Description: Have teachers ever complained that their students cannot understand or recall much of the content taught after a 24-hour period? It stands to reason that if students don't learn the way we teach themn, then we must teach them the way they learn! Experience 20 instructional strategies (based on brain research and learning style theory) that maximize memory and minimize forgetting. Increase learning for students when strategies like drawing, metaphor, jusic, and storytelling are used to teach curriculum objectives and meet national standards. Explore research that shows why these strategies are preferable to others. Ensure that brains retain key concepts, not only for tests, but for life! This workshop has been called both professionally and personally life-changing and lots of fun!

Greet students Play calming music Start class with a positive statement - you look marvelous today Your brain learns best when you are not in high stress Laughter adds 8 years to your life 80% relationship between stress and illness http://smileonastick.com/ Brain doesn't know the difference between read and fake laughter Brain can only do 1 conscious thing at a time - write then discuss or discuss then write, not at the same time St. Jude's hospital has a visualization wall Wphillips.com a1science@yahoo.com Warren Phillips 2004 Disney Teacher of the Year 2007 USA Today Top Teacher http://rocknlearn.com/ Do the Hustle - music To learn positive and negative numbers Brain grows faster from 0-4 years of age than at any other time in your life Comedians live 5 to 20 years longer than the average person
 * Music will do these 3 things for the brain:**
 * it changes states (moods) in the brain - classical/jazz/celtic (calm) rhythm/blues/rock no roll (stimulating)
 * relationship between problem-solving and playing an instrument - math/music connection
 * it helps memory


 * 3 reasons to use these strategies**
 * increase achievement for __all__ students
 * reduce behavior problems
 * make teaching and learning fun
 * 20 Strategies to Teach**
 * 1) writing
 * 2) storytelling
 * 3) mnemonic devices
 * 4) visuals
 * 5) movement - attention space (as) = age (20 minutes for adults)
 * 6) role play
 * 7) visualization
 * 8) methaphor/analogy/simile
 * 9) reciprocal teaching/cooperative learning
 * 10) music
 * 11) graphic organizers
 * 12) drawing
 * 13) humor
 * 14) discussion
 * 15) games
 * 16) project based instruction
 * 17) field trips
 * 18) work study
 * 19) technology - student use
 * 20) manipulatives

=-Assessment for 21st Century Skills= Mark Merrell, Kim Dockery - Fairfax County Schools Description: This session will provide participants with practical strategies for aligning school-based assessment practices with the 21st century skills that students will need to be competitive in the global market. The presenters will discuss how to use the professional learning communities' model to foster this vision as a high school principal.

handout saved to Salem network (only available from school) G:\Common\ITRT resources for teachers\VASCD 2008\Assessment for 21st Century Skills.pdf

Teachers observe other teachers 4 times a 1/4 1st 1/4 can be in their own discipline 2nd - 4th 1/4 must be from outside their discipline write up observation - cc to asst principal and to teacher observed "This is the treasure I found in your class" was the topic at the beginning

Invite principal into class when teacher is doing post-assessment aspire assessment system Robert Marzano - scoring rubrics create and use rubric-- K-12 use same basic rubric

What are you doing differently this year than you were last year - & show me

=-Daniel Pink= Description: In this provocative and entertaining presentation, bestselling author Daniel Pink will survey three decades of research that calls into question how we think about high performance. He'll show that people who are intrinsically motivated - who do what they do because of enjoyment of the task itself - routinely outperform those who are motivated by external rewards such as money, promotions, and grades. Pink will unpack the elements of intrinsic motivation and show how school leaders can allow it to surface in teachers and students.
 * Intrinsic Motivation: The New Logic of Reward**

books:
 * __//The Advantures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need//__
 * __//A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future//__ (Dayna has this book)