Embracing 21st Century Learning
Share your ideas and thoughts about this year's Embracing 21st Century Learning Conference!
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Share your ideas and thoughts about this year's Embracing 21st Century Learning Conference!
Assignment
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008Please post the following:
- A short reflection about your conference experience.
- A short description about what you will share with your respective staff and how you plan on sharing this information upon your return.
Once your post is received, your credit will be recorded and submitted to Fresno Pacific University.
For questions please email: Emy Lopez, elopez@fcoe.org
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Kathlene Johnson said:
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 @ 11:22 AM
1. I attended the Technology Conference in Yosemite on May 15-16, 2008. I was very impressed with the overall conference. As the incoming Academic Technology Coach, I was very impressed by the amount of effort and time both CTAP and FCOE put into putting this on. The keynote speakers both mornings were outstanding. I have heard Mark before when he spoke at one of the CUE conferences, but nonetheless, he was very impressive. I am from a district where the money was first spent on the hardware, but I don’t think much effort was put into the sustainability of the long term goals of our district. In talking with many people over the two days, I have found that we are not alone. I also found many free or inexpensive ways to incorporate technology into the classroom that will actually save time and manpower in the long run. I was very fortunate to be able to talk to Brian Curwick and Emy Lopez. They were a lifesaver for my new position! They went above and beyond the call of duty and have offered their assistance at making the new school year a successful one. I am currently planning a summer Technology Institute where I can share much of want I learned with other teachers in the district. Overall, I am glad I chose to attend this conference.
2. Although I touched on my description of how I am going to share this with my staff in my reflection of the conference, I think I can elaborate. I have already shared my experience of this conference with my site principal as well as my new boss, our Director of Curriculum and Instruction. I met with him last week and have put together a proposal for a Summer Technology Institute at Corcoran School District. After talking with some of the presenters at the conference, I feel confident that I can attack the problems we are facing on my district by putting on a summer tech institute. I am going to be in contact with Brian Curwick to put together some professional development sessions to help incorporate technology in to the classroom. I think that most teachers feel overwhelmed in our district because of the new one-to-one initiative. There are teachers that have only used a computer when forced to and now we are asking them to do several tasks on the computer as well as teach our students. I am hoping that the newfound knowledge I have accumulated over the past few years, as well as the information I have received at the conference can give our teachers a new perspective on technology and its use in the classroom.
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 @ 11:22 AM
1. I attended the Technology Conference in Yosemite on May 15-16, 2008. I was very impressed with the overall conference. As the incoming Academic Technology Coach, I was very impressed by the amount of effort and time both CTAP and FCOE put into putting this on. The keynote speakers both mornings were outstanding. I have heard Mark before when he spoke at one of the CUE conferences, but nonetheless, he was very impressive. I am from a district where the money was first spent on the hardware, but I don’t think much effort was put into the sustainability of the long term goals of our district. In talking with many people over the two days, I have found that we are not alone. I also found many free or inexpensive ways to incorporate technology into the classroom that will actually save time and manpower in the long run. I was very fortunate to be able to talk to Brian Curwick and Emy Lopez. They were a lifesaver for my new position! They went above and beyond the call of duty and have offered their assistance at making the new school year a successful one. I am currently planning a summer Technology Institute where I can share much of want I learned with other teachers in the district. Overall, I am glad I chose to attend this conference.
2. Although I touched on my description of how I am going to share this with my staff in my reflection of the conference, I think I can elaborate. I have already shared my experience of this conference with my site principal as well as my new boss, our Director of Curriculum and Instruction. I met with him last week and have put together a proposal for a Summer Technology Institute at Corcoran School District. After talking with some of the presenters at the conference, I feel confident that I can attack the problems we are facing on my district by putting on a summer tech institute. I am going to be in contact with Brian Curwick to put together some professional development sessions to help incorporate technology in to the classroom. I think that most teachers feel overwhelmed in our district because of the new one-to-one initiative. There are teachers that have only used a computer when forced to and now we are asking them to do several tasks on the computer as well as teach our students. I am hoping that the newfound knowledge I have accumulated over the past few years, as well as the information I have received at the conference can give our teachers a new perspective on technology and its use in the classroom.
Flag as inappropriateJon Corippo said:
Friday, May 30th, 2008 @ 4:59 PM
1. This was my second Tenaya Admin Conference although,sadly, last year I was only able to attend one day of the conference. This year I was able to attend the entire event. First off, I have to say that the FCOE ITS staff Brigeen, Mark, Dan and their leader Mary Ellen have had two home runs in a row. Amazing venue, excellent speakers and a well planned out event, with time to visit with our regional contemporaries. Well done. If there is a Tenaya 3.0, plan on attending.
As for the speakers, Thornburg, Haragadon, Walsh and Wagner - these are people who see the big picture and get the implications if we do not get "school" right, right now. My favorite session was when Mark Wagner ran his presentation off of Google Presenter and we had "drop in" commentaries from all over the state- in real time.
As a CTAP7 staff member I think the most powerful thing about this conference is everyone having a chance to visit professionally and see that we have common challenges, that the problems we face have been faced by others and that solutions have already been formulated or at least discussed. When we look at things on a regional level (as opposed to district or school) we gain perspective, collaboration and support that we could not ever develop by working in a vacuum.
2. Being a regional support person, I have a different level of "sharing" with staff.
If you attended the session I did on Teaching with Video, the link to the presentation lives at : http://ctap7.pbwiki.com/CTAP7+Workshop+Handouts+and+Resources
As far as staff goes in our office, we will continue to use the speakers as a reference point when bringing these ideas, tools and pedagogies out to our 130 client districts.
I think Dr. Thornburg's articulation on how we've "lost the handle" in regards to math instruction, and his examples of how math, creativity and engineering intersect was extremely relevant. I am a Language Arts/History teacher by trade, but math needs to stay in our sights whenever we are talking about education, especially because our media rich society supports language skills in a very intuitive way. There's very little math in "pop culture" which makes math even more important in an academic sense.
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Friday, May 30th, 2008 @ 4:59 PM
1. This was my second Tenaya Admin Conference although,sadly, last year I was only able to attend one day of the conference. This year I was able to attend the entire event. First off, I have to say that the FCOE ITS staff Brigeen, Mark, Dan and their leader Mary Ellen have had two home runs in a row. Amazing venue, excellent speakers and a well planned out event, with time to visit with our regional contemporaries. Well done. If there is a Tenaya 3.0, plan on attending.
As for the speakers, Thornburg, Haragadon, Walsh and Wagner - these are people who see the big picture and get the implications if we do not get "school" right, right now. My favorite session was when Mark Wagner ran his presentation off of Google Presenter and we had "drop in" commentaries from all over the state- in real time.
As a CTAP7 staff member I think the most powerful thing about this conference is everyone having a chance to visit professionally and see that we have common challenges, that the problems we face have been faced by others and that solutions have already been formulated or at least discussed. When we look at things on a regional level (as opposed to district or school) we gain perspective, collaboration and support that we could not ever develop by working in a vacuum.
2. Being a regional support person, I have a different level of "sharing" with staff.
If you attended the session I did on Teaching with Video, the link to the presentation lives at : http://ctap7.pbwiki.com/CTAP7+Workshop+Handouts+and+Resources
As far as staff goes in our office, we will continue to use the speakers as a reference point when bringing these ideas, tools and pedagogies out to our 130 client districts.
I think Dr. Thornburg's articulation on how we've "lost the handle" in regards to math instruction, and his examples of how math, creativity and engineering intersect was extremely relevant. I am a Language Arts/History teacher by trade, but math needs to stay in our sights whenever we are talking about education, especially because our media rich society supports language skills in a very intuitive way. There's very little math in "pop culture" which makes math even more important in an academic sense.
Flag as inappropriateWill Quaschnick said:
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 @ 11:51 AM
1. First off, thanks to Dan Serrato for turning me on to this conference! It was well put together and from the attendee's perspective, seemed to go off without a hitch. As mentioned above, the speakers were all "big picture" perspectives, especially on the topic of academic preparation vs. international competition and Web 2.0. Breakouts proved to be fruitful as well. Mr. Corippo was very practical in his examples of implementation (though he never gave me a free pen!). The "del.icio.us" presentation by Mr. Curwick was very helpful, I'll touch on that under point number two. This conference had a very personal feel to it as well. Breakout numbers were lower than other conferences I've attended, and the ability to interact with presenters during and after were one of the most valuable aspects. Every presenter I came across gave a means of post-conference communication as well. This, along with the setting providing for built in networking and introduction to others in the field were intangibles that helped add to the quality of the experience.
2. As alluded to above, Mr. Curwick's presentation of del.icio.us was of instant import to me and my soon-to-be new assignment as tech mentor at my site next year. An ongoing issue we've had is the ability for students to access bookmarked info from one machine to another. Del.icio.us will be our solution to this. On a personal note, I was introduced to Twitter as well, and have actually gotten some interesting post-conference info from Dan Serrato. Though I haven't turned my attention to it yet, I'm also going to explore GoogleDocs as a means of sharing curriculum amongst the staff, as our server-based system has proven outdated and prohibitive, especially for those of us that prefer to access from remote locations (ie: home). This was by recommendation of Mr. Wagner, and I had heard about it's benefits from Emy Lopez previously. Integrating YouTube into class presentations is a slam dunk (thank you, Mr. Corippo)! Lastly, I've got some rough ideas on how to inservice my staff on the use of Ning for teacher-administrated corroboration on an individual classroom basis. I can foresee it being a great home to school connection point, both with current events and homework. Thank you again for a great conference, and am looking forward to the 3.0 version next year. Maybe then I can get my free pen!
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008 @ 11:51 AM
1. First off, thanks to Dan Serrato for turning me on to this conference! It was well put together and from the attendee's perspective, seemed to go off without a hitch. As mentioned above, the speakers were all "big picture" perspectives, especially on the topic of academic preparation vs. international competition and Web 2.0. Breakouts proved to be fruitful as well. Mr. Corippo was very practical in his examples of implementation (though he never gave me a free pen!). The "del.icio.us" presentation by Mr. Curwick was very helpful, I'll touch on that under point number two. This conference had a very personal feel to it as well. Breakout numbers were lower than other conferences I've attended, and the ability to interact with presenters during and after were one of the most valuable aspects. Every presenter I came across gave a means of post-conference communication as well. This, along with the setting providing for built in networking and introduction to others in the field were intangibles that helped add to the quality of the experience.
2. As alluded to above, Mr. Curwick's presentation of del.icio.us was of instant import to me and my soon-to-be new assignment as tech mentor at my site next year. An ongoing issue we've had is the ability for students to access bookmarked info from one machine to another. Del.icio.us will be our solution to this. On a personal note, I was introduced to Twitter as well, and have actually gotten some interesting post-conference info from Dan Serrato. Though I haven't turned my attention to it yet, I'm also going to explore GoogleDocs as a means of sharing curriculum amongst the staff, as our server-based system has proven outdated and prohibitive, especially for those of us that prefer to access from remote locations (ie: home). This was by recommendation of Mr. Wagner, and I had heard about it's benefits from Emy Lopez previously. Integrating YouTube into class presentations is a slam dunk (thank you, Mr. Corippo)! Lastly, I've got some rough ideas on how to inservice my staff on the use of Ning for teacher-administrated corroboration on an individual classroom basis. I can foresee it being a great home to school connection point, both with current events and homework. Thank you again for a great conference, and am looking forward to the 3.0 version next year. Maybe then I can get my free pen!
Flag as inappropriateJon Corippo said:
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 @ 12:34 PM
Duly noted. Two free pens in the mail.
=)
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008 @ 12:34 PM
Duly noted. Two free pens in the mail.
=)
Flag as inappropriateBrian Curwick said:
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 @ 8:20 PM
1. This was an amazing event! The hard work and endless planning that Mark, Brigeen, Dan and Maryellen put in really paid off. I have had a chance to speak with a few administrators that attended the event and they mentioned that they are still glowing with excitement with possibilities for next year. Two of which have already made hardware purchases and are planning on professional development to go along with it.
2. I was impressed with Mark Wagner's interactive session using Google Presenter and UStream. We have already conducted a meeting using UStream and have found this to be of great benefit.
Kudos to all the social networking that was going on. Ning, Twitter and Twitterific seemed to big hits.
Thanks again for providing this opportunity to our Region's administrators.
GREAT JOB!!!
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008 @ 8:20 PM
1. This was an amazing event! The hard work and endless planning that Mark, Brigeen, Dan and Maryellen put in really paid off. I have had a chance to speak with a few administrators that attended the event and they mentioned that they are still glowing with excitement with possibilities for next year. Two of which have already made hardware purchases and are planning on professional development to go along with it.
2. I was impressed with Mark Wagner's interactive session using Google Presenter and UStream. We have already conducted a meeting using UStream and have found this to be of great benefit.
Kudos to all the social networking that was going on. Ning, Twitter and Twitterific seemed to big hits.
Thanks again for providing this opportunity to our Region's administrators.
GREAT JOB!!!
Flag as inappropriateWill Quaschnick said:
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 @ 12:52 PM
Low and behold, I go to my teacher's box this morning, TWO CTAP PENS!! My Ctap experience is now complete!
Did I mention that I hadn't received my Ctap CAR yet????
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 @ 12:52 PM
Low and behold, I go to my teacher's box this morning, TWO CTAP PENS!! My Ctap experience is now complete!
Did I mention that I hadn't received my Ctap CAR yet????
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