Innovate like-a-turtle : PHM's MEGA Awesome School Opener

Vicki Davis
vicki@coolcatteacher.com
www.coolcatteacher.com/phm
@coolcatteacher
Innovate like a Turtle:
The Mindset, Tools & Teaching Tips to
Make this the Best Year Ever

Outline of Today’s
Conversation
 Strategy of Innovation
 5 Secrets for Having the Best Year Ever
 Cool Cat Teacher’s Chromebook Tips
 9 Ways Writing Has Been Reinvented

Will you be ok
with teaching the
same year 30
times
-or-
30 years with
each one better
than the last?

The power of Three!
Pick three

TEAMS
“Working with
people across the
world has challenged
me.”
“The majority of my partners
wanted to contribute
something
meaningful to the
project.”
Horizon Project Students
http://horizonproject.wikispaces.com

Classroom Wiki (2005) K12 Online Conference
Teacher Collaboration
Wiki (2006)
Flat Classroom™ Project
(2006-2012)
Horizon Project (2007-
2008)
Digiteen Project (2007-
2012)
Digiteen Island in Open
Sim (2008-2010)
Arab Israeli Conflict
Simulation (2009, 2011,
2013)
Flat Classroom
Conference – Doha,
Qatar (2009)
NetGenEd Project
(2009-2013) – with Don
Tapscott
Flat Classroom Live at
ASB Unplugged,
Mumbai (2010)
India Immersion Project
(2010)
Eracism Project (2009,
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Flat Classroom
Conference China 2011
China Immersion Project
(2011)
Hope for Slaves (2012) Gamifi-ed (2014) Physics of the Future
(2014)
A Global Project Journey

Read
#geniushour
The Passion Driven
Classroom by
Angela Maiers

Read
#invent2learn
Invent to Learn
By Sylvia Martinez and
Gary Stager

http://gamifi-
ed.wikispaces.com

Learning is a habit
embedded in my
weekly routines.
Habit of a Lead Learner

21st Century Skills
21st Century
CONNECTIONS

Understanding the Middle East through a
Simulation
Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher
9th Grade Students
Westwood Schools
Camilla, Georgia USA
Dr. Jeff Stanzler
Leah Stilman, Eliza Bivins-Fink,
Crystal LaBrosse
University of Michigan
http://aic.conflix.org

Teachers who
refuse to change
have rejected
the role of lead
learner.

Growing and
changing starts
with your
mindset.

FIXED MINDSET
A belief that you are
what you are right
now and can never
improve or change.

GROWTH
MINDSET
A belief that you
can grow, improve,
and learn

HOW DO I SET
LEARNING GOALS?
How do I look at change?

Goal Setting Tip #1:
Accurately assess your
strengths and weaknesses
 ““If, like those with the growth mindset,
you believe you can develop yourself,
then you're open to accurate information
about your current abilities, even if it's
unflattering. What's more, if you're
oriented toward learning, as they are, you
need accurate information about your
current abilities in order to learn
effectively.”
 Carol Dweck, Mindset

WHAT ARETHE 20% OF
THE ISSUESTHAT
CAUSEYOU 80% OF
THE HEADACHES
Tip #2 ParetoYour
Problems

ITEMIZED BILL
Brian Tracy,
Focal Point: A Proven System to Simplify Your Life,
Double Your Production and Achieve All Your Goals, p 8
For placing “x” on gauge $ 1.00
For knowing which gauge
to place the “x” on $9,999.00
Read

Tip #3Goalsetting
Determining the focal
point for myself and my
classroom at each
moment.
Write this
Down!

Secrets to Having the Best Year Ever
1. Set Learning Goals

I believe in myself, my
students, and my
school.
Write this
Down!
Secret #2

“Santa’s Motto”
in my childhood
home
“If you
believe
you
receive.”

Study of Expectations
• 20% of students in the student were said to have “unusual potential for
intellectual growth”
• Three teachers selected were told they were selected because they were
the best in the school
Rosenthal, R., and Jacobson, L. (1968). Pygmalion in the classroom:Teacher
expectation and pupils' intellectual development'. NewYork: Rinehart and
Winston.
Read

At the end of the school year
• Led the school and district in standardized test scores
• Jumped 20-30% in academic achievement over previous year.
Rosenthal, R., and Jacobson, L. (1968). Pygmalion in the
classroom:Teacher expectation and pupils' intellectual
development'. NewYork: Rinehart andWinston.
Read

Guess what?
• The selections were RANDOM.
• Students were a mix of good/bad/ medium.
• So were teachers!
Rosenthal, R., and Jacobson, L. (1968). Pygmalion in the classroom:
Teacher expectation and pupils' intellectual development'. NewYork:
Rinehart andWinston.

You Believe,You Receive!
“In experiment after experiment, it has been demonstrated that
when teachers EXPECT their students to perform well, the students
work hard and live up to their teacher’s expectations.”
BrianTracy, Maximum Achievement
Read

They are part of this• Best Wiki in Education 2006, 2008
• ISTEOnline LearningAward 2007
• TIG Best Online Project 2006
• WISE Shortlist Finalist, Pluralism
• Open Sim Pioneers 2009
• Finalist BestWiki 2010
• DigitalYouth – EdutopiaWinner
• Wall Street Journal,WIRED, BostonGlobe, Edutopia
• NCWITAward winner 2011, 2014

The most important “A”
in your classroom
Att-I-tude

2 kinds of people:
Transmitters
Transformers
Dale Carnegie,
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

Transformers
“Turn the negativity into
something positive.”

Examine
Data Streams
F - alse
E - vidence
A - ppearing
R - eal

“The budget
cuts have
become
opportunistic
because we are
having to think
outside the
box.”Jody
Kennedy, Teacher
White Plains Middle
School New York

“And you realize that the beauty of our flaws is to accentuate
our better features.

2. Believe in yourself, your students, and your school

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Classroom Management
Metacognitive Processes
Cognitive Processes
Home Env/ Parental Inv
Stdnt/Tchr Social Intxn
Social/ Behavioral Attributes
Motivational/ Affective Attr
Peer Group
Quantity of Instruction
School Culture
Classroom Climate
Classroom Instruction
Curriculum Design
Stdnt/Tchr Academic Intxn
Classroom Assessment
Community Influences
Psychomotor Skills
Tchr/ Admin Decisionmaking
Curriculum and Instruction
Parental Involvement Policy
Classroom Impl/ Support
Student Demographics
Out of Class Time
Program Demographics
School Demographics
State Level Policies
School Policies
District Demographics
Relative Influences on Learning
Wang, Haertel, Walberg, 1997
“What Helps Students Learn?
Spotlight on Student Success”
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED461694.pdf

Let’s Look at #1
1. Classroom Management
• teacher uses questioning/ recitation strategies that maintain active
student participation
Wang, Haertel, Walberg, 1997
“What Helps Students Learn?
Spotlight on Student Success”
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED461694.pdf

PRACTICE DOESN’T
MAKE PERFECT… IT
MAKES PERMANENT
Classroom Management

Essential Procedures
• Entering Room
• Exiting Room
• Paperflow
• Being Excused from the Room
• Essential Positions forTeaching and Interacting

3. Establish and practice classroom procedures from
day 1

Mirror Neurons: Giacomo Rizzolatti et al.,
“Premotor Cortex and the Recognition of
Motor Actions,” Cognitive Behavior
Research, 3 (1996) 131-141.

We
mirror
the behaviors of those
we are around.

GOOD GOSSIP:
SPREAD GOOD
NEWS EVERYWHERE
Share awesome stories…

day 1
4. Join a PLC & encourage colleagues

Pulled in so many directions
1. Family
2. Students
3. Parents
4. Admin / Colleagues

“Exercise boosts brain power.”
Brain Rules by John Medina

5 Secrets to Having the Best Year Ever
day 1
4. Join a PLC
5. Plan your habits to include exercise

Chromebook Tips
Cool Cat Teacher’s Favorites

My Favorite Chrome
Extensions
1. Extensity – turns things on
2. TechSmith Snagit (Screenshots)
3. LastPass (remembering passwords)
4. Boomerang
5. Evernote Clipper
6. Todoist for Chrome & Gmail (2 add ons)
7. Evernote Web Clipper (You try Google
Keep)

My Favorite Google Drive Add
Ons
1. Goobric
2. Doctopus
3. Pro Writing Aid
4. Kaizena
5. Easy Bib
6. Consistency Checker

Formative Assessment:
Know what they know.
Socrative
ROCKS
www.socrative.com!
Tip: Play quizzes as races for
review. Use open ended questions

yearsTo get to 50 million subscribers

daysTo get to 50 million subscribers

How can we keep up in the face
of such rapid change?

1. 9 Ways Writing Has Been Reinvented
• Practical things students need to know
• Examples from classrooms
• Recommendations for each
2. 9 Key P’s for Digital Citizens
ReinventingWriting –Vicki Davis
http://writinginthecloud.wikispaces.com
I’mVicki Davis @coolcatteacher
What’s your handle?

1. Strategies for Building Writing Communities
(Chapter 13)
2. A lot of how-to’s (please use the chat to share
links)
3. The 20 QuestionsYou ask When Picking a Tool
(Chapter 2)
4. To dive deeply into the 9 Key P’s for Safety &
Success (Chapter 12)
We won’t have time for –Vicki Davis
http://writinginthecloud.wikispaces.com
I’mVicki Davis @coolcatteacher
What’s your handle?

John Seely Brown,Visiting Scholar, University of
Southern California
“…you can’t just drop new
innovations into a classroom
and hope that the instructor
will invent effective ways to
use them.To fully utilize a
new teaching technology, you
often need to invent new
teaching practices as well.” Gamifi-ed Project:
An Intergenerational Learning Community
http://gamifi-ed.wikispaces.com
Westwood Students (9th graders) &
Masters Students from University of Alaska Southeast &
Gamifi-ed MOOC
ReinventingWriting
Hashtag: #KCDTTL
@coolcatteacher
Part 1: How has writing
been reinvented?

 Fosters community (Elbow 373)
 Helps see problems from multiple viewpoints (Howard 10)
 Co-authoring impacts the writing of individual authors (Aghbar)
 Improves Learning Experiences (wolf 2010)
 “Ideal model for constructing, reorganizing and acquiring new
information” (Janssen et all 2010)
 Global collaboration is essential in today’s workplace (Friedman)
 Shorten time required to solve pressing world problems (Tapscott)
Benefits of Collaborative Writing
Hong Kong 2011
Students edit wiki with virtual partners
ReinventingWriting
Hashtag: #KCDTTL
@coolcatteacher
been reinvented?

Audience is Important
“Technology creates opportunities for students to do meaningful
work that has value outside school, receive feedback on their
work, and experience the rewards of publication or exhibition.”
Peck & Dorricott, 1994
http://caret.iste.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=evidence&answerID=9
&words=audience
Read

WHAT IS “THE CLOUD?”
A location on the Internet where common files are stored.
Reinventing Writing
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been reinvented?

ReinventingWriting
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been reinvented?

http://tinyurl.com/kindle-notecard
ReinventingWriting
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been reinvented?
Learn More: Chapter 3, Reinventing Writing

5 Most popular ebook readers
 Kindle
 iBook
 Nook
 Kobo
 Google Play Books
Learn More: Epic Ebook Guide
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/epic-ebook-guide/ ReinventingWriting
Hashtag: #KCDTTL
@coolcatteacher
been reinvented?
#1 Reinventing Paper

10 Places to Find, Download &
Read Free or Inexpensive eBooks
Site Link Site Link
Project
Gutenberg
www.gutenberg.
org
eReaderIQ www.ereaderiq.
com
Free Booksy www.freebooksy.
com
Book Bub www.bookbub.c
om
Bookish www.bookish.co
m
Hundred Zeroes www.hundredzer
oes.com
Goodreaders www.goodreads.
com
What Should I
Read Next?
www.whatshould
ireadnext.com
Which Book www.openingthe
book.com/which
book
Calibre www.calibre-
ebook.com
Learn More: Epic Ebook Guide
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/epic-ebook-guide/
ReinventingWriting
Hashtag: #KCDTTL
@coolcatteacher
been reinvented?

6 Easy Ways to Publish eBooks
1. Liber.io
1. http://liber.io/
2. (Write in Google Drive  eBook)
2. Draft
1. http://draftin.com/
3. iBooks Author
4. LeanPub
1. http://leanpub.com/
5. Powerpoint or Keynote (Yes you can!)
6. Scrivener
Learn more:
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/publish-ebooks-free/
ReinventingWriting
Hashtag: #KCDTTL
@coolcatteacher
been reinvented?

Reinventing Writing
Recommendation
 Evaluate Amazon Whispernet
 Create a place where you can distribute
or link to free ebook content
 Older students set up a profile on
kindle.amazon.com
 Learn to export notes from books
 Make epublishing part of what you do
Learn More: Chapter 3, Reinventing Writing

Popular Notebook Services
1. Evernote
2. One Note
3. Google Keep
Learn More: Reinventing Writing: Chapter 4
ReinventingWriting
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been reinvented?
#2 Reinventing Notetaking

Reinventing Writing
Recommendation
 Select an official notebook service for your school
 Connect students and teachers
 Share notes
 Learn to capture, annotate, and find
 See if students can find notes at a later date
#2 Reinventing Notetaking

Meet the
new
notecard
Hyperlink is part of bookmark

Features of
the New
Notecard
(Diigo) Annotate Websites: Privately,
To a group or publicly
Group Bookmarks
http://physicsofthefuture.wikispaces.com
Student efolios
Citation Reports

Reinventing Writing
Recommendation
 Set up a bookmarking group for each
class
 Set up a “tag dictionary” for common
topics for the term
 Install the Diigo plug in to add more
features to websites
#3 Reinventing Notecards

ReinventingWriting
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been reinvented?
Dropbox * Google Drive * One Drive

Google Drive: Did you know?
 You can install Google Drive like a
Dropbox Folder
 You can set up shared class folders
 Google Drive can link with other services
(like wevideo)
 See “Becoming a Google Drive Master”
 http://j.mp/gdrive-master
#5 Reinventing Filing Cabinets

Reinventing Writing
Recommendation
 Set up collaborative writing tools
 Make sure teachers know how to give text
and voice feedback
 Empower peer feedback
 Train and connect everyone!
 Teach students (and teachers) to convert
files of all types
 Teach students how to convert and use
many types of cloud tools
#5 Reinventing Filing Cabinets

ReinventingWriting
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been reinvented?
So much more than the “essay”
- reinventing wordprocessors

ReinventingWriting
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been reinvented?
1. Google Drive
2. One Drive (Microsoft Word/
Office 365)
3. Etherpad (for server installation)

Did you know?
 Zamzar.com can convert almost any format?
ReinventingWriting
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been reinvented?
#5 Reinventing Word Processors

Reinventing Writing
Recommendation
 Set up collaborative writing tools
 Make sure teachers know how to give text
and voice feedback
 Empower peer feedback
 Train and connect everyone!
 Teach students (and teachers) to convert
files of all types
#5 Reinventing Word Processors

Credit: Sue Waters
Reinventing Writing, Chapter 8

Karen Lirenman
Kathy Cassidy
Building Student Learning Communities
through Twitter
http://j.mp/lirenman-twitter
Using Twitter in a Primary Classroom
http://j.mp/primary-twitter
Class Twitter Accounts
Open Doors

Did you
know?
http://www.classtools.net/twister/
You can make “Fake Tweets” at Classtools.net

Reinventing Writing
Recommendation
 Set up a blogging platform for your
students
 Encourage feedback and connection
 Find a Quadblogging Group for every
classroom in your school
 Use microblogging to communicate and
connect with the world
 Give your classroom a public platform to
share and connect
#6 Reinventing Journals
& Reports

See
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/gamifi-ed-project-update1/

Popular Wiki Websites
1. Wikispaces
2. PBWiki
3. Install Media Wiki
ReinventingWriting
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been reinvented?
#7 Reinventing Group Reports

Popular Group Website
Creators
1. Weebly
2. Wix
3. Webs
4. Google Sites
ReinventingWriting
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Reinventing Writing
Recommendation
 Create a collaborative wiki community
 Write common information together with
others with a different worldview
 Learn to write collaboratively
 Multi age
 Intergenerational
 Within your district
 Create a platform for student efolios

See https://wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/INSITE/Mindmeister

Reinventing Writing
Recommendation
 Teach Prewriting tools and skills
 Teach Collaborative Prewriting methods
 Don’t forget prewriting
 Embed prewriting documents in the final
document
 Include asynchronous partners in your
communications.
#8 Reinventing Prewriting

See: 7 Ways to Use Canva to Create
Compelling Graphics
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/canva-how-to/

Did you know?
 Captions under images are read 300%
more than body copy
 Headlines placed below an image are
read by 10% more people than headlines
above
 Never break the left margin
 Images should either have: story appeal
or demonstrate something
 See: http://blog.kissmetrics.com/shocking-truth-about-graphics/
#9 Reinventing Illustrations

Recommendation
 Teach students how to create and select
images
 Encourage the use of infographics to tell
stories
 Help students visually organize their efolios
 Follow and teach guidelines to promote
readability
#9 Reinventing Illustrations

The Collaborative Writing Cloud 9
Wikis
Collaborative
Writing Apps
Blogs
Social
Bookmarking
Graphic
Organizers
Collaborative
Notebooks
ePaper
Cartooning
Cloud
Syncing
ReinventingWriting
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been reinvented?

Connect yourself!
Personal Learning Network / Media Diet!
– RSS Reader - Feedly ,Feedspot, Mr. Reader
– Flipboard, Zite, Pulse
– eBook Reader – Kindle, iBooks, Kobo
– Diigo, Delicious, Reddit
– Listen in – Bam Radio Network, Edtechtalk
– Join Twitter
– Online Conferences
– Networking Organizations

The power of Three!
What are my 3?

1. Classroom Procedures to improve F2F
and electronic Classroom including better
integration with my LMS

Read
Hummingbird
Robotics Kit
Read Invent to Learn
By Sylvia Martinez &
Gary Stager
2. Makerspace
including:
Robotics

Read
Makey Makey Kits
Turn anything into a computer
Input!
2. Makerspace
including:
Robotics, Makey

Read
The Sphero
Programmable ball
2. Makerspace
including: Robotics,
Makey Make, SPRK
Learning & Creserance

Read
Technology Week
Led by my students
For the whole school
system

Read
Pixel Press
Video game programming
3. More positive multi
age learning
experiences between
upper & lower schools

Read
Minecraft EDU
3. More positive multi
age learning
experiences between
upper & lower schools

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