1. Digital Learning
Day Make Space for Learning
11/5/13

2. Backwards Design…
Acknowledgements First
• Many thanks are in order…
• Western Network for planning
• Glenville School for hosting
• Presenters/Facilitators
• Custodial Staff
• Media Staff (at all the schools)
• All that helped put together materials (Angela, Marty,
etc.)
• Tech Support
• Visitors
• All the participants for engaging in a new type of
Professional Learning experience

3. Today’s Objectives
Why new technology isn’t enough...
• Provide a day in which teachers “own their own learning”
through collaboration, authentic and relevant exploration
of instructional practices.
• Provide time, resources and structure to “explore closely” online tools, resources and strategies to support CCSS and
SBAC and model student-centered learning.
• Encourage teachers to develop a PLN (Personal Learning
Network).
• Improve home-school connections and parent engagement.
• Determine barriers and challenges as well as rewards of the
experience through reflections in each activity.
• Maximize the power of local and global sharing of ideas.

4. The New Digital Divide :
Information Fluency
• Those who know how "think" about search vs. those
who don't
• Those who know how to validate information vs. those
who don't
• Those who know where to find information – use PLNs
and be in control of their own learning – and those who
don’t
• Those who know how to get information to travel to
them vs. those who still chase it.
• Those who have the knowledge to create and re-mix
digital media and those who don't .

5. Most Frequent Words in CCSS

6. SBAC Readiness Reflections
ELA

7. SBAC Readiness Reflections
Mathematics
• Prove incorrect scenario
• Fractions, decimals
• Reading comprehension for directions
• Online tools: graphing, calculators (very
different – need practice)

8. SBAC Readiness Reflections
Technology Skills

9. SAMR Model of Technology
Integration

10. Focus…Learn one Tool, Use it throughout your
curriculum …Remember, it’s just a tool…
http://vimeo.com/77902115

11. Structure, Resources & Answers or…
Where do I go?
• Structure of the Day
• Review Agenda
• Locations
• Descriptions/Grid
• Wikispaces address:
http://DLday.greenwich.wikispaces.net
• Be sure to sign-in on Full Workshop registration plus
individual session attendance forms in rooms.
• Backchannel - Questions/Observations
• Todays Meet:
https://todaysmeet.com/DLDay
• If any of the pages load too slowly – let us know
immediately and we’ll try to correct it.
• Reflection & Final Group Presentation in google
presentation – take a look at a previous presentation
so your group knows the expectation.

12. Another acronym
This is called FLN
Flipped Learning Network
Not another acronym….
Have Fun!!