1. Charles E. Smith
Jewish Day School
August 24-25, 2016
2-Day Boot Camp
transforming education one BLOGat a time
THANK YOU for being part of this cohort. I am excited and honored to work with you!
2. • About Us
• Exploring the EduBloggerSphere
• Learning Intentions & Success
Criteria
• Why transform education?
• NOW Literacies
• Why blogs?
• Hopes & Fears
• Welcome to your blog
Day 1
7. Learning Intentions
To build relationships that will contribute to
the success of the virtual coaching
To build understanding of modern literacies,
pedagogies, heutagogy and metacognitive
reflection
To learn and practice skills & habits of mind
that will be used to support your students &
shift your thinking about teaching & learning
To build understanding of pedagogical
documentation (a reflection tool for your
own learning & a teaching tool for others)
8. Success Criteria
What do you think “success” will look like, feel like, etc? What will you
need to understand, do or experience in order to feel successful?
Have a star)ng point for blogging with my kids. Mo)vated to teach through this vehicle- easy
to access, pleasing to work with
To feel competent with the process of blogging, aesthe)cs are important, has to look nice
The mechanics of pos)ng on Google Classroom, a valuable blog post for my students or for
myself, my professional goals of developing a blog as a STEM specialist for the school
A general, loose plan of types of things to blog about- how do you turn what you know into
interes)ng posts?
To get as many ideas as I can from other people, not just another thing I have to do,
understanding why we’re doing this
Build energy from authen)c interac)on
Engaging- use the comments for interac)on that involves parents
I need to make what I’m doing visible and valuable.
29. Media Literacy
“If students are not taught
the language of sound
& images, shouldn’t they be
considered as illiterate as if
they left college without being able
to read & write?” – George Lucas
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39. “Blog is just software, but scientists & science writers are
using that software in serious ways,
making the world a better place.”
To CHANGE the WORLD
Why Do We Blog?
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48. –Deborah Meier
in Visible Learners
through the eyes
of othersis an essential part of
strong professional development and the one most
seriously lacking from schools.
Seeing the same practices
54. • What do YOU want to learn? How will
you learn it? What will you do with
what you know?
• From pedagogy to heutagogy
• Documenting Learning Why? How?
• Learning challenge……
• Visible thinking routines?
• Video Conferencing- 2 PM
• Reflect
Day 2
55. What do you want to learn?
How do you want to learn it?
What will you DO with it?
(Paper) Tweet It!
68. Documentation bySTUDENTS
to build positive
digital footprint
gather & showcase artifacts
For portfolio
reflection &
metacognition-
to become aware of
their learning
to articulate &
showcase their learning
document growth
76. Video Conferencing
Silvana Scarso:
Teaching & Learning Coach
at Graded American School of Sao Paulo
Interests: Global Learning, Cognition,
STEAM (especially participation of women)