3. My Background Project Manager of the Digital Collaborative Learning Communities Project K-12 Classroom wiki study: 179,851 wiki and usage statistics, 70teacher interviews, nearly 40student focus groups, observations in MA, NH, CT, VA, GA, CA Doctoral student at Harvard Ed School Co-Director EdTechTeacher.org Former social studies teacher in 1-1 classroom
4. Experiment Cycle of Experiment and Experience Review (Experience) Plan Fear - Growth+ Institutional Capacity+
9. Elements Supportive of a Culture of Experiment and Experience “Skunkworks” of experimentation Public recognition and teaching opportunities for innovators; ongoing PD for everyone Increasing the supply of technology Administrative support of innovation Family/Community communication and involvement Managed approach to Internet safety
10. Levels of Technology Integration Adoption “Look, I can save my personal files to the cloud!” Adaptation “Look, I can grade drafts of my students’ assignment in Google Docs!” Innovation “Look, I can have my students co-construct a writing assignment, and then evaluate their collaboration with the revision history!”
11. Elements Supportive of a Culture of Experiment and Experience “Skunkworks” of experimentation Support small teacher cohorts of innovators Planning time Professional development Pats on the back Empowering Teacher Leaders:A Cohort Model of Professional Development
12. Elements Supportive of a Culture of Experiment and Experience Public recognition and teaching opportunities for innovators Appreciate recognition in public and private Grow the Skunkworks by giving teacher-leaders opportunities to teach and lead Ongoing, job-embedded, teacher-led professional development for all adults Watertown TIP Program Technology literacy, Media literacy, Internet safety
13. Elements Supportive of a Culture of Experiment and Experience Administrative support of innovation Support for experimentation/innovation from principals and superintendents Accountability for progress towards shared learning goals Innovation support from IT Support for curricular innovations Curriculum support from Department Heads, Coaches, Specialists Common planning time Technology committee, with diverse stakeholders, to retain institutional knowledge
14. Elements Supportive of a Culture of Experiment and Experience Family/Community communication and involvement Communicate early and often Contract early Involve in online dialogue Increase the supply of technology Build community support, make the case for new literacies Use competitive structures where eventually everyone wins
15. Elements Supportive of a Culture of Experiment and Experience Managed approach to Internet safety Cultivation of personal responsibility from teachers and students Student trust with clear accountability Push filter controls as close to teachers as possible Integrated e-safety instruction Media literacy Digital citizenship Make students responsible for one another
16. OFSTED Report Ofsted inspectors visited 33 primary and secondary schools, a special school and a pupil referral unit and found e-safety was outstanding in five, good in 16, satisfactory in 13 and inadequate in one. Blocking pupils' access to unsuitable websites does not encourage them to take responsibility for their safety online, Ofsted inspectors say. "Managed" online systems were more successful than "locked" ones at safeguarding pupils' safety, they said. Where the provision for e-safety was outstanding, the schools had managed rather than locked down systems Full Report
17. Experiment Cycle of Experiment and Experience Review (Experience) Plan Fear - Growth+ Institutional Capacity+