ROund Lake

CreatingPersonal Learning

EnvironmentsRound Lake High School

Elizabeth HelfantEducational Collaborators

MICDSSt Louis MO

Technology must be like OxygenUbiquitous, Necessary and

InvisibleChris Lehmann , Science Leadership Academy

http://www.slideshare.net/chrislehmann/where-does-it-live-building-systems-and-structures-around-what-you-believehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/geeflex/3025253199/sizes/o/

Another Model

Not Re-Inventing the Wheel

Collective Capacity

Infinite Possibility

Digital

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Social Networking

PLN

http://www.flickr.com/photos/90462847@N00/3389565299/

Power of Social Media and Network

PLE

• Customizable Experience• Browser Add ons• Start Pages

• Firefox.com• Download• Run

Tools of Engagement

Social Bookmarks

TAGS?

Create an Account

Select username for professional purposesI use one username and password for all my

ed accounts – not the one I use for banking, personal stuff

Roundlake.wikispaces.com – enter username

Social Bookmarks + Annotations

Blogs

• Read them• Subscribe to them• Comment on them• Write them

The Mailbox

RSS

Google Start Pages

Google Reader

Another Account

• Google.com• Sign in• Create an account• IF you get cell phone verification• 314-974-9870

Blogs to Read▫ Kim Cofino▫ Karl Fisch▫ Kevin Jarrett▫ Sylvia Tolisano▫ Tom Barrett▫ Art Snacks▫ Top Ten Tools for Young Learners▫ Marzano and Tech and Another One

Flickr

Creative Commons

http://compfight.com/

Creative Commons Search

YouTube and Video

Ning

Another Account

Places to Check Out

• Classroom 2.0 Ning• Independent School Ning• English Companion• NCSS Ning• Library 2.0• Math 24-7 Ning

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Podcasting

• Audacity• iTunes U• ClickCaster.com• EdTech Talks• K12 Online Conference

Wikis

Wiki Anatomy

• Page• Discussion• History• Edit

LETS CREATE ONE!

Google Docs

uStream.tv

Skype

TokBox

DimDim

Virtual Worlds

Danielson’s Framework

DOMAIN 4- Made Explicit

Student Framework for Learning

• Is the content I am teaching essential and relevant?

• Am I addressing the skills my students need to be successful in life?

• Am I effectively assessing the learning that is taking place?

• Am I fostering the spirit of inquiry that will sustain learning in my students for a lifetime?

The Skills

• Inquiry, Research, and Information Literacy• Digital Citizenship and Personal Learning

Networks• Communication and Collaboration in a Global

World• Creativity, Inventive and Critical Thinking, and

Design• Metacognitive Reflection/Understanding

AssessmentHow do we know what they

know?• Transparent• Formative• Quality Feedback• Performance and Inquiry Based• Portfolio Possibilities

Rigor

Relevance

Relationships----------------------------------

A State of FlowMihaly Csikszentmihalyi

The Fun Quotient

The Art Connection

Power of AudienceCreating Meaning Everything is an OriginalPower of Reflection

Curriculum Transformations

Link s to some examples- still working on this

StoryBirdTikatokVoicethreadGlogsterComic LifeGarage Band (Myno)

BlogsWikisGoogle Docs

Ustream

Back to Danielson Domain 4

• K12 Online Coference• EdTechTalks

• Classroom 2.0 Ning• Independent School Ning• English Companion• NCSS Ning

• Blogs• Kim Cofino• Kevin Jarrett• Jen Wagner• Sylvia Tolisano• Tom Barrett

• Art Snacks• Top Ten Tools for Young Learners• Marzano and Tech and Another One