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Rob Darrow, Ed. D. Palo Alto Unified School District Blended Learning Symposium May 8, 2015 Rob’s Wiki: http://robdarrow.wikispaces.com

Blended and Online Learning: No Excuses!

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Rob Darrow, Ed. D.

Palo Alto Unified School District

Blended Learning Symposium

May 8, 2015

Rob’s Wiki: http://robdarrow.wikispaces.com

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No Excuses! Rob Darrow.. May 2015.

Did you tweet out or write something

with the #thankateacher hashtag?

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No Excuses! Rob Darrow.. May 2015.

Palo Alto Unified New Superintendent

20% “Personal Passion Project” (Stanford

Middle School)

WASC @ Palo Alto High / Gunn

Esther Wojcicki Book: “Moonshots in

Education” About blended learning

Movie: “Mask You Live In” @ Gunn

Vision:

We support all PAUSD students as they

prepare themselves to thrive as global

citizens in a rapidly changing world.

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Our Collective

Educational Journey

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No Excuses! Rob Darrow.. May 2015.

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No Excuses! Rob Darrow.. May 2015.

Who Remembers?

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Three Questions

1. Why did you go into education? Are you an educator because you like

doing things right or doing the right thing?

2. Are you using technology or is the

technology using you?

3. Are you managing your digital footprint

or is

your digital footprint managing you?

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Why did you go into teaching?

Who or what influenced you to do so?

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Doing things right or

doing the right

thing?

“If we teach today’s students as

we taught yesterday’s we rob

them of tomorrow.” John Dewey. ”Schools of Tomorrow”,

1915.

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Or....

“If we teach the way we were

taught or the way colleges

taught us to teach, we are

robbing ourselves of the

opportunities to teach with

the tools of

the present and future.” Rob Darrow. Paraphrase of John Dewey.

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Why I Chose Teaching

My Grandfather

My First 5 Years

5 Different Grades

(5th, Kindergarten, First, Second, Third)

Important things about teaching:

Management, Reading

Education is about Relationships

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My “Perfect Storm”

Vice Principal Job

New computers on campus

A tech conference (Ian Jukes and David

Thornburg)

Jukes: “Do you want to be on the wave of

technology or on the beach?”

Thornburg: “In a time of drastic change it

is the learners who inherit the future. The

learned usually find themselves equipped

to live in a world that no longer exists.”

What is your “perfect storm”

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Last 10 Years of Teaching

Doing the right thing

Doctorate

Learning about online learning

Online school

Funding cut with an email

Charter school: “The students in the

Fresno area belong to all of us!”

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No Excuses! Rob Darrow.. May 2015.

Are you a glass half full or half empty

kind of person?

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This Time of the School Year

Perfect time to innovate and try

new things!

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- Nelson Mandela

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Are you using the technology or

is the technology using you?

Technology are relationships

One example:

Online discussion boards give every

student a voice

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The Big 5 ! Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, YouTube

How many people have a blog?

Twitter?

This is one way to “use” the

technology

Get your message out, because you

each have a story to tell

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Facebook

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Technology positively change relationships

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Using the Technology

Charles Babbage – 1840s

Ada Lovelace – 1840s

Difference Engine and Analytical Engine

Alan Turing – 1940s –

The Enigma Code breaker

Developed a computer to crack the code

World War II – Turned the tide of the war

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Relationships Transform

Thinking and Learning

Ada Lovelace - Charles Babbage

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Alan Turing

1940 – Breaks

Enigma Code

1952 – Arrested for

homosexual acts

with boyfriend

1954 – Takes life

2013 – Pardoned

(After online

petition garnered

37,000 signatures)

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No one gets better by themselves –

there is always a relationship – the

right word of encouragement at the

right moment – whether in person or

online - that causes the breakthrough

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Are you managing your

digital footprint? When is the last time

you Googled your

name?

What comes up?

When is the last time

you taught your

students how to

Google their names?

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No Excuses! Rob Darrow.. May 2015.

In today’s world –

Especially with getting a job -

if you Google someone and

nothing comes up,

it raises questions...

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No Excuses! Rob Darrow.. May 2015.

My Digital Footprint

Rob’s Wiki: http://robdarrow.wikispaces.com

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My Doctoral Research

At-Risk Students and Online Charter

Schools in California

http://robsdoc.wikispaces.com/home

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In California

13% of the total U.S.

K-12 public school

student enrollment

20% of the U.S.

public charter

school enrollment

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At-Risk Kids / Graduation Rates

70% of students graduate from high

school throughout the U.S.

80% of students graduate from high

school in California

If you’re African-American or Latino

male, 50%

If we are ok with that,

then don’t do anything.

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This week in California

Because of the Common Core

assessments and analysis, it was

found...

47 schools have limited access to the

Internet

6 to 9 schools have no Internet Access

https://robdarrow.wordpress.com/2015/05/06/how-can-there-be-

school-districts-in-ca-that-cannot-access-the-internet-ccss-caedchat/

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No Excuses!

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No Excuses !

To not have adequate bandwidth or

access to Internet for students in your

schools

Need policies and money

If you don’t like the policies, change them

If you don’t have the money, write a grant

Build a network of believers

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No Excuses !

For teachers to not use

technology and the Internet to

teach with

Professional learning (No

longer “professional

development”) and leadership

Bottom up … and top down

You have the power!

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No Excuses !

To not learn on your own – as

administrators or instructors

Free professional learning all over the

place!

Share what you are doing…

Via blog

Via wiki

Via Twitter

Via Facebook

Via YouTube

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Free Professional Learning

Weekly Tweetchats

Free webinars

Free MOOCs and Online Conferences

ASCD: http://www.ascd.org/professional-

development/webinars.aspx

iNACOL:

http://www.inacol.org/events/webinars/

EdCamps / MeetUps / Hackathons

Future of Education Interviews -

http://www.futureofeducation.com/

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Free Professional Learning

Blogs / online journals

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/09/how-to-

fuel-the-innovation-engine-in-learning/

Edutopia: http://www.edutopia.org/

Faculty Focus, Higher Ed Teaching

Strategies: http://www.facultyfocus.com/

Via Email: ASCD Smart Brief, EdTech:

http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/fHmbBYpbkskkoIjwfDc

XdUfCigOl

iNACOL’s Plugged In:

http://www.inacol.org/news/plugged-in/

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Free Professional Learning This Month!

Today!

Google For Education (May 8 and 9)

https://educationonair.withgoogle.com/live/2015-

may

May 16-18: 4TVirtual Conference (Free from U

of Michigan School of Ed)

http://www.4tvirtualcon.com/

K-12 Online Conference – Call for Proposals

open. (Held in October every year).

http://k12onlineconference.org/

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Professional Learning / Organizations

CUE Organization: www.cue.org

Elearning Strategies Symposium

Call for Speakers:

http://www.elearns.org/

iNACOL: www.inacol.org

Blended Teacher Network:

www.blendedteachernetwork.org

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A Word about Stanford

Foremost educational thinkers

in the country

Do you read “Education Next”?

They discuss the “ideal” but

don’t always know the “real”

Blended Learning Symposium in

2014

Invite them in !

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Build your own

Professional Learning Network

Via your blog

Via Twitter

Via Facebook

Via colleagues

Via most any social media

With each other ! (a PLN)

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Research Shows:

Policies Important

Tech Engages Students

Professional Learning Important

But, teachers and leaders

are the MOST important!

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No Excuses! Rob Darrow.. May 2015.

Go out and make it happen

Just DO it!

Do the right things!

Use the technology!

Manage your digital footprint!

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As we consider providing more engaged learning for our students via online and blended learning …remember that…

“The only thing harder than starting something new – is

stopping something old”

- Russell Ackoff -“Redesigning Society”

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Keep Making a Difference!

Rob’s Wiki: http://robdarrow.wikispaces.com