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Digital Learning Cadre Orientation
Welcome!
Please sign into the chat section – name and district.
We will prompt you to test your speakers.
We will prompt you to test your microphone.Slide2
Digital Learning CadreeLearning Event
October 11, 2012Slide3
Welcome
Thank you for being here.
Please sign in to the chat window with your name and district/school name.
We will record the meeting for later reference.
The chat room is monitored and the facilitator can see your conversation. Slide4
The DLC Leadership Team
New Castle
Vicki Green (Red Clay SD)
Alyssa Moore (Christina)
Kent
Lisa Enright (Capital SD)
Sussex
Lori Roe (Cape
Henlopen
SD)Slide5
DLC Online Meetings – how they work
There will be two parts:
Meeting
Professional Development (PD)
The intent is that the PD will always have a link to:
Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
Web 2.0 tools (online tools for creating, collaborating, and sharing)
We hope you join us for ALL parts of the meeting, but you determine your educational path.
For today, we will logout of this “room” and login to a different “room” for the PD. Slide6
Business Topics
Speak Up (Project Tomorrow)
iSafe
Internet Safety Curriculum
Digital Learning DaySlide7
Vendor Request – November Meeting
Schoolology
(
www.schoology.com
)
Compares their product to Blackboard,
Moodle
, or
Edmodo
SaaS
(
S
oftware
a
s
a
S
ervice
), cloud-based, LMS solution incorporates online learning, course management, and social networking in one easy-to-use, easy-to-implement
,
integrated learning platform.
Schoology’s
pricing model allows teachers to use the product for free. The Enterprise-level of the platform is priced as an annual subscription to a school or district-wide site license plus one time implementation cost. The annual subscription is calculated based on a single multiplier, which is student enrollment. This price ranges anywhere from $10-$6 per student, depending on the enrollment volumes.
No districts in Delaware are using the Enterprise version of
Schoology
. There are more than 10 school districts using the free version of the platform to various capacities. Slide8
Speak Up (http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/) Slide9
Speak Up – Basic Details
National Research Project from Project Tomorrow
Suite of online surveys and reports
Used to collect authentic feedback from students, educators and parents on important education issues
Current Surveys
Students:
Grades K-2 Individual
Grades K-2 Group
Grades 3-5
Grade 6-8
Grades 9-12
Educators:
Administrators
Principals
Teachers
Librarians
Parents:
Parent Survey (English)
Parent Survey (Spanish)Slide10
Speak Up - Survey
The surveys consist of a series of multiple-choice questions plus one or two open-ended type questions (depending on the survey) at the end where you can write in your response.
The survey should only take you about 20 minutes to complete.
In addition, on the parents and educators surveys they ask several demographic questions that are optional. They use these responses during their data analysis to provide additional context to their national data findings.Slide11
Speak Up – Survey Results
Survey results are available to you online, free of charge at the end of the survey period.
They summarize and share the national findings with education and policy leaders in Washington DC and your state capitol.
Speak Up 2012 will open now and runs through Mid-December.
Results will be available to participating schools and districts in February, 2013. Slide12
Speak Up - Promotional MaterialsSlide13
Speak Up – Administering the Survey
Visit Survey Site
Select the appropriate survey
Teacher, Librarian or Media Specialist
Administrator
Look up your school
Make a refined survey selection
District Administrator
School Site Administrator
Technology Leaders Survey
Now, the VERY
VERY
VERY
IMPORTANT PARTSlide14
Speak Up – Administering the Survey
Delaware’s Secret Word:
su_deSlide15
Speak Up Survey - Details
You will need to set up a District/Charter Speak Up Administrator with Speak Up. An email will follow.
Delaware State Report from 2011 is posted.
District/Charter report will look the same – available in
pdf
or Excel Spreadsheet.
Data can be accessed by building.
Slide16
Questions about Speak Up? Slide17
iSAFE Implementation
Each district has an
iSAFE
administrator.
Upload a STAT
No STAT ≠ No curriculum Access
Add teachers that will teach the curriculum
Provide grade level access to curriculum
Delete teachers (with caution)
Run reportsSlide18
iSAFE Implementation
When designing your curriculum you MUST cover 3 topics:
Safety on the Internet
Appropriate behavior while on online, on social networking Web sites, and in chat rooms; and
Cyberbullying
awareness and response. Slide19
iSAFE Implementation
Videos –
2012-2013 videos should arrive in two weeks.
Distributed (your choice):
At the November meeting
Picked up at Collette
Shipped via State Mail
You ONLY need the videos IF you are teaching video-based lessons OR webcast lessons.
Videos may be uploaded to your district server if you file a
Subscription & Licensing Agreement
with
iSAFE
. Form is on the CD.Slide20
Questions about iSAFE? Slide21
Digital Learning Day (http://www.digitallearningday.org/)
Digital Learning Day is a national campaign
Date: February 6, 2013
Celebrates teachers
Spotlights successful instructional practices and effective use of technology in classrooms across the country.
Participation is free
Delaware participated last year; we will participate this year. Slide22
Digital Learning Day - How does Delaware want to participate?
Think about this for the November meeting
Events, Activities, Contest?
Consider some possible options:
Highlight the best Digital Learning Activity in the EACH School
Who is that teacher? What is he/she doing?
Educators participate in a blog/wiki/discussion board
Connected Kids projects
DLC hosts an online conference
Come prepared to discuss this at the November Meeting.Slide23
Questions aboutDigital Learning Day? Slide24
DLC Leadership Team Update
Group meeting and planning
Year-long schedule; suggestions invited
Consistency in format – meetings in documentation
Still need to elect a leader and determine which members will serve 1 year terms
For assistance, please feel free to call your county leadersSlide25
October Independent Learning Activity
Read chapter 10 from the book ‘
21st Century Skills: Rethinking How Students Learn’
(Gifted to members last year & posted online).
Visit web links posted on the blog as additional readings
Share your reflections of these readings by clicking
Leave a Comment
in relation to your professional role in instructional technology.
Consider these Guiding Questions when leaving your comment:
How does Instructional Technology impact education today?
How do we meet the needs of today’s adult and student learners?
Post your reflections and reply to 2 other posted comments.Slide26
October Independent Learning ActivitySlide27Slide28
October Independent Learning ActivitySlide29
Thank you for attending.
All resources for this meeting can be found at
http://
www.dcet.k12.de.us/instructional/DLC
Note: If you registered for the independent learning activity, you have been unregistered. Please register when you have FINISHED the activity.
To join the
Collaborate Moderator
training starting at 11:00 AM
,
visit the link sent on the agenda or posted to the October DLC webpage.