tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33528771147666068262024-03-05T07:24:12.752-08:00SDCUE to YouSan Diego Computer Using Educators is a non-profit for educators dedicated to engaging students w/innovative practices & digital tools. Laura Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707725632330241987noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352877114766606826.post-19152305608610583002019-10-10T13:19:00.000-07:002019-10-11T08:09:35.741-07:002019 SDCUE Board Elections Are ComingThis year, San Diego CUE has five board positions open for election. We need your help to decide who should fill those seats. Being on the board is a volunteer position that requires time and commitment to the CUE mission to inspire innovative learners by fostering community, personalizing learning, infusing technology, developing leadership, and advocating educational opportunities for all. Board members plan the annual professional development event, our Powered Learning Fair, as well as the SDCUE Social at CUE and a variety of smaller events throughout the year.<br />
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Below are the candidates running for the SDCUE Board. Please read over their information. There are currently 5 openings on the SDCUE Board. Of the nominees running for a spot, 4 are new candidates and 3 are incumbent board members.<br />
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The voting window will be open until October 25th. All SDCUE members will receive an email with directions as to how to cast your vote. The voting window closes on October 25. The newly elected board will be announced at the SDCUE Powered Learning Fair on Saturday, November 2. An email announcing the winners will be sent to all members on Monday, November 4th.<br />
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View the Board Member <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CIwFvzFckU9ayWejUVOvwjQtsKY78ld3bWNLaxu1bP8/edit">Job Description and Qualifications</a> to learn more. If you have any questions about the voting process, please contact President@sdcue.org<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Alicia Johal </strong><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">is the assistant director for the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Thinking at the San Diego Jewish Academy. She has worked in public, charter and private schools for 9 years, teaching middle and high school science, biotechnology and marine biology. As a justice-driven educator, she works to create opportunities on and off campus for students to have access and achievement, and has been awarded by state and federal programs for her work creating inclusive STEM programs to support school communities. She is an Apple Foundations Trainer, EdTechTeam presenter and shares her expertise at conferences around the topics of equitable technology, language learners, student activism and mastery-based teaching and learning.
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>Matthew Evans</strong>, M.Ed, with a focus in Educational Technology. Matthew is an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego, teaching and training prospective teachers how to integrate technology into the curriculum, including how to teach computational thinking, physical computing and coding, as well as Google applications as a Certified Google Trainer, helping teachers to implement educational technology as a teacher leader. He is an experienced K-12 educator with over 15 years in the classroom. He has served as an Educational Technology Specialist, coordinated, developed curriculum and led professional development workshops in multiple settings. He consults with various STEM companies.<br />Matthew offers solid business knowledge and advice that is needed for the volunteer board. Matthew has been, and would continue to be, the SDCUE Sponsorship Chair to bring in thousands of dollars to offset the costs of the SDCUE Tech and Powered Learning Fairs. </span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>Alicia Gallegos Butters</strong> works for the San Diego County Office of Education as the Director of Educational Technology. In this role, she has the opportunity to lead, goal set, establish work plans and set the vision for the Education Technology department, as well assist schools throughout San Diego County to do the same.<br />In addition to her work at SDCOE, Alicia also serves as an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Educational Leadership at SDSU, the same university where she earned her B.A., M.A. and ED.D in Educational Technology. In Alicia’s free time, she enjoys traveling and spending time with her family which includes 16 year old identical triplet daughters.<br />As a board member my focus will be to assist CUE in their continued support to the educators throughout San Diego County. In addition, I hope to assist in the development of a stronger relationship between SDCUE, CUE and the county offices of education throughout California. </span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>Tiffani Brown</strong>, M.A. in Teaching and M.A. in English, is an educator with fourteen years of experience. She currently serves as the Director of Instructional Technology in the Grossmont Union High School District. Tiffani has also served as a Vice Principal in the Santee School District. Prior to that role, Ms. Brown served as a Teacher on Special Assignment in the Santee School District where she focused on the creation and implementation of innovative curriculum and launched of Santee’s first 1:1 iPad program. Additionally, Tiffani is a Google Apps for Education Certified Trainer, and the current Vice President of San Diego CUE.<br />As a board member, my focus will be on providing excellence in ongoing learning for our local educational community as well as communication surrounding evolving practices and changes in the Instructional Technology Industry. The SDCUE board has been involved in ongoing dialogue about how best to partner with our members to help them grow their professional connections and stay invigorated about the promise of EdTech. I am passionate about continuing this work! </span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>Elizabeth (Liz) Loether</strong> has been on the SD CUE Board for 3 years and LOVES her time with SD CUE! As the SDCUE Secretary, Liz not only documents our meetings and keeps our files in order, but she is also responsible for running the EventBrite for our Powered Learning Fair and invoicing each school after the event concludes.<br />Liz is currently the Principal at Rios Elementary Computer Science Magnet School. She has also served as Director of Educational Technology and Classroom Teacher. She enjoys learning and sharing ideas with fellow educators!<br />As a board member, my focus is on building community and providing opportunities to San Diego Educators. </span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>Claudja Van Orden</strong> has been a SDUSD Instructional Technology Resource teacher for the last 3 years where she collaborates with teachers, administrators and students in innovating their teaching and learning, increasing students’ engagement and agency through the integration of technology. Claudja has presented in local and national conferences always advocating for innovation in the classroom. As a young teacher, she managed the Triton and Patterns Project at her school leading the creation of webquests for education and that is where she discover her passion for technology. This exciting new technological era will change the ways students think and learn, creating digital arenas for sharing work and building on knowledge.<br />As a board member, my focus will be on expanding the vision of innovation and equitable education through technology to reach every single teacher and student in the San Diego County area.</span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><strong>Laura Lemos</strong> has been an educator for 15 years, 12 years as a classroom teacher and 3 years as an assistant principal.<br />Laura is currently an assistant principal in Chula Vista and holds her doctorate in education. She is an advocate for culturally and linguistically diverse students and communities.<br />As a board member, my focus will be on providing STEAM education in order to enrich every students’ educational experience. My husband and I have 5 children and 3 dogs.</span><br />
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Laura Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707725632330241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352877114766606826.post-33992176911423034942019-09-24T10:23:00.000-07:002019-09-24T10:29:09.584-07:00Empowering Students: Establishing a Student Technology Leadership Team - Elementary Style<br />
Our Eagle Tech Leadership Squad began in the 2016-2017 school year. I’d been running an after school extracurricular tech program for several years, but students and teachers were needing support. <br />
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I’m the Tech Lead Teacher on my site and it’s impossible to to support 40-45 teachers, answer all the tech questions, and plan and teach my class no matter how much I think I can. I realized we had huge potential right here with our students. <br />
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The year before, my AP came to me and asked me to show him how to do a screencast. It would have been easy to take a few minutes and show him but I had another idea. My after school tech class students were using screencasting regularly and it would be so much more powerful for one of them to teach an admin this cool tech tool. So I told him to ask Marlo, a third grader in my after school class. The next day he pulled her out of class and she taught him Screencastify. He shared the screencast with teachers, and at the end he acknowledged the student, who was supervising his recording, and asked “How did I do Marlo?” She replied, “You did great!” I realized then how much these kids could do and how helpful it would be. <br />
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Since then, our program has grown each year. We started with 24 students, then 35, last year was the first year I had to turn some kids down as I had 55 apply. This year I opened it only to 4th and 5th graders for Fall and will have a second session in the spring open to 3rd graders also. <a href="https://sites.google.com/smusd.org/eagletechleadership/home" target="_blank">Link to our recruiting website. </a><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span>
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I have the kids apply by filling out <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScAtjvVF601p0ERFR-Ao050OIUYZmHAiKay3aY0FPVzFXgxTw/viewform" target="_blank">a google form</a> and submit a resume. The resume helps me know that they are serious about being a part of this program. And there is something awesome about an elementary student’s resume. One of my first applicants, a third grade student, wrote under Special Accomplishments that he had intercepted a pass from a 4th grader at recess! <br />
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So once the team is set, we meet once a week to learn about tech tools, create tutorials, and brainstorm how we can help our school. We have special shirts and badges so our teachers know who they can ask for help and we support our younger buddy classes too. <br />
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The first year, we opened my classroom before school during Hour of Code week to help students who wanted to learn more. Tech Squad students were there to support. It was so well received that our principal asked if we could keep doing it. So now we have Open Tech Time twice a week before school in my classroom. Tech Squad students sign up to volunteer twice a month for these tutoring sessions. <br />
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We are constantly finding opportunities to help in our school and beyond. Last year we had a huge AV upgrade at our site. A group of Tech Squad students explored the technology in my classroom, then went to the other classes and showed the teachers some of the features one on one. They found features I didn’t even know existed. It would have taken us teachers a lot longer to figure these things out on our own by going through the manual. <br />
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Our Tech Squad students have presented at SDCUE twice, given a school board presentation about technology integration, lead demonstrations at the CSUSM Super STEM Saturday each year, and last year led a Family Code night attended by over 185 parents and students.<br />
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Why do we have a student Tech Leadership Team? <br />
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Do you need a Tech Squad at your school? You just might. <br />
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Laurie Anastasio is a 3rd grade teacher at San Elijo Elementary School in San Marcos Unified. She has taught 2nd through 5th grades since 1997. Laurie enjoys learning and sharing as a GSuite for Education Trainer, CoSpaces Ambassador, Code.org Facilitator, and is a Raspberry Pi Certified Educator. <br />
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<br />Laura Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707725632330241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352877114766606826.post-64078716180876671582019-08-11T19:30:00.000-07:002019-08-11T19:33:32.056-07:00#CUEhoot Where Lead Learners Gather<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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What do you get when you combine thirty educators, Monterey Bay, and barbecue? A great day of learning and connecting we call the CUE Hoot. <br />
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Most CUE members probably don’t know that CUE has a group called Lead Learners. These are folks who present a lot at CUE events and often get asked to present for CUE to districts and schools. Keeping with the philosophy that learners need to stay connected to each other, CUE hosts a free event once a year called the Hootenanny just for lead learners. This year they held their third annual #CUEhoot and I got to go. <br />
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The location alternates and changes. Last year it was in San Diego at the Maritime Museum and this year it was at the Seymour Marine Science Center in Santa Cruz. I love that they always place it somewhere educational and senic. <br />
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We always end up tweeting a lot from the #CUEhoot and people who aren’t lead learners often ask me what it is all about. It’s pretty simple really. We spend a day together connecting with people we haven’t met yet, getting some updates about what’s new and coming soon from CUE, attend sessions about presenting better, or learn more about a technical tool. In the afternoon we share out wacky ideas, share what we are most passionate about in short #CUEbooms<br />
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The morning session I went to was called IRL Time with Pam. Pam Hernandez is the new executive director of CUE, so this session was about getting to hear from her, but mostly about her listening to us. Lead learners are not shy about sharing, and that includes their thoughts and ideas about what would make CUE even better. Our conversation mostly focused on how to spread the word that CUE exists to support teachers and also ways we can give that support to teachers K-12 and in higher education. <br />
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In the afternoon I joined the photo-walk lead by Jason Seliskar and John Miller. The crashing waves, wildflowers, and open ocean of Monterey Bay gave us a scenic place to wander and practice our photo skills. A lot of us prefer to use our own photos in presentations, so this kind of ties into being a lead learner right? <br />
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We closed with CUE Booms and some slides karaoke, which is as ridiculous as it sounds, but fun to present without warning. Presenters have to know how to roll with whatever happens in the moment. <br />
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The real magic of the #CUEhoot is putting faces to the people I’ve only met online, discovering the genius of some I had never met, and reconnecting with friends I only get to see a few times a year. Along the way we learn, share, eat well and laugh a lot. <br />
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Jen Roberts, our <a href="https://sandiegocue.blogspot.com/2019/08/member-spotlight-jen-roberts.html" target="_blank">August Member Spotlight</a>, is a 9th grade English Teacher at Point Loma High in San Diego Unified. She joined CUE in 2011 when she heard about it at the Google Teacher Academy in Seattle. Since then Jen has become a favorite presenter at SDCUE events and at Spring CUE. We love to have her because she always brings both enthusiasm and practical solutions she has tried in her own classroom.<br />
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Jen blogs at <a href="http://www.litandtech.com/">LitandTech.com</a>, and you can always find her on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/JenRoberts1">@JenRoberts1</a>. She will also be moderating #CUEchat on 11/12 at 7:00 PM. “CUE likes to try new things, so I’m moderating a ‘reverse chat’ where the participants get to ask the questions, either to me or other people in the chat. It should be fun. Mark your calendar.”<br />
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Jen’s Story<br /><br />In 2007 her principal recommended Jen as a teacher for a 1:1 laptop pilot program. “The funny thing though, is she didn’t check with me first. So, I just got this email asking me to participate and listing all of these requirements. I didn’t want to do it. I had a seven-month old baby and a five-year-old at home. I wrote back, telling them all the things that were wrong with their requirements and saying no.” Then the organizer called her and said they had changed their plans because of her feedback and talked her into participating. <br /><br />It took six months to get the laptops into her classroom and when they arrived they were running a version of Linux without any of the Microsoft or Mac software she knew how to use. “When I found out they didn’t have Word I was frustrated. I teach English. What were my students supposed to use to write? Then Mary Lange told me, ‘There’s this thing called Google Docs,’ and invited me to a training.” She went, taking her student teacher along with her. <br /><br />Jen and her students embraced Google tools. First just Docs, and then the Docs list morphed into Drive. She learned to use Sheets and Sheets included Forms. (Jen’s very first SDCUE session was about Google Forms in 2009.) “Very quickly my students and I found that Docs and Forms made our classroom more efficient. We figured out a way to use one Google Doc and keep adding the small assignments to the top. We drastically reduced the amount of paper we used. We experimented with things like having a group analyze a text together using just the chat window on the doc. The room was silent, but I could watch all their thinking in the comments.” <br /><br />At the time Jen taught American Lit to juniors. “It was not AP. It was not even honors. This was regular American Lit and some of my students were not on track to graduate. When the laptops came in tough, something changed. We were the only classroom with laptops. My students felt really special and proud about it. Without knowing it, our first lessons were about digital citizenship when I had them set up gmail accounts with their real names. The laptops gave us access to write blogs, and post book reviews online. Research became a thing we did everyday, and not a special trip to the library.” <br /><br />Thanks to a tweet she saw and her enthusiasm for using Google tools with her students, Jen applied to the Google Teacher Academy in 2011. “I didn’t know it was competitive. When one of the organizers told me how many people applied my jaw dropped and my imposter syndrome set in. The people in that room were brilliant.” At the time CUE organized the GTA in partnership with Google. “From there I was hooked. I went to spring CUE and met up with people I had met in Seattle. I started presenting more and blogging more. I couldn’t not share the things that were working in my classroom.” <br /><br />Eventually, Jen and her co-author Diana Neebe wrote a book about teaching with 1:1. Power Up: Making the Shift to 1:1 Teaching and Learning is available from Stenhouse Publishers. “It’s a labor of love to support other teachers who are just getting started with their own 1:1 classrooms. I’ll never forget that I tried to say no, and had to get talked into letting laptops in my classroom. I know lots of other teachers are still hesitant, and I don’t blame them for being apprehensive. The book was our way to try to share what we learned and make the process easier for our colleagues.” Laura Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707725632330241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352877114766606826.post-80071811893337178952019-04-20T09:57:00.002-07:002019-04-20T09:57:49.666-07:00ISTE TEN Video Awards<div>
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Are you an outstanding technology-using PreK-12 teacher? Or, do you know one?<br /> <br />The Teacher Education Network (TEN) is looking for videos of best practices for integrating technology in teaching and learning for our <b>Technology in Action Video Awards</b>! We’re searching for examples across a wide variety of grades, subject areas, and technologies (see the winning videos from <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__iste-2Dten.weebly.com_2018-2Daward-2Dwinners.html&d=DwMGaQ&c=qwHaVVscXk_NBWd7DQFk0g&r=quS7uug2EUVPU5Hncz5nkg&m=96UMeIgz-Q2JLzIceb4-UW9SR4DsamzmGB1flsndPoQ&s=zrWoYn8VHvOZMXUW42Rcya_7qHUmNS5rf4fNM-vMV38&e=">2018</a>, <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__iste-2Dten.weebly.com_2017-2Daward-2Dwinners.html&d=DwMGaQ&c=qwHaVVscXk_NBWd7DQFk0g&r=quS7uug2EUVPU5Hncz5nkg&m=96UMeIgz-Q2JLzIceb4-UW9SR4DsamzmGB1flsndPoQ&s=hTRnqxYLjxNG3bFNjcK8U5Uyk9KXJk61MXQENfzuS0c&e=">2017</a>, and <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__iste-2Dten.weebly.com_&d=DwMGaQ&c=qwHaVVscXk_NBWd7DQFk0g&r=quS7uug2EUVPU5Hncz5nkg&m=96UMeIgz-Q2JLzIceb4-UW9SR4DsamzmGB1flsndPoQ&s=VzyyBCvHFpxoJSXcyvR0F5nbMtAbCDHYxCnEdaSm0tc&e=">2016</a>).<br /> <br /><b>Now accepting submissions.</b> For more information, visit: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__iste-2Dten.weebly.com_&d=DwMGaQ&c=qwHaVVscXk_NBWd7DQFk0g&r=quS7uug2EUVPU5Hncz5nkg&m=96UMeIgz-Q2JLzIceb4-UW9SR4DsamzmGB1flsndPoQ&s=VzyyBCvHFpxoJSXcyvR0F5nbMtAbCDHYxCnEdaSm0tc&e=">iste-ten.weebly.com</a><br /><u>Timeline</u><br />Monday, April 8, 2019 - Award competition is open for submissions *Submissions from individual teachers only. No group submissions.<br /> <b>Monday, May 20, 2019</b> - Final day for Video Submission<br /> Monday, May 27, 2019 - Award winners will be notified. Names published to ISTE TEN PLN! </blockquote>
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The first session I attended was Ryan O’Donnell and Brian Briggs on AR and VR. I was familiar with much of what they demonstrated, but still learned some new apps and sites. The next session was on digital citizenship programs, which is perfect for me since that is one of my projects for my district this year. I got some great examples from local districts, and some much-needed inspiration to get this process started. Then I learned about Bootstrap from Ed Campos. Ed shared some great resources from Bootstrap to use a coding platform to help students learn algebra, specifically functions.<br />
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At lunch, I chatted with those around me, and then watched the Breakout/Amazing Race mashup they had planned. After lunch, I presented my session on Google Tools for Exploration, which I have done several times previously. After a quick closing session with an additional raffle for more expensive prizes, it was time for me to catch my return flight.<br />
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<br /><br />Learning Development Institute (LDI), presented by Computer Using Educators (CUE), was held on July 27 and 28, 2018, at the Ventura County Board of Education in Camarillo, CA. <br /><br />Three of our board members, Pamela Rabin, Kevin Fairchild, and Matthew Evans, attended the institute on behalf of SDCUE. CUE graciously covered the cost of registration and hotel for our board members.<br /><br />We attended focus groups and roundtables in which we heard about how other local CUE affiliates were doing and how they attempt to help local educators to learn more about educational technology.<br /><br />We participated in a group that discussed how other affiliates design and administer their tech fairs. SDCUE has always made a concerted effort to put on the best local tech fair possible. We believe that SDCUE has done so for many years! We would like to take our local involvement to another level. We want to make sure that new teacher know about us and have discussed providing a discount membership to obtain more new teacher engagement. We want to more teachers involved with the board by inviting our local members to become committee members to help frame our Tech Fair and other events. <br /><br />Below are five (5) connection ideas for SDCUE:<br /><br />Coffee meet-up once a month <br /><br />More social media marketing- having a multiple geographic location and local facilitators. <br /><br />Sharing of resources on the SDCUE website <br /><br />Professional Development Workshops - monthly or quarterly - Free 3 hr. Workshops SDCUE would fund/provide the local expert <br /><br />Playground and poster sessions at Tech Fair - local experts sharingLaura Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707725632330241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352877114766606826.post-8127238309683980252018-06-28T07:30:00.000-07:002018-06-28T07:30:15.771-07:00CUE Rock Star Helix - A Rockin' Learning Time!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On June 20 and 21 I was able to attend a CUE Rockstar Camp at Helix High School in La Mesa, CA as the social media director for the camp. My responsibilities were 1) take lots of pictures of people learning, engaging, and communicating. 2) share golden nuggets from each session and 3) pick up morning coffee at Starbucks. That all seemed simple, so I charged up my computer and phone, grabbed my charger and external battery (just in case) and headed to Helix!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />CUE Rockstar events always begin with the presenters giving a little “show and tell” about their session. Some of them take it up notch and do fun and silly things like sing, dance or add special effects. This Rockstar was no different! My favorite was Brenda Dizon-Harris (<a href="https://twitter.com/Dizon_Harris">@Dizon_Harris</a>) who brought in her own karaoke machine with a microphone and had all the participants stand and sing New York, New York with her! Here is a <a href="https://twitter.com/ArcherEdTech/status/1009480887174492160">link</a> to a short video - notice the other presenters getting involved with a Rockette style kick line! After all the presenters gave their information, we headed to the classrooms for sessions.<br /><br />As a CUE Rockstar presenter in the past I was not able to attend any sessions because I was presenting, but now as a social media director it was my job to get in to each session and learn alongside the participants! I had a plan to be in each room for 30 minutes...but that plan didn’t work as well as I had hoped! The first session I popped in on was Social Media in the Classroom with Kathryn Byars (<a href="https://twitter.com/mrsbyarshistory">@mrsbyarshistory</a>). I was so engaged in how she uses Instagram and Snapchat with her students that before I knew it I had been there more than 45 minutes! Lets just say when you start to learn how something as controversial as Snapchat is being used effectively (and pedagogically) in a history classroom, you sit and learn! Here is a <a href="https://twitter.com/mrsbyarshistory/status/878355609602490368">link</a> to one of her student’s projects. <br /><br />I was a little behind schedule so I had to get moving. I stopped by Dan Shuster’s (<a href="https://twitter.com/SimiCodeSquad">@SimiCodeSquad</a>) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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session on coding with Scratch and learned how to make the cat walk back and forth on the screen. Next I went to see Adina Sullivan (<a href="https://twitter.com/adinasullivan">@adinasullivan</a>) and learned some tips and tricks on using Google Keep with students and dove into the settings of Google Calendar and learned that you can change the default calendar event time from 1 hour to any time you want!<br /><br />Next was lunch - provide by Dickey’s Barbecue Pit (<a href="https://twitter.com/Dickeys">@Dickey’s</a>). Nothing like a BBQ Brisket sandwich and a chocolate chip cookie to keep me going for the rest of the day. The learning didn’t stop during lunch however - CUE had set up some “Lunch and Learn” sessions for people to attend if they wanted more information. I thought it would be great to listen and learn from Kathryn Byars about her change from traditional grading to reflective grading. This was a wonderful topic and she was very informative - answering questions and offering tips on what and how she implemented this system in her classroom.</div>
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My devices and I needed to be recharged, so I headed over to Brenda Dizon-Harris’ (<a href="https://twitter.com/Dizon_Harris">@Dizon_Harris</a>) session on Design Thinking. I know the process and thought I would be able to sit back and relax...I should have known better - this is a Rockstar camp! In no time she had us up and talking to each other and the next thing I knew we were designing a water tower with only three pieces of paper and a water bottle - no glue, no tape...just paper! I had to leave before our tower was complete in order to make it to the last classroom. I hustled over to David Platt’s (<a href="https://twitter.com/herrplatt">@herrplatt</a>) session on Voice, Choice and Personalized Learning. I had seen many tweets from the participants about a Google Drawing “Choice Board”, so I wanted to see this for myself. I was impressed with the idea! Create a Google Drawings tic-tac-toe board and put in different ways to show student learning...and let the students decide how they get three in a row! Here is an <a href="https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1Hidw9WRPBfUs_zwT0pgEGnlVzDkqd9tP8CcBctMkDEg/edit?usp=sharing">example</a> of David’s board - he has the students all do the middle square and then they can choose two other ways to prove they understand the topic...brilliant! </div>
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Laura Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707725632330241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352877114766606826.post-66607501338326818902018-05-11T19:33:00.000-07:002018-05-11T19:33:02.570-07:00A Focus on Student Learning at CUE BOLD <div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CUE is all about technology, right?<br /><br />CUE is really all about quality student learning and supporting educators to make that happen. It’s easy to get caught up in the latest devices and programs, but student learning is really at the heart of what we do. The <a href="http://bold.cue.org/">CUE BOLD Symposium</a>, one of CUE’s newest educator learning opportunities is the perfect example of that intention and purpose. BOLD stands for Blended and Online Lesson Design and this year’s symposium was held at Laguna Beach High School, overlooking the ocean, on May 5th-6th. It kicked off with one of SDCUE’s own educators, Lisha Brunache of San Marcos Unified, receiving the award for Online and Blended Teacher of the Year!<br /><br />While technology is included in the sessions, they are really about lesson design and based on Madeline Hunter’s Model of Mastery Learning.You can learn more about the lesson plan model and what it really means (hint: maybe not what you were taught) in J<a href="http://blog.cue.org/its-not-7-steps-a-bold-review-post/">on Corippo’s recent CUE Blog post</a>. Most sessions are 30 minutes long. Once that session is over, you can stay for the “After Party”, complete with flashing disco ball, to dive deeper into the content and get help personalizing it for your own classroom. Already got what you needed? You could also head off to learn something new in a different session. Want even more personalized learning? There are also Lesson Builder sessions where highly experienced educators will build a lesson right on-the-spot for your classroom needs. <br /><br />One of the highlights of BOLD is called #BOLDClassrooms. Two classrooms receive full makeovers, so you can experience what a well-designed learning environment looks like and how the teaching and learning process changes. These classrooms aren’t just showrooms, they are designed in collaboration with the teachers who works in those classrooms and are based on the specific teacher/student needs and learning goals in mind. <br /><br />Missed the CUE BOLD Symposium this year, check out session resources at <a href="https://blog.google/topics/education/6-ways-quizzes-google-forms-are-getting-smarter/">bit.ly/2018CUEBOLD</a>. SDCUE was well represented. Check out Laura Spencer’s “<a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sWun0Ox3hbV5h1SMW-D9n3-aPlCpuwp5nfokaDAo_xU/edit?usp=sharing">Crash Course in Design Thinking</a>”, Jo-Ann Fox’s “<a href="http://bit.ly/mmmeetslit">The Maker-Movement Meets Literacy</a>”, and Lisha Brunache’s “<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NYG_BmuPh_wjbRb_mNV12O1CnfIkxMRx2Y_6LyTVlIE/preview">‘Our’ Online Google Classroom</a>”. <br /><br />I have the privilege of being a part of several conferences a year. I left the CUE BOLD Symposium with more practical, student learning-centered ideas and resources than anything I have been to in a long time. Check out this year’s resources for yourself then plan to go next year!</span></div>
Laura Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707725632330241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352877114766606826.post-33141130438196798642018-05-11T19:04:00.003-07:002018-05-11T20:46:44.482-07:00A Fond Farewell to an Ed Tech Pioneer, Darryl LaGace <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Darryl LaGace
(June 26, 1963-December 9, 2017)</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In December, the educational community lost one of its
most visionary and passionate advocates for transforming teaching and learning
through technology. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">On Saturday, December 9<sup>th</sup>, <span class="il">Darryl
LaGace</span> passed away peacefully in his San Diego home surrounded by
family and friends. Retiring this past summer, <span class="il">Darryl</span> was
diagnosed in June with an aggressive form of Parkinson’s disease.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Raised in Lemon Grove, <span class="il">Darryl</span> worked
tirelessly as Director of Technology for LGSD, bringing Internet connectivity
through microwave technology. With this framework in place, in 1997 Project
LemonLINK was born – a project that linked every classroom to the Internet and
put a computer device in the hands of every student. It was in this capacity that SDCUE President, Laura Spencer, met Darryl. She taught in the 1:1 Lemon Link program that utilized a thin client tablet and Cox internet to provide 24/7 access to educational materials. This opportunity for Laura opened doors to a career in educational technology.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">In 2008, <span class="il">Darryl</span> moved
to San Diego Unified bringing the knowledge and skills he had learned at
Lemon Grove to lead the district’s five-year <b>i21</b> Initiative.
Its i</span><span lang="EN-GB">nnovative design transformed
education for the second largest school district in California that included
7,000 classrooms and 130,000 students, setting the bar for technology projects
across the nation. Many SDCUE members, including current SDCUE Treasurer Pam Rabin, benefitted from Darryl's vision in this role.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">When <span class="il">Darryl</span> joined
Lightspeed Systems in 2012 as Executive VP Global Business Development, he used
this opportunity to </span><span lang="EN-GB">spread
his vision of shaping the educational landscape worldwide</span><span lang="EN-GB"> by expanding products sold to over 55
countries.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Every year in March, Edutech-y fangirls and fanboys (this author included) descend upon
Palm Springs for the annual CUE conference hoping for an infusion of
inspiration to dazzle their classrooms and students. Without fail, one or two
buzz-worthy topics, ideas, or products emerge as the water cooler phenom of
that particular conference. While Flipped Learning, Augmented Reality, and
Desmos have all vied for the title of “most trendy” in past years, 2018 may
have been the year of <i>The EduProtocol Field Guide</i> by Jon Corippo and Marlena
Hebern (honorable mention to #FlipgridFever). The Field Guide itself is just
the beginning of what appears to be a whole movement including Conference
sessions, twitter chats, book signings, interviews, and hashtags all of which
contributed to a flurry of excitement around the new book, released by Dave
Burgess Consulting, Inc.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">With so many big names associated with this new release it’s easy
to see why the masses flocked to it like the Last Jedi Panel at the 2017 Comic
Con. This skeptical author and tech fangirl, however, wondered...is there real
staying power behind the Alice Keeler Foreword, the Dave Burgess logo on the
spine, and the inner circle of tech Avengers lending their ideas to these
“Protocols” which claim to be “Student-Centered Lesson Frames for Infinite
Learning Possibilities?”</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Spoiler alert: There is. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">As an instructional coach, much of my most important work is
centered around the “how” of supporting meaningful instructional shifts.
Teachers may quickly jump on board with a philosophy or well-meaning text, but
implementation fails to see the light of day in the absence of meaningful “What
does this look like in a real classroom?” strategies. Enter <i>The EduProtocol
Field Guide</i>. Sandwiched between chunks of mic-drop-worthy real talk about
how to engage and connect students to content as well as classroom culture, are
delightful little Infinity Stones of classroom strategies that have the power
to convince even the most reluctant hero to try them with their students. This
book is practically daring anyone who reads it not to get excited about trying
one of the strategies in their classrooms tomorrow. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">While the Oscar for this book definitely goes to its 16 Protocols
(a general framework for allowing students to explore content), the best
supporting actor award may be meant for the Smart Start activities which take
aim at cultivating a culture of joy and excitement around learning at the
beginning of any school year. Serving in a 1:1 district where many of our
students’ textbooks and content are now digital, a void similar to the one
typically experienced at the end of a school year, appears to be forming at the
beginning. Teachers may find themselves asking, “What am I supposed to do for 2
weeks with NO DEVICES?” <i>The EduProtocol Field Guide</i> has a masterful
plan: Use that time to enlist the Smart Start activities which will provide a
foundation for the rest of your school year. With catchy titles like “Frayer a
Friend” and “Worst Preso EVER!”, the guide gives every teacher multiple tools
to build expectations and foundations for an environment that puts students at
the center of the learning and culture at the center of the classroom. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">After a foray into starting the year with the Smart Start
Protocols, teachers will find a gold mine of actual, fresh, inspiring
strategies to serve as a blueprint for ongoing growth, exploration, and
inspiration for their students. Protocols such as “The Iron Chef” and “The
Great American Race” allow teachers to get students active and excited about
learning in any content area, while managing to not come across as gimmicky or
fleeting. Throughout the book, the authors drive home several key philosophies
around successful teaching and learning which serve as potential mantras for
anyone feeling trepidation about ditching their filing cabinet full of
black-line masters for something a little more daring. Specifically, Hebern and
Corippo explore the idea of “reps” both for teacher and student, suggesting
that everything takes multiple scaffolded attempts and trials before mastery
can be achieved. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">The structure of the book keeps things light with asides and
anecdotes from the trenches, while packing philosophy-shifting truth bombs such
as “The Suck” which explores how we might be sabotaging our students with
lengthy timelines, and “The Four C’s Throwdown” which provides side-by-side
examples of flat lessons (that seemed like a good idea at the time) in direct
contrast with rich, exciting, protocol-based activities. Additionally, the
authors brilliantly anticipated the millions of voices of our primary
colleagues suddenly crying out in terror, “But what about the littles?!” by adding
an “Adapting for Littles” addendum to each strategy presented. Furthermore,
after exploring each protocol in depth in a narrative fashion, the savvy
authors include key points to remember as well as possible ideas for
variations, all while encouraging teachers to bring their own flair, ideas, and
beloved practices into the fold. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Instructional coaches are often charged with bridging the gap
between the big ideas and the daily practices related to the art of teaching
and learning. Sometimes, despite having an arsenal of strategies, it can be
difficult to find the right balance of <i>why</i> and <i>how</i> in helping our
teachers reach maximum impact with students. It can also be tricky to find
EduInspiration that is attainable by our newest teachers, relevant to those who
already have a great bag of strategies, but powerful enough to to reach those
reluctant to shift. The EduProtocol Field Guide may be having a moment, but
based on its clever format, balance of big ideas and real-world strategies, and
powerful insights from the authors, it may be setting box office records for a
long time to come. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The #GoOpen movement has been recently sweeping the education community, as well as the twitterverse! The #GoOpen campaign was conceived by the US Department of Education in 2015. School districts that participate in the #GoOpen movement have committed to providing open educational resources (OERs) and materials for teachers and students to use. The campaign encourages districts to use open licensed educational materials to transform teaching and learning. Learn more about the #GoOpen campaign and the participating districts at the <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/in-depth/prek12-oer-in-practice/">newamerica.org</a> website.<br />
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Besides the twitter hashtag #GoOpen, another great way to learn about OER is to attend a summit or conference that focuses on using open educational resources in the classroom. On April 13th, I had the privilege of attending the 2nd annual #GoOpen Summit in Oceanside, CA. The summit was a excellent opportunity to learn more about OERs and the various ways that local districts have been implementing these materials in to their curriculum.<br />
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To kick off the #GoOpen Summit a welcome keynote was given by event organizer, <a href="https://twitter.com/eenglished">Erin English</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/saratrettin">Sara Trettin</a> from the US Department of EdTech, and <a href="https://twitter.com/kmishmael">Kristina Ishmael</a>, a Tech & Ed Policy Fellow from DC. The message from the welcome keynote was that OER is meant to disrupt how we view and use curriculum and learning materials to encourage equitable, personal learning experiences for all students. Some of the other benefits of #GoOpen is that it increases equity, keeps content relevant and timely, empowers teachers, supports collaboration, and enable reallocation of district funds.<br />
Following the welcome keynote, participants at the #GoOpen Summit were able to attend various breakout sessions. I attended a session that was led by Carlsbad Unified superintendent, <a href="https://twitter.com/suptchurchill">Dr. Ben Churchill</a>, and assistant superintendent, <a href="https://twitter.com/rnyecusd">Dr. Rob Nye</a>. They shared the Carlsbad Unified journey into using OER, as well as the powerful message that implementing OER is much less about the materials, and much more about what we expect kids to be able to know and do. I also attended a very informative session by representatives from CK-12, a website that focuses on creating a personalized learning experience with customizable flexbooks. The best part about <a href="https://www.ck12.org/teacher/">CK-12</a> is that it is completely free to use!<br />
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The closing keynote was given by <a href="https://twitter.com/dvodicka">Dr. Devin Vodicka</a>, chief impact officer of alt school and former superintendent of Vista Unified. Dr. Vodicka focuses on creating a personalized learning experience for all students. He uses the analogy of traditional education being similar to riding a train, with a set destination and one way to get there. Personalized learning, however, is more like driving a car, with many route options and the ability to make turns based on the driver’s needs. His advice for jumping into the #GoOpen movement included: have a clear vision for learning; connect and collaborate; and start small to set the stage for big change.<br />
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Skate to where the puck is going to be ... not where the puck is. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoOpen?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoOpen</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OER?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OER</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/dvodicka?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dvodicka</a> Great closing keynote! <a href="https://t.co/USHP4zzwIz">pic.twitter.com/USHP4zzwIz</a></div>
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The #GoOpen movement encourages teachers to create their own content, and seek out free, open-licensed educational materials, rather that relying on a textbook in the classroom. Teachers are the subject matter experts, and have already been seeking out these types of materials to be used in the classroom, whether they realize it or not (think - Google, Pinterest, Newsela, etc). The #GoOPen campaign supports districts in reallocating funds from purchasing textbooks and instead compensates teachers to find and create relevant and engaging content for students. The movement is an excellent strategy to support teachers as grade-level and content experts, rather than relying on outdated, expensive, and often irrelevant textbooks. Find out if your district is part of the #GoOpen movement today! Start searching for OER materials <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/in-depth/prek12-oer-in-practice/resources-get-started/">HERE</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We have a lot of new initiatives in the works, and will be reaching out to all our members in the future to see who would like to serve on committees. So stay tuned!</span></div>
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Laura Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707725632330241987noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352877114766606826.post-6953147609096260672018-03-17T18:23:00.003-07:002018-03-17T18:23:47.592-07:00SDCUE Innovative Educator and TOSA for 2018<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Christine Dixon, our Innovative TOSA for 2018:</span></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87); font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a teacher, I want my students to be reminded of the characteristics that make us human and the skills that computers are lacking. If our children walk around all day connected to technology, how will they stop and see what is happening in this world? How can they truly feel compassion for those within their community?
Questions like these led me down the path of challenging my students to begin understanding and connecting with people in need within our community, on a deeper level. I hoped doing this would allow my students to see they could make a change. As I delved into ideas and ways to make this work, I began to make connections and find ways to adjust my curriculum in order to add what I believe is a a key aspect (humanism) into my students’ daily routine.
I now realize this is not just a one-time “project”, it is a passion. It is a way to “think differently” and remind students what it means to be human. My inspiration comes from the potential success of my students in the future, not only in school, but also in life. I believe that providing community-centered learning projects, which allow students to connect with what makes them human, will lead to their future success. If I can be remembered as the teacher who inspired each student to look at the world around them and know that they can make a difference, then I will have “taught to my objective.”</span></span><br />
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On February 28th, the voting window will open. You will receive an email with directions as to how to cast your vote. The voting window closes on March 14th. The newly elected board will be announced at the SDCUE Social at CUE on Friday, March 16th. An email announcing the winners will be sent to all members on Saturday, March 17th.<br />
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<br />Laura Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707725632330241987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352877114766606826.post-55637342573225991702018-01-29T12:41:00.000-08:002018-01-29T16:26:37.748-08:00Board of Directors Open Call<div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SDCUE members can be nominated in one of two ways:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A sitting board member may alert the president that they intend to run as an incumbent. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nominees must complete their nominations by submitting all of the following, which will be used for election information:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A print quality color photograph (hi-res digital version).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All completed nominations will be reviewed by the SDCUE Nominating Committee who will make their recommendation to the SDCUE Board of Directors. The Board will confirm the final nominees in February. Following the confirmation of official nominees, each will be contacted. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The slate of nominees will be posted on the website and emailed to members. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">An online ballot will be emailed to all current members. Voting takes place for two weeks. Election results will be announced at the SDCUE Social at CUE and via email </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What does it take to be a Board Member?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">View the Board Member</span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CIwFvzFckU9ayWejUVOvwjQtsKY78ld3bWNLaxu1bP8/edit" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #54a3d7; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Job Description and Qualifications</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">be a current member of SDCUE with service to the edtech community.</span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352877114766606826.post-43451454021700066082017-10-23T08:00:00.000-07:002017-10-23T08:00:13.512-07:00Organize Parent Conference Notes With Google Forms<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Have you ever had that moment, days or even weeks after a parent conference, when you remember that someone asked you about something specific, but you can't remember which parent it was. You go searching through all your student files, digging for the one paper that has the note you know you wrote? I’ve been there a time or two for sure. In my 9 years of classroom teaching, I tried every way I could think of to take and organize parent conference notes, and trust me, some of them were a little on the crazy side. I was determined to find a way to keep all my notes about each child in a central document, but still maintain the privacy needed so parents couldn’t see what I'd written about other students while I was typing. None of them worked well - until I discovered Google Forms. Google Forms allows me to make parent conference notes that end up in a sortable and searchable Google Sheet. I can look things up by date, by student, or search for a keyword (because I know someone asked about tutoring, but I can't remember who). My notes are never left lying around for someone to catch a glimpse. Google Forms makes things so quick, easy, and clean - I can't believe I didn't think of it sooner. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My form is very simple. I ask for student name, meeting date, and who was there - these are all required questions. I then have optional questions for behavior notes, academic notes, additional comments, and necessary follow-up. I love the follow-up box, because then I never forget to do something I told a parent I would do.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you'd like to make a Parent Conference Notes form of your own, you can </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XfYyWZiDm-ExwARU8D-XXSsOBRyy3pQgsBLDr9UBjvs/copy" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">click here</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to make a copy of my form and tweak it for your own needs. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352877114766606826.post-64290337522939268832017-09-29T09:13:00.001-07:002017-09-29T09:13:48.046-07:00 A Mindful Look at Classroom ManagementAs a new-ish teacher in the early fall of last year, I experienced a moment (well actually, more like an entire day) of helplessness. I fretted that my students weren’t learning to read quickly enough. More alarming, the presence of kindness in our bungalow (AKA my super duper fancy double-wide portable) had deteriorated significantly. If one of my adorable students poked, prodded or aimed another verbal insult at another student again (did I mention I teach Kindergarten?), that was going to be the end of my tenure as the CEO of my classroom! I was going to hand over my classroom keys and go right back to waiting on tables! <br /><br />You know what I did instead? I complained, I mean I consulted, with my amazing team of coworkers and then I burned rubber to a yoga class. I promise, while tempting, I did not leave tire tracks in the school parking lot and I strictly abided by the 25 mile an hour school zone traffic rule. <br /><br />While I tried to get my just-returned-from-summer-break and actually-had-time-to-go-to-yoga mind to focus, I couldn’t stop thinking that most of my at-risk students were not meeting the current trimester reading goal. And, man, did I have a few really mean kids this year! Some children were coming to school with negative energy that they just did not seem to know how to expel. I saw some students as restless and challenged to stay focused, mindful, and in the moment. And, then my mind stopped. Just like that, close to an hour had passed. Aha! <br /><br />Cue fancy, overpriced University teacher credential program lesson number one: Reflect, reflect reflect.<div>
<br />I had wasted nearly an entire day being negative. As I became mindful I was able to reflect on my best teaching practices and my intentions (or desired outcomes). I was reminded of the mantra; find remedy, not fault. I had shifted my mindset. I had to find an alternative way to guide my students. I wanted them to discover healthy alternatives to training their tiny bodies and active minds to engage joyfully and successfully in the learning process. I wanted to become better at showing them how be kind. Children were not meant to sit still, conform, or naturally collaborate all of the time. I had to find a way to guide them into doing these things. The answer was focus.<br />I am going to get all researchy for a moment.</div>
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<br />The United States Education Department recently allocated nearly $3 million to study mindfulness in 30 high-poverty Chicago schools (Deruy, 2016).</div>
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<br />“Compassionate institutions are needed at every level so we can buffer, rather than cement, children's toxic stress.” (Erikson, 2016). And, boy are a lot of our children under unimaginable stress!<br />You see, this research and our government's willingness to make a financial investment into the idea of mindfulness reinforces the aha moment that I had as I reflected on my yoga mat that day. I began implementing the practice of mindfulness into my pedagogy each day following that epiphany.<br />Pump the breaks! What is mindfulness?</div>
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<br />Mindfulness in the classroom is taking the time to create a sense of calm, community, and validation that teachers are allowing time for the curriculum of me despite what is happening in the students’ lives (Deruy, 2016). Mindfulness is simply taking a few minutes to be still and in the moment; a few moments to reflect and be grateful.</div>
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<br />I noticed that as my students increased their skillset in the practice of mindfulness that they began to create their own set of expectations for classroom behavior. Using mantras, students began to remind unfocused to students to, “focus” and to use the, “focus muscle.” Children who were experiencing stress would sit cross-legged, close their eyes and re-focus themselves. The children seemed to like a few minutes each day that focused on their happiness, joy, and health. </div>
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<br />After implementing the mindfulness strategy for several weeks, I had noticed a marked increase in kindness. Daily student reading groups allowed me to analyze whether or not my students could read more fluently from the guided reading books following the use of the mindfulness strategy. Not only did their fluency increase, but their overall reading scores climbed! Those at-risk students I fretted about were reading at the benchmark! Some students increased their reading proficiency by two levels and a few by three levels! The practice of mindfulness in my classroom increased social emotional awareness and academic success. </div>
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<br />All I did was show my entire class a mindfulness video each day and model, model, model (fancy college lesson two). I pointed out that the video was designed to help them be calm, focused, and happy. They were receptive immediately. In fact, the buy in was profound.</div>
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<br />Who LOVES <a href="https://www.gonoodle.com/">GoNoodle</a>, raise your cyber hand?! GoNoodle is an online, interactive video tool that is FREE! They have three channels focused on mindfulness called Focus, Flow, and Think About It. They are appropriate for all ages. This is the platform that I used to deliver quick lessons in mindfulness. After a while, we did not require the videos as a guide. </div>
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<br />Many of my kiddos were having major behavioral issues that were distracting and hard to regulate. The practice of mindfulness increased their success and helped my tiny teachers to find calm and to focus and to give and receive positive affirmations. Mindfulness in the classroom improved self-regulation and confidence in all of my students. I encourage other teachers to strive to meet the academic and social emotional needs of their students by giving mindfulness a try! Your focus muscle will thank you for it.</div>
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<br /><b>References</b>Deruy, E. (2016). Does Mindfulness Actually Work in Schools? Scholars want to know whether the practice helps young kids of color succeed academically. The Atlantic. Retrieved from<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/"> www.theatlantic.com</a></div>
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<br />Erikson. (2016). Amanda Moreno, Ph. D joins filmmaker James Redford to discuss toxic stress, learning. Erikson Institute. Retrieved from<a href="http://www.erikson.edu/"> </a><a href="http://www.erikson.edu/">www.erikson.edu</a><br /><br /><h3>
<b>Robin Dawson</b></h3>
Robin Dawson is a kindergarten teacher in the Santee School District. Robin is focused on fostering a love of learning through the building of relationships and by creating high interest learning activities that incorporate technology, accountability, kindness, and an emphasis on social emotional awareness and learning while striving to be tech-forward. You can reach Robin on Twitter @kindercollab or via email at <a href="mailto:robinleo@sandiego.edu">robinleo@sandiego.edu</a>.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352877114766606826.post-10499213495160938972017-09-11T16:44:00.000-07:002017-09-11T16:44:09.650-07:00How Much Can One eBook Project Accomplish? <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I had the pleasure of working with </span><a href="https://twitter.com/JamieLora5" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jamie Lora</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, a fifth grade teacher at Carrillo Elementary in the San Marcos Unified School District, to help her class create beautiful eBooks using Google Slides. Students had read about an elephant in Africa who was rescued after her mother was killed by poachers. The class then took on the task of writing narratives telling the story from the perspective of the baby elephant, named Ishanga by her rescuers. So far, this activity resembled what goes on in classrooms everywhere. Jamie Lora, however, is dedicated to innovation, and she asked me to come introduce her students to eBooks with Google Slides. By the end of the afternoon, classroom magic had occurred. The students threw themselves into creating beautiful eBooks with incredible attention to detail. Even better, the volume of their writing increased by two and three-fold. Rather than just copying the narrative they had written into the eBook format, they added more rich content and beautiful images (which they properly searched and cited). Click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz618FGyQsPCakt5d0JydUpOeE0/view" target="_blank">here</a> to scroll through a sample of one student’s work. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I spent nearly three hours in her classroom, and many students were still planning to continue working on their eBooks from home, as they needed more time. Even when the eBooks were complete, the students’ increased interest level in the topic persisted. They did more research on the plight of elephants and poaching, and they eventually launched a classroom service project to do what they could as a class to help save the lives of endangered elephants. Through their research and coin drive, Jamie’s class made contact with the </span><a href="https://twitter.com/DSWT" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and adopted their own baby elephant, Luggard. Storyworks, where Ishanga’s story was published, has even contacted Jamie to interview her class! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So. . . what can one eBook project accomplish? Big things! These fifth grade students created beautiful narratives from the perspective of Ishanga the baby elephant, produced fantastic eBooks with attention to style and detail, practiced searching for and using appropriate images and citing their sources, persisted and persisted and persisted, and grew to care about a cause. The technology was infused, not an add-on but an integral part of the process. Finally, it doesn’t hurt that Jamie gets to read a class set of interesting and well-crafted narratives instead of a bunch of bullet points. eBooks can be used across the curriculum and in any grade level, and Google Slides is a free and available platform. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Laura Sugano is an Ed Tech TOSA (Teacher on Special Assignment) in the San Marcos Unified School District. Prior to becoming a resident of TOSAtown, Laura taught in 3rd and 5th grades. She is passionate about student use of technology, and committed to integrating technology into the ways we teach and learn. You can reach Laura on Twitter </span><a href="https://twitter.com/laurasugano?lang=en" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@LauraSugano</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> or via email at </span><a href="mailto:Lsugano@gmail.com" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lsugano@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352877114766606826.post-68291771123554972492017-08-28T08:00:00.000-07:002017-08-28T08:00:05.788-07:00School Presence on Social Media<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, what’s your school’s social media presence like? Has your school just started to dip its toe into the social media landscape by starting a Facebook page? Or have you gone all in with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and Zanzaboom? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Building your school’s social media presence in today’s social media landscape might seem a little intimidating, maybe even a little risky. But I’d argue it’s worth the effort. Effective social media use isn’t something reserved for celebrities and multinational companies. I invite you to consider a few points on why your school should think about building a more robust social media presence.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are excellent ways to get information about your school out to a large portion of your school’s community. Social media doesn’t reach every single person out there, but there are probably quite a few students, parents, and teachers at your school who use social media apps each day. And, so far, social media services like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are free to use. Free in that we are giving those companies our attention (and advertisers love our attention) in exchange for the ability to easily connect to content that matters to us. Still--it’s mostly free.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I remember requesting and getting permission from my vice principal back in 2011 to start a Facebook page for my high school. Now, the fact is that there was already a Facebook page about my school. But it was a parody page. If you Googled my school back in 2011, looking for our Facebook page, you would probably find the parody page instead.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What’s the problem with having inaccurate or incomplete information about your school online? It’s about having honest, fair representation for your school in the online world.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’ve been working at El Cajon Valley High School since 2007. I love our students, and I love how hard the educators at my school work to help our students. I’m proud to work in such a supportive, creative, intelligent learning community. But back in 2011, our web presence didn’t reflect the amazing things that I knew were happening at my school. Building our social media presence has helped my school’s character get more accurately portrayed online. We have heart. We care for our community. We celebrate our diversity. It’s tough to get to know what we are about by driving past the front of our school or reviewing our test scores. Our social media use helps us share who we really are.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="High school students holding flags from around the world." height="535" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/i0nLLvupovAL9uK1JIZ3AoGxNXx2qzX0ZnTkWS5jS0sACrTElCjhJYgeoAEEuPuCWq9OcsLV4HFDf5BUeiGvG4krxRQ4vgQA51BEOeSS2dshNLoPXovhY9Fmcgiqb4KM6nU6fkM7" style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; transform: rotate(0rad);" title="Each year ECVHS celebrates Multicultural Week. A week in which we express our Unity Through Diversity!" width="542" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Each year ECVHS celebrates Multicultural Week. <br />A week in which we express our Unity Through Diversity!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Tables filled with donations to refugees: clothing, diapers, etc." height="359" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/vp0yCrvnjbqnL6PK8KmBTSuSkP5Dm9E9--BOOrPN-zY-3IhdL34WDGOZvp-a1AvFTCsUxh_Uago0MMDRb-JpfxU0jtPdJja1tpwiz1xvGtgw_Xv7uw6U3sSsOelGKuFX_ghIsS5S" style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; transform: rotate(0rad);" title="Mr. Trammell sent ECVHS a call to action when he heard about the living conditions of some refugees in our community. The ECVHS community responded with amazing generosity." width="561" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr. Trammell sent ECVHS a call to action when he heard about the living conditions of <br />some refugees in our community. The ECVHS community responded with amazing generosity.</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Share Ideas</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A couple of years ago I was preparing part of a presentation on using Google Hangouts in the classroom. As luck would have it, I happened to be scrolling through my Twitter feed when I came across </span><a href="https://twitter.com/MrFMRuiz/status/674748576031870976" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">this post</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by </span><a href="https://twitter.com/MrFMRuiz" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Franz Ruiz</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, who was teaching science at ECVHS at the time. He was having his students Skype with a classroom on the other side of the planet, and I had no idea. We worked at the same school, but we were in different departments. We didn’t get to talk shop much. Many of you know it can be challenging to find time to collaborate with fellow educators. But after seeing Franz’ post, I made sure to ask him about his project and </span><a href="https://education.microsoft.com/skype-in-the-classroom/overview" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">how he got connected to educators in other countries</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. What other cool educational experiments are our fellow educators conducting just a few doors down the hall from us? Sharing those ideas on social media can help to cultivate innovation and collaboration.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Screenshot of a Twitter post showing students seated in desks with their laptops open, facing a video screen." height="525" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/NKs5kU4YPR7Ou771eTbqwygfbshxgJz8oipF4PCm_U-XbEalS_tfbNrAMUelaDt2hanUbcrsF--lzpTFB5-9ZGl8V8CtQoMu7Q7S9wSp6YyBBKxwoOjNrKBF0hGB9XhAUC3ga3Ep" style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; transform: rotate(0rad);" title="Mr. Ruiz was having his students Skype with students from another country, and I probably wouldn't have found out about his cool educational experiment if he wasn't sharing his ideas on Twitter." width="421" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr. Ruiz was having his students Skype with students from another country, <br />and I probably wouldn't have found out about his cool educational <br />experiment if he wasn't sharing his ideas on Twitter.</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Acknowledge the Hard Work of Colleagues</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some of my favorite posts are those that I get to make when I peek into a classroom and see students engaged in a fantastic learning activity. I don’t plan most of these classroom visits--I just happen to be walking by. And, unfortunately, I haven’t been able to visit all the classrooms on campus during classroom time (librarians lose their librarian powers if they spend too much time outside of the library--away from their books). It’s rewarding to be in a position where I get to notice more of what goes on in my school. I don’t get to see everything cool on campus, but I love sharing the cool things I do see with a wider audience.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" Screenshot of a Tweet that shows high school students working together on a poster project." height="583" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Gb0MlpurQwxkJMz3twqp-8HesyULROlti33LRUPaerz1fRcU7Npl5qE2VYyIc8hMFpcvYdC7RvdcO2WyNc_j7FbP700S2gSkDxp4724jxthBldCu5jrgKFNORpJhrtDXqXZt-wfU" style="border: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; transform: rotate(0rad);" title="I walked into Mrs. Ward's class to help her with a Google Slides question, and I couldn't help but notice her students deeply engaged in a collaborative poster project. " width="422" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I walked into Mrs. Ward's class to help her with a Google Slides question, <br />and I couldn't help but notice her students deeply engaged in a collaborative poster project. </td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Imagine the power of someone who does get to visit each class getting to share the positive things they see on social media. Perhaps an administrator. They visit each class, right? As a teacher, would you be okay with your administrator making a brief post online about what she saw in your classroom? I know my district has rules and procedures around official evaluations from administrators, but there has to be a way to make such posts. It would go a long way to acknowledge the great work of a school’s staff for administrators to share the positive things they see happening. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Anthony is the Teacher Librarian at El Cajon Valley High School (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/ecvhs" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@ECVHS</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">). You can find him on Twitter at </span><a href="https://twitter.com/anthonyrdevine" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@anthonyrdevine</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><a href="https://twitter.com/ecvhslibrary" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@ecvhslibrary</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352877114766606826.post-19651014278291932262017-08-21T08:00:00.000-07:002017-08-21T08:00:27.398-07:00Electrify Explanations with Piktochart<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2IoGbyEKbCEIENxvBSeuI2pYvhQxdLrwNrcxlqCblku9QronMT3nhuN0svlmRrGECi5qc7UxgqZNNwVmJJCJOoWIB0tF_bpQU5noKFWmoKrK7JlY9MFOFy1LX_nDADSB2cGuoPCs" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="An infographic describing the synthesis phase of the research process." border="0" height="407" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2IoGbyEKbCEIENxvBSeuI2pYvhQxdLrwNrcxlqCblku9QronMT3nhuN0svlmRrGECi5qc7UxgqZNNwVmJJCJOoWIB0tF_bpQU5noKFWmoKrK7JlY9MFOFy1LX_nDADSB2cGuoPCs" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" title="The Research Process as Synthesis, created using Piktochart." width="204" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Research Process as Synthesis, <br />created using Piktochart.</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most teachers are practiced and insightful explainers. Part of our job is to make things make sense when they don’t. We need to show relationships, bridge connections, and fill in the gaps, all in record amounts of time. By creating your own infographics with Piktochart, you can make difficult content more accessible and visually stimulating. Infographics can be shared on a class website, in Google Classroom, or on a blog for students to access at any time. Piktochart's “presentation mode” even allows you to view an infographic piece by piece, making Piktochart a souped up presentation tool to replace Google Slides or Microsoft Powerpoint. Want to see what we mean? Check out the </span><a href="https://piktochart.com/blog/create-infographic-syllabus-piktochart/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Piktochart class syllab</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">i featured on Piktochart's Education blog or this </span><a href="https://magic.piktochart.com/output/3583022-research_synthesis" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">representation of the synthesis phase</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of the research process featured to the right.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Student Infographics and Common Core</b></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Common Core literacy standards call for students to integrate visual and textual information in digital formats to express their understanding of relationships between complex ideas. Standards also suggest that digital media should be produced and published on the internet. So much more than just posters, infographics require the creator to find, interpret, and evaluate information. Infographics can come alive with images, icons, links, charts, maps, and videos that immerse the viewer in the content.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt=""Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words." CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.7" height="173" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/stLClX4skLnEIuOyt7znzFRmMIpySgwQ86EFofClNGOTpasadVRAixhmp_bVVZ1ZHZHspRQ_t02PZIi-A6nCqSdxOFw_gaIQ1quVqD59mEI_-YHEOs8ehThnfgMrfbNl03EUheYD" style="border: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; transform: rotate(0rad);" title="Common Core Language Arts Anchor Standard for Reading, Integration of Knowledge and Ideas. " width="204" /></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are already convinced this web tool is worthwhile, head over to </span><a href="https://piktochart.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Piktochart.com</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and get started. With one-step signup, you can use Google credentials to quickly create a free account. Students at least thirteen years of age can sign up in the same fashion, without any additional permissions. Scroll down and select one of the free templates, and click create. Don’t worry if the template is largely unrelated to your content. All templates are fully customizable!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Save the progress you are making on your infographic as you go, and come back at any time to continue working. Once you are finished, you have the option to download your work as a JPEG or PNG, publish it and share with a link, share it to social media like Twitter or Google+, or even secure the embed code to insert it into a website. For step-by-step video tutorials, visit the </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/Piktochart" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Piktochart YouTube channel</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Still need ideas? Check out some of the sample Piktocharts I’ve rounded up below, or visit the </span><a href="https://magic.piktochart.com/gallery" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Featured Piktochart Gallery</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to see infographics created by users around the world.</span></div>
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<a href="https://magic.piktochart.com/output/916581-the-glass-castle-book-report" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Glass Castle Movie Poster</span></a></div>
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<a href="https://magic.piktochart.com/output/3044860-untitled-infographic" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mitosis vs. Meiosis Comparison</span></a></div>
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<a href="https://magic.piktochart.com/output/2982890-untitled-infographic" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">MHHS SARC at a Glance</span></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Imagine your students are collecting data related to your content. The data could be observations and calculations from an experiment, dates from a historical event, or even evidence from a text. Students painstakingly collect information, draw insightful conclusions, and identify relationships. The problem is, these relationships and conclusions are stuck inside their heads. We want them to share, we want other students in the class to understand what they are sharing, and we want to be able to read it. Here's where Piktochart comes in. The easy (and did we mention FREE) interface makes creating and sharing professional quality explanatory masterpieces a breeze. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lisha Brunache currently serves as Ed Tech Specialist, on special assignment from her high school humanities teaching position at Mission Hills High School in San Marcos, CA. She is a Google for Education Certified Trainer and a Leading Edge Digital Educator. Lisha Brunache, an Educational Technology Specialist (TOSA) at San Marcos Unified School District, is a former high school English and Social Science teacher with a passion for technology and creativity. Lisha is a Google for Education Certified Trainer, a Leading Edge Digital Educator, and holds an M.A. from San Diego State University in Learning Design and Technology. Find her on Twitter </span><a href="https://twitter.com/lishabrunache" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@LishaBrunache</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352877114766606826.post-75498354162482769352017-08-14T08:00:00.000-07:002017-08-14T08:00:30.884-07:00Seesaw: A Teacher’s Best Friend<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You’re probably thinking, “She’s exaggerating! How can an app by my best friend?” I got your attention, right? But trust me on this one, you are going to want to read about this AMAZING app called Seesaw. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What is Seesaw?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Seesaw is a FREE app (yes, I did say FREE) that you can use with your students. The Seesaw app works on all devices; ipads, Kindles, Chromebooks, desktops and tablets. Seesaw is a digital portfolio app that collects all your students’ digital work in one place. It can also be thought of as a learning journal for your students. If you are a visual learners, think “whiteboard app” + “Facebook”. And when I say “Facebook” I do not mean your students are on Facebook and interacting with the public. It reminds me of Facebook because of the set up; the use of a feed and the ability for students to interact with each other. Another bonus- it has a way to connect with parents! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, how do my students use it?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once your students sign in to your class, they can post an item. They have a choice of six items to choose from. They can add a drawing, take a picture, select a picture from their camera roll, post a note, select an item from their google drive or add a link.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="This is the menu for posting items in Seesaw for both students and teachers. " height="279" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/WKYec-VpPhvjU_KbbC7Xju-c0ZrcoBbqIxb5AwJcVsRsgu8nvVhiRH23vTe_hw20ozXcEnOhxtmlI3QO6doUikqLb_hE8hnoqsP6i0Qslz0q1SQahU0EjcF7LHv6m4FWiYbMthZd" style="border: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; transform: rotate(0rad);" title="This is the menu for posting items in Seesaw for both students and teachers. " width="507" /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once they choose one, they can interact with it different ways; they can record over it, add labels or a caption. One example of the powerful use of Seesaw is using it as a tool to capture communicating reasoning. At my school, teachers love using the drawing tool with their students during math number talks. A teacher will post a number talk or a problem of the day. The students will then use the drawing tool to work out their math problem. Once completed, the students can label their math work and record their thinking and how they came to their answer. When the student is finished with their work, their item will wait approval by you and will post to the class feed once it’s approved. But wait, it gets better...the students can then respond to each other’s work on the feed (think Facebook). Students learning and responding to each other about their thinking. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How do I use it as a teacher?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once you sign up, there are three ways to get your students to populate your class; one is to type each student’s name in or you can do a copy and paste from a class list. I make this suggestion for my primary teachers (kinder and first) because typing in a code can be a challenge with the littles. Another way is to have your student type in a code when they sign up for Seesaw. They do not have to keep putting in the code to join your class when they sign in, it’s a one time thing. Or, your students scan a QR code. Seesaw has a built in QR code reader in their app and will generate a QR code for you when you select “QR code”. Once your students add items, you will need to approve these items just in case there is something not appropriate. You will get notifications when students add items. It will be a red bubble at the top of your app or by your name on the desktop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Seesaw will alert you when your students add items. 124! Whoa! I have this many because I’m added in two colleagues classes, which leads me to our next discussion. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What else does Seesaw do?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m so glad you asked! Through Seesaw, you can create a class blog. This is a great way to connect with other classrooms around the world; talk about your high level SAMR skills! According to <a href="https://twitter.com/mrsgadtke?lang=en" target="_blank">Angela Gadtke</a>, community lead at Seesaw, Seesaw is being used in 100 countries! This is a great and safe way to have your students and you connect with other classrooms in other countries. You can also join other classes as a teacher. You can also post announcements and as mentioned above, you can connect with parents. Parents will only see their student’s work and will get notifications when their students add items (only after you approve them of course!). Teachers also have the ability to send out private messages to parents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Melissa Monroe is a Seesaw Ambassador and teaches second grade in Oceanside, California. She was previously an Educational Technology TOSA for two years </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">providing support for teachers with implementing technology. Melissa has taught 11 years, working with all grades K-8th. Her passion for helping teachers with technology has extended to district-level professional learning opportunities as well as the National CUE and SDCUE. You can follow Melissa on Twitter @MelissaMonroeNT. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352877114766606826.post-9762696581857485312017-08-07T08:00:00.000-07:002017-08-14T04:58:22.810-07:00Using Canva in Your Classroom and Beyond<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The possibilities are endless. In my son’s class, students created brochures to market their products for a “Shark Tank” competition. In yet another, ASB officers made invitations to their graduation ceremony. I truly believe that teaching our students how to be effective visual communicators is essential to preparing them for their future careers. Yet it’s one of those “soft skills” that will often get overlooked or taken for granted. And teachers need not be experts in order to incorporate this into their curriculum. Trust me: the students will take to it intuitively. Need some inspiration? Check out </span><a href="http://askatechteacher.com/2017/02/28/13-ways-to-use-canva-in-your-classroom/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">13 Ways to Use Canva in Your Classroom </span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or </span><a href="https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/7-creative-student-design-projects-try-canva" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7 Creative Student Design Projects to Try with Canva.</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352877114766606826.post-58947687696109126102017-08-04T17:00:00.000-07:002017-08-04T17:00:27.866-07:00Present at the San Diego CUE Tech Fair 2017! <b id="docs-internal-guid-2a67c0c4-aad6-4576-fef7-2a0d50d8e1cb" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first time I presented at a San Diego CUE Tech Fair was in a classroom at CSU San Marcos. My topic was Google Hangouts, which had recently been released. I had prepared slides with screenshots on how to use the tools and all the functions. I had arranged with a colleague in northern California to join us remotely to demonstrate it. As the attendees filed in and my session started, I opened Google Hangouts to find… that Google had completely changed the interface literally the previous day. I believe I said something like, “I’ve never seen this screen before.” After a few moments of confusion, I said to the group, “OK, we’re all going to learn this together.” And we did! Comments from the group and evaluations at the end were positive, so I think the attendees learned something. I certainly did!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you have anything that you think is cool that you’d like to share with others, San Diego CUE Tech Fair is the place to do it. </span><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/OYdDTOpbuDGq0CEo2" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Apply to present a session</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, either on your own or with a partner. The experience you gain will be invaluable.</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/D6DnHqBCSzBSIBAsrGF0m2Ldq6MbWuu2XrP_hv8VzgY39nkJ0hHj0H3eKJvaev_NRMUyp6bODQrAdtpgUZVQloFSaOmra3syRTphwxihaNxBdIxmqXOFF-b-RrWQRULBwnrb5MQe" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Attendees at SDCUE Tech Fair 2016" border="0" height="186" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/D6DnHqBCSzBSIBAsrGF0m2Ldq6MbWuu2XrP_hv8VzgY39nkJ0hHj0H3eKJvaev_NRMUyp6bODQrAdtpgUZVQloFSaOmra3syRTphwxihaNxBdIxmqXOFF-b-RrWQRULBwnrb5MQe" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" title="Attendees at SDCUE Tech Fair 2016" width="279" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But Kevin, I don’t have anything new to share. Everyone else already knows what I know.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” - Nope. Every Tech Fair has hundreds of attendees for whom it is their first EdTech conference. You have experience that they don’t!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But Kevin, I’m not good at speaking in front of a group.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">” - OK, fair statement. But (a) if you’re a teacher, you do this every day, just with kids rather than adults. You could ask the adults in your session to act childish, if you like. (b) So don’t make it a “speaking” session with you in the front. Make it a hands-on, student-centered, activity-based session. And (c) the only way to get better at speaking in front of a group is to practice, and Tech Fair is a great place to practice!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“But Kevin, if I present in one timeslot, I won’t be able to go to other sessions then.”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - True enough. However, I guarantee that you’ll learn from the people who attend your session as much as you would have learned in someone else’s session. Also, being selected to present means you get a free registration, and get to attend all the other timeslots for free. If you’re scheduled opposite a session you really want to attend, arrange to meet the other presenter at lunch and talk about your respective sessions!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">San Diego CUE Tech Fair is coming up on November 4. Registration for attendees will open this week, when we reveal the new host site! </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/OYdDTOpbuDGq0CEo2" style="text-decoration: none;">Submit your speaker application with this form!</a></span></div>
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