Empowering Rural Schools for Tomorrow
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Presented to Wisconsin Rural Schools Alliance on 11-13-13TRANSCRIPT
<p>EmpoweringRURAL SCHOOLSFOR TOMORROWWisconsin Rural Schools Alliance</p>
<p>Nov. 2013</p>
<p>Resources & Digital Handout</p>
<p>http://tinyurl.com/WIRuralSchools</p>
<p>Katie Morrowteach42morrow.com </p>
<p>ONeill Public SchoolONeill, Nebraska</p>
<p>OPS 24/7 Learningv2.0</p>
<p>How do you measure success?</p>
<p>What can we do now that we couldnt do before? </p>
<p>Opened Opportunities</p>
<p>Changing ecosystem brings opportunity. Authors Artists Programmers</p>
<p>In the last 24 hours on Facebook...</p>
<p>ADDED PROFICIENCIES</p>
<p>BROKEN DOWN BARRIERS</p>
<p>CULTIVATED A CULTURE OF PRIDE</p>
<p>How did we do it? Our process</p>
<p>Access</p>
<p>24/7 Access</p>
<p>Choice in Device</p>
<p>We need to move beyond the idea that an education is something that is </p>
<p>provided for us, and toward the idea that an education is something that we </p>
<p>create for ourselves.</p>
<p>~Stephen Downes</p>
<p> Student Choice & Involvement</p>
<p>Bottom-up</p>
<p>Meet Addie</p>
<p>Creators, not just Consumers of Content</p>
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<p>Community Commercials and Public Service Announcements</p>
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<p>4th Grade Nebraska History</p>
<p>The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.</p>
<p>~Sydney J. Harris</p>
<p>Community of Learners</p>
<p>Community</p>
<p>Break down classroom walls</p>
<p>iTunes u courses</p>
<p>iBooks Author</p>
<p>Publish and Promote</p>
<p>OHS YOUTUBE CHANNEL</p>
<p>https://www.youtube.com/user/ONeillPublicSchool</p>
<p>Harness the Back Channel</p>
<p>Edmodo Socrative iChat</p>
<p>Develop and maintain a PLN</p>
<p>Twitter Symbaloo Facebook</p>
<p>"Learning must be lifelong, life-wide, and available on </p>
<p>demand."</p>
<p>~National Educational Technology Plan </p>
<p>Do things differently?Do Different</p>
<p>Things</p>
<p>Challenge Based Learning</p>
<p>Real problems.1. </p>
<p>Learn together.</p>
<p>Do something!</p>
<p>2.</p>
<p>3.</p>
<p>http://challengebasedlearning.org </p>
<p>Design an app to improve communication on your campus.</p>
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<p>Transform apathy into engagement</p>
<p>Increase recycling in your communityCultural Shift: Disprove a misconception about your generation</p>
<p>Make your town more energy efficient</p>
<p>Improve the online behaviors of youth in your community</p>
<p>Reduce your schools paper waste</p>
<p>Increase the percentage of students in your class who stay in school for one more year.</p>
<p>Increase the number of healthy food choices served at school (or at home).</p>
<p>Change a policy in your school.</p>
<p>Create cross-cultural connections in your school and/or community. </p>
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<p>Making a Dierence...CBL is effective in building 21st Century Skills90% of teachers reported significant improvements in twelve key 21st century skill areas</p>
<p>CBL Engages Students in LearningOver 75% of students, across every age group, felt they learned more than they expected, worked harder than they normally do, and were part of solving a big problem.</p>
<p>2009 CBL Pilot Report, New Media Consortium; 2011 CBL Implementation Report, New Media Consortium</p>
<p>Teachers find CBL engaging, effective, & a good use of time.Over 90% of teachers, across every grade level, felt that CBL was a good use of their limited time and would use it again.</p>
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<p>nelovesps.org</p>
<p>Never stop </p>
<p>learning!</p>
<p>iPad Action Research English 8 at OHS</p>
<p>Video Reflections</p>
<p>Reflection:</p>
<p>What simple but powerful things can you do to promote technology-impacted </p>
<p>learning in your school?</p>
<p>Entrust our StudentsShift some of the control</p>
<p>Start with the WHYFocus on the verbs, not the nouns</p>
<p>Stay in the Question</p>
<p>Publish and Share!Transparent learning process</p>
<p>Take Responsible RiskCelebrate failure!</p>
<p>Be the ChangeSmall steps towards progress</p>
<p>Dont Just Do Things Differently...</p>
<p> ... Do Different Things</p>
<p>Stay hungry. Stay foolish.</p>
<p>in a Meaningful WayLeveraging Technology</p>
<p>Its about the journey,</p>
<p> not the destination.</p>
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