Westwood+Early+Adopters

Westwood Campus: Early Adopters
//Developing the Community & Culture of a Learning Studio//

**SBISD Core Ideas:**

 * Global Communication
 * Information Literacy
 * Student-Owned Learning

**Campus Goal:**
//Student-Owned Learning// //Year 2 Focus//

**The Lions Den**
//Our Heavy Lifting and Hot Ideas!//


 * "Principle" Points**
 * Reflecting Forward: [|21Ct Schools or 21Ct Learning?]
 * Please respond to the following questions
 * How do your actions, language and priorities support your //learning// vision as an Early Adopter Principal?
 * In what ways do they dilute your efforts?
 * What goal will you set for yourself to act toward in the next ** four ** weeks?
 * How will you measure your achievement?
 * What specific strategies will you use to redirect conversations, efforts and energy toward the //learning//?

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 * Our Learning Journeys:**

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 * Sharing Our Journey**
 * session
 * stories (list of pages tagged wwstories )

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 * Podcast Responses:**

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Thinking About A Lack of Thinking
 * Blog posts**


 * Activity Share**
 * 1) Please visit our Activity Share page
 * 2) Consider the activity posted by the person above & below you and respond to the following prompts:
 * What **connections** do you draw between the content, technology & pedagogy of the activity and **SAMR**?
 * What **extensions**, or "next-step" ideas come to mind?
 * What **questions** do you have about their activity or experience?
 * 1) Return to your own activity
 * 2) Consider & respond to the posted comments


 * Activity Share**
 * 1) Please visit our Activity Share page
 * 2) Consider the activity posted by the person above & below you and respond to the following prompts:
 * What **connections** do you draw to their activity (content, technology, pedagogy, etc.)?
 * What **extensions**, or "next-step" ideas come to mind?
 * What **questions** do you have about their activity or experience?
 * 1) Return to your own activity
 * 2) Consider & respond to the posted comments

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 * Growing the Culture of our Learning Community:**
 * //Think//:
 * Group 1: Communities of Continuous Inquiry and Improvement - Attributes of Professional Learning Communities
 * Read & Consider:
 * What elements of a learning community are already present on our team?
 * Of the attributes outlined in the article, which are our strongest? Which need more of our attention?
 * //Why bother//...in what way(s) might our consistent attention to these efforts support our individual & collective work?
 * Discuss with your group:
 * Individual responses to questions above
 * As a group, craft a "Top 5" list of elements you believe are most critical to the development & success of our Early Adopters learning community
 * Group 2: Creating A Culture of Innovation
 * Read & Consider:
 * In what way(s) might our work this year be considered "innovative"?
 * Of those listed, which innovative behaviors are present on our team? In what way(s)?
 * Of these behaviors, which appear to influence or shape our practice the most? Why?
 * Of those listed, which behavior(s) do you find, or imagine to be most challenging? Why?
 * Discuss with your group:
 * Individual responses to questions above
 * As a group, craft a "Top 5" list of elements you believe are most critical to the development & success of our Early Adopters learning community
 * Group 3: Digital Wisdom
 * Read & Consider:
 * How would you describe "digital wisdom"?
 * In what way(s) might "digital wisdom" play a part of our work this year?
 * How might our attitudes influence or shape this opportunity (in support of //and// as a hindrance to...)?
 * What //process// changes might we need to make to help us address coverage of content, as described in the article?
 * Discuss with your group:
 * Individual responses to questions above
 * As a group, craft a "Top 5" list of elements you believe are most critical to the development & success of "digital wisdom" in our Early Adopters learning community
 * Group 4:[| Implementation Dip]
 * Read & Consider:
 * Have you felt an "implementation dip"? If so, how would you describe it?
 * What might be important to keep in mind as we work through these dips?
 * How could your campus leaders best recognize and support your efforts?
 * What strategies will __//you//__ employ to work and persevere through the challenges associated with implementing change?
 * Discuss with your group:
 * Individual responses to questions above
 * As a group, craft a "top 5" list of elements you believe are most critical to the ongoing development & success of our Early Adopter efforts?
 * // Jigsaw //:
 * Gather with a member from each group
 * Share your notes & post in discussion area below
 * What **connections** did you draw between your readings?
 * How does this relate to "**Rigor & Relevance**" work?
 * What is our **purpose**, //Why Early Adopters//?
 * Consider Top 5 of each partner. If asked to consider both lists and blend to create a new "**Top 3"** what would you include?
 * What are the "//**Yeah, but...**//" issues we need to overcome?
 * Post in discussion area below
 * Visit the "//Yeah, but...//" posts of the group above and below yours
 * What strategies can you offer for working through those obstacles?
 * // Share //: whole team
 * Given your conversation, what might we need to consider as we learn toward our goal of student-owned learning?
 * What professional & pedagogical //process changes// will be important to consider?
 * What do we want or need to avoid to make the most of this opportunity? How can our EA team support this?

**Building Our Campus Learning Network:**

 * Twitter:
 * Early Adopters: #sbisdEA
 * Campus?
 * Diigo:
 * Early Adopters:[]
 * [|SBISD]
 * Campus?


 * Design Time**

Please create a page for your next step activitie(s) that will help others understand your inquiry and design process.

Creating Your Activity Page

 * 1) Please make a new page:
 * Title: 
 * Template: activity design
 * Tag : design, westwood, 2
 * 1) SAVE your page
 * 2) Check to be sure your page appears in the list on our Spring Forest page

**Inquiry & Design Challenge:**

 * Disciplined inquiry into a possibility (or problem) within the school or classroom
 * Collaborative and takes place in a community of practice
 * Meaningful, positive, and reflective
 * Data-driven, action-based, improvement-focused
 * Transformative

Resources:
 * http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/09/how-do-we-define-and-measure-deeper-learning/
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**Creating Your Campus Work Space**

 * 1) Please make a new page:
 * Title: 
 * Template: inquiry & design
 * Tag : eaid, westwood
 * 1) SAVE your page
 * 2) Check to be sure your page appears in the list above

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 * Early Adopters Inquiry & Design Topics:**

Possible Topics:
 * Bringing the Outside World In through Skype
 * Building Personal Student Reference Libraries w Diigo (individual accounts)
 * Challenge Based Learning
 * Concept Maps and Graphic Organizers to Help Students Represent Core Content Connections
 * Connecting Student Voices Through Class Blogs
 * Digital Writing Workshop
 * Electronic Portfolios
 * Habits of Mind
 * Making Thinking Visible
 * Inquiry Skills for a Digital Age
 * Multimodal Writing
 * Personal Learning Networks for Students
 * Problem Based Learning
 * Questioning
 * Synthesizing
 * Sharing Student Learning Through Podcasts
 * Social Bookmarking and Annotating (whole class Diigo)
 * Socratic Questioning and Online Discussions
 * Creating mental models
 * Re-routing: dealing with dead ends
 * Revising throughout process
 * Other...?


 * Developing Our Learning Community**
 * Communities of Continuous Inquiry and Improvement - Attributes of Professional Learning Communities
 * Read & Consider:
 * What elements of a learning community are already present among our team?
 * Of these elements, which are our strongest? Which need our attention?
 * What is the purpose of our goal?
 * How does our goal represent and support our shared vision and values?
 * How do our "small shifts" point to our purpose?
 * What //process changes// do we need to make as we work toward our goal?
 * What do we want or need to avoid to make the most of this opportunity?
 * Pair: partner up and discuss
 * Share: with whole team

**Our Campus Learning Network:**

 * Twitter:
 * Campus: #wwelions
 * Early Adopters: #sbisdEA
 * Diigo:
 * [|SBISD]
 * [|SBISD Early Adopters]
 * Other:
 * Campus