Thornwood+Early+Adopters

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

**SBISD Core Ideas:**

 * [[file:sbisdInfoLitGC.png|Global Communication]]
 * [[file:sbisdInfoLitGC.png|Information Literacy]]
 * [[file:sbisdStOwnrshp.png|Student-Owned Learning]]

**Campus Goal:**
//Student Owned Learning// //TWE View//


 * "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//?


 * October**
 * 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


 * //Pair//: partner-up with a member of the opposite group
 * "Jigsaw" 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 5" what would you include?
 * Post in discussion area below
 * Visit posts of the pair above and below yours
 * How are their lists different from yours?
 * Are there items on their list that you would like to include on yours?
 * If so, what would you remove to make room? Why?
 * If asked to pair your list down to "Top 3", what would you include?
 * To what benefit? At what cost?


 * //Share//: whole team
 * Given your conversation, what might we need to consider as we learn toward our goal of global communication?
 * 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?
 * What are the "Yeah, but..." issues we need to overcome?

**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

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**Creating Your Campus Work Space**

 * 1) Please make a new page:
 * Title: 
 * Template: inquiry & design
 * Tag : EAIDc2, thornwood
 * 1) SAVE your page
 * 2) Check to be sure your page appears in the list above


 * Early Adopters Inquiry & Design Topics:**

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Possible Topics:
 * Bringing the Outside World In through Skype, iChat and/or other video conferencing tools
 * 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...?


 * Our Campus Learning Network:**
 * Twitter:
 * Campus
 * Diigo:
 * [|SBISD]
 * [|SBISD Early Adopters]
 * Campus
 * Other:
 * Campus