EA+Cohort+II

http://blog.diginn.com “New technology is common; new thinking is rare.” - Sir Peter Blake Our Campus Pages Our Personal Learning Journeys SBISD Activity Share [|Our Diigo]

February:
(// please copy and paste the two sections below - Mining the Effort & Opportunity in Overalls - to your personal learning journal //)
 * Mining the Effort**
 * What artifacts of your personal learning have you been collecting?
 * What process shifts do these suggest in your practice?


 * What artifacts of student learning have you been collecting?
 * What process shifts do these suggest in their practice?

How is your journey like that of a storyteller? Of a researcher?
 * An Opportunity in Overalls **

What question did you start out to find answer(s) to?
 * What tweaks, edits, modifications have you made to your focus question?
 * What question(s) remain?
 * What new questions have surfaced as a result of your exploration this far?

As a researcher:

What are you measuring?
 * What patterns are surfacing?
 * What themes are emerging?
 * What does your data suggest?

As a learner:
 * Where have you allowed yourself to be vulnerable in this process?
 * How are you allowing yourself, your professional learning to be 'seen'?
 * In what way(s) have you found the courage to be 'imperfect'?
 * What //a-ha!// moments, elements of a 'spiritual awakening'/"breakdown" have you experienced? What might these insights suggested to you?

What story is unfolding from your research?
 * (//just bullet point notes for now//)


 * Defining Your Focus**
 * Collaborative Glossary ( @http://tinyurl.com/EAvocab)
 * Our Vocabulary Cards


 * Considering the bigger picture...**
 * What IS Early Adopters?
 * What is Early Adopters NOT?
 * What examples from your/your students practice might you offer others to "show" this?
 * What examples from your/your students practice might you offer others to "show" this?
 * What examples from your/your students practice might you offer others to "show" this?

January:

 * ** Working on the Work **
 * Please post your Activity Write-Up //and// Reflection --> //moving toward your vision//
 * To make a new Activity page:
 * Title: < name, topic >
 * Template: //activity design//
 * Tags: design, discipline (see chart), campus , last name (ex: design, sciene, Ridgecrest, Butler)
 * SAVE your page
 * CHECK to be sure you page appears on our NEW SBISD Activity Share page, as well as on your Learning Journal page (both linked above)


 * ** Essential Elements of Early Adopters: **
 * Documenting & Reflecting Less Is More - reflect & connect
 * Questioning
 * Feeding Yourself
 * Peer Feedback
 * Self-Monitoring & Assessment

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 * **Questioning**
 * See, Think, Wonder
 * Sort
 * KWHQL
 * Thinking, Fast and Slow
 * Search Strategies
 * Alternative Media
 * Relatives Network
 * Global Learning
 * Questioning Resources:
 * Questioning - BalancEdTech Wikispaces
 * Question Starters
 * Questioning ToolKit - Jamie McKenzie
 * Blooms Question Stems
 * Socratic Question Stems
 * **Design Time**
 * Forward Feedback

**November:**

 * **Housekeeping**
 * Personal Learning Journeys - what needs your attention?
 * destination postcard
 * introductory info
 * focus question
 * //Walking the Walk// (scroll down this page to October) - copy, paste & respond to each prompt
 * ** Working on the Work **
 * Please post your Activity Write-Up //and// Reflection --> //moving toward your vision//
 * To make a new Activity page:
 * Title: < name, topic >
 * Template: //activity design//
 * Tags: design, discipline (see chart), campus , last name (ex: design, sciene, Ridgecrest, Butler)
 * SAVE your page
 * CHECK to be sure you page appears on our NEW SBISD Activity Share page, as well as on your Learning Journey page (both linked above)
 * Please consider the post of your "number partner"
 * Use the discussion area of their activity page to pose at least **one question** about //and// **one connection** to their //students// experience
 * Resources:
 * Question Starters
 * Reflection Prompts


 * **Connecting Your Thinking** //- please copy, paste & respond on your personal page, under Resources//
 * Who else is thinking about your topic?
 * Who else is grappling with this element of practice?
 * What are they finding?
 * How are they sharing?


 * //S-L-O-W-//ing Down: T-P-S
 * http://grantwiggins.wordpress.com/2013/09/01/a-simple-move-to-avoid-coverage-and-make-time-for-more-learning/
 * Think: What strategies are you developing for "//slowing down//", as you plan EA activities for implementation?
 * Pair: partner up and share ideas/strategies
 * Share: whole group


 * **Talking TEKS** - //it's all about the verbs, baby!// (1 hour)
 * In pairs, pick a TEK you will address this year
 * Create a New Page:
 * **Title**: TEK (ex: 8.4) + Discipline
 * **Template**: TEKS Exploration
 * **Tags**: ea, TEKS, last name of each partner
 * Check to be sure your page appears in Crowd Source list below
 * Identify the Knowledge and Skills statement
 * Cognitive Rigor (verbs in //both// K&S and SE)
 * The level at which students are expected to perform in order to meet the standard
 * Determined by the verbs used in both the knowledge and skills statements AND student expectations
 * Content Rigor (demonstrations)
 * The content items for which students must demonstrate understanding at the appropriate cognitive level in order to meet the standard.
 * [|Activity Types], College of William & Mary
 * iCoach examples:
 * 5th ELAR 5.4 (Poetry)
 * 5th grade LA (Fig 19D) TEKS
 * 6th Grade Language Arts TEKS
 * 8.4, Math
 * Biology TEKS
 * Math, Third, 3b(2)A
 * Crowd Sourcing (//2 Rounds)//
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 * **Summer Lovin'** - //connecting back to EA Summer Institute// (30 min)
 * Partner Up!
 * Pick one activity/lesson from above
 * After reviewing the activity, access the discussion area of that page and create a new discussion titled: **Connections**
 * Work with your partner to identify connections between that activity and the following:
 * connect to Blooms - where might this fall within Blooms Taxonomy?
 * connect to [[file:sbisdlearnsymphony/SAMRwSliders.001.png|SAMR]] - where might this fall within SAMR
 * connect to SBISD Goals - in what way(s) does this activity support SBISD T-2-4 and Findings and Directions work?


 * **Reflect**: //What is More? What is Different?//
 * Consider this post and contribute your personal reflection to our blog
 * In your post, please include a link to your activity, student work and/or other artifacts that have informed your practice and shaped your reflection
 * Please link this post to the top of your personal page
 * **T-P-S**: Given the feedback from your students and your sticker partner, and drawing on your personal reflections, what might your next design step be? What small shift or iteration will you make to move you/your students closer to your vision?


 * **Food for Thought: Documentation & Reflection** (20 min)
 * How and where are your students documenting & reflecting on their work?
 * What artifacts of learning are your students collecting?
 * How & where are students storing and sharing their artifacts and reflections?
 * //Why bother?//

**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


 * 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 (click on text bubble at the top of this page)
 * 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 and global connectivity?
 * 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?

Feedback Form
 * [|Creating Edutopia]**

**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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**October:**

 * Housekeeping
 * October Share
 * Activity Write-Up, Reflection and Enrichment --> //clarifying your vision//
 * Paying Attention?
 * Who's their audience?
 * What's the purpose?
 * //Doing some more, or doing some things differently?//
 * Destination - Vision - Mission - Action
 * Walking the Walk
 * How are you prepared to //Walk the Walk// this year? How will your journey reflect //action research// ?
 * Please go to your personal learning journal page and respond to the following:
 * Identify your Goals & Objectives
 * What Obstacles/Problems do you anticipate?
 * What Strategies will you use to overcome these obstacles?
 * What resources and materials will you share via our EA wiki and learning community?
 * Data Collection:
 * Pre-assessment - //how will you determine the base-line of your students in your target area//?
 * Action Research Assessment and Evaluation:
 * How will you measure success?
 * How will you know if you have succeeded?
 * What will you collect as evidence of success?
 * Immediate Opportunities...
 * Activity Types
 * Design Time

**September**:

 * 6-Word Memoirs
 * #1st5Days - Revisit, Reflect & Revise
 * Investing
 * Clarity of Vision -
 * **Building Scramble(** groups of 4 from different buildings): **choose** who will read and represent each component
 * **Divide & Conquer:** gather in "resource teams" (those who will read same resource as you)
 * as you read and discuss with your resource team, take bullet point notes and be prepared to take the following back to your jigsaw group:
 * summary of article
 * critical elements and how you see each connecting with:
 * learning
 * R&R
 * T24
 * SBISD EA experience
 * consider and share why you think the big idea(s) behind your resource was used as a shaping feature of EA?
 * please post a //group// "thought shot" in our discussion area to reflect your bullet point notes from above
 * **Reconvene** in jigsaw group of 4
 * **Work together** to share notes, summaries, elements, connections and believed significance of your resource
 * **Individually reflect** on your discussion and how/where it connects to the identified NEED for change (//doing some things differently, as opposed to doing something else//)
 * create a bullet point list in the discussion area of your personal page
 * **Collaborate with your jigsaw team** to draft a description of the __**EA**__ effort
 * //How would you describe your EA learning journey, as it relates to each of these driving elements, and the way(s) in which it is different from other PD experiences (expectations, heavy lifting, support, etc.)?//
 * Every Hand, Every Mind, Every Voice - //your description must represent elements of each members thinking// (bullet point lists)
 * **Record & share** your description - (audio, video or text-//with-//image; post it to each of your personal pages)[[image:sbisdlearnsymphony/GrnBootsDig.jpg align="right" caption="GrnBootsDig.jpg"]]
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 * Shaping Your Opportunity
 * Developing A Prototype for Testing


 * ===Campus Pages===

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 * Cohort Collaboration:
 * Activity Share
 * Our Learning Journeys


 * Resources :
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