Warren+Digital+Challenge-Feb.+2012


 * Ideas for Warren Digital Learning Month **

CURRENT TEAM MEMBERS AS OF JANUARY 31ST 2012  Angie Buysse-Principal (drop box, ???)    Cy Werntz-Coach Team Leader (learn more about wikispaces, dropbox, how to do a webcast, additional Google training )   Kimber Stone-2nd Grade- Express Your Emotion/or Non-fiction science unit, Media Technology    C. Adamo-1st Grade- Monster Exchange-LA project integrated unit with math, LA, Art, Media Technology   R. Hartz-1st- ( Monster Exchange-LA project integrated unit with math, LA, Art, Media Technology     A. Troyer- Kindergarten TBD    P.Hardy-2nd Grade Teacher TBD media type="custom" key="12553016" // "If we teach today's students as we did yesterday's, we are robbing them of tomorrow." //
 * Cynthia Werntz **
 * Warren Primary Center **
 * Instructional Coach **
 * Digital Learning Project ** ** Each Team Member is Committed to Learning at Least One(1) Digital Learning Technique **

 — John Dewey Digital media is increasingly present in kids' formal and informal educational settings, becoming as common as pencils and notebooks were to their parents. Yet in many American classrooms and homes, these high-tech tools are severely limited or forbidden. Teachers and parents wonder: What are students doing with these technologies?
 * // Digital Media: New Learners of the 21st Century // ** addresses this vital question, taking viewers to the frontlines of what is rapidly becoming an education revolution. The film, targeted at parents, teachers, and anyone concerned about education in America, explores how exceptional educators are increasingly using digital media and interactive practices to ignite their students' curiosity and ingenuity, help them become civically engaged, allow them to collaborate with peers worldwide, and empower them to direct their own learning.


 * Warren has accepted the Governors Digital Challenge. In order to complete the challenge we need the following support from our Technology Department. **


 * Equipment needs for PILOT Digital Project with volunteer teachers **
 * 1) Update all mclass netbooks for use in the classroom for digital projects. i.e. connect to wireless airport, allow access to web tools.
 * 2) Air ports in two wings for teachers doing the Digital challenge- if necessary returned at the end of the month
 * 3) Teacher ipads unlocked to accept apps(digital dream for all teachers in corp)
 * 4) Teacher ipads participating in the program need dongle for connection to projector or borrow a laptop for the month of Feb.
 * 5) Teachers participating in the PILOT project will complete one Digital project with their class. Coach will assist in executing this project and share with SBCSC and possibly with IDOE.
 * 6) Coach needs support from Al Large on how to do an interactive Webnar with another school or Videocast or community members/mayor/board members or SKYPE.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Projects to promote Digital Literacy for Teachers at Warren **


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In order to move our kids into the 21 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super;">st <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Century educators must shift their thinking. Using a computer for entertainment or drilling skills is not enough. Just having kids plugged into computers to practice skills is not using technology but consuming. We must learn to fuse the 3R’s and 4 C’s (Critical Thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, and Creativity and Innovation) using digital technology. We need to get our kids to be CRITICAL THINKERS and use technology to communicate, collaborate, and create. **


 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Digital Learning Day Kick off- Webnar running in Room 10 until noon agenda on the following web site. Town Meeting -try to skype with superintendent and or/mayor or another class. (volunteer classes/teaching participating in month long project participants). Voluntary Meeting after School for those teachers interested in the Challenge. First Walk.


 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Above and Beyond Wiki Warren Teachers and other interest parties will be invited to join this wiki. Warren Instructional coach create this online teacher collaborative learning site. This is an interactive was create to take on the governors challenge to LEAP INTO Technology- 29 Day Digital Challenge and proclamation.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Start <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">FIT <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">F <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ire up with <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">nformation and <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">T <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">echnology- 45 minutes each day as a learning community teachers will be walking and talking about Digital Technology for the Month of February. A calendar with walking topics will be available. No sign up needed. (? Can they get PD points)
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">From <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">FIT <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">- Coach will schedule additional PD based upon feedback or teacher requests. (Future coaching plans past February is to have weekly PD on Tuesday, Tech Tuesday).

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. WERNTZ has been creating a COACHING WIKI for the SBCSC where coaches can collaborative and share coaching techniques, administrators can post technology updates or troubleshooting techniques for Mclass issues, strategies and lessons can be posted and shared between schools. This site has not been uploaded to internet. When current wiki called ABOVE AND BEYOND is viewed in SBCSC network it may be missing elements we are working on unblocking all the utube site on the wiki.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. WERNTZ will work with 3-4 teachers on Digital project for the month of Feb. Lower Elementary. Two teachers will be working on Monster Exchange and one teacher will be either working on a project called FACE IT or a non-fiction science project with the university mentioned below. Use voicethread.com, a digital story program, or other web 2.0 tools. Discussions with teachers and lessons will determine plans.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Coach has made contact with a University to have live streaming from a microscope into the classroom to ignite digital learning and science plans are in the initial talking stage nothing has been finalized.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY AND CORPORATION-PROPOSALS **
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Propose Parent Technology Night during Digital Learning Month or sometime this Spring – no kids only parents (proposal)
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Wiki to support Parents with sites to access for Digital projects that they can do at home with their kids. (proposal)
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Invite SBCSC administrators to communicate with the kids on their projects via internet. (proposal)
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Discussion with SBCSC and Board Members on future of digital learning and how they will support TEACHERS that are willing to take on the challenge.(proposal)
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Invite Board Members and talk about Digital Challenges for teachers if they are willing to take on the initiative.
 * 6) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">GRANT writing training for teacher and Coach to get more technology for Warren Primary Center to enhance digital learning.