Dear Educators and Colleagues, In support of Digital Learning Day 2016 and its focus on Digital Equity, the California Writing Project invites you to join us in digging into and addressing the following questions: • What does digital equity mean? • What does it look like in our classrooms, schools, or community? • What digital inequities remain and demand our attention? • Which uses of technology in schools help create equity, and which don’t? • What will it take to achieve digital equity for all students? Start by reflecting on these quotes and what captures your thinking or your imagination, or what ideas you agree or disagree with: “Although digital learning is becoming more ubiquitous in schools, closing the digital divide is a challenge that requires much more than simply ensuring equitable access to high-speed broadband and devices. Disparities in teacher quality and a lack of effective teacher preparation for digital learning environments are just a few of the significant barriers faced by traditionally-underserved schools. The 2016 DLDay will help to reframe the national conversation about what the digital divide really means and what it will take to create more equitable opportunities for students to benefit from greater digital access.” Alliance for Excellent Education "For educators, the problem we must focus on as we seek to change schools – regardless of how Internet access is working or not working – is the despicable predictability of how students will achieve or access opportunity based on race, class, gender, language, sexual orientation and social factors." Joe Dillon, “#Why Techquity” “When does technology open up learning for young people who most need support from their schools? We need more teachers exploring and assessing smart tech use for equity. …Teachers acting as equity designers can define what it means to support all young people through tech use.” “Smart Tech Use for Equity,” Teaching Tolerance Make plans to join Digital Learning Day Live! On February 17, Digital Learning Day Live! will explore the state of digital equity in schools and communities across America. Through a series of live webcasts, hosted by Rafranz Davis across the day, educators, parents, and community leaders will look at how the digital divide is impacting their communities and what they’re doing to solve it. Webcasts with local schools and educators will be immediately available to stream live or on-demand at any point after the segments begin (and will be archived). The full schedule of events, with links to details about each topic, is available in the sidebar on the right. Join CWP for a Digital Equity Virtual Annotation Flash Mob On the next page you will find suggestions for ways you can participate before, during, or even after DLD. You’ll also find resources for making the activity fit your classroom, school, or community context and for making it a part of your professional learning and your teaching. With respect and gratitude for all you do for California’s students, writers, and learners! Jayne Marlink Executive Director, CWP DIGITAL EQUITY & ACCESS: Connecting Students Beyond School 7:00-7:30 A.M. (PT) DIGITAL EQUITY & LEADERSHIP: Creating a Culture of Equity & Innovation 8 :00-8:20 A.M. (PT) DIGITAL EQUITY & TEACHER PREPARATION: Improving the K-12 Teaching Pipeline 9:00-9:20 A.M. (PT) DIGITAL EQUITY & COLLEGE/CAREER READINESS: Diversifying Students in STEM 11 :00-11:20 A.M. (PT) DIGITAL EQUITY & INSTRUCTIONAL QUALITY: Transforming Teaching Through Technology 12:00-12:20 P.M. (PT) DIGITAL EQUITY: The Road Ahead 1 :00-1:20 P.M. (PT) 2016 Digital Equity Means… Digital Learning Day
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Dear Educators and Colleagues,In support of Digital Learning Day 2016 and its focus on Digital Equity, the California Writing Project invites you to join us in digging into and addressing the following questions:
• What does digital equity mean?• What does it look like in our classrooms, schools, or community?• What digital inequities remain and demand our attention? • Which uses of technology in schools help create equity, and which don’t?• What will it take to achieve digital equity for all students?
Start by reflecting on these quotes and what captures your thinking or your imagination, or what ideas you agree or disagree with:
“Although digital learning is becoming more ubiquitous in schools, closing the digital divide is a challenge that requires much more than simply ensuring equitable access to high-speed broadband and devices. Disparities in teacher quality and a lack of effective teacher preparation for digital learning environments are just a few of the significant barriers faced by traditionally-underserved schools. The 2016 DLDay will help to reframe the national conversation about what the digital divide really means and what it will take to create more equitable opportunities for students to benefit from greater digital access.” Alliance for Excellent Education"For educators, the problem we must focus on as we seek to change schools – regardless of how Internet access is working or not working – is the despicable predictability of how students will achieve or access opportunity based on race, class, gender, language, sexual orientation and social factors." Joe Dillon, “#Why Techquity”“When does technology open up learning for young people who most need support from their schools? We need more teachers exploring and assessing smart tech use for equity. …Teachers acting as equity designers can define what it means to support all young people through tech use.” “Smart Tech Use for Equity,” Teaching Tolerance
Make plans to join Digital Learning Day Live! On February 17, Digital Learning Day Live! will explore the state of digital equity in schools and communities across America. Through a series of live webcasts, hosted by Rafranz Davis across the day, educators, parents, and community leaders will look at how the digital divide is impacting their communities and what they’re doing to solve it. Webcasts with local schools and educators will be immediately available to stream live or on-demand at any point after the segments begin (and will be archived). The full schedule of events, with links to details about each topic, is available in the sidebar on the right. Join CWP for a Digital Equity Virtual Annotation Flash Mob On the next page you will find suggestions for ways you can participate before, during, or even after DLD. You’ll also find resources for making the activity fit your classroom, school, or community context and for making it a part of your professional learning and your teaching.With respect and gratitude for all you do for California’s students, writers, and learners!
Jayne MarlinkExecutive Director, CWP
DIGITAL EQUITY & ACCESS: Connecting Students Beyond School
7:00-7:30 A.M. (PT)
DIGITAL EQUITY & LEADERSHIP: Creating a Culture of Equity & Innovation
8:00-8:20 A.M. (PT)
DIGITAL EQUITY & TEACHER PREPARATION: Improving the K-12 Teaching Pipeline
9:00-9:20 A.M. (PT)
DIGITAL EQUITY & COLLEGE/CAREER READINESS: Diversifying Students in STEM
11:00-11:20 A.M. (PT)
DIGITAL EQUITY & INSTRUCTIONAL QUALITY: Transforming Teaching Through Technology
1. Read, socially annotate, discuss with colleagues, and write in response to a text—"Smart Tech Use for Equity”—that describes what teachers working with the San Diego Area Writing Project learned as they explored their answers to this question: "Which uses of technology help create equity, and which don’t?”
2. Perhaps experience what our students often do: work with new ideas, a new digital tool, and new reading and writing processes simultaneously. What happens to your learning, your reading, your thinking?
3. Dig into important issues and ask the kinds of questions along the way that educators often do: What does this mean for my students and my teaching? What does this mean for my professional learning? What could this mean for equity and digital equity discussions and planning at my school, with my PLC, with my fellow instructional coaches or TOSAs, or with my Writing Project inquiry group?
4. Consider working on this with a group of colleagues because after reading and annotating, you can move right into a face-to-face or virtual discussion of the article and its implications for digital equity.
So how do we begin social annotating?
With the support of Hypothes.is, we will be reading and annotating “Smart Tech Use for Equity.” 1. Link to Hypothes.is: https://hypothes.is2. Sign up for/create an account: https://hypothes.is3. Get ready to read and annotate. Under “Education” are links to terrific resources for teachers (and also for students). One
of them gives you a look at annotating by using the “via” proxy: (https://hypothes.is/via-proxy-tutorial/). Slide 5 in the tutorial begins to walk you through how to annotate with a “via” link, which is what we are doing because it’s an easy way to start, and you’ll be able to watch the conversation build as more teachers annotate and respond to annotations. Several teachers who tried this out had the tutorial open in one browser and the article open in another. It didn’t take long before they were annotating comfortably.
4. Visit this page and try it out. Annotate away on any day and at any time that works for you and your colleagues!https://via.hypothes.is/http://www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/general/TT52_Smart%20Tech%20Use%20for%20Equity.pdf
Now that we’ve annotated one text, what’s next?
To, dig deeper into a topic that is most pressing at your school or to continue the digital equity discussion and problem-solving beyond DLD itself, CWP teachers and leaders have suggested texts representing varied perspectives for each DLDay Live topic that can be used for annotation flash mobs with your school, district, or Writing Project colleagues or also for face-to-face discussions.If you want to do this by using the “via” proxy to post texts for annotation, revisit the tutorial from the beginning, and you’ll see how easy it is to make texts available for social annotation that can be accessed and seen by many.If you’re ready to explore other features of Hypothes.is and other ways to annotate, check out the Teacher Resource Guide: https://hypothes.is/teacher-resource-guide/If you want to explore ways that a “group” can annotate/discuss without the their work being public, link to “Creating Groups” and "Annotating with Groups.”If you want to think about adaptations for your students, be sure to check out the links to the “Student Resource Guide” and to “Assignments.”If you need help, the Hypothes.is team is both helpful and [email protected]
Digital Equity Virtual Annotation Flash Mob! Page 2
Welcome to CWP’s Digital Equity Virtual Annotation Flash Mob!
Digital Equity and Home Access: Connecting Students Beyond School February 17th // 7:00-7:30A.M. (PT)
What is the impact of inequitable home access on students, particularly for those in high needs schools? What do we need to consider as we work to minimize this digital divide?
Digital Equity: Technology & Learning Among Lower-Income Families ( a report and two commentaries from this forum)
3. “To Ensure a Right Start, We Need Digital Equity”https://www.commonsensemedia.org/kids-action/blog/to-ensure-a-right-start-we-need-digital-equity
“What’s Lost When Kids Are Under-Connected to the Internet”http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/02/03/whats-lost-when-kids-are-under-connected-to-the-internet/?utm_content=buffer31f09&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer
“How Digital Equity Can Help Close the Homework Gap”https://thejournal.com/Articles/2015/09/10/How-Digital-Equity-Can-Help-Close-the-Homework-Gap.aspx?Page=1
“How Can Schools Tap Into Parent Power for the Good of Students”http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/01/25/how-can-schools-tap-into-parent-power-for-the-good-of-students/
“Flipping the Classroom When Access is a Problem”http://www.eschoolnews.com/2016/01/14/flipping-the-classroom-when-home-access-is-a-problem/?utm_content=buffer6c4e7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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Digital Equity and Leadership: Creating a Culture of Equity and Innovation
February 17th // 8:00-8:20A.M. (PT) Is there an equity/techquity leadership vacuum in most schools? Or particularly in high needs schools? Whose leadership voices are missing? Who is speaking for professional learning in support of connected learning and techquity? Are students’ perspectives sought out? Are they included as leaders/on leadership teams for techquity?
Section 3: “Creating a Culture and Conditions for Innovation and Change,” National Education Technology Plan (Teacher leadership is addressed in Section 2: “Teaching With Technology.”)http://tech.ed.gov/netp/leadership/
“Teachers: What we want everyone to know about working in our high-needs school”https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/06/09/teachers-what-we-want-everyone-to-know-about-working-in-our-high-needs-school/
“Reflecting from the Inside: On Being A Black Woman in School Edtech”http://rafranzdavis.com/reflecting-from-the-inside-on-being-a-black-woman-in-school-edtech/
“School Reform Fails the Test: How can our schools get better when we’ve made our teachers the problem and not the solution?”https://theamericanscholar.org/school-reform-fails-the-test/#.VrovGIQzxC_
“When School Leaders Empower Teachers, Better Ideas Emerge”http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/03/03/when-school-leaders-empower-teachers-better-ideas-emerge/
“#EdTech Perspectives: Creating a Culture of Innovation and Connection“http://www.digitallearningday.org//site/Default.aspx?PageID=384
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Digital Equity and Teacher Preparation: Improv ing the K-12 Teaching Pipeline February 17th // 9:00-9:20A.M. (PT)
How are credential candidates being prepared for teaching in high needs schools? How are new teachers in high needs schools being supported during their induction? How are digital teaching and learning and/or techquity a part of that preparation and ongoing support? How should it be? What are the benefits? Implications?
“The Responsibility of Schools of Education in Preparing Teachers to Teach With Tech”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-c-pianta/the-responsibility-of-sch_b_9081476.html
Register Your #DLDay Participation Are you joining us in the CWP Digital Equity Virtual Annotation Flash Mob? Are you doing so with a group of your colleagues? If yes, Register Your Event on the Official DLDay Map!
Are you planning a Hypothes.is annotation activity for your students? If yes, Register Your Event on the Official DLDay Map!
Are you planning another digital learning activity, maybe because you need some more virtual annotation practice? If yes, Register Your Event on the Official DLDay Map!
Join teachers across the nation to share how you, your students, and educator colleagues will celebrate Digital Learning Day? The official DLDay map is the perfect place to start! You can see what is happening across California and the nation by filtering local events by location and event type. Clicking individual pins will reveal additional details and descriptions of each celebration. If you have already registered your event, then you are in good company. If you have not yet added your event to the map, click here to make it official: (http://www.digitallearningday.org/domain/25).
Digital Equity and College/Career Readiness: Diversifying Students in STEM
February 17th // 11:00-11:20A.M. (PT) Are students of color, poverty, or EL backgrounds given access to and preparation for college, career, and community readiness? What are the intersections between techquity and college, career, and community readiness? Are students in high needs schools getting equal opportunities and preparation for high-tech jobs of the future?
Section 1: “Engaging and Empowering Learning Through Technology, “ National Educational Technology Planhttp://tech.ed.gov/netp/learning/
“Should More High Schools Offer Workforce Training?” (In this Do Now lesson from KQED are several texts that can be annotated by educators and by students.)http://ww2.kqed.org/education/2016/01/28/should-more-high-schools-offer-workforce-training/
“Learning About Digital Equity from Students”http://rafranzdavis.com/learning-about-digital-equity-from-students/
“Where Do English Language Learners Fit Into the Ed Tech Revolution?”http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/09/14/where-do-english-language-learners-fit-into-the-ed-tech-revolution/
“Rich School, Poor School: Looking Across The College-Access Divide”http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/02/09/382122276/rich-school-poor-school?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social
“Nurturing Conscious Digital Natives”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/youth-radio-youth-media-international/nurturing-conscious-digit_b_6527954.html
“Connected Learning: Tying Student Passions to School Subjects”http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/04/03/connected-learning-tying-to-student-passions-to-school-subjects/
“To Be Young, 'Gifted' And Black, It Helps To Have A Black Teacher”http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/01/20/463190789/to-be-young-gifted-and-black-it-helps-to-have-a-black-teacher?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social
Digital Equity and Teacher Preparation: Improv ing the K-12 Teaching Pipeline February 17th // 12:00-12:20P.M. (PT)
What barriers to connected learning/techquity/equitable opportunities to learn are there in schools, particularly in high needs schools? What professional learning opportunities help teachers understand, address, and knock down those barriers? What do students have to say? How can we help teachers promote student agency, authentic learning, and critical thinking in analog and digital ways? How do we examine recommended digital teaching practices and approaches—blended learning, personalized learning, flipped learning—with an equity lens and then make decisions about teaching and learning?
“What’s ‘Value Added’ About Tech Tools in the Classroom?” (inequity in urban and rural schools) http://dmlcentral.net/what-s-value-added-about-tech-tools-in-the-classroom/
“How Has Google Affected The Way Students Learn?”http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/02/08/how-has-google-affected-the-way-students-learn/
“Ask These Questions Before Using Technology in the Classroom” (If you’ve never explored TRUDACOT,, follow the links in the article.)http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/05/26/questions-technology-410/
Section 2: “Teaching with Technology,” National Education Technology Planhttp://tech.ed.gov/netp/teaching/
“Learning in the 21st Century”—Chapter 10 of the California ELA/ELD Frameworkhttp://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/rl/cf/documents/elaeldfwchapter10.pdf
“Access and Equity”—Chapter 9 of the California ELA/ELD Frameworkhttp://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/rl/cf/documents/elaeldfwchapter9.pdf
“Equity vs. Equality: 6 Steps Toward Equity”http://www.edutopia.org/blog/equity-vs-equality-shane-safir
“What Teachers That Use Technology Believe”http://www.teachthought.com/the-future-of-learning/technology/teachers-use-technology-believe/
“Blended, Hybrid, Flipped, Online: Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off ”http://dmlcentral.net/blended-hybrid-flipped-online-lets-call-the-whole-thing-off/
“What Education Technology Could Look Like Over the Next Five Years”http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/06/29/what-education-technology-could-look-like-over-the-next-five-years/
“Digital Learning Day: Resource Roundup” (extensive bibliography from Edutopia)http://www.edutopia.org/digital-learning-technology-resources
February 17th // 1:00-1:20 P.M. (PT) Section 4: “Measuring for Learning,” National Education Technology Plan
http://tech.ed.gov/netp/assessment/
“Conclusion,” National Education Technology Planhttp://tech.ed.gov/netp/conclusion/
“OPINION Technology (and Its Implementation in Schools) Is Widening the Opportunity Gap”https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-02-10-technology-and-its-implementation-in-schools-is-widening-the-opportunity-gap?utm_content=buffere0273&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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Are you ready to put Hypothes.is to use with your students for equity and civic engagement projects? Then you want to check out Letters to the Next President 2.0 : http://letters2president.org
1. Link to About to familiarize yourself with the project. Sign up to make sure you receive updates.2. Follow @2NextPrez and use #2NextPrez.3. Link to Opportunities and Resources and note those that connect to Hypothes.is.4. Consider joining the Presidents’ Day Annotatathon and involving your students: http://
letters2president.org/opportunity/presidents-day-annotatathon/5. Calendar March 14 – 21, 2016 for the “A More Perfect Union” Annotatathon: http://
letters2president.org/opportunity/presidents-day-annotatathon/6. Explore lessons and resources from KQED DO Now: http://ww2.kqed.org/education/category/do-now/7. Follow @CWP for California Writing Project resources and events that support #2NextPrez.
