1. OPEN LEARNING Empowering Teachers Through Professional
Development
2. Introductions Karen Fasimpaur K12 Open Ed Harry Brake
American School Foundation, Mexico City Christina Cantrill and Paul
Oh National Writing Project Paul Allison Brooklyn Academy Senior
High
3. Agenda A few words from each of our panelists Questions for
reflection, writing, and discussion throughout
www.tinyurl.com/openncte
4. Questions to consider What are your best and worst personal
learning experiences (in and/or out of formal education)? How can
we involve more educators in self-directed professional learning?
How do you go about setting your own personal learning goals? How
can peer collaboration be harnessed for learning? What is the role
of learning communities on our professional learning?
5. How has social media affected your personal learning? What
are some ways we can involve educators who arent "connected" in
online PLNs? What are some of the best resources or ways to get
started for newbies? What should the future of professional
learning look like, and how can we make this a reality?
6. P2PU School of Ed www.p2pu.org/school-of-ed Free and open
peer learning for educators around the world All P2PU-produced
content is available for free use, distribution, and remix under
the Creative Commons BY SA license
7. Why peer learning? Learning is social Everyone is a teacher
and a learner Richer and more authentic Modeling for classroom
Deeper learning opportunities
8. Some Examples
9. Professional Development from NCTEPathways for 21st Century
Literacies http://www.ncte.org/pathways/21stcentury
10. Learning Design Organized around modules suited for K-12
learning communities from across all content areas What Are 21st
Century Literacies? Learning Strands: Social Nature of Literacy
Critical Literacy How Do I Integrate 21st Century Media Literacy
Literacies? The Arts in Education Learning Strands: Multimodalities
Elementary School Middle School Why Should I Teach 21st Century
High School Literacies? Learning Strands: Motivation and Engagement
Social Action Global Perspectives
11. Premium AccessWe continually add the latest publications
and resources on 21st century literacies. You will have 24/7 access
to resources such as: Classroom Videos Professional Readings
Podcasts from experts in field On demand web seminar events Sample
lesson plans and classroom activities Toolbox of Technical How-To
Videos
12. Learning DesignIn each Pathways strand youll find a
learningdesign that helps you connect with what youalready know,
build new knowledge from amultitude of resources, and apply new
learning inyour own classroom. Overview: Introduce key ideas
Initial Thoughts: Connect with what you already know Explore
Resources: Engage with readings, podcasts, on-demand web seminars,
etc. Next Steps-Now What: Reflect on new learning and begin to make
connections from the resources to your own practice. In the
Classroom: Apply new learning in your classroom with support from
classroom videos, sample lesson plans, and planning/teaching ideas
Celebrate: Pull together everything you learned and tried in the
strand.
13. Opportunities for Collaboration and Reflection Contribute
to conversations in discussion forums. Document thoughts and
reflections with your my Notes tool. Document your work with the
Pathways Strand Checklist. Document reflections and new learning
with the Pathways Learning Log.
14. More InformationWhere Do I Go To Learn More? Visit
http://www.ncte.org/pathways/21stcentury or email your inquiries to
[email protected].
15. National Writing Project
16. National Writing ProjectThe National Writing Project
believes that access tohigh-quality educational experiences is a
basic right ofall learners and a cornerstone of equity. We work
inpartnership with institutions, organizations, andcommunities to
develop and sustain leadership foreducational improvement.
17. Digital Is
18. Digital IsAs an emerging knowledge-base created and
curatedby its community of members, Digital Is gathersresources,
collections, reflections, inquiries, andstories about what it means
to teach writing in ourdigital, interconnected world.
19. Digital Is
20. Contribute to the Conversation!
http://digitalis.nwp.org
21. Teachers Teaching Teachers: Perhaps we need a new title 323
episodes since 2007 Every Wednesday, 9PM ET/6PM PT Anybody and
everybody is invited and can join anytime We love when students
join us and THEY help us all learn more Three examples: Charlie
Kouns Listening Sessions, Sculptor Ed Martinez, and 17-year-old
author, Nikhil Goyal
22. David Loitz (along with Charlie Kouns, pictured) introduces
Jay, a high school student from Cleveland who has worked with them
in listening sessions they conduct with students to change
education. 6.13.12
23. Jay, high school student from Cleveland, says, Think like
youre a kid. Act like youre an adult. 6.13.12
24. Nikhil Goyal, 17-year-old student says that we should treat
students like they are adults professionals. 6.13.12
25. Nikhil argues that a shift will come when we start treating
students as the scientists, the artists, the professors.
6.13.12
26. McKenzie Amara (who has worked with Charlie and David in
listening circles) is a first-year student at NYU. She says that
children are evolutionarily more advanced emotionally, physically,
intellectually, spiritually 6.12.13
27. Sculptor, Ed Martinez explains how students could have real
input into what is essentially my artistic project 9.19.12
28. Eighth-grader, Kelsey (sitting with her father) questions
the writing she does in school.
29. Sculptor, Ed Martinez wants to give students enough
material that lights them up that they are motivated to communicate
and motivated to write. 9.17.12
30. Sculptor, Ed Martinez: They cant fail Weve set them up for
success. 9.19.12
31. Kelsey reminds us that, failure, when its an option, it
makes it more interesting. 9.17.12
32. Michelle and Evelyn (Seniors) ask Nikhil Goyal: Why do you
think the government is telling teachers to teach what they teach
9.12.12
33. Nikhil answers Evelyn: Its all this kind of medicine from
the corporation kind of model 9.12.12
34. Monika Hardy asks Mikhil Goyal (17 year-old author of One
Size Does Not Fit All):How can teachers hear students voices
better? 9.12.12
35. Nikhil Goyal (17): Start by having listening sessions
9.12.12
36. Nikhil Goyal (17): Drop whatever you are doing in the
curriculum tomorrow 9.12.12
37. Nikhil Goyal (17): Participate in more of these kinds of
webinars and twitter chats. 9.12.12
38. TeachersTeachingTeachers.org A weekly webcast broadcast
over the EdTechTalk.com channel of the WorldBridges.net
networkThanks to Jeff Lebow and Dave Cormier and the National
Writing Project.Join us any Wednesday 9PM ET/6PM PT at
http://edtechtalk.com/ttt
39. Questions to consider How can we involve more educators in
self-directed professional learning? How do you go about setting
your own personal learning goals? How can peer collaboration be
harnessed for learning? What is the role of learning communities on
our professional learning?
40. How has social media affected your personal learning? What
are some ways we can involve educators who arent "connected" in
online PLNs? What are some of the best resources or ways to get
started for newbies? What should the future of professional
learning look like, and how can we make this a reality?