Creating Personal Learning Environments Round Lake High School Elizabeth Helfant Educational Collaborators MICDS St Louis MO
CreatingPersonal Learning
EnvironmentsRound Lake High School
Elizabeth HelfantEducational Collaborators
MICDSSt Louis MO
Technology must be like OxygenUbiquitous, Necessary and
InvisibleChris Lehmann , Science Leadership Academy
http://www.slideshare.net/chrislehmann/where-does-it-live-building-systems-and-structures-around-what-you-believehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/geeflex/3025253199/sizes/o/
Another Model
Not Re-Inventing the Wheel
Collective Capacity
Infinite Possibility
Digital
Bloo
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Social Networking
Power of Social Media and Network
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• Customizable Experience• Browser Add ons• Start Pages
• Firefox.com• Download• Run
Tools of Engagement
Social Bookmarks
TAGS?
Create an Account
Select username for professional purposesI use one username and password for all my
ed accounts – not the one I use for banking, personal stuff
Roundlake.wikispaces.com – enter username
Social Bookmarks + Annotations
Blogs
• Read them• Subscribe to them• Comment on them• Write them
The Mailbox
RSS
Google Start Pages
Google Reader
Another Account
• Google.com• Sign in• Create an account• IF you get cell phone verification• 314-974-9870
Blogs to Read▫ Kim Cofino▫ Karl Fisch▫ Kevin Jarrett▫ Sylvia Tolisano▫ Tom Barrett▫ Art Snacks▫ Top Ten Tools for Young Learners▫ Marzano and Tech and Another One
Flickr
Creative Commons
http://compfight.com/
Creative Commons Search
YouTube and Video
Ning
Another Account
Places to Check Out
• Classroom 2.0 Ning• Independent School Ning• English Companion• NCSS Ning• Library 2.0• Math 24-7 Ning
STOPPED HERE
Podcasting
• Audacity• iTunes U• ClickCaster.com• EdTech Talks• K12 Online Conference
Wikis
Wiki Anatomy
• Page• Discussion• History• Edit
LETS CREATE ONE!
Google Docs
uStream.tv
Skype
TokBox
DimDim
Virtual Worlds
Danielson’s Framework
DOMAIN 4- Made Explicit
Student Framework for Learning
• Is the content I am teaching essential and relevant?
• Am I addressing the skills my students need to be successful in life?
• Am I effectively assessing the learning that is taking place?
• Am I fostering the spirit of inquiry that will sustain learning in my students for a lifetime?
The Skills
• Inquiry, Research, and Information Literacy• Digital Citizenship and Personal Learning
Networks• Communication and Collaboration in a Global
World• Creativity, Inventive and Critical Thinking, and
Design• Metacognitive Reflection/Understanding
AssessmentHow do we know what they
know?• Transparent• Formative• Quality Feedback• Performance and Inquiry Based• Portfolio Possibilities
Rigor
Relevance
Relationships----------------------------------
A State of FlowMihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The Fun Quotient
The Art Connection
Power of AudienceCreating Meaning Everything is an OriginalPower of Reflection
Curriculum Transformations
Link s to some examples- still working on this
StoryBirdTikatokVoicethreadGlogsterComic LifeGarage Band (Myno)
BlogsWikisGoogle Docs
Ustream
Back to Danielson Domain 4
• K12 Online Coference• EdTechTalks
• Classroom 2.0 Ning• Independent School Ning• English Companion• NCSS Ning
• Blogs• Kim Cofino• Kevin Jarrett• Jen Wagner• Sylvia Tolisano• Tom Barrett
• Art Snacks• Top Ten Tools for Young Learners• Marzano and Tech and Another One