Media Literacy Routines: Check out templates and strategies to set up routines that help learners become more media literate. These routines are perfect for launching at the start of the year. Explore the free guide on this topic here: https://www.shiftingschools.com/free-pdfs

Bounce Episode for our podcast community. This is the audio recording of our free flash webinar that was delievered on August 3rd, 2022. You can find the video recording on YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn and our Facebook page.  Coaching for Metacognition: Try out our micro-menus that help you have engaging coaching conversations with scholars and peers that boost a culture where we are more mindful of our mindset, emotional literacy, and self-awareness. Link to the slide deck here Explore the free guide on this topic here

A great three days interacting and learning from other educators around the Pacific Northwest and beyond. A final reflection on the conference with my friends and Tech Coaches from Moses Lake, WA. Stefan and Monica

After the first day of NCCE2020 in Seattle, I sit down with Tyler Rablin, Patrick Green and Chris Butler to reflect on our Day 1 take aways from NCCE2020

To kick off August and a month of 1:1 Summer of Fun we start with my reading of the peer-reviewed article I wrote along with Doreen Keller that was published in May 2019. We start with the Connectivism Learning Theory, a theory that talks about the connected ways in which we learn. It's the foundation for my own thinking in changing classrooms and schools. Links: Critical Questions in Education - Volume 10, Issue 2, Special Issue on the Digital Academics

A great conversation with Allison a High School Science teacher who talks about her classroom, what's important to her as a teacher and some fun projects she did with her students this year. Also I personally had two projects released this last week. A peer-reviewed article I wrote was published as well as a Webinar Interview I did with Microsoft. You'll hear more about those in this weeks podcast and links below to watch and read. Links: Mammals Suck Blog and Mammals March Madness Plans: http://mammalssuck.blogspot.com/ School in the Cloud: https://www.theschoolinthecloud.org/ Jeff's Paper: http://gg.gg/juconnectpaper Jeff's Webinar: http://gg.gg/jumicroweb

Such a great time chatting with Patrick Green. I get the privilege to chat with him often. Today I hit the record button so you could hear our chat and thinking outload. A great conversation about Hacking School, YouTube, and Spreadsheets. Links: Patrick Green: @pgreensoup https://twitter.com/pgreensoup Website: http://www.pgreensoup.com/ Youtube: http://bit.ly/2SSz5Xp Book: https://amzn.to/2SStIrh EdPuzzle: http://www.edpuzzle.com

I meet up with Scott McLeod in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia of all places and we talk about his new book: Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning, the 4 Shift Protocol and other educational technology topics. Links:  The Book: https://amzn.to/2O8VZGo Scott McLeod: @mcleod Blog: http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org Julie Graber: @jgraber  

This week I sit down with Jessica Udd a Kindergarten teacher in the Auburn School District in Washington. Jessica teaches in a 1:1 classroom and takes us through how she's building technology skills with her students. Links: Twitter: @Mrsuddskinders: twitter.com/mrsuddskinders Clever: clever.com Symbaloo: www.symbaloo.com Seesaw: web.seesaw.me Flipgrid: www.flipgrid.com 30 Days of Free PD for Teachers: edurolearning.lpages.co/30-days-of-free-pd #HeyLookUp for Parents: edurolearning.lpages.co/heylookup Full Transcript here: sonix.ai/r/1mXSPvsoHiDd8yaB2L369WgN

This week Chrissy, Kim and I take time out to reflect on how three teachers who happen to teach at the same time at an International School in Bangkok end up where we are today. A little background on us as a company and our journey. Links:  #HeyLookUp email series for parents (https://edurolearning.lpages.co/heylookup/) All our parenting resources (https://edurolearning.com/parents/) Parenting resources for schools (https://edurolearning.com/parentlearning/) Connected Teacher Resources (Free PDF and Discount courses) (https://edurolearning.com/connected/)  

This week Lissa and I chat with John Nash, Associate Professor and Department Chair for the Department of Educational Leadership Studies at the University of Kentucky. We spend some time talking about the changes happening at the University level and dive deeper into our new partnership with our stackable certificates that can lead to a Master's Degree or even PhD. Links:  John Nash COETAIL.com Partnership Announcement (with Free PDF) Who Do You Follow When Starting Your PLN (Free PDF)    

This week I walk through a science lesson I did to start a unit on states of matter with 7th graders at a school I was working at a few years ago in Germany. Structure: The outline goes something like this. 10 minutes to research a topic, where you get your information I don’t care just learn as much as you can about a topic in 10 minutes 3-5 minutes depending on the age of the students to share your new knowledge with others in your class. 10 minutes as a class to bring our new knowledge together to see where we want to go next in the form of what questions do we still have? 5 minutes looking for patterns within our questions to create big ideas or themes that we can dive into. Each student decided what idea or theme they want to study, which one is most interesting to them and form groups around those interests to study and learn more about to report back to the whole class. Links:  Connected Educator Micro-Credential (with free PDF) Integrating Digital Citizenship into your Curriculum Course ($15)

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This week I catch up with Tanya LeClair in China to talk about her must have iPad apps for the elementary classroom. Lower Elementary (PreK-3) Seesaw Book Creator Shadow Puppet FlipGrid Osmo App Upper Elementary (3-5) Seesaw/ Flipgrid Padlet Nearpod Apple Clips Adobe Spark Hopscotch Tanya’s Links Twitter: @Tanya LeClair website: http://tanyaleclair.strikingly.com/ Don’t miss out on a year of learning with Tanya and Jeff and the Eduro Learning 1 to 1 Micro-Credential.    

As our 1:1 Summer of Fun comes to an end I share with you some of the other resources that we released this summer that you might not know about and you get to hear a Lunch Keynote I delivered this month at a STEM conference here in the State of Washington. Enjoy! Links:  Eduro Learning 1:1 Teacher YouTube Playlist 1:1 Micro-Credential Sign-Up Today! Keynote Slide Deck (PDF)  

As our 1:1 Summer of Fun marches on I take time to explain a bit more of why we created the micro-credentials at Eduro Learning and who they were created for while at the same time pushing you to make this year of making learning engaging for all students. Links: Gallup Student Poll on Engagement: https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/03/23/gallup-student-poll-finds-engagement-in-school.html 1:1 Microcredential with this week’s free download: 10 Hidden Features of Google Docs every student should know about: http://bit.ly/2Mtzxbc 

This week I record a podcast while teaching a one-credit technology in an education course at Whitworth University. To talk about and help demonstrate the power of connections I had Michael and Trina from Auburn School District join me for about a 30-minute conversation. Both Michael and Trina give tips for new teachers entering 1:1 schools as well as share some of their favorite units from this past year that allowed the world to be their curriculum. Links: Free Download: 10 Hidden Features of Google Docs  https://edurolearning.com/1to1/ Discounted Course: Fake News and our Responsibility to be tech literate https://edurolearning.com/1to1/  

This week I chat with Steve Murphy a good friend and 1:1 classroom teacher of four years. Steve and I chat about tips and tricks for setting up your LMS in the new year to make sure it is successful. We talk a lot about Google Classroom as that is what Steve uses. However, these tips and tricks are not Google Classroom specific and can be used with any Learning Management System (LMS). It's about the setup, not the actual platform you use. Links: This weeks free PDF Download: 10 Hidden Tricks of Google Docs that every student should know about http://www.edurolearning.com/1to1/ This weeks discounted course: Teaching with Google Classroom https://edurolearning.com/product/teaching-with-google-classroom/ Steve Murphy: Twitter: https://twitter.com/murphyhusky1  

This week I share my 5 must have apps for teachers and students in the 1:1 classroom. This is my list what's yours? Share your "Must Haves" on social media using #sospodcast and please tag me as well so I can see your list too. 5 Must Have's for Teachers “A Home Base” LMS - Google Classroom - http://classroom.google.com Questions embedded into video for feedback - Playpostit or Edpuzzle https://learn.playposit.com/learn/ and https://edpuzzle.com/ Padlet and FlipGrid - quick questions, quick feedback students don’t need to have a login https://padlet.com/ and https://www.flipgrid.com Class Calendar Video/Audio Recordings 5 Must Have's for Students Calendar - that syncs across all devices A todo list app - Google Keep http://keep.google.com Password program like 1Password or lastpass https://1password.com/ and https://www.lastpass.com/ Adobe Spark Account https://spark.adobe.com/home/ Earbuds  

A great conversation with Micheal a Tech TOSA in the Auburn School District as we talk about the pedagogy that changes in a 1 to 1 classroom and how he created highly structured, loosely organized learning environments with his students and now how he helps teachers do the same. Links from Michael: Twitter handle is @ASDtech_Michael. School Twitter: @AuburnSD Living Computers Museum + Labs: livingcomputers.org/ Auburn School District #408 site: www.auburn.wednet.edu  

Debra Hernanz and I chat about tips, tricks, and ideas for managing distractions in the 1 to 1 classroom. Debra's Links: https://www.chronicle.com/specialreport/The-Distracted-Classroom/ Twitter: @debrahernanz Instagram: remember2day Blog: http://blogs.evergreenps.org/hernanz/  

A bounce episode for all you Shifting Our Schools subscriber out there. I get a chance to chat with Joey Taralson, VP of Engagement at Flipgrid.com. At the end of June Flipgrid announced they were acquired by Microsoft and becoming part of the MicrosoftEDU team. Shifting Our Schools listeners know how much I love Flipgrid and talk about its uses often. It was great to hear the history of how it started, where they currently are and plans for the future. Congrats to the entire Flipgrid team on their acquisition and I'm excited to see what's next! Joey's Links: Twitter handle: @taralson Flipgrid twitter: @flipgrid, #FlipgridFever Flipgrid Live event info: Register for livestream: flipgridlivestream.splashthat.com Attending in person: flipgridlive.splashthat.com

As we continue our 1:1 Summer of Fun one of questions always come back to Professional Development for educators and how do we do it right. According to research done by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation called "Teachers Know Best: Teachers views on Professional Development" (http://k12education.gatesfoundation.org/resource/teachers-know-best-teachers-views-on-professional-development/). Schools are not doing a very good job and most educators feel like PD is a hoop that needs to be jumped through. As educators why are not better at offering PD for our teachers. In this episode I chat with Tyler Rablin who's school district is rethinking PD in the face of the Internet and trying to find a way to give teachers more choice and voice in their PD options. 1:1 Summer of Fun links: Freebie: 30 Days of Free PD email series http://www.sospodcast.org/30days Discount: $25 for the course Digital Citizenship in the Classroom http://www.sospodcast.org/1to1/ Tyler's Links: "Teachers Know Best: Teachers views on Professional Development" (http://k12education.gatesfoundation.org/resource/teachers-know-best-teachers-views-on-professional-development/) @Mr_Rablin (https://twitter.com/mr_rablin) Website: https://teacher-totter.blogspot.com/  

Kicking off our 1:1 Summer of Fun this week with a great podcast with Tisha Richmond, a culinary teacher in Oregon has had completely gamified her classroom. So many great nuggets and takeaways you'll want to take notes on this one. 1:1 Summer of Fun links: Freebie: 30 Days of Free PD email series http://www.sospodcast.org/30days Discount: $15 for the course Fake News and the Responsibility to be Digitally Literate http://www.sospodcast.org/1to1/ Links for Tisha Richmond @tishrich - https://twitter.com/tishrich website: https://www.tisharichmond.com/  

This week I sit down and chat about dealing with cell phones in the classroom. It might just be the hottest topic in education at the moment. I swear every conversation I have with teachers somehow some way turns to cell phones. In this episode I talk about how I go about handling these conversations with teachers as well as how I would structure my high school classroom today to meet students where they are. Talk about it: I find that if you start the year talking about cell phones in the classroom and face the fact that they are there you can continue to talk about them all year long. "I want you to have them, you want to have them so let's work together to make sure we're using them when we're supposed to." Is always a great start. A) it shows that you respect them B) You bring them into the fold of creating the cell phone policy for the class. Respect: I'll respect that you have a life outside this classroom and for better for worse it doesn't end when you walk through that door. However, at the same time, I need you to respect this learning environment for you and for others. If you need to use your phone because something crazy is going on in your life...just ask.. I won't disrespect your connected life and you do not disrespect the limited time we have together as a group. Continual learning: Constantly have discussions about "being connected". Learn why SnapChat is so "addicting" to them. Why are streaks so important? I find 99% of the time teenagers just really want someone to care and "get" their life. Bring articles in the classroom about kids being over connected and discuss those (so many blog posts here). We have to engage them in the conversations about being connected and understanding the pressure they are feeling in order to have the conversation to put it down and pay attention. An article from Brad Stulberg (https://www.outsideonline.com/2297671/most-eco-minded-toughest-gear-planet) came across my twitter feed yesterday. He writes for the blog outsideonline.com and if I were teaching HS today this is the type of article that when I found it I would share and discuss with my students. It’s a really good article that talks about some research around what happens just having our phone around us. But he ends the article with four things we can all do. Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Remove your phone from your visual field (for example, out of the room where you’re trying to work or out of your bedroom at night). Doing so immediately dampens its pull on you. Schedule Device-Free Time: Make hard rules for certain activities during which you’ll absolutely keep your phone out of sight. Examples: at the gym, on a hike, during deep-focus work, watching television with your significant other, and perhaps most important, when you’re sleeping. Monitor Your Usage: Apps like Moment, which tracks how much time you spend on your device, surface trouble spots and bring greater overall awareness to how (and when) you use your devices. Tech-Free Mornings: For the first 30 minutes after waking, don’t interact with technology. Instead, use this time to set an intention for the day; fully immerse yourself in a ritual like coffee, meditation, or yoga; or do a chunk of deep-focus work.

This week I catch up with some students from Nampa, Idaho who are finishing up their first year of 1:1 program and fill us in on what's working and not working for them. It's always great to hear from the kids and what a great way to kick off our "1to1 Summer of Fun". Links:  Eduro Learning 1:1 Micro-Credential: http://www.sospodcast.org/1to1/ East Valley Middle School: http://eastvalley.nsd131.org/ EVMS Ed Tech Blog: http://evmsedtech.edublogs.com/ ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ posts written by EVMS teachers and someday students! Twitter: @TimRigsbyTech Email: [email protected] Phone: 208-468-4760 ext 4637  

A bounce episode for those of you who are regular subscribers. I did a quick reflection on the Google I/O conference a few weeks back and decided Apple needed a little love as well. So just a quick reflection from me on the WWDC18 Keynote and trends that I see affecting in education in the future. Enjoy!  

[caption id="attachment_754" align="alignleft" width="300"] Morning in Seattle[/caption] This week I sit down outside on my deck, taking in the view and reflect on a couple articles that came my way via Twitter.   Links: Is Technology Bad For the Teenage Brain? https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-04-03-is-technology-bad-for-the-teenage-brain-yes-no-and-it-s-complicated Skills of the Future: How to Survive in a Complex New World http://www.gettingsmart.com/2018/01/skills-of-the-future-how-to-thrive-in-the-complex-new-world/  

This week my passion gets the best of me as I talk about some of the emails I have received this past year with pushback that schools and districts are receiving from parents when they roll-out a 1:1 program with students. Links: Zoom H2n Mic (The one I use in this episode and I carry with me. Great for the classroom as well.) The Future Is Now Conference Eduro Learning Parent Resouces  

This week I have a chat with Ryan Harwood, an international educator who is living in Ghana at the moment. Ryan is also a COETAIL graduate and just finished facilitating his first COETAIL Cohort. We chat about being a connected educator, being an international educator and his COETAIL journey. Show Links:  Ryan Harwood Twitter: @rharwood17 Website: https://ryanharwood.com/ COETAIL Final Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxIVueGBEGk Twitter hashtags: #AfricaEd (International educators in Africa) #Nesachat (International educators in the Middle East)

This week I have a chat with Erin Dickey a High School English Teacher an co-producer of the Project-Based Awesome podcast. A great conversation on how she runs her entire English and Social Studies classes on a PBL model. Links:  Erin Dickey Twitter: https://twitter.com/ogybuns Podcast: https://www.projectbasedawesome.com/ Student Project: https://kevinpeurrung.wixsite.com/israelandpalestine Right Question Institute: http://rightquestion.org/ Canva: http://www.canva.com Sway: https://sway.com/ Adobe Spark: http://spark.adobe.com 1to1 Podcast recording times....SIGN UP TODAY! http://www.sospodcast.org/1to1  

Thank you for subscribing to the Shifting Our Schools podcast channel. A reflection on the Google I/O 2018 Keynote and what it means for us in education. Links Tech Crunch: https://techcrunch.com/tag/google-i-o-2018/ The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/8/17320962/google-io-keynote-2018-announcements-news-android-p  

In this episode, I have a chat with Tim Rigsby from Nampa, Idaho, and his school districts 1:1 rollout and his role as an instructional coach. Show Links: Edulastic: edulastic.com ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ excellent tool for formative and summative assessments that are aligned to standards and have the look and feel of many state-mandated tests Mindomo: mindomo.com ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ similar to popplet, allows users to build mind maps NNU Doceo Center and the HACK Model: https://doceo.nnu.edu/ & https://doceo.nnu.edu/professional-development-and-workshops/hack-model-of-innovative-instruction - who we have partnered with for support with our 1:1 rollout and personalized learning journey East Valley Middle School: http://eastvalley.nsd131.org/ EVMS Ed Tech Blog: http://evmsedtech.edublogs.com/ - posts written by EVMS teachers and someday students! Twitter: @TimRigsbyTech Email: [email protected] Phone: 208-468-4760 ext 4637  

This week I reflect on my manual labor weekend helping my wife flip a house north of Seattle. I woke up sore, tired and excited. Why? Why is doing stuff so much fun? How can we have students make more stuff? Questions: Where did I learn how to do all this? Why is manual labor so much fun? Why did I sleep so well? Challenges: 1. Find a way to have your students make something physical. Give them the challenge to build a tower, a bridge, a wagon for the Oregon Trail out of popsicle sticks. There is so much learning and feeling of accomplishments when we do manual labor and we get to see our progress. 2. Find a way to bring movement into your classroom. Find a way to get students up and moving! Links: The Shift Key Podcast: http://elpn.edurolearning.com The Future Is Now Conference: http://www.sospodcast.org/tfin Date: June 27, 2018 Where: Seattle, WA Time: 8-4 Parking Includes 6 STEM Clock Hours available Jeff's Wife New Passion: http://www.g3-homes.com    

Jeff has a brain dump of thoughts based on the work he's been doing at conferences and with school districts over the past couple weeks in Burns, OR, Port Angeles School District and Enumclaw School District. Shout Outs: Sheryl Woods: Thanks for including Shifting Our Schools in your podcast list! Check out her blog here: http://www.teacherladyky.com/ Thanks to @lutes_johnson for your image and sharing your student's storyboard. Loving using storyboards to incorporate the design process in my classroom! Problem:bullying Plan to fix problem: create an anti-bullying campaign by creating a Tynker animation to share with others @gotynker @jutecht pic.twitter.com/eIhIibYsbz — Mrs. Johnson (@lutes_johnson) April 17, 2018 Shark tank Pitch 1......#harneytech18 with @jutecht @MrVaudrey @Jstevens009 @mrmatera pic.twitter.com/DTgOUvHv8Q — Eric Nichols (@IamEricNichols) April 13, 2018 Tech Generations: 55+ = Phone calls and Facebook 35-55 = Email and Facebook 22-35 = Text messaging and Notifications on their phone The Future is Now Conference: June 27 ,2018 Seattle, WA Bringing Business and Education Together https://edurolearning.com/tfin  

In this episode, I talk through my ideas on teaching a "Media First Generation" and why we in education need to think differently when it comes to engaging them in meaningful work that speaks to their media first brains. Links: Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation https://www.amazon.com/Millennials-Rising-Next-Great-Generation/dp/0375707190 Pew Research: Defining Generations http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/03/01/defining-generations-where-millennials-end-and-post-millennials-begin/ New York Times: Generation Z Name https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/31/style/generation-z-name.html Common Sense Media: Census on media use by kids age zero to eight 2017 https://www.commonsensemedia.org/research/the-common-sense-census-media-use-by-kids-age-zero-to-eight-2017  

This week I'm joined by Photo Joseph and Chrissy Hellyer as we talk about having students be creating in the classroom and how video and photos are a great way to engage the media first generation. You can reach out to Joseph here: [email protected] http://www.PhotoJoseph.com youtube.com/photojoseph facebook.com/photojoseph instagram.com/photojoseph twitter.com/photojoseph linkedin.com/in/photojoseph

In this episode, Mark Hofer from the College of William & Mary joins David Carpenter in I to talk about the work he is doing with school districts through the Center of Innovation and Learning Design at the college. A great show that hits on some key points of what it takes to shift a school and district. @markhofer http://www.wmcild.org http://www.mysparklearning.com http://schoolretool.org/  

This week I have a conversation with Doug Belshaw from the UK. Doug has made his way from the classroom to being involved in multiple different projects including the Open Badge Alliance. A great conversation about digital badges and the future of where they are going. Links: Doug Belshaw: http://dougbelshaw.com/ Badges Newsletter: http://www.badges.news Badges Wiki: http://www.badges.wiki Open Badges: https://openbadges.org/ Badge Alliance: http://www.badgealliance.org/ Open Badge Factory: https://openbadgefactory.com/ Badgr: https://info.badgr.io/ Credly: https://credly.com/    

Highly Structured, Loosely Organized learning enviornments are what is needed in a technology rich classroom if we are going to use technology in authentic and purposeful ways in learning. In this episode I talk about what that means, how I applied it to a 6th grade class and ask for you to help me get more examples of what this looks like in your classroom. Links: http://www.internetlivestats.com/ Ratio/Percentage Spreadsheet (GSheet) (Excel) Leave a comment/idea here: sospodcast.org/questions Sign up for 30Days of Free PD here: sospodcast.org/30days  

This week I catch up with Chris Butler from the Project Based Awesome podcast and website to chat about his Project Based Awesome website and materials they are creating for educators over there and talk about project based learning and where it's headed.    

YouTube Podcasts http://www.sospodcast.org https://www.edutopia.org/article/best-education-podcasts-2017 https://midnightmusic.com.au/music-tech-teacher-podcast/ Twitter hashtags #musedchat Twitter Lists for easy management https://www.cybraryman.com/edhashtags.html Flipboard https://flipboard.com/@Eduro Pinterest Google+ Communities http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/05/10-google-plus-communities-every.html Audible Books http://www.audible.com RSS Feeds Feedly: http://www.feedly.com Webinars Online Certifications: Google Educator Certs; Microsoft in Education Certs https://edutrainingcenter.withgoogle.com/certification_level1 https://education.microsoft.com  

Listen in at Kim Cofino leads a discussion about the learning curve students face today when they have laptops in schools and mobile devices in their lives. A great international conversation that includes the voices of our favorite 5th grade student @thelivbits  

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Kim leads a discussion with international educators on using social media today and focusing in on the app Musical.ly. This is a continued conversation from episode 35 from last week so makc sure you got back and listen to that one as well...even before this one.  

A great conversation with Olivia a 5th grader and more widely known as LivBits on the network. You're in for a real treat as she explains to us the draw to musical.ly for her and her friends and social media in general. You're going to want to follow this girl. http://www.thelivbits.com/ https://twitter.com/thelivbits  

Kim Cofino leads a discussion with some international teacher friends around how social media is different in different countries and across different ages.

Jeff sits down with Scott Beebe, Chef Innovation Officer for the Marysville School District, to discuss how do...or do administative walk-throughs change in a tech-rich classroom.    

This week Kim Cofino, Ben Sheradan and Clint Hamada sit down to discuss their top 3 tips for your 1:1 program.

Welcome Back! Thank you to those of you coming back to Shifting Our Schools and a big welcome to all you new listeners. This episode is made to help bridge the gap between our 2008-2009 show and bringing Shifting Our Schools back in 2018. It's been quite the journey and Shifting Our Schools was a large part of my own personal journey into starting COETAIL and Eduro Learning. In this episode, I tell my personal journey starting from High School to restarting Shifting Our Schools and looking forward to the future of podcasting. Episode Notes: Great to be back - that was a long break Telling my story - my journey that has brought me back here to Shifting Our Schools 1994 - Elementary Experience - Mrs. Hubble 1994 - 95 - Olympic College (18) 1995 - 96 - Traveling Microscope Show (19) 1996 -97 - Graduate with AA Degree - go to EWU (20) 1997 -  1999 - Graduate with Elem. Degree (22) - Play around with Windows 3.1 - Tech class Website and Projector 1999 - First job as 4th grade teacher (23) - Get Married (22) - AlphaSmarts - Server room - Website for school - WeCareSports.com Summer of 2000 - Pack up everything we own and drive to New York (24) 2000-2002 Robert Gray Elementary (26) - Box of Apples - School Website - Technology in K-12 Education: Envisioning a New Future. - Gates Grant - Continue building for WeCareSports.com - 9/11 - Earthquake 2002 - 2005 - Saudi Arabia (25) - Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on Technology - 6 Grade Teacher - 5th Grade Teacher - Admin Degree in the Summers via WSU - IT Director - Moodle - 1:1 Palm Pilot Program with 12th graders - Wire School for wireless 2005 - 2008 (32) -  ’05 ES Tech Teacher - Start The Thinking Stick - Offered VP position - turning point - Install Moodle SARAs outbreak - ’06 Technology Resource Facilitator - Roll out Moodle across the schools -  Start talks of 1:1 - Middle School Tech Teacher - Told the world I was Dyslexic - ’08 - Plan 1:1 Roll Out - ’08 start SOS Podcast - David Carpenter - Start On Deck Podcast - Start Gourmet Geeks.tv - Start Presenting - Wanting something different - Google Time - Move to ISB 2008 - 2012 (36) - ES Tech Coach - Workshops at Schools - Plan 1:1 Roll Out - 2009 stop SOSpodcast - Stop Gourmet Geeks - ’07 Start Learning2 2009 - Start COETAIL 2010 - Write Reach with 20% time 2012 - COETAIL Taking off - Consulting every weekend - Something has to give 2012 - 2013 (37) - A year of free PD in the State of WA as I travel Internationally consulting - COETAIL is growing online - 2013 - 250,000 miles 2014 - 2017 (41) - 2014 - Beyond COETAIL - 2014 Start Eduro Learning - Clint, Mads, Simon, Kim, Chrissy, Dana, Me - 2014 - SUNY pulls out of COETAIL - 2015 - Marysville Contract - 2016 - Everett Contract - 2016 - Start planning Micro-Credentials - 2017 - Launch Micro-Credentials - 2017 - Co-Author book with Kim and Chrissy - 2017 - Restart SOSpodcast - Stories from Educators - Conversations with Kim, Chrissy, - Our Advisory Team, - COETAILers - teachers we meet  

Justin Medved joined Jeff and David to talk about IB. Essential Question How can the IB curriculum be shifted? Links of the Week Jeff and Justin: Dennis Harter's post on who surfs the Web David: International School of Toulouse IB site Sign Off *Next show date is December 16 at 8:00 PM Bangkok time. *Andy Torris will join us. Look to add “sospodcast” to your Skype contacts list so that you can call and join in the conversation. *Essential Question for the show: How to recruit to be an international educator? *Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Diigo bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Essential Question How to recruit to be an international educator? Links of the Week Jeff: Innovative Educator, David: Panda Smith's Electronic Portfolio, Amanda's Post on Recruiting, David's Post on Recruiting Sign Off *Next show date is January 27 at 8:00 PM Bangkok time. *Not sure who the guest will be. Look to add “sospodcast” to your Skype contacts list so that you can call and join in the conversation. *Essential Question for the show: What blend of blended education works for you? *Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Diigo bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Jeff and David catch up and plan the season. Essential Question From Morocco to Bangkok: How goes it? Links of the Week David: Check out the beauty of Morocco Jeff: Daneah & Jeff are interviewed at Women of the Web 2.0, Blended Learning (from Andy), K-12 Conference Chat Archive: 7:52 jutecht: Cool new chat features 8:04 mrichme: Hi guys from Arundel, Maine 8:06 jutecht: Hi mrichme.....good to see ya :) Thanks for joining us tonight. 8:06 jutecht: Liking the new ustream chat...good upgrades. ;) 8:06 mrichme: I would agree 8:11 jutecht: This is what I love about overseas living....the amazing cultures you get to be in. 8:13 jutecht: David's school: http://www.cas.ac.ma/ 8:18 atorris: hello gents! 8:19 jutecht: Hey @atorris....good to know ustream's not blocked or the website. 8:20 sarahgrace7: figured out how to login.  Hello from Beijing! 8:20 atorris: VPN my friend. I ma currently in the UK... virtually! 8:20 jutecht: Hi Sarah......thanks for joining us 8:21 jutecht: @atorris.....gotta love the VPN! 8:21 sarahgrace7: definitely love the VPN here in China 8:22 atorris: sarah... sshhh... it's a secret ;-) 8:22 jutecht: Interesting....never thought about the location of the international school have to do with more risk taking staff....there's some food for thought. 8:22 atorris: inshallah, inshallah 8:23 mrichme: I think that is a very good point. 8:24 jutecht: Our small school in Saudi moved quickly....but a lot of people were more the risk taking type...and of course we had a good admin. ;) 8:25 atorris: Jeff.. that guy in Saudi was nuts. 8:26 jutecht: I know.....crazy guy let me start a handheld program. 8:26 atorris: Our 1:1 IB teachers are struggling with the load of content and managing the need for them to spend valuable classroom time on teaching a few technology skills. Do you see this as an issue?? 8:27 atorris: Like I said Jeff... crraaazzzyy! :-0 8:28 atorris: Hi all!! 8:28 atorris: shhhhh... it is a secret! 8:28 atorris: ;-) 8:31 atorris: GREAT IDEA! 8:32 atorris: Captive set of kids to build skills with over time! 8:33 jutecht: That's a great idea...there's almost a month of school after the IB exams you could do some great tech stuff. 8:34 jutecht: @atorris....you on Skype? 8:34 atorris: Too early to tell at a deep level.  I have always found the kids to be very connected to each other in ways that one would not normally expect.  Common notes are common. 8:34 atorris: Google docs 8:34 atorris: wikis are everywhere! 8:35 atorris: our school is wiki crazy this year. 8:35 jutecht: http://www.coetail.asia 8:36 atorris: I have been approached by a stateside school on a collaborative project that is "cutting edge".  I had to tell the guy we had been doing that kind of stuff for two years running. 8:42 atorris: Ahhh... the dreaded h1n1 effect on PD! 8:44 atorris: Ughh... Edline! 8:44 jutecht: No.....not Edline! 8:45 atorris: i just read a report where a combo of traditional educational delivery AND online coursework delivers higher academic achievement! 8:45 atorris: I will try to find it. 8:48 atorris: Here it is: http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=59695 8:48 atorris: "Blended instruction" 8:48 jutecht: @atorris yep....blended learning is the future! 8:51 jutecht: http://www.edtechtalk.com/WomenofWeb2.0 8:52 atorris: Ahhh.... the Thinking Chick! 8:52 atorris: She's awesome! 8:55 atorris: RFID lockers???? Nice! 8:56 atorris: Give this kid some kudos if you get a chance! http://portal.saschina.org/video/media/8088/Biosphere_8_-_Cassandra/ 8:57 howhat: we're looking forward to having Kim at YIS this weekend 8:58 jutecht: She's excited to come! 8:58 howhat: I'll see I can find some IB teachers for you all 9:00 atorris: I will try to be available.  This is the first day I have been home in an evening in 3 weeks! 9:00 atorris: 12/2/09 See er... hear you then! 9:00 howhat: it's great having SOS back, thanks jeff 9:00 atorris: clear as bell here! 9:01 jutecht: That's good 9:01 jutecht: glad auido was great 9:02 atorris: zaijian! 9:02 jutecht: Later! 9:02 atorris: grrr........ 22 degree>>????  3 here today! 9:03 jutecht: Thanks everyone! Sign Off *Next show date is December 2 at 8:00 PM Bangkok time. *Justin Medved will join us. Look to add "sospodcast" to your Skype contacts list so that you can call and join in the conversation. *Essential Question for the show: How can the IB curriculum be shifted? *Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Diigo bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Introductions Cheryl Capozzoli, Rob Newberry and John Mikton joined David and Jeff for tonight’s podcast. Essential Question How can we help teachers take more risks in their teaching and learning?

Introductions Chris Blessing from the Mont'Kiari School in Malaysia joined David and Jeff for tonight’s podcast. Essential Question How to do a school tech makeover on the cheap? Blog Posts of the Week Jeff: Wired for Learning, U of the People student responsibilities, 21st C Educators Chris: Mahara for Open Source E porfolios, Chris' Wiki for PD David: The Virtual High School, Learning Activity Types Wiki Sign Off *Next show date is June 4 at 7:00 PM Bangkok time. *John Mikton will join us. *Essential Question for the show: How can we help teachers take more risks in their teaching? *Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Diigo bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Introductions Andy Torris from Shanghai American School joined David and Jeff for tonight’s podcast. Essential Question How to measure how shifted your school is? Blog Posts of the Week   Jeff: Facebook and Academics Andy: Chief Learning Officer, The Thinking Chick David: Listing of Shifted Schools Sign Off *Next show date is May 21 at 7:00 PM Bangkok time. *Christian Blessing will join us. *Essential Question for the show: How to do a school tech makeover on the cheap? *Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Diigo bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Introductions Mark Hofer of the College of William & Mary and Michael Kelly of The Harriet Tubman Free School joined David and Jeff for tonight’s podcast. Essential Question How are we preparing pre-service teachers to be shifted educators? Blog Posts of the Week David: Clay Burell's post on teacher prep programs. Michael: Ben Grey's blog Jeff: No more Encarta, The University of the People Mark: iLearn Technology blog Sign Off *Next show date is not set. *John Mikton will join us. *Essential Question for the show: How can we help teachers take more risks in their teaching? *Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Diigo bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Introductions Kim Cofino of the International School Bangkok and Amanda DeCardy of Shanghai American School joined David and Jeff for tonight’s podcast. Essential Question How to move students from being dependent to independent learners? Blog Posts of the Week David: Lian, a 7th grader's blog Amanda & Kim: Armitage's Army Room 202 Math Video Room 229 Jeff: 21st Century Writing Chemical Paradigms Sign Off *Next show is Thursday Marth 28th. The time is not set. *EARCOS region teachers will be our guests. *Essential Question for the show: What are some of your best lesson ideas? *Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Diigo bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Introductions Dianna Pratt of the Singapore American School and Scot Hoffman of Bombay American School joined David and Jeff for tonight’s podcast. Essential Question Which comes first, shifted practices or 1:1 laptop program? Blog Posts of the Week David: Cynthia Curry’s Blog Dianna: The book Laptops and Literacy Jeff: Andy Torres’ blog Scot: TLT Toys from American School Bombay Sign Off *Next show is Thursday Marth 12th at 7 PM Bangkok time. *Kim Cofino and Amanda DeCardy will be our guests. *Essential Question for the show: How to move students from being dependent to independent learners? *Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Diigo bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Introductions Jim Reese of the Washington International School and Harvard's Project Zero joined David and Jeff for tonight’s podcast. Essential Question How to make the shift systemic and sustainable in our schools? Blog Posts of the Week David:  21st Century Learning: Why Change Jim: Ron Ritchhart's Intellectual character: What it is, why it matters, and how to get it Jeff: Stanford Professional Development Review Sign Off *Next show is Thursday February 26th at 7 PM Bangkok time. *Dianna Pratt and Scot Hoffman will be our guests. *Essential Question for the show: Which comes first, shifted practices or 1:1 laptop program? *Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Diigo bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Introductions Chris Lehman of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia joined David and Jeff for tonight's podcast. Essential Question Once shifted, where do we go next? Blog Posts of the Week David:  Digital Ethnography Chris: Measuring UP: What Educational Testing Really Tells Us Jeff: Horizon Report, David Warlick at EduCon 2.1, Flat Classroom Conference Sign Off *Next show is Thursday February 12th at 7 PM Bangkok time. *Jim Reese will be our guest. *Essential Question for the show: How to make the shift systemic and sustainable in our schools? *Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Diigo bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Introductions Greg Moncada, HS Principal at the American International School Vienna, joined Jeff and David for the show. Essential Question How to recruit shifted teachers? Blog Posts of the Week David: David Warlick interviews Chris Lehman for his Connect Learning podcast. David asks Chris what he looks for in new hires in episode 92 & 98 in iTunes. Or go directly to the pages for 92 & 98 in David's Site. Also, take a look at the tech-oriented questions Jeff and Andy came up with for recruiters to use especially if their schools have 1:1 laptop programs. Jeff: Michael Wesch writes about the next transformation in education. Kaplan University has a very engaging video sharing their approach to how they work to meet the needs of students. Greg: Shared a video about students making connections in their learning. The link will soon be posted here.   Note: Those listeners looking to learn more about how to recruit internationally might find David's article in Edutopia helpful to get you started. Sign Off *Next show is Thursday January 29th at 7 PM Bangkok time. *Chris Lehman and Brent Loken will be our guests. *Essential Question for the show: Once shifted, where do we go next? *Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Diigo bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Introductions David and Jeff hosted tonight's show with no guests Essential Question What are some shifted practices in our schools? Blog Posts of the Week Jeff and David shared- Panda Smith's Blog Room 202's Blog Room 202 Wiki Chrissy Hellyer's Blog Sign Off *Next show is Thursday January 15th at 7 PM Bangkok time. *Greg Moncada, HS Principal at the American International School Vienna will be our guest. *Essential Question for the show: How to recruit shifted educators? *Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Diigo bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Introductions Jonathan Becker and Jeff Nugent joined David and Jeff for tonight's show. Essential Question What prevents administrators from shifting? Some take aways from the discussion: -There is limited number of U.S. professors (six) who work in school leadership who focus on technology and forward thinking education. Our education leadership programs are not preparing our administrators to lead schools towards School 2.0. -There are education leadership grad school standards that don't include much on managing change in education. -Higher education is just so slow to change, to bring about programmatic change. -Barriers: So many items on the plates of our administrators that it is overwhelming to ask them to set up learning communities and support learning 2.0 initiatives. -Administrators don't have to know all the ICL tools but need to know how to support the curriculum development that supports learning 2.0. Blog Posts of the Week Here is what Jon, Jeff, Jeff and David shared- Apple Learning InterchangeSchool Tech Leadership Practical Theory Sentiments on Common SenseDisrupting Class via Amazon Sign Off *Next show is Tuesday December 9th at 7 PM Bangkok time. *David and Jeff will be sharing examples of shifted practices from Hsinchu International school and the International School of Bangkok. *Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Diigo bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Introductions John Mikton and Paul McMahon joined Jeff and David for the show. Essential Question How to shift when the administrators are not on board? Some take aways from the discussion: -You have to start with the admin before you contemplate shifting. They are the power brokers and are connected to the board and the finance. Sometimes they simply don't understand. How to make time for conversations? It is a sales situation. IT Director on Admin team. Being part of management team helps build relationships to these power brokers. -The IT Director needs to have an educational background to know. -Schools hiding behind the IB and AP programs. Safe and often not questioned by many parents. Why would an administrator take a risk on Learning 2.0 instructional techniques? -How to shift the IB and AP learning outcomes to be project assessed? -How to retrain our communities about what is learning? -Get shifted educators at the admin conferences to help educate the leaders. David's post, Paul's and  John's posts on this EQ. Blog Posts of the Week David: Schooling by Design: Mission, Action and Achievement by McTighe and Wiggins Jeff: ID: The Quest for Meaning in the 21st Century by Susan Greenfield Paul: Anytime Anywhere Learning John: Walking the Talk by Carolyn Taylor Sign Off *Next show is Thursday November 27th at 7 PM Bangkok time. *Our guests will be Jeff Nugent and Andy Torres *Essential Question for the show: What prevents administrators from shifting? *Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Diigo bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

We had technical problems again and were not able to record the podcast. It was excellent so do take a look at the show notes for some of the discussion. Introductions Amanda DeCardy and Tom Barrett joined Jeff and David for the show. Essential Question Where Do You Start the Shift? Some take aways from […]

Introductions Rick Pierce of Rising Sun Consultants and Andy Torris from Shanghai American School joined David and Jeff for tonight’s show. Essential Question What Stalls the Shift? Take away from the discussion> -We need to differentiate between "change" and the "transition" that follows. Administrators need to allocate much more time for the transition. Need to validate the emotions of community members as they go through the transition. Need lots of support and guidance that takes planning just as one plans the change. -Leaders as visionaries while also working to serve the teachers, students and community. Servant leadership. Managers who craft programs and follow through. -Even with lots of energy and time for transition, there will be some "anchors" who are stalling the shifted and must be transitioned out with grace and dignity. -How to start the change? Form a leadership team of admin and teachers, determine what you want to do and where you are going. Set the vision. -Have to set priorities. How to deal with all the different community members with their varying priorities? What guides you in deciding what comes first? Leadership means sticking with the carefully decided priorities which are guided by your mission and student learning goals. -What happens after the delegation of responsibilities? Administrators need to let go but be very clear in guidance and expectations being ready to accept the work of the follow up teams. Blog Posts of the Week: Jeff: LeaderTalk Learning 2.008 Bring your administrators and board members to the conference! David: 10 Principles for Principals by Ryan Bretag. Adapting to Change by Will Richardson. Rick: Leading the Shift Leading and Managing Change Andy: PD Success Story Who is Interviewing Whom? Rising Sun Book Review's on Change Management Sign Off: * Next show will be the start of season two  as we pick up in September from Bangkok, Thailand from Jeff's new abode. David continues to shift along from Hsinchu, Taiwan. * We will be expand on previous discussions of teacher practitioners sharing practical methods to shift our schools starting from our classrooms. We will continue other discussions connected to the big picture process of shifting our schools. * Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Del.icio.us bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Introductions Chris O'Neal, educational leader and consultant, joined David and Jeff for tonight's show. Essential Question Your Standards or Mine? David> See his blog post. Jeff> We don't have standards for paper and pencils so why would we need them for technology? Aren't we working with teachers to help them reach their subject area standards with the help of technology? Take away from the discussion> The higher order rich NETS are helping frame the conversation with administrators as they talk about learning in their buildings. What is another name for "standards" when we talk about the NETS as learning outcomes we want integrated across the curriculum. Blog Posts of the Week Jeff: See his 3 posts on having standards for technology: 1 2 3 Chris: Bionic Teaching David: Practical Theory Sign Off * Next show is Thursday June 12th at 7 PM Shanghai time. * Our guest will be Rick Pierce of Rising Sun Consultants, Andy Torris from Shanghai American School and Struan Robinson from International School Bangkok. * Essential Question for the show: What stalls the shift? * Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Del.icio.us bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Introductions Kim Cofino, Justin Medved and Dennis Harter joined Jeff and David for tonight’s show. Essential Question How do we connect technology and classroom instruction seemlessly? David: See his blog post. Jeff: Take away from the discussion- -Big move in their library in the elementary now called the Learning Hub at ISB. Merging and bringing together many ideas and strategies for what libraries will be in the future. -They fully integrate the technology skills into the curriculum. No stand alone technology classes in elementary and one in MS. -Just in Time support. -New Literacy Wiki -21st ISB Literacy Blog Posts of the Week: Jeff: Connectivism Sentiments on Common Sense David: Transliteracy: The Digital Hub Kim: Educational Origami Justin: Moving at the Speed of Creativity Thinking Allowed Dennis: Always Learning     Sign Off * Next show is Monday May 26th at 7:00 PM Shanghai time. * Our guest will be Chris O'Neal of Edutopia's Spiral Notebook. * Essential Question for the show: Your standards or mine? * Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Del.icio.us bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Introductions Dave Navis, a 5th grade teacher from Hong Kong International School joined Jeff and David for tonight’s show. Essential Question When not to use technology? David: See his post. Jeff: See his recent post on his screen free week. Dave Navis: See his post. Blog Posts of the Week: Jeff: Turn TV Off David C: Jamie McKenzie's FNO 500 Mile Project Leader Talk: Shift Happens- Now What? Dave N: Alan November Note: Don't forget to register for the Learning 2.008 Conference. A new EdubloggerCon segment has been added to the program. Sign Off * Next show is Thursday May 16th at 7:00 PM Shanghai time. * Our guests will be Dennis Harter, Justin Medved & Kim Cofino of the International School Bangkok. * Essential Question for the show: How do we connect technology and classroom instruction seamlessly? * Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Del.icio.us bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Introductions Michael Lambert, a Middle School teacher from Concordia International School in Shanghai joined Jeff and David for tonight’s show. Essential Question How to go deeper in student learning? Why go deeper? David: See his blog post. Jeff: Engage student and allow them to be nodes of information. Take away from the discussion- Mike's 5 Strategies for Deeper Learning: Go one to one with laptops so students have access to information to answer their questions. Let's students "rewind", go back to information when they need to further their understanding. Project-based Learning: cross discipline the learning in real world applications. Example: Mike's class visited a bike shop which connected economics, science, math and community building. They also went to a landfill, about learned alternative fuels and made further connections to being better citizens of the Earth. Visuals- let the images tell the story. Strong connection to student brains. Evokes the emotion which brings attention which drives learning. Using graphs. How to filer the information, make meaning of it. Media Literacy. Build in multi-sensory experiences. Get the kids outside the classroom and engage in field trips, real world--new brain experiences. These are deeper. Sometimes means making mistakes, being uncomfortable which leads to learning. Teachers need to let go. Let the kids be more in control. We need to be the coach. We can be co-learners. Inquiry. Everyone provides questions. Help students take their passions and questions to design question to research and then come up with more questions that they want to answer. Make connections across the curriculum then lead to questions and further applications that combine subject areas. Cannot be narrow with our curriculum. Ready to go in different directions. We need to really focus on teaching students to be learners. If they are truly going to be independent life long learners, they have to have the skills to be active learners. What does a shifted school look like? Jeff: What is a Shifted School? A school that understands that learning is a 24/7 activity and engages students in THEIR spaces to learn. A school that instead of forcing student to come to them to learn, they go to them and create learning opportunities where the students are. They use tools that are familiar to the students, that engage them in the learning process and allow them to not only connect nodes of information, but also always them and teaches them to be a node as well. David: What shifted looks like see 21st Century Schools & his post on the topic. School 2.0 wiki by Steve Hargadon as a place to read opinions on what shifted schools look like and add your opinion. And listen to episode 8 where Brent Loken talks about Hsinchu International School. Mike: If you are using strategies for deeper learning and helping kids make connections, you are really focusing on learning which is what shifted schools are all about. We need to look at our pre-service teacher programs to shift them where teachers learn teaching 2.0 strategies while taking part in mentoring programs to get them up to speed. Blog Posts of the Week: Jeff: Remote Access A Difference Mark's EdTech Learning is Messy David: See Margaret's comment for SOS episode 3. Sign Off * Next show is Wednesday April 30th at 8:00 PM Shanghai time. Note: This is a different day and time than our usual show. * Our guest will be David Navis of Hong Kong International School. * Essential Question for the show: When not to use technology? * Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Del.icio.us bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Introductions Brent Loken, the Director of Curriculum and Innovation at Hsinchu International School (HIS) joined Jeff and David for tonight’s show. Brent has a Web site and a blog where you can read more about his ideas. Essential Question How to Shift? David> See his blog post for his Top 10 list of steps to take to shift. Jeff> We need to think about the effect of small, start up schools like HIS and how they might bypass the traditional schools to offer the 21st century learning that our international corporate parents are realizing their children need. Take away from the discussion> -It is usually an evolutionary approach in most schools for them to slowly make the shift to School 2.0. -So much more difficult to shift schools with history and culture that won't adapt. But we cannot stop our efforts! -If you are fortunate to be at a small school or one just starting up, you have a much better chance of getting everyone of like minds and beliefs onboard to take a more radical approach. -"Rethink everything". "Needs to be a revolution". “Be bold”. -The curriculum is not fast enough to keep up with the learning community of a shifted school. Must be ready to adapt it as your school adapts to the learning needs of its students. -Possibility of competition from start-up schools? Just like in the business world. -Healthy competition in schools provides more choices for parents and to choose from. Blog Posts of the Week Jeff: New Literacy Leader Talk The Learning 2.008 Conference in Shanghai! Brent: Arts and Smarts article Whole Child article A Mind at A Time by Mel Levine David: Powerful Learning Practices 9 Principles for Implementation: The Big Shift Leading the Shift in International Education Sign Off * Next show is Thursday April 18th at 7 PM Shanghai time. * Our guest will be Michael Lambert of Concordia International School in Shanghai. * Essential Question for the show: How to go deep in learning? Why go deep? * Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Del.icio.us bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Over two days I set up shop at a desk in the commons area at the EARCOS Teachers Conference and recorded conversations with anyone who walked by and looked at the crazy guy with headphones and microphones set up. Thank you to everyone who stopped by or who I grabbed to get your prespective on the conference! Podcast Link: Webcast Academy how to record a two way Skype call with Audacity

Introductions Jeff Nugent joined Jeff and David for tonight’s show. |Essential Question| How do adults learn? David> See his blog post on which lists several factors we need to keep in mind when working with adult learners. And as with all learners, we must differentiate our instruction to meet their individual needs. Jeff> We need to think about the following question: What gets in the way of our veteran generation educators from going more public with their ideas and work? Take away from the discussion> -The forming of teacher cohorts focused around essential questions. Helps with feelings and fear of vulnerability. Building community, breaking down isolation. One might start with a book discussion then move into member offered topics and questions. -How to support educators in taking risks? -Form Professional Learning Networks (PLN) around different topics of interest to the members. -Sustaining engagement and ongoing support is key. -Creating a PLN and community in general is tougher in higher education. Having a physical and eventual digital space where folks can come together to form community is important. -Adult learners wanting to be self directed and sometimes are overwhelmed by 2.0 learning tools. -How do we support self-directed learning by minimizing some of the fear of leaving one’s comport zone? (Future EQ) -Pre-service teacher education programs are so important. Build on these young adults’ natural inclination to socially connect and collaborate. There is a positive side to their sometimes very public nature of our youth and their social networking sites. :) -What gets in the way of our older generation from going more public with their ideas and work? (Future EQ) Is this the nature of teachers? -Backwards translation of our (IT/ET leaders) being way out there in blogging, Twitter, wikis, etc. to engage newcomers and overcome their pre-conceived notions of what these tools are about. Blogs are an example of folks thinking that you use them to tell your personal information only. -Seeking to understand is central for the instructional/educational technologist. We are the “IT counselor” from time to time seeking to understand our teacher partners, their feelings about using technology and information tools and how they might take steps to find one or two that meet their needs. That human relation aspect of our job is huge. |Blog Posts of the Week| Jeff U: Webblogg-ed 2 Cents Jeff N: Connectivism David: Designed To Inspire |Sign Off| Next show is next week from the EARCOS conference in Kuala Lumpur. Refer back to this site and Jeff's The Thinking Stick main page for the date and time. Our guests will be teachers from around Asia. Essential Question for the show: How are you shifting? Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Del.icio.us bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Introductions Justin Hardman and Chris Betcher joined David and Jeff. |Essential Question| How to expand the learning community to the parents? Jeff> Look at your technology vision and plan to include the development of a school portal that provides the tools to make the components of your plan a reality. David> See his recent post that focused on two themes. One being that schools should use their portal to build on current practices that are already in place to connect parents and expand the learning community. Making information access and communication digital definitely enhances communication opportunities. A second theme is to invite our corporate parents working in 21st century information-rich jobs to our schools to share their experiences and expectations what skills they want their employees to have. Their real world experiences can help in the shifting process as teachers connect what they are teaching to the real world assessments their students will be experiencing. Take Away from the Discussion: -The recent breakout of a virus in HK reminds us of the importance of schools having the capability to go virtual with a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). -Sharing of the myDragonnet online learning platform with three components: classroom management tool, curriculum mapping tool and electronic portfolio. Justin has many insights to share. -Wetpaint as a very useful wiki provider. -Value of individualization in developing VLEs by having a programmer on school staff. |Blog Posts of the Week| Jeff: Planning for 21st Century Technologies David: Jonathon's Blog on VLEs Chris: Clay's Wedding Always Learning Justin: E-Framework Electronic School |Sign Off| -Next show is Thursday March 20th. Catch it live at 7:00 PMShanghai time. -Our guest will be Jeff Nugent from the Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy. Check out his Techne blog. -Essential Question for the show: How do adults learn? -Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Del.icio.us bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.  

Introductions Chris Betcher and Clay Burell joined Jeff and David. |Essential Question| How do we connect? Jeff> The Shanghai American School blogging system is set up so that whenever anyone logs in, he/she sees a RSS feed with the latest posts from the other student and teacher SAS bloggers. We often focus in the blogosphere on connecting outside of our schools for learning. We also need to find ways to build internal learning communities and this is one way to do it. David> Three ideas come to mind when thinking about how to connect. One is the way Kim Confino and Julie Lindsey build telecollaborative opportunities for students to connect to other learners around the world. When it comes to connect to this learning network, what hardware are we using to make the connection? Are we at the point of having a handheld device designed for the education market that allows for ubiquitous connectivity? And what about the thinking and learning that goes with students learning by making connections? See David's blog post for more reflection on these questions. Take Away from the Discussion: "Learning means risk taking." How to apply this to the hiring process to look for new hires who take risks. How to work within the school day to build in the opportunities for making connections. We need to structure time in the day where students can pursue their passions and collaborate for learning. We need to demystify and translate the names and learning purposes for many of our Web 2.0 tools so that new users can understand and not see them as so daunting to try. |Blog Posts of the Week| Chris: Remote Access Clay: Re(Musing)ings David: Techne & The Far Side of Tech Jeff: Drupaled & WordPress |Sign Off| Next show is Thursday March 13. Catch it live at 7:00 PM Shanghai time. Our guest will be Justin Hardman from the Hong Kong International School. Check out his Blueprint: New World, New School blog. Essential Question for the show: How to expand the learning community to the parents? Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Del.icio.us bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Introductions Jeff and David go solo. |Essential Question| The SOS team paused tonight to celebrate the teachers in their schools who are making the shift. No philosophical discussion tonight, just concrete and practical instructional strategies. David: See his Lessons Learned blog post where he shares information about teachers from Hsinchu International School and Hong Kong International School. Jeff: Take a look at his links below from Shanghai American School. |Supporting Links| David's: HKIS Teacher Toolkit Best Practices Hsinchu International School Brent Loken of HIS: Using Geometry Sketchpad Examples of "Exhibitions" by HIS students Jeff's: SAS PE SAS Humanities Wiki SAS Humanities Culture Wiki SAS Teacher Blog SAS Math Teacher Blog SAS 7th Humanities Class SAS TOK Class Voki Avatar Creation and Voice Episode4 chatroom notes |Sign Off| Next show is Thursday March 6th. Catch it live at 7:00 PM Shanghai time. Our guest will be Kim Cofino from the International School of Bangkok. Check out her Always Learning blog. Essential Question for the show: How to connect? Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Del.icio.us bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

|Introductions| Clay Burell joined David and Jeff all sharing their Chinese New Year experiences from Korea, Taiwan and China. Intro for Clay: Clay has taught language arts in the U.S., Europe, China and now Korea. He works to take "schooliness" out of his students' learning experiences. A big part of his effort is to help his students build personal learning networks (PLN). He is now running an elective PLN focused elective course so look to follow his students' learning via Clay's Beyond-School blog. |Essential Question| Passion for learning, how to nurture and grow it? David: See his blog where he shares about his son's passion for learning and what contributes to it. Jeff: Finding passion in our students Learning needs to have meaning Learning needs to be authentic Learning needs to be deep The SOS Team Discussion: How to give credit for the engaging work that students want to do outside out of class? How to substitute the learning the kids are doing on their own for the prescribed classwork? Student 2.0 writing blog that Clay initiated and continues to draw readers. Here is an excellent example of passionate learners working outside of the classroom. Success for Clay in creating authentic learning where passionate learning takes place: A student interviewed Clay as a minority person living in Korea. It was recorded for a podcast. It ended up being newsworthy and drew the community in to access the student's blog and continue the discussion. Barriers for Clay in helping his school make the shift: Students in our high schools are often so trained in a ways that get in the way of thinking laterally and making connections that we have to "unteach" them. To create their own projects and follow their own ideas doesn't come easy. "Give me something I can do quickly and get out of the way" is often the way our high school students operate. They often are not willing to take risks. Conclusion: We really need to start in the elementary to build a learning environment that doesn't take the passion away. Clay's PLN class involves each student completing a project of personal interest that they research and then blog/podcast/vodcast about weekly. They connect to Twitter to build out their network finding people who can help them with their research. Clay finds this process to really support his hope that his students will become networked learners. Take Away from the discussion: One approach to shift a school is for your instructional technologist to start the year working with early adopters the first third of the year and to then move to the middle range adopters the next third of the year and to focus on the laggard group at end of the year. It is imperative to have the instructional technologists work with groups of teachers during the school day to get buy in from the teachers. After school doesn't work due to scheduling problems. Think about bringing in subs for a whole day. This really validates the process. Get the technical lessons (e.g., how to run a blog, use Skype, etc.) in first to remove those barriers. You can them focus on the curriculum and adapting the instruction and assessments to meet 21st century learning goals. Teachers looking to start blogging should think about using them as their portfolios and as a way to communicate to parents and to share classroom content with students. This is a triple winner that gives teachers a real reason for using the tool. We want our students to be like trapeze artists following the flow of information moving from say Twitter to Skype then to IM then to producing one's learning on a blog from where the conversation continues as readers comment. Go to deeper level with our curriculum. The learning must be authentic and relevant. The kids demand it. |Blog Posts of the Week| Clay: Networked learning can be playful and fun at Ideas and Thoughts. David: A home schooler shares her blueprint for passionate learning at Karen's Blog. Jeff: Look for rich visuals and brain-research supported posts as well as the "User Hierarchy of Needs" at Creating Passionate Users. |Sign Off| Next show is Thursday February 21st. Catch it live at 7:00 PM Shanghai time. Our guest will be Justin Hardman from the Hong Kong International School. Check out his Blueprint: New World, New School blog. Essential Question for the show: How to expand the learning community to the parents? Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Del.icio.us bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Show Notes |Introductions| Justin Medved and Kim Cofino joined David and Jeff in welcoming our featured guest Julie Lindsay. Kim could only stay a short moment but will join us again in future shows. Intro for Julie: Co-creator of Flat Classroom and Horizon telecollaborative learning projects. Julie and Vicki Davis wrote a Learning and Leading with Technology article on the topic. Access at ISTE but you will need membership to download the article. |Essential Question| How does making connections affect learning? Jeff: Learn from anyone anywhere MIT opencourseware Yale opencourseware iTunes unverisity Authentic audiences are created Students understand the power of connections in their social lives we need to teach them how to use those same connections for learning. George Siemen's Didactics of Microlearning I find informal publishing in blogs and online articles more rewarding than traditional publishing processes. The feedback on what I write informally is more immediate and, as a result, plays a greater role in the subsequent formation of ideas. Writing a journal article, book, or book chapter, is concerned with presenting what one knows. Writing in informal spaces (such as a blog) is concerned with inviting others to join in an exploration of understanding a phenomenon not yet fully known. Learning is about connections. Connecting new ideas to what is already known or thought to be known. In a connected world we take that one step further and connect those new ideas to what other know and create new knowledge from it. David: See his blog post The SOS Team Discussion: Julie shared explained how the Flat Classroom Project is based upon Thomas Friedman’s book The World is Flat. You can access the wiki classroom for more information. She also spoke about the Horizon project from this past year and how it will continue next year. For more information, access the Horizon Project wiki. We then spoke about the type of learning skills that come from students networking using digital learning collaboration tools. Check out Julie’s excellent post on global digital citizenship. Justin shared 3 guiding questions developed at ISB based on the new literacy skills our students need. They are working at integrating these guiding questions across their curriculum. Our students will not just be citizens of their localities but will be participants in broader communities connected digitally. The questions are: How do I find and use information to construct meaning and solve problems? How do I effectively communicate? How do I responsibly use information and communication to positively contribute to my world? For more information on this new literacy and curriculum integration, check out their Google Doc and wiki. The question was raised about how we can deal with the ever changing world of new technologies and improvements to current tools that might lead our schools to switch from current online providers (i.e., blogs, wikis, etc.) to new ones. This will further be discussed in a later show when we focus on school portals and connecting to the community. Take Away from the discussion: Part of shifting our instruction is realizing that teachers can be supported to learn how to use the the tools yet the real work is learning how to use the tools to create learning moments. The 21st century skills that students need for communication, constant learning and creativity in our networked world obviously can only be developed if we design and implement learning opportunities where we use the technology that is becoming an increasing part of the business and everyday aspects of our world. These collaborative learning projects need to be scaffolded with clear communication of responsibilities along with rubrics to outline what is expected when students generate learning objects. It is very important to have someone on staff in our schools who is staying on top of emerging technologies. While some schools are looking to what 21st century skills their students will need and have revamped their mission and student learning outcomes, our school stakeholders need to review their mission statements to see if they are looking forward to prepare students properly. By using the UbD curriculum review process, we can then work to shift our instruction, learning content, and assessments to help our students reach the learning outcomes documented by our updated and relevant mission statements. |Blog Posts of the Week| Jeff: George Siemen's post on Shifting Knowledge David: George Siemen's post on Connectivism vs Constructivism Julie: Jabiz Raisdana's post on Blogging & Connections Justin: Kim Cofino's post on Telecollaborative Tools |Sign Off| Next show is Thursday February 7th. Catch it live at 7:00 PM Shanghai time. Our guest will be Clay Burell from the Korea International School. Check out his Beyond School blog. Essential Question for the show: Passion for learning, how to nurture and grow it? Don’t forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Del.icio.us bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.

Show Notes |Introductions| Jeff and David shared their goals for doing the SOS: Shifting Our Schools podcast. The overall theme is to help individuals and schools make the shift in how they teach to expand their learning communities beyond the walls of their classrooms and schools. As international educators located in Asia and connected through the East Asia Regional Council of International Schools (EARCOS), Jeff and David designed the show for an international audience. Most folks connected to educational technology and the blogosphere know who Jeff is. So who is this David fella? David has been working as an instructional technologist, social studies teacher and counselor in international schools for the past 15 years. His most recent EARCOS school was Hong Kong International School where he taught in the Upper Primary school. He is now teaching at the very "shifted" Hsinchu International School. David's focus as an educator is to work as a learning partner with teachers in designing and crafting learning experiences for the students. His blog is entitled Lessons Learned. Jeff and David then discussed the format for the show. Each podcast will have its own Essential Question that connects to the overall theme of helping listeners make the shift. The hope is to include other educators along with a featured guest to have a discussion around the EQ. Everyone will then share his/her blog post of the week. These and other supporting online resources can be found at the SOS Podcast Del.icio.us site. Some time will also be set aside for any further discussions that come up including ideas and/or questions that come from the audience listening live via Ustream. David and Jeff will then sign off with a reminder of the next podcast date, guest and Essential Question. |Essential Question| Why shift? Both David and Jeff agreed that we need to do a better job in helping our students attain the 21st century skills they will need to be productive and adaptive citizens for a constantly changing world. Many of our schools are focused backwards on 20th century learning outcomes and teaching methods. We must transform how we teach and re-think what a school looks like, how it functions, as well as when and where learning takes place. Jeff: We have the technology so where is the shift in teaching? The world is becoming more connected, how does that shift the way we teach and the way students learn? It's recruiting time in the international world. How does a school with a mission to be a 21st Century school shift it's hiring practices? David: The shift starts with good teaching and is enhanced by the use of technology and information literacy skills. It starts with focusing on what are the best instructional strategies that help our students construct their own meaning of the Essential Understandings that are the foundation of our concept-based curriculum. The technology especially with social networking and other Web 2.0 tools expands the learning of the classroom connecting students and teachers to other learners. So much of learning is about making connections and thinking laterally to new situations and being creative in applying one's new knowledge. For more of David's thoughts on why teachers and schools should shift, check out his blog post on the topic. Take Away from the discussion: There is no set model for what a shifted classroom or school looks like. The shifting is a process that takes place on a continuum of learning and growth that professional educators are constantly pushing themselves to move along. Our passionate goal is to find new and improved ways to bring about true learning and understanding in our students. We work backwards via the curriculum review process in designing the assessments, instructional strategies and content/information resources that will guide our students to develop their individual understandings. We also build learning environments that continue outside the classroom with no time restraints on when learning takes place. These learning communities offer learners (students, teachers, administrators and parents) opportunities to pursue their learning interests and questions that arise. |Blog Posts of the Week| Jeff: David Warlick's post on School 2.0 David: Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach's post on Learning 2.0 Check out all of Episode 1 resource links at our Del.icio.us site. |Sign Off| Next show is Thursday January 24th. Catch it live at 7:00 PM Shanghai time. Our guest will be Julie Lindsay from Qatar Academy. Check out her E-Learning Journeys blog. Essential Question for the show: How does making connections affect learning? Don't forget to post Web sites/blogs to the SOS Del.icio.us bookmarking site that support our upcoming EQ.