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Open learning - NCTE 2012
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
aren't "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
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 Access
We 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 Design
In each Pathways strand you’ll find a learning
design that helps you connect with what you
already know, build new knowledge from a
multitude of resources, and apply new learning in
your 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 Information
Where Do I Go To Learn More?
Visit http://www.ncte.org/pathways/21stcentury
or email your inquiries to pathways@ncte.org.
16. National Writing Project
The National Writing Project believes that access to
high-quality educational experiences is a basic right of
all learners and a cornerstone of equity. We work in
partnership with institutions, organizations, and
communities to develop and sustain leadership for
educational improvement.
18. Digital Is
“As an emerging knowledge-base created and curated
by its community of members, Digital Is gathers
resources, collections, reflections, inquiries, and
stories about what it means to teach writing in our
digital, interconnected world.”
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
you’re a kid. Act like you’re 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
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
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 network
Thanks 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
aren't "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?
