Thursday, February 28, 2008

MAC SIGHTINGS!

The latest shipment of Macbooks have arrived and will be delivered to the Apple Core Schools within the next week for those schools who need additional laptops for fulltime teachers. Please be sure to inventory these with care and bring your new teachers up to your school standard for using the new technology.



Professional development reports continue to be positive with even our most reluctant users! On March 13 we will be sharing the status and progress of Professional Development in each of our Apple Core Schools. Please bring your updated PDP with you to share with others. We will also develop our next steps for exanding our blogs. Please be prepared to navigate the group through your blog.



Lastly, the Schultz Center for Teaching an Learning will be offering some Tuesday Technology training after school for any interested user. I will forward an invitation to you so you can share with your team if they are interested.

Keep up the great work.

Friday, February 15, 2008

BLOGGING BEGINNINGS!

Our Apple Core Team has begun using blogs as a way of sharing professional development and lessons learned. We have posted the first of these blogs to provide access for our Apple Core learning community to begin reading regularly to learn from each other. Keep in mind that these are our first blogs and we are growing as bloggers. Just like reading makes one a better reader, so does blogging make one a better blogger.

Check out these new blogs from our Apple Core Team:
http://themacisback.blogspot.com/ This San Pablo Elementary's Blog
http://crownpointtech.blogspot.com/ This is Crown Point Elementary's Blog
http://tomlinsonk.blogspot.com/ This is Chimney Lakes Elementary's Blog.
http://www.celebrateeachday.blogspot.com/ This is Alimacani's Elementary's Blog
http://beaucleru.blogspot.com

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Academic Leadership Team Schools of the Future Posibilities

Welcome to DCPS Schools of the Future Possibilities!

To help us understand our customer, the Digital Native, that enters our classroom each day, we thought the best way to enter their world was through digital media. From email, to text messaging, to blogging, to MySpace and Facebook, to online learning, this is the world that our students are growing up in and changing the way they learn. The latest brain research shows that brains of digital natives are developing and responding differently than the brains of digital immigrants and even some of us digital dinosaurs! This research strongly suggests that we rethink the way we engage, empower and educate our students for life in a digital world and world market place.

Our Brain:
1. Is wired for visuals
2. Responds to positive emotions
3. Responds to patterns-connects to prior knowledge
4. Responds to conversation-brain is a social entitiy.
5. Responds to things that are out of the ordinary
Ultimately, our brains remember what we care about, when you feel something.

1. Now click here to learn about Web 2.0
www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20html
2. Now open Attachment 1: School of Future for DCPS ALT Jan 29.ppt and follow along.bb

3. New Communication Tools:

Blogs: http://duvalappleseeds.blogspot.com
District communication tool about Apple Computer rollout

http://dreamleader.blogspot.com
Principal communication with faculty

http://coachingchronicals.blogspot.com
School Standards Coach professional learning community

http://mrsrossclass.blogspot.com
Teacher Communication about instructional lessons and strategies for teacher and parents

http://mallonmessages.blogspot.com
Teacher Communication for parents about their child's classroom experiences

4. New Collaboration Tools:

Ning: http://classroom20.ning.com
The Flat classroom--Social Networking-professional learning community around a topic

Online Collaboration: www.mebeam.com
Meeting space for teachers to discuss a topic via webcam

5. New Content Tools:

Digital Storytelling: www.voicethread.com
Audio presentations by student and/or teachers

Professional Development:
www.danpink.com
Professional reading and reactions

http://timmonstimes.blogspot.com
Look into Kindergarten Classroom in an ACDS school

Gabcast: http://onceuponatime.blogspot.com/2007/12/wanna-gab.html
Podcast that can be recorded by cell phone from any remote location

Youtube/TeacherTube http://www.youtube.com
Features videos to enhance student achievement
Video Tutorials for all subjects

Podcasts: http://www.mpsomaha.org/willow/radio/
Podcasts of instructional lessons from students and teachers.

http://livefromthecreek.blogspot.com
Features real time posts about conference learnings for teachers


6. Attachment 2: School of the Future Review

7. Attachment 3 AAA High School THeme

8. Attachment 4: SOF Purpose

9. Feedback: Please provide your feedback at http://duvalappleseeds.com
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