January 2019 Agenda—Shawnee, Kansas

Facilitating Technology Enriched Classrooms for 21st Century Learners.

Getting Connected

Digitally…Socially…Spiritually

✝ Devotion

The Parable of the Pencil

Announcements & Review

1. Upcoming events:

• The next workshop date is scheduled for Thursday, February 21.
• Does anyone know of any workshops for professional development that could be helpful to us?

2. Think all the way back to November’s TEC21 Challenges. Did anyone participate in the Hour of Code in December? What happened? What obstacles (if any) did you and your students have to resolve? How did your students respond to the coding activities? What successes did you and your students experience?

3. Have you made any New Year’s Professional Growth Resolutions? They might come in handy for “Celebration Day” in May. Share with the person next to you. Maybe you can become an accountability partner with someone to help each other succeed. Do you remember the working definitions for short- and long-term goals we shared with you back in September?

• SHORT-TERM – Some sort of technology integrating lesson or activity you want to do with your students THIS MONTH.
• LONG-TERM – A major change in the way you teach or manage your classroom. “I want to do less of THAT and more of THIS.” It could include a blog, a website used for flipping your classroom, going paperless with Google Docs, using digital portfolios for student work, integrating project based learning using a specific tool or tools. There are many possibilities. Think of something you’ve seen or heard about that makes you “spark” and think, “Yeah! I want to do more of THAT!”

4. In September, we shared with you ways TEC21 facilitators and teachers connect online to further build and strengthen their professional learning networks. With the start of the second semester, this would be a great time to reflect on the benefits you’ve been experiencing this year by being connected with this learning community and to begin to consider how you will remain connected once this series of face to face workshops comes to an end. We hope you have found it to be a blessing to your teaching ministry and will continue to engage with us for as long as you’re in the teaching ministry!

Twitter: Follow the facilitators and many other educators who use this powerful communication tool to ask questions, share ideas and support and encourage one another. You can also follow hashtags such as #TEC21lcms & #LuthEd!

Google+: Engage with TEC21 Educators going all the way back to “Season 1″ to ask questions and share ideas to support one another! With Google’s announcement that they’ll be shutting down these communities in 2019, we are continuing to explore how we can best continue to equip, encourage, and support one another for years to come. We’ll keep you posted!

Facebook: Please “Like” the TEC21 Facebook Page! This will help us to grow and expand our reach to new schools and teachers and in turn impact more students! #LutheranSchoolsThrive

Pinterest: Following TEC21’s collaborative board is another way for us to experience the benefits of being connected educators! If you want to join us by being a collaborator on this board, just click this link and start to pin–https://pin.it/ufa45k5b6lzmzp.

Instagram: Follow TEC_21 so you can enjoy the fun pics taken at our innovation centers.

Breakfast Bytes

2. Collaborate with top teachers. Top IT Blogs for teachers! The 2018 Top 50 Must Read K12 IT Blog list is here via @EdTech_K12  

3. Collaborating Across a District – or a Country: Digital Tools Enable Teachers to Share Resources and even Co-Teach with peers anywhere

Goals

1. Discover the value of collaboration.

2. Explore collaborative tools and resources to use with your students.

3. Identify a tool or resource to share with another teacher at your school.

Collaboration

Mystery Skype Call

Have you ever Skyped or Face Timed with family or friends? Ever joined in on a Google Hangout?

There are a variety of ways to virtually connect your students with other people outside your classroom walls in real time. What kinds of learning possibilities does this technology afford us to do in the classroom? Let’s discuss. Let’s explore. Let’s collaborate with another innovation center!

Tips for a successful Mystery Skype experience:

1. Find a teacher who wants to do a Mystery Skype also.
2. Skype with each other first (without students) to practice using the platform and to plan for the activity.
3. Prepare your students with how the activity works, make assignments for the various roles, and GO FOR IT!

Many supplemental resources can be found on the web to help plan for a successful lesson. Here are a couple to get you started:

1. Check out Skype–etiquette
2. Student jobs–https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FzOcYMWf-BZhFR4NrPcI_vg1jnOhe0E8qjtsAmrihac/edit (Please feel free to “Make a copy…” in your Google Drive.)

Who’s ready to give it a try?

We’ve been experiencing some loading issues from time to time with the spreadsheet below. Can you see it now? If your answer is “yes”, that’s good! If your answer is “no”, then try selecting the refresh button in the web browser and that should correct the problem. If you still don’t see it, select this link to access the document directly in Google Drive – https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rdKigLeGg0oEqcQ9ff_hxxmDywk3q0sqktJHmGNilIM/edit?usp=sharing.

This is a text block to add additional center-specific sub-topics (if needed).

Here are some links to FREE materials on Teachers Pay Teachers to help you along in your Mystery Skype experience!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREEBIE-Mystery-Skype-Question-Cards-2192784

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mystery-Skype-Questions-International-Exchange-2882341

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mystery-Skype-Resource-Pack-348341

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mystery-Skype-Classroom-Handout-Tools-2680905

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mystery-Skype-practice-lesson-with-ClassFlow-3437369

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mystery-Skype-Materials-3137763

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mystery-Location-Skype-754949

Digital Citizenship Integration

What aspects of digital citizenship need to be addressed when students are collaborating on projects with others?

• Internet Safety
• Privacy & Security
• Relationships & Communication
• Cyberbullying
• Digital Footprint & Reputation
• Self-image & Identity
• Information Literacy
• Creative Credit & Copyright