SPS Digital Learning Hour

This week Mike and Suzanne discuss the purpose of E-Portfolios, a debate on how algorithms and computer science plays into creating personalized learning, and our interview of the week with staff from Boland Elementary!

This week's links:

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/03/22/what-will-digital-portfolios-mean-for-college-bound-students/
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/03/29/curriculum-playlists-a-take-on-personalized-learning.html
http://www.readworks.org/books/aad

This week Suzanne and Mike talk about the latest updates to Brightspace, one of Mike's favorite projects from when he was a teacher and the profound impact it had on his students. We also discussed what Blended Learning looks like even in a Kindergarten Classroom and our interview with Amanda Gonzalez from Sci-Tech about her time in the district using technology.

Articles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4-W01baS7I
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/national-novel-writing-month-laura-bradley
https://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/3565
http://educatorinnovator.org/nanowrimo-an-eduawesome-project-for-your-bestyearever/
https://www.parentmap.com/article/writing-a-novel-in-a-month-nanowrimo-for-kids
http://nanoteacher.weebly.com/
https://ywp.nanowrimo.org/
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/8-best-sellers-started-during-national-novel-writing-month/

This week Suzanne and Mike take a deep dive into Design Thinking, Suzanne presents us with a top 10 EdTech podcasts, Mike gets a little too excited about one of the Podcasts. Plus we interviewed a couple of teachers from IOE about their experience at the Tech Symposium and how they have applied the things they learned into their classroom.

Articles:

http://www.fusionyearbooks.com/blog/educational-podcasts/
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/01/how-design-thinking-became-a-buzzword-at-school/512150/?utm_source=eb

Plus an extra site dedicated to Design Thinking for Educators

https://designthinkingforeducators.com/

For this week's episode we venture off our path and do a brief recap of the last six weeks, since we have only been available for two weeks. We encourage our listeners to go back and check out the prior 6 podcasts. We will be back next week with a regularly scheduled podcast.

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This week Mike and Suzanne dive into some of the underpinnings of modern learning, a study comparing ebooks and tactical books, and an interview with Wendi DeForest.

Links from the Show:

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/11/09/do-digital-natives-prefer-paper-books-to.html
https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/04/26/the-essential-underpinnings-of-shifting-to-modern-learning/

https://modernlearners.com/welcome-to-educating-modern-learners/
https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/07/18/how-can-schools-prioritize-for-the-best-ways-kids-learn/
https://modernlearners.com/10Principles
http://modernlearners.com/pam-moran/
https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/tag/design-thinking/
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/modernlearners/Modern+Learners+10+Principles+for+Schools+of+Modern+Learning+whitepaper.pdf
https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/02/21/what-would-be-a-radically-different-vision-of-school/
https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/02/26/five-guidelines-to-make-school-innovation-successful/

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/

In this week's episode, we discuss Girls in Technolgy, Ted Tech Talks (say that one five times fast!), and our interview of the week with Principal Mark McCann.

This Week's Hot Takes:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-08/are-girls-learning-the-computer-skills-they-need/8334388

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2016/05/naep_engineering_test_embargoe.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2016/04/26/researchers-explain-how-stereotypes-keep-girls-out-of-computer-science-classes/?utm_term=.2959998decbf

http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech028.shtml

http://www.kajeet.net/extracurricular/top-10-ted-talks-for-ed-tech?utm_campaign=Ed%3A%20Blog%20Posts&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=50450768&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Ju-P2VDtZfGBFr_RMipXEmxP8elHMjOsH05EHA3E6engWnKWRlUCNzp0T6NyMdaAARQozoQ0NNqRuGGV0bMJrzJnf0udlbhofDHNKTVpvYUDjqfc&_hsmi=50450768

In this week's episode we discussed 21st Century Skills that all students and people really need, How to have a safe classroom for Introverts and our interview this week was with Sean Fitzgerald Systems Engineer from OITA

Introvert Article:
https://marshallmemo.com/issue.php?I=1dcf1b7f32d745269dde38f47c849044#One

21st Century Skills:
https://www.edutopia.org/article/skills-colleges-employers-looking-for-john-mccarthy

http://burning-glass.com/the-top-10-soft-skills-employers-look-for-most/

This week we dive into the SAMR model and talk with Erin O'Brien, Sara Wright & Katie Barthelette about their presentation at the Imagine - WeLearn Together ... Technology Symposium and using technology in the classroom.

SAMR Articles:

http://www.emergingedtech.com/2015/04/examples-of-transforming-lessons-through-samr/

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/videos/introduction-to-the-samr-model

https://www.commonsense.org/education/blog/samr-and-blooms-taxonomy-assembling-the-puzzle

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/videos/blooms-digital-taxonomy?utm_source=Edu_Newsletter_2017_03_28&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly#

https://www.usnews.com/news/college-of-tomorrow/articles/2015/09/01/teachers-colleges-struggle-to-blend-technology-into-teacher-training-lesson-plans

http://ditchthattextbook.com/2014/04/03/10-ways-to-reach-samrs-redefinition-level/

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/technology-and-teaching-finding-balance-andrew-marcinek

In this episode, we talk more about the Growth Mindset, students critiquing each other and a great interview with Denise Cardona and her students.

Mindset Shifts

http://trustedk12.com/whats-next-education-3-big-mindset-shifts/

Students Critiquing Each Other

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/01/10/how-students-critiquing-one-anothers-work-raises-the-quality-bar/

Welcome to our inaugural podcast featuring Mike Thomas & Suzanne Zarges. In this episode, you'll hear about the Growth Mindset and your hear an interview we had with Digital Learning Analyst Brendan Reed discussion this year MCAS's.

Growth Mindset

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/12/16/carol-dweck-explains-the-false-growth-mindset-that-worries-her/

https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/11/16/growth-mindset-clearing-up-some-common-confusions/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLeUvZvuvAs