{"success":true,"data":[{"ID":354,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1383758210,"CreatorID":88,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"What is the Role of the Teacher in a World With Digitally Enhanced Learning?","Handle":"What_is_the_Role_of_the_Teacher_in_a_World_With_Digitally_Enhanced_Learning","ShortDescription":"This workshop explores through dialogue the challenge of making real connections in a world where education is increasingly leveraging technology as a tool to teach.","Description":"At EduCon we are bombarded with great ideas of how to integrate technology in our classrooms. This conversation invites participants to sit back for a moment to consider how the intersection of technology and learning interacts with the fundamental pedagogical relationship between teacher and student. One of the contexts for this conversation is Marin Buber\u2019s \u201cI and Thou\u201d from which we will explore how technology might interfere and potentially potentiate the creation of the type of dynamic learning environment that creates real connection between people.","Link":[],"Audience":["High School","All School Levels"],"Practice":"This is a discussion generated from an initial exercise and examining quotes in small groups. Following that exercise, the group as a whole will discuss the central topic of the role of a teacher in a digitally enhanced classroom.","Presenter":["Matthew Baird"],"PresenterAffiliation":["SLA","TFI Cairo Project"],"PresenterEmail":["mbaird@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":25,"ScheduleLocationID":7,"SubmitterID":88,"AdditionalComments":"Enjoyed presenting this last year but had a really small group attend my session. I have rephrased the blurbs to make the conversation more accessible to a broad audience.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":3},{"ID":356,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1383759019,"CreatorID":88,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Using Athletics as a Conduit to Success","Handle":"Using_Athletics_as_a_Conduit_to_Success","ShortDescription":"SLA softball and girls basketball coaches will lead a conversation about the benefits of athletics, ethic of care in extracurricular activities, and helping students to balance athletics and academics.  We will discuss using athletic participation to increase academic performance and improve socio-emotional well-being.","Description":"","Link":[],"Audience":["High School","Middle School"],"Practice":"","Presenter":["Erin Garvey","Zoe Siswick","+ SLA students"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Science Leadership Academy"],"PresenterEmail":["egarvey@scienceleadership.org","zsiswick@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":27,"ScheduleLocationID":7,"SubmitterID":88,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":3},{"ID":334,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1383243508,"CreatorID":88,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Creating Communities of Care Among Diverse Learners","Handle":"Creating_Communities_of_Care_Among_Diverse_Learners","ShortDescription":"In this conversation, teachers and principals from Ashoka\u2019s Changemaker Schools Network will share specific strategies that they use to build community among diverse students, teachers, and families. Building community is one of the first steps in cultivating empathy and changemaker skills in students.","Description":"We all know how important school culture is to creating a strong learning community, but what are some specific ways that we can build empathy and care into our routines, curricula, and school systems? This is a question that we ponder often in Ashoka\u2019s Changemaker Schools Network, a community of traditional public, public charter, and private schools across the country that are finding innovative ways to educate students as empathic, collaborative leaders. In this fishbowl conversation, you will hear from teachers and principals at one traditional public, two public charters, and one private Changemaker School about approaches they use to build trust and empathy across difference. Specifically, we will discuss: how Academy for Global Citizenship in Chicago, IL is bridging school and community; how Mission Hill School in Boston, MA creates a culture of trust in its classrooms; how Prospect Sierra School in El Cerrito, CA teaches students about race and changemaking; and how Inspired Teaching School in Washington, DC equips teachers to create a caring school environment.","Link":["http:\/\/startempathy.org\/about\/changemaker-schools","http:\/\/startempathy.org\/"],"Audience":["Elementary School"],"Practice":"Following a brief introduction from each school, we will engage in a fishbowl conversation where everyone can ask questions and actively participate in the discussion. For the fishbowl conversation, five people sit in chairs in an inner circle and the remaining participants are arranged in a circle around them. Those in the inner circle will kick off the conversation, sharing how their school approaches creating communities of care. Throughout the 30 minute fishbowl conversation, any member of the audience can, at any time, join the fishbowl. When this happens, an existing member of the fishbowl must voluntarily leave the fishbowl and free a chair. The discussion continues with participants frequently entering and leaving the fishbowl. After 30 minutes, those not in the inner circle are invited to offer their thoughts and comments on what they are hearing in the inner circle. We will use the remaining time in four small groups, led by the Changemaker School representatives. We will generate a list of four topics that participants would like to explore more deeply after hearing the fishbowl conversation. We will spend about 35 minutes in these breakout groups. Each group will put together a poster illustrating one key take-away from their conversation about how they can create communities of care in their own school or context. One person from each group will briefly share the key take-away from their poster with the whole room, and we will wrap up the conversation highlighting the major themes uncovered.","Presenter":["Kathy Clunis D'Andrea","Mark Basnage","Jenni Schneiderman","Jenn Moore","Zoe Duskin","Sandra Hinderliter"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Ashoka"],"PresenterEmail":["shinderliter@ashoka.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":28,"ScheduleLocationID":7,"SubmitterID":88,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":3},{"ID":358,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1383759448,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Advisory and the College Admissions Process","Handle":"Advisory_and_the_College_Admissions_Process","ShortDescription":"SLA counselors, Karina Hirschfield and Zoe Siswick, will discuss the role of the advisor in the college process.","Description":"SLA counselors, Karina Hirschfield and Zoe Siswick, will discuss the role of the advisor in the college process. As the college counselor, Karina shares important information and announcement with advisors such that they can disseminate it to the students in smaller groups. The advisors then guide their advisees through the process with a watchful eye and a great deal of oversight. Karina will share the benefits to this system from a counselor's role. As a former senior advisor, Zoe will share the benefits as an advisor. Student TBD?","Link":[],"Audience":["High School"],"Practice":"Roundtable dialogue, sharing of best practices","Presenter":["Zoe Siswick","Karina Hirschfield","Alums TBD?"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Science Leadership Academy"],"PresenterEmail":["zsiswick@scienceleadership.org","khirschfield@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":33,"ScheduleLocationID":7,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":3},{"ID":362,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1383787155,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"The Effective Hybrid Teacher ~ Models that help students flourish.","Handle":"The_Effective_Hybrid_Teacher-Models_that_help_students_flourish","ShortDescription":"Hybrid teachers, who spend 1\/2 their time in the classroom and 1\/2 their time in stewardship of the profession, can help colleagues enrich K-12 education.  How can hybrid teachers develop their educational leadership while they are supporting students, collaborating with colleagues, negotiating employment contracts, etc.?\r\n\r\nParticipant recommendations will evolve into an opt-in article for publication.","Description":"In order for K-12 teachers to be more effective, we need opportunities to  study the intersection of curriculum, instruction, assessment and policy.  For example, as federal agencies call for more teacher research, and states design high-stakes standardized assessments of student growth, teachers need to be more involved with what goes in in schools and districts. One of the challenges we face is that many teachers already work 50 hours a week; where do we find the time we need to lead?  Data from the 2013 Measures of Effective Teaching study also shows that teachers also seek opportunities to lead without leaving the classroom.\r\n\r\nParticipants will review aspects of the national discussion on hybrid teachers, discuss sample case studies, and design local models for the effective hybrid teacher.","Link":["http:\/\/bit.ly\/1e1e8wR"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"A conceptual \"map\" of the hybrid teacher research will be provided through a brief introduction. Participants will be asked to identify their own inquiry with regard to 1) the roles of hybrid teachers and\/or 2) the policies that will support hybrid teachers and\/or 3) the mechanisms needed to evaluate the effectiveness of the hybrid teacher role. Small discussion groups will integrate their experiences with the provided literature to develop informal recommendations.","Presenter":["Gamal Sherif","Bruce Taterka"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Science Leadership Academy"],"PresenterEmail":["gsherif@ProgressEd.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":35,"ScheduleLocationID":7,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":3},{"ID":285,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1378611499,"CreatorID":1676,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Supporting Democracy Beyond Content","Handle":"Supporting_Democracy_Beyond_Content","ShortDescription":"Preparing students for citizenship gets less attention these days than it deserves. Let's try to rectify that as we talk about what democracy demands from its citizens. From old-fashioned brainstorming to Google Docs collaboration, we'll build ideas to bring democracy beyond content and into the fabric of our schools.","Description":"One reason that our schools face such challenges in creating a democratic culture is that many people continue to disagree about what democracy entails and what it demands from its citizens. This conversation will bring those questions to the forefront and, if not resolve them, provide some clarity and possible direction for the future.\r\n\r\nJane Addams had a vision of the social settlement as an educational institution that would be directly connected to the concerns of the community and give citizens the knowledge that they needed to actively participate in democratic society. Many theorists today argue for a definition of democracy that does not require the public to be so involved. The first part of the conversation will highlight and compare these different visions of democracy.\r\n\r\nEven the least-participatory vision of democracy requires some engagement by the citizens, and theories such as deliberative democracy place strong demands on content and skills. Research skills, knowledge of government institutions, and the ability to evaluate arguments are examples of what citizens in a democracy may need in order to be effective. The second part of the conversation will be a group brainstorm to identify as many of these essential elements as possible.\r\n\r\nSome elements can be taught as part of classroom content. Others can be conveyed through extracurricular activities or school culture. Others may involve organizing the school community for external activism. The final part of the conversation will share ideas that we can take back to our schools to support democratic culture.","Link":["http:\/\/www.notnews.org"],"Audience":["High School"],"Practice":"You can check out the [outline for the conversation in this presentation](https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1Ozbh_Xmu6qyaSD-vxBd6__GyjrlG9nT96qaj_oMpeYw\/edit?usp=sharing). The presentation has links to three Google Docs that we'll work on as a group, and which will serve as a digital \"take-home\" resource. The goal of the conversation is to lay out the challenges and brainstorm solutions rather than present an argument for one particular method. Of course, [I have my own opinions on the matter](http:\/\/www.notnews.org\/philosophy\/the-school-for-society-principles-for-a-school-centered-reform\/), so as a backup in case the people in the room are feeling shy, I will have a few ideas ready to present as proposals for review in order to create some conversation starters. But feel free to bring your own instead!","Presenter":["Dave Thomer"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Parkway Center City High School"],"PresenterEmail":["davethomer@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":36,"ScheduleLocationID":7,"SubmitterID":1676,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":3}],"conditions":{"Status":"Accepted","ConferenceID":3,"ScheduleLocationID":7},"total":6,"limit":false,"offset":false}