{"success":true,"data":[{"ID":357,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1383759097,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"An Insider View of Inquiry and Project-Based Learning","Handle":"An_Insider_View_of_Inquiry_and_Project-Based_Learning","ShortDescription":"SLA Students and Teachers will lead a roundtable discussion on inquiry and project based learning.","Description":"Join SLA students and teachers as we puzzle through different experiences and challenges related to inquiry and project-based learning. Bring questions and experiences to share.","Link":[],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"Conversation","Presenter":["Joshua Block","Tim Best","& SLA Students"],"PresenterAffiliation":["SLA"],"PresenterEmail":["jblock@scienceleadership.org","tbest@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":25,"ScheduleLocationID":5,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":3},{"ID":326,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1383149670,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Authentic Student Choice: Honors Senior Seminar at Hudson HSLT","Handle":"Authentic_Student_Choice:Honor_Senior_Seminar_HSLT","ShortDescription":"Give your classroom back to your students!\r\n\r\nWhen you give authentic choice and control to studentsm you let students learn on their own terms. Students get to digest what they learn rather than have it thrown at them. What happens when you give students control of what they learn, how they learn, and how they are assessed?","Description":"Giving students control gives them a chance at leadership and not simply being handed everything. Together we'll explore methods and processes for student choice in Hudson's Indisciplinary  Senior Seminar.","Link":[],"Audience":["High School"],"Practice":"We plan on making this a conversation by first giving a short explanation of the program, and then allowing guest to get a glimpse of what the senior seminar is. They'll see a gallery of our past work, and also experience how the flow of our discussions work.","Presenter":["Grace O'Keeffe","Sarah Shahata","Matthew Pressman","Racheal Rydell-Klages","Osvaldo Castillo","Omar Abreu","Keenan Edwards","Zainab Oni"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Hudson High School of Learning Technologies"],"PresenterEmail":["Gokeeffe@hudsonhs.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":25,"ScheduleLocationID":2,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":3},{"ID":367,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1384189631,"CreatorID":88,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Creating a Global Citizen","Handle":"Creating_a_Global_Citizen","ShortDescription":"This panel will discuss the increasing importance of global education in today's classrooms. The four National Resource Centers at UPENN will share the latest trends in global pedagogy and resources available for Educators to facilitate a global curriculum.","Description":"Surveys recently conducted by the National Geographic Society and the Asia Society shed light on a growing concern: the decline of multicultural awareness. Their studies show that U.S. students lack an understanding and knowledge of different people, places, and cultures around the world. The need has grown for the public to demand more rounded, higher-quality education for today's youth, and for teachers to understand the value and necessity of developing lessons based on global education.The four National Resource Centers at Penn, The South Asia Center, Middle East Center, African Studies Center and the Center for East Asian Studies are dedicated to the promotion of global education in the Delaware Valley Region.","Link":["http:\/\/www.southasiacenter.upenn.edu"],"Audience":["High School","Middle School","Elementary School","All School Levels"],"Practice":"Representatives from the four Centers at UPENN will share their individual expertise on global education focusing on their specific world regions, and initiate a conversation among participants a conversation on the best practices in introducing global education in their class rooms. The conversation will also engage with the importance of a global world view for the students and in the promotion of multiculturalism in schools.","Presenter":["Raili Roy"],"PresenterAffiliation":["University of Pennsylvania"],"PresenterEmail":["railiroy@sas.upenn.edu"],"ScheduleSlotID":25,"ScheduleLocationID":3,"SubmitterID":88,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":3},{"ID":331,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1383201014,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Cultivating Connections with the Arts","Handle":"Cultivating_Connections_with_the_Arts","ShortDescription":"Students find multiple avenues for expression through the Arts! Join this conversation to explore how the Arts enhance learning and create connections in traditional and inquiry-based lessons. Discussion will include research-based inquiry models, interdisciplinary connections, and how to incorporate the Arts, even when outside your comfort zone.","Description":"With a focus on the process of learning and reflection in today's classroom, the ability to express oneself and communicate becomes an essential piece of the process. Students find multiple avenues for expression through the Arts! \r\nJoin this conversation to explore how the Arts enhance learning and create connections in traditional and inquiry-based lessons. Discussion will include research-based inquiry models, interdisciplinary connections, and how to incorporate the Arts, even when outside your comfort zone. You don't have to be a music, art, or theater specialist to enrich your students' experiences with the Arts! Together, we\u2019ll create some strategies and lesson ideas to take back to your classroom\/school immediately.","Link":["http:\/\/avenue4learning.com","https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/artsedconnection\/"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"Conversation Protocol: \"What? So What? Now What?\"\r\nAdditionally, we'll create a Google Document to capture our discussion points and share on the \"Cultivating Connections with the Arts\" Google Site. Twitter and\/or TodaysMeet will be used as a backchannel.","Presenter":["Michelle Baldwin"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Anastasis Academy"],"PresenterEmail":["michellek107@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":25,"ScheduleLocationID":8,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":3},{"ID":286,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1378823570,"CreatorID":88,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Discussing Change Within the Well-Functioning School","Handle":"Discussing_Change_Within_the_Well-Functioning_School","ShortDescription":"Collaborating around the topic of changes in a stable and successful institution can be difficult for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is motivating a sense of need for continual improvement. This session aims to open a dialogue among participants on both philosophical and technical means to facilitate these conversations among faculties.","Description":"While it may seem to be a \u201cfirst world problem,\u201d facilitating a conversation about improvement in an already-successful school can be difficult for a variety of reasons. Some topics to be addressed include:  \r\n-\ttechniques (Google doc collaboration, small groups phasing in work over time, etc.)  \r\n-\tmotivating the need for change  \r\n-\tincreasing buy-in for new approaches and ideas  \r\n-\tunderstanding the legitimate (and not-so-legitimate) causes of resistance to change among teachers and administrators  \r\n-\tintroducing data into a non-data-driven environment  \r\n-\tnot letting the good be the enemy of the great\r\n\r\nThe example of Eric Mazur\u2019s realization that his successful and happy Harvard physics students were actually learning very little, and his efforts to remedy this, will be a jumping-off point for the session. If you're coming, please watch [\"Confessions of a Converted Lecturer\"](http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WwslBPj8GgI) beforehand! If you're not up for the whole thing, the first 20 minutes or so are the general idea, and [here's an edit](http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rvw68sLlfF8) condensing it to around 18 minutes.","Link":["http:\/\/tatnallsbg.blogspost.com"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"Modeling one of the practices that can work in a large and stable organization, the large group of participants will establish the goals of the discussion first, identifying several sub-questions, and will break into smaller groups, collaborating face-to-face within the group and intra-group using a shared Google doc. As groups add their input to the doc, they will see the input of other groups, and can add that information to their small group discussion, respond to the other groups, and otherwise form a large collaboration from many small collaborations. Each participant will be able to add his or her voice frequently, feel involved in a more personal small group dynamic at all times, and also be able to share ideas across a larger set of people. Each group will also not necessarily need to address each question, so that participants can add their input to the areas about which they are most invested, improving the average quality of thought of all contributions.\r\n\r\nGoogle docs for collaboration during the conversation:\r\n\r\nFirst Gdoc: [bit.ly\/educonchange1](http:\/\/bit.ly\/educonchange1) or [the direct link](https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1-SJiahgYmG-FS76wpnq_uNUfr20Yq5UqI61eZ0Q992E\/edit?usp=sharing)\r\n\r\nSecondGdoc: [bit.ly\/educonchange2](http:\/\/bit.ly\/educonchange2) or [the direct link](https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1QmnWocjXgclZNVZPujgMHSjrrbwrpoTrnYoQCSeUuqc\/edit?usp=sharing)\r\n\r\nThird Gdoc: [bit.ly\/educonchange3](http:\/\/bit.ly\/educonchange3) or [the direct link](https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/194uFZuD9_k7-oKPg2YQIW555Y9qGidFoKCt2G8NeUsk\/edit?usp=sharing)","Presenter":["Joshua Gates"],"PresenterAffiliation":["The Tatnall School"],"PresenterEmail":["jgates@tatnall.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":25,"ScheduleLocationID":12,"SubmitterID":88,"AdditionalComments":"Looking forward to EduCon this year!","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":3},{"ID":328,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1383170589,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Do Spiders Fart ? and Other Ponderings from the schoolyard","Handle":"Do_Spiders_Fart-and_Other_Ponderings_from_the_schoolyard","ShortDescription":"Do spiders fart? What do the footprints of a robin look like? Do ants climb trees? These questions were all inspired by our study of our schoolyard at the Mission Hill School.  Come discuss why no school should be without outdoor learning, how inquiry isn't just for science, and  how letting children lead an investigation will take your thinking deeper.\u201d","Description":"The conversation focus will be about the benefits of using the inquiry process for science, but also for many aspects of a students day.  \r\n\r\nThe conversation will include . . . \r\n - Myself and others sharing our experiences.  \r\n - Learning about The Quest Inquiry process out of Miami University\r\n- Discussion of what outdoor learning with inquiry can bring for children with special needs and English language learners.\r\n-Discussion will also include aspects of walking in the shoes of the students we teach and conducting inquiry our selves.\r\n- We will reflect on we we know and what are obstacles to helpers to getting thinking about inquiry","Link":["http:\/\/www.missionhillschool.org"],"Audience":["Elementary School"],"Practice":"I am a collaborative educator.  One of the first things I do is talk with the people who attend about the fact as a collective we are a force.  I bring up ideas to spark thought.  People then ask questions that others answer as well as my voice being a part of the conversation.","Presenter":["Katherine Clunis D'Andrea"],"PresenterAffiliation":["The Mission Hill School"],"PresenterEmail":["kdandrea@missionhillschool.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":25,"ScheduleLocationID":11,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":3},{"ID":291,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1379982475,"CreatorID":88,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Engaging as Networked Thought Leaders: Let's Write a Book In 90 Minutes!","Handle":"Engaging_as_Networked_Thought_Leaders:Let-s_Write_a_Book_In_90_Minutes","ShortDescription":"Leaders give and take from a range of networks, helping them to infuse their organizations with new ideas. Often lost in talk of networking, though, is that it requires particular habits of participation. Participants in this session will practice the network habit by writing, peer editing, and contributing media in a 90-minute workshop. We will write a book on the spot and publish it soon after. As an added bonus, participants will walk away with a new network from which to learn.","Description":"Slide Deck: https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/u866nt45v4hs824\/educon.pdf\r\n\r\nPart I (18 minutes): Respond to at least one of the five prompts provided by the facilitators\r\n\r\nPart II (18 minutes): A brief introduction to our conversation\r\n\r\nPart III (18 minutes): Peer edit AND\/OR contribute media\r\n\r\nPart IV (18 minutes): Collection of contributor bios, contact info, and head shots (anonymous is ok)\r\n\r\nPart V (18 minutes): Reflection and Q &A; Presentation of proof of concept\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.leadingonline.net\r\n\r\nIn the past, the idea of networking could carry a negative context, especially for educators. Some people certainly connect with others online as a form of self promotion, pushing an agenda that has more to do with their own aspirations for their careers rather than their aspirations for the schools at which they currently work. While this practice is unfortunate, it should not tarnish the reputations of those people who are consciously working to build their global, online networks in service of the work they do locally, and offline, at their home base schools.\r\n\r\nIndeed, networked individuals bring great potential value to their teams. While they develop personal brands and recognition as their competencies grow, their networking skills allow them to build their support systems before they need them. If your school faces a problem the likes of which it has never seen, the most networked individual on your team will know where to turn to begin to address the problem. Though your best solution may come from inside your school, why wouldn\u2019t you want to increase your odds of solving that problem by having access to a group of educators and non-educators spanning the globe?\r\n\r\nSo some educators publish and read blogs, and some educators go a step further, building and sharpening their leadership positions through more active entanglements in the online world. They not only follow thought leaders but also engage actively with them. They organize around a purpose. They share resources. They facilitate learning. They get a group moving. \r\n\r\nThis session provides the opportunity both to engage with thought leaders \u2014 the other participants in the room \u2014 and engage as thought leaders by constructing an authentic and shareable artifact in 90 minutes.\r\n\r\nFrom the first minute to the last participants will engage in activities that prompt them to think, reflect, revise, and share. Besides the introduction, this conversation is going to be an environment of activity and thought leadership. While participants are welcome to come as passive observers, we encourage the sharing of thoughts and ideas. Though we have never done anything like this before, we sincerely believe that it will be an amazing experience for all who join in this venture!","Link":["http:\/\/www.leadingonline.net","http:\/\/www.refreshingwednesday.com","http:\/\/www.constructivisttoolkit.com"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"From the first minute to the last participants will engage in activities that prompt them to think, reflect, revise, and share. Besides the introduction, this conversation is going to be an environment of activity and thought leadership. While participants are welcome to come as passive observers, we encourage the sharing of thoughts and ideas. Though we have never done anything like this before, we sincerely believe that it will be an amazing experience for all who join in this venture!\r\n\r\nPart I (18 minutes): Respond to at least one of the five prompts provided by the facilitators\r\nPart II (18 minutes): A brief introduction to our conversation\r\nPart III (18 minutes): Peer edit AND\/OR contribute media\r\nPart IV (18 minutes): Collection of contributor bios, contact info, and head shots (anonymous is ok)\r\nPart V (18 minutes): Reflection and Q &A; Presentation of proof of concept","Presenter":["Steve Valentine","Reshan Richards"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Montclair Kimberley Academy","Constructivist Toolkit"],"PresenterEmail":["svalentine@mka.org","rrichards@mka.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":25,"ScheduleLocationID":16,"SubmitterID":88,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":3},{"ID":336,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1383252749,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Enriching the World Language Curriculum with the Arts","Handle":"Enriching_the_World_Language_Curriculum_with_the_Arts","ShortDescription":"How can we impact student achievement in a World Language classroom by providing a curriculum rich in the arts? World Language teachers often struggle with how to engage students, particularly with regards to speaking and writing. In this session, we will demonstrate multiple activities that use the arts as a vehicle for generating ideas, enthusiasm and creativity.","Description":"When our curriculum is rich in the arts, we make complex concepts accessible for students and give them multiple avenues for responding to pieces.The arts move students to think, analyze, relate, create and participate. In this session we will model activities and present resources that incorporate film, paintings and photography. Participants can expect to leave with new ideas and to share their own ideas and tools for incorporating the arts in ways that make world languages accessible to all students. Our collective wisdom will be compiled in a wiki to be shared with other World Language teachers.","Link":[],"Audience":["High School","Middle School"],"Practice":"We will have all of our resources on a wiki which we will add to as participants bring new ideas to the floor. Please be prepared to share and participate in activities as we model them.","Presenter":["Melanie Manuel","Shawn Merrill","Melissa Whitaker","Shay Kretowicz","Karen Aquino","Erica Saldivar Garcia"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Penn Graduate School of Education","Teach for America"],"PresenterEmail":["mmanuel@scienceleadership.org","shawnrmerrill@gmail.com","whitaker.melissa.a@gmail.com","shayspk@gmail.com","k.aquino729@gmail.com","saldivar.erica@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":25,"ScheduleLocationID":14,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":3},{"ID":368,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1384266415,"CreatorID":334,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"How Can Unions Help Foster Educational Reform?","Handle":"How_Can_Unions_Help_Foster_Educational_Reform","ShortDescription":"Are unions impeding or accelerating the pace of innovation and reform in education? How are unions affecting the way teachers are valued by parents and the public?  What can be done about these issues? Come to this session and we'll find out ... together!","Description":"Are unions impeding or accelerating the pace of innovation and reform in education?  By fostering traditional workplace rules regarding seniority and hours worked, are we discouraging teachers who put in longer hours and go beyond the standard requirements?  How are unions affecting the way teachers are valued by parents and the public? Let's have a discussion about how education is affected positively and negatively by unions and what can be done to foster reform without giving up the benefits of collective bargaining.","Link":["http:\/\/goo.gl\/zSQduv"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"We will use the \"What? So What? Now What?\" protocol to divide the conversation into three sections, using a timekeeper to ensure all three get addressed. A Google Doc (at a minimum) will document the discussion and act as a resource for further reflection and action.","Presenter":["Whitney Hoffman","Kevin Jarrett"],"PresenterAffiliation":[],"PresenterEmail":["ldpodcast@gmail.com","kevin.jarrett@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":25,"ScheduleLocationID":6,"SubmitterID":334,"AdditionalComments":"THANK YOU!!!","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":3},{"ID":352,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1383357888,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Prototyping a School, Space, Program,Project, Class or Lesson","Handle":"Prototyping_a_Class","ShortDescription":"As experience designers, teachers have the ability to imagine, create, test, and improve their classes, projects, program and spaces each and every session. What does it mean to prototype ? How do you assess and improve each experience? How do you create a curriculum \"on-the-fly?\"","Description":"Join a conversation with Chris Aguda, Jaymes Dec and Lesa Wang from The Marymount \r\nSchool and Don Buckley from Tools At Schools about their experience \"Prototyping  a School, Space, Program,Project, Class or Lesson\". Marymount has developed a culture of Prototyping one example is a course called \u201cEngineering and Interaction Design\u201d. The subject of this course was an introduction to physical computing and programming with a focus on designing for the real world. Students were introduced to lean startup\/design thinking methodologies to solve real problem of an engineering nature. Students imagined, built, and tested prototypes of possible products\/experiences\/systems\/services. The course was not planned out in advance, but prototyped and designed \u201con the fly\u201d as needs and problems were identified. \r\n\r\nkey words\/hastags: engineering, electronics, startup, design thinking, physical computing, innovation, prototype, agility\r\n\r\nQ for discussions:  How do you build a culture of prototyping. How do you build a culture of agility? Why prototype a class? How do you prototype a class? Who decides the content of the class? How do you design such a experience? What should the space where this experience is taught look like? Who teaches this type of class?","Link":[],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"While discussing the key questions, participants will go through an abbreviated experience design cycle: imagining, prototyping, and testing a short and simple experience.","Presenter":["Don Buckley","Jaymes Dec","Chris Aguda. Lesa Wang"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Marymount School","Tools at Schools"],"PresenterEmail":["lwang@marymountnyc.org","jdec@marymountnyc.org","caguda@marymountnyc.org","donbuckley@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":25,"ScheduleLocationID":9,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":3},{"ID":346,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1383343036,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Tell me a story: Sharing stories of innovation in schools","Handle":"Tell_me_a_story:Sharing_stories_of_innovation_in_schools","ShortDescription":"Join us for a story-sharing session about your work. So much of our professional knowledge is gained through the experiences we relate to each other \u2013 which in turn influence our horizon of possibilities. Let\u2019s gather to tell and listen to our stories of innovation in schools.","Description":"\u201cLet us put our heads together and see what life we will make for our children.\u201d \r\n-Tatanka Iotanka (Sitting Bull, Lakota Leader)\r\n\r\nOur professional lives are filled with stories \u2013 the stories we and our colleagues tell about our work. These story experiences are a training ground, as much (or more than) formal mentorship, coaching, and \u201cPD.\u201d What do these stories tell us about making change in schools? Join us for a story-sharing session about your work. First, we\u2019ll use a storytelling framework to share personal stories about innovating in schools. Then, we\u2019ll look critically at storytelling methods: How might they be deployed in service of our work?","Link":["http:\/\/www.izoneschools.org","http:\/\/www.tinyurl.com\/educoncampfire"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"We will use focusing questions and an adapted Campfire protocol to facilitate the initial sharing among all participants in the room. The story-threads that result will form the basis for our reflection together. We will also document our critical discussion of storytelling methods, compiling concrete strategies that are relevant to us as professionals and change-makers.","Presenter":["Cynthia Warner","Al Sylvia"],"PresenterAffiliation":["iZone (Office of Innovation","New York City Department of Education)"],"PresenterEmail":["cwarner3@schools.nyc.gov"],"ScheduleSlotID":25,"ScheduleLocationID":4,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"We are excited to propose this conversation! Please note that one of us (Al Sylvia) may or may not be able to attend the conference -- we are still working out the details. If not, we have a few colleagues in mind who might co-facilitate with Cynthia; if selected as a conversation, we will be able to confirm the finalized co-facilitator(s) to attend EduCon. \r\n\r\nThank you!","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":3},{"ID":353,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1383500588,"CreatorID":88,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"The Boundless Classroom: Exploring the Learning Shift with Our Students","Handle":"The_Boundless_Classroom:Exploring_the_Learning_Shift_with_Our_Students","ShortDescription":"Technology allows us to take advantage of a boundless classroom where learning happens anywhere, anytime.  However, the crucial first step in developing this new learning ecology is to see students as partners. Join this conversation and consider how to prepare and nurture a culture of learning that encourages student agency.","Description":"The internet has disrupted virtually all aspects of our lives, and the traditional classroom hierarchy is no exception. Surprisingly, although there are now many conversations about student agency and the ways that students can leverage technology to make their learning more authentic, there seem to be fewer discussions that invite students to contemplate their roles and responsibilities in this new way of learning, to articulate their expectations for who they are as learners, or to ask questions about how they and their teachers can best negotiate this learning shift.  \r\n\r\nUnfortunately, without these discussions, many students find it difficult to move beyond their current technology experiences, which are primarily social in nature. While learning opportunities shift, it is imperative that together students and teachers figure out how to create a rich, compelling learning experience.  The purpose of this conversation, then, is to focus on an often overlooked component of the learning shift: students\u2019 notions of themselves as learners.  \r\n\r\nThe habits of mind nurtured by these conversations are as critical for their lives beyond school as are the moments spent helping them to see the productive possibilities of their devices.  Undoubtedly, school will not be the last time they will need to negotiate the way they interact and learn online. To be successful, they must acquire the thoughtfulness and skills to guarantee that their future relationships are positive, whether social, academic, or professional.","Link":[],"Audience":["High School"],"Practice":"Discussion of student generated questions regarding how they and teachers can best leverage the shift in learning.  In groups, we will compile possible answers, ideas, and follow-up questions to be shared with students in order to extend the conversation. Highlights of the exchange, and subsequent discussions with students, will be shared with the larger Educon community through social media.","Presenter":["Scott Glass","David Jakes"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Glenbrook South High School","The Third Teacher Plus"],"PresenterEmail":["sglass@glenbrook225.org","dsjakes@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":25,"ScheduleLocationID":10,"SubmitterID":88,"AdditionalComments":"If accepted, please do not schedule during David's presentation, \"Wonder, By Design.\"  Thanks for your consideration.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":3},{"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}],"conditions":{"Status":"Accepted","ConferenceID":3,"ScheduleSlotID":25},"total":13,"limit":false,"offset":false}