Professional Development News // Volume 2 Issue 2
An e-newsletter from the Educational Technology Committee, Charter Oak Unified School District
In this issue:
1. Introduction to Social Media (Harvard)
2. Why Educators Should Join Twitter
3. A beginning guide to Twitter (or How to get info from Twitter without an account)
4. An inspiring Grade 4 Math lesson.
5. Student Created Digital Citizenship Web site
Professional Development Newsletter Archive
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http://goo.gl/wfHMZ
Many educators have students that they cannot seem to reach. Sometimes those educators do not feel comfortable reaching out to their immediate colleagues, so they reach out to people they follow or to the people who follow them on Twitter. Many times those colleagues on Twitter can provide really valuable resources that can help educators meet the needs of their hardest to reach students.
In addition, there are millions of people on Twitter, including organizations that have great resources around such issues as homelessness, bullying, special education and gifted education. Socially and emotionally many of our students are dealing with issues that many educators never had to deal with, and a social network like Twitter, and the organizations that are on there, can help educators help their students and parents by connecting them with many valuable resources.
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4. An Inspiring Grade 4 Math Lesson (The Candy Problem)
http://goo.gl/QxQjM
Having started the year with a diverse group from very different mathematical backgrounds, we were inspired by their concentration, perseverance, and the unique strategies they developed in order to solve the problem. What most impressed us was the number of students that approached us to share tentative solutions at the end of the period. They each had individual interpretations of how the problem should be solved and were eager to share the conjectures that had led them to their solutions.
(Great video also)
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5. Student Created Digital Citizenship Web site
http://goo.gl/iBrI4
Digital Citizenship is a principle that helps users understand how to utilize technology in an appropriate way. In today's society, knowing and understanding Digital Citizenship is now more important than ever. That's why the students of Web 2.0 at Burlington High have made this site: to help you understand digital citizenship.
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Contact Information:
Gregory Frotton
e-mail: gfrotton@cousd.net
Twitter: @COUSD_IMC
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This is a Prezi hands-on workshop which will provide an introduction to the social web and current, popular tools and topics. Before you start the Prezi, it looks better if you click on More and set it to full screen.
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2. Why Educators Should Join Twitter
Excerpt: We live in the 21st century where our students don't just "do" social networking; it is a part of who they are as digital citizens. To us, it's a big deal to get on Facebook or Twitter, and to our students it is something they cannot fathom living without. Understanding their connection with those sites will increase an educator's connection with their students. Being able to talk their language may even provide an opportunity to breakthrough to a hard to reach student.
Many educators have students that they cannot seem to reach. Sometimes those educators do not feel comfortable reaching out to their immediate colleagues, so they reach out to people they follow or to the people who follow them on Twitter. Many times those colleagues on Twitter can provide really valuable resources that can help educators meet the needs of their hardest to reach students.
In addition, there are millions of people on Twitter, including organizations that have great resources around such issues as homelessness, bullying, special education and gifted education. Socially and emotionally many of our students are dealing with issues that many educators never had to deal with, and a social network like Twitter, and the organizations that are on there, can help educators help their students and parents by connecting them with many valuable resources.
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3. A beginning guide to Twitter (or How to get info from Twitter without an account)
There are many "tweets" flowing by every day that have great information, from professional development to great lesson ideas. This short tutorial will show how to access this information without having to create a Twitter account.
_______________________________________________________________________________4. An Inspiring Grade 4 Math Lesson (The Candy Problem)
http://goo.gl/QxQjM
Having started the year with a diverse group from very different mathematical backgrounds, we were inspired by their concentration, perseverance, and the unique strategies they developed in order to solve the problem. What most impressed us was the number of students that approached us to share tentative solutions at the end of the period. They each had individual interpretations of how the problem should be solved and were eager to share the conjectures that had led them to their solutions.
(Great video also)
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5. Student Created Digital Citizenship Web site
http://goo.gl/iBrI4
Digital Citizenship is a principle that helps users understand how to utilize technology in an appropriate way. In today's society, knowing and understanding Digital Citizenship is now more important than ever. That's why the students of Web 2.0 at Burlington High have made this site: to help you understand digital citizenship.
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Contact Information:
Gregory Frotton
e-mail: gfrotton@cousd.net
Twitter: @COUSD_IMC
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