March17

Agenda Here's the link to the SW/WC conference handouts--click on PreConference Session 801 for the Cyber Law info--she has a few other breakout sessions too that probably have great info but I didn't personally attend them. @http://tinyurl.com/yc5taa8

1:30 Welcome! Developing Your Learning Network:

Learning is a process of connecting specialized nodes or information sources. Capacity to know more is more critical than what is currently known. Nurturing and maintaining connections is needed to facilitate continual learning. Ability to see connections between fields, ideas, and concepts is a core skill. Decision-making is itself a learning process. Choosing what to learn and the meaning of incoming information is seen through the lens of a shifting reality.
 * Social Networking**
 * Common Craft Video on Social Networking
 * Connectivism:
 * Educational Social Networking White Paper from Steve Hargadon

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 * Facebook**

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 * Digital Nation Video

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 * Ning**
 * 7 Things You Should Know from Educause [[file:ELI7036.pdf]]
 * South Dakota Teacher to Teacher Support Network
 * South Dakota Tech Coordinators @http://sdtechco.ning.com/
 * Article from TPBSourcebook on English Companion Ning

media type="youtube" key="4OxIz_3o3O0" height="385" width="640" 2:00 **Information and Communication Technology Tools and Processes** (Communication and Collaboration--Basic--260)
 * Twitter**
 * Common Craft Video on Twitter
 * Search Feature
 * Applications (see Diigo library)
 * Tutorial
 * Adding to your Twitter PLN
 * Here's another interesting link--and TED video
 * What does this indicator look like at K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12?
 * How can you encourage greater student competencies for this indicator?



2:30 **The Forum: Questions, Tools, and Ideas** Example: Did your message get across? How can you tell? Do you assess everything you teach? Do students need to know everything about a subject? || Multiple measures, use a rubric to define what is being assessed, provide a target by defining the objective--then you can assess that specific target, can't assess everything--need to stay focused on the objective, need to incorporate enough assessment though to demonstrate key understandings, what assessment looks like has changed due to access to information, similar to what a doctor does--collecting enough information or data to diagnose or identify, what you know v. what you can find, || Google translation, ||
 * Jean Cowherd; ; Kathy Doerr; Pete Melendez; Randy Canaan; rmoore@dsdk12.net
 * || Question, Tool, and/or Idea || Discussion || Resources ||
 * Alan || How do you find a "lost" program or resource? || Twitter network, is it a commercial program or an online resource, TTL-NA, DOE website might list?, ask the computer teachers! ||  ||
 * Arnie ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Jean || where is a good place to post a group of pictures? || so that others can access them, etc. || Picasa, flickr (depending on the use), Dropbox (2G free), Shutterfly, Gmail, Posterous ||
 * Kathy ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Pete || How do you teach kids what to post and what not to post? || 7th grade curriculum, 6th grade curriculum, elementary program?, if it's anything you don't want your parents to see--don't post it, issues of privacy, defining "private" online, issue of permanency, || video-colleges look you up on social networks for scholarships, examples of real world implications (fired from job, etc.) of online behavior ||
 * Randy ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Rosalie || What does good assessment look like? Does a podcast illustrate good communication or good technology ability?
 * Karline || N/A ||  ||   ||
 * Karline || N/A ||  ||   ||

3:15 **Feedback for 2010-11**

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3:30 End of Day


 * 3:20 Future Forums**

Bring an idea, tool, or question to share with the group--something that works for you, especially focused on the designated strand for each date. Information Literacy and Decision Making (IL)
 * May 12--
 * 3:30 End of Day**

**4:00pm Pacific Time (US) / 11:00pm GMT/UTC** : **"Twitter for Beginners." Join Lorna Costantini and Kim Caise to learn how to use the microblogging tool, Twitter. Please feel free to refer colleagues who have never used Twitter or a microblogging tool before. ** LearnCentral Link: []