Chapters International

The Emerging Culture of Teaching and Learning: Who Owns The Learning
By Alan November
Luxembourg, 22nd - 23rd September 2012

Overview:

Our schools are at the beginning of a historic transition from paper as the dominant storage and retrieval media to digital. The traditional technology planning approach of bolting technology on top of the current design of school will only yield marginal results. Contrast this “$1,000 pencil” approach with the kinds of skills that are highly valued in the global economy:

Being self directed
Managing global communications
Making meaning of overwhelming amounts of information

The workshop will include response to the following critical learning design questions, such as:

How do we retain our educational and social values during this transition?
How do we redesign the culture of learning from a classroom with walls to every classroom expanding to global boundaries?
How do we build capacity within our schools for massive opportunities for professional development?
How do we engage our parent community, board and alumni as strategic partners in this transformation?
What should every student know to be prepared to make meaningful contributions to society?
What is the emerging definition of life-long learning?
How can we design more motivating and rigorous student work?
What is the balance of online learning with face-to-face learning?
How can school leaders provide the role models needed to set the tone and expectation of this transition?

Schedule:

Day 1

Part One: Managing Overwhelming Amounts of Information: Advance Search Tools

Too many of our students have never been taught how to manage overwhelming amounts of information, validate information or map information around the globe. Participants will have a hands-on experience of learning various advanced strategies for searching and managing digital content. Participants will also have an opportunity to design challenges for their students that are embedded in the curriculum.

Part Two: Global Empathy

One of the most important 21st Century skills is to value different cultural perspectives and points of view. If we want our students to make important contributions in the global economy, we must challenge them to co-create and present to a worldwide authentic audience. Any classroom can be organized to be a global communications center. During the workshop we will design rigorous and motivating assignments that engage our students in global communications. Expand boundaries of potential and give your students courage to engage with the world.

Day 2

Part One: Process Change: The Flip: Socrates meets social media meets cognitive science.

From Harvard University to inner city Detroit to rural Colorado from basic introductory classes to AP courses teachers are experiencing significant improvement in student achievement. A side benefit is that teachers save time.

The flip model represents a merger of:

The Socratic method where students are responsible for meaningful conversation while in class
Research in cognitive science that shows that students needs immediate feedback
The emergence of powerful learning on line communitieswhere student thinking can become more visible and mutually supportive.

The flip model represents a significant cultural change in the traditional classroom and a changing role of student and teacher.

Part Two: The Globally Connected Educator

Building your own global powerful professional learning community can be one of the most rewarding experiences. An effective PLC can lead to continuous professional growth, opportunities to create authentic relationships for your students and engage you in ongoing conversations with colleagues about effective practice. During this segment we will explore some of the advanced features of Twitter, Tweetdeck and look at professional Nings.

Part Three: The Collaborative Classroom and Students Who Create Legacy

Tapping the creativity and willingness of our students to contribute to the learning community is one of the most strategies for improving learning. Placing easy to use digital tools in the hands of our students can lead them to build very creative solutions such as tutorials to help classmates learn. We know that many children prefer to learn from their peers. During this workshop we will explore various jobs students can have from search engine designer, to tutorial designer, to curriculum and rubric researcher to back channel editor. One of the most powerful concepts to emerge from giving students purpose in their work is watch how motivated students become when they are valued for creating a legacy of work that will contribute to others.

Potential Audience:

K-12 teachers, heads of school and assistants, curriculum and instruction coordinators/specialists, university instructors in teacher education.

Trainer’s Profile

Alan November is an international leader in education technology. He began his career as an oceanography teacher and dorm counselor at an island reform school for boys in Boston Harbor. While Alan was a computer science teacher in Lexington, Mass, he was probably the first teacher in the world to have a student project on line in 1984, a database for the handicapped. He has been director of an alternative high school, computer coordinator, technology consultant, and university lecturer. He has helped schools, governments and industry leaders improve the quality of education through technology.

Audiences enjoy Alan's humor and wit as he pushes the boundaries of how to improve teaching and learning. His areas of expertise include planning across curriculum, staff development, new school design, community building and leadership development. He has delivered keynotes and workshops in all fifty states, across Canada, and throughout the UK, Europe, Asia and Central America.

Alan was named one of the nation’s fifteen most influential thinkers of the decade by Technology and Learning Magazine. In 2001, he was listed one of eight educators to provide leadership into the future by the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse. In 2007 he was selected to speak at the Cisco Public Services Summit during the Nobel Prize Festivities in Stockholm, Sweden. His writing includes numerous articles and two best-selling books, Empowering Students with Technology and Web Literacy for Educators. Alan was co-founder of the Stanford Institute for Educational Leadership Through Technology and is most proud of being selected as one of the original five national Christa McAuliffe Educators.

Each summer Alan leads the Building Learning Communities summer conference with world-class presenters and international participants. Visit novemberlearning.com/blc for more details.

Potential Audience

Potential Audience-K-12 teachers, heads of school and ,librarians and education technology directors/facilitators, curriculum and instruction coordinators/specialists,Assistance, university instructors in teacher education.

Investment:

Investment includes 2 Coffee breaks Lunch and a certificate of Participation for 14 Professional Development Hours.

Participants are advised to bring their Laptops for the Workshop. There will be WiFi available.

Euro 575/- Closing Date 1st September 2012

Euro 525/- Early Bird offer 1st July 2012

Timings

Registration on Saturday 22nd September 2012 between 8.00 am – 8.55 am
Workshop timings from 9.00 am -3.00 pm

Venue:

International School of Luxembourg

Contact:

Shonal Agarwal
CEO
Website: shonal@chaptersinternational.com
chaptersinternational@gmail.com

Website: www.chaptersinternational.com