disrupt the old discourse: leveraging a faculty's personal learning communities
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Disrupt the Old Discourse: Leveraging a Faculty's Personal Learning Communities. NAIS Annual Conference Washington, DC February 25, 2011. http://tinyurl.com/naisac11dd. Larry Kahn The Kinkaid School Houston, Texas Email: [email protected] - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Disrupt the Old Discourse:
Leveraging a Faculty's Personal Learning
Communities NAIS Annual ConferenceWashington, DC
February 25, 2011
http://tinyurl.com/naisac11dd
Who are we? Larry KahnThe Kinkaid SchoolHouston, Texas Email: [email protected]: @ larrykahnDiigo: larrykahnSkype: larry.kahnFacebook: Larry KahnLinkedIn: Larry KahnIndependent School's Educator's Network: Larry KahnISTE Community Ning: Larry Kahn
Blogs:New Things New WaysAudio-didact
Chris BigenhoThe Greenhill SchoolAddison, TexasEmail 1: [email protected] 2: [email protected]: @bigenhocSkype: chris_bigenhoAIM: chris bigenhoYahoo: chris_bigenhoTapped In: ChrisWBDiigo: bigenhoc
Blogs: Life in the RenaissanceNAIS Annual Conference Online Community
Susan DavisChinquapin Preparatory SchoolHighlands, TexasEmail: [email protected]: @suludavisSkype: susanlucilledavisFacebook: Susan Lucille DavisFlickr: susanlucilledavisDiigo: suludavisLinkedIn: Susan Lucille Davis
Blogs:ChinquablogThe Flying Trapeze (with Renee Hawkins)
Chris Bigenho on Spezify
Larry Kahn on Social Graph
Susan Davis at the Persona Project, MIT
Tweet this session... #naisac11 #ddchat
Online follow-up workshops... Grow your own PLN March 3, 2011 8 p.m. ESTMarch 10, 2011 8 p.m. EST Sign up: http://tinyurl.com/naisac11ddsurvey
Why disrupt the old discourse?Changing the conversationabout change... The shift towards constructing our own learning by learning from PLNs
Amplify the voices of change agents...
"I never let my schooling get in the way of my education."
The case for PLNs: Teaching is...
Art
CraftPractice
Profession
The case for PLNs
$PD
Diversity Pool
PLN
Teaching: Closed-door practice
Traditional approach to PLN
Opening the door...
A new approach to PLNs
No borders approach to PLNs
Construct your PLN
It's not all burgers and fries...
PLN/CoP
Welcome to my PLN
The Kinkaid School
Before disruption...
Teachers not talking to one other much about pedagogy Innovation not necessarily known aboutor celebrated Each classroom and dept. isolated from others
Simon Varwell, "The Faculty Room"
Disrupting the discourse: Inside-out
Empowering in-house experts
Teacher leaders
Starting a PLN...
Teacher leaders connect with teacher leaders from other schools...
Disrupting the discourse: In-house PD
Designed & implemented
by faculty
Changing the conversation... Collaboration among divisions Teachers really learnand own tools(Skype, Ning, etc.) Learning via the right tool for the right situation
The change feeds more change...
Teachers invite outside
experts into their
classrooms
The discourse expands...
Cross-discipline and cross-divisional
conversation leads to deeper
discussion about pedagogy
Modeling a PLN
-- Vanessa Zamudio, Upper School Spanish teacher
nimanh
"I used to see my classroom as four walls. Now I see my classroom as a window."
Chinquapin Preparatory School
Before disruption...
A different kindof school
How to bring
the shift to a faculty with little
experience anywhere else?
Disrupting the discourse: Outside-inChinquapin Urban Teaching Fellows Listening and learning from each other (Ning)
Grafting a different kind of conversation...Learning from the best teachers Outside voices Blogging, Twitter The #Edchat model Exploring new Nings
Unexpected pushback ...I'm lurking in my girlfriend's network...
I'm still mastering the basics...
I find Twitter frustrating...
I already have a network that works for me...
Learning curves...
Learning how to be transparent Finding the right tool Patience and persistence
The learning spreads...Open reflection and sharing of resources Asking the right questions about best practices
PLN out of the closet....
-- Amulya Iyer,"Online Education Resources/Conversations"
"One thing I learned early on in my year at Chinquapin is that teaching is too difficult an endeavor to take on in isolation. For all teachers, but especially first year teachers, relying on colleagues in your school and outside of your school is imperative."
The Online Workshops
Topics: Blogs, Reflection, Microblogs, Information Management, Big Ideas, Tips for seeding PLNDates: March 3rd and March 10th (8-9 eastern standard time)
Reminders/Questions
http://tinyurl.com/naisac11dd