EduCon 2.7

January 23rd–25th, 2015 at The Science Leadership Academy

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Creating A Stronger Home/School Connection

Session 3

Scott Totten — AOSA - American Orff-Schulwerk Association

The inspiration for this session came from reading the TeachThought article, "10 Ways To Ensure Parents Won’t Need To Ask ‘What Did You Do At School Today?" http://www.teachthought.com/learning/10-ways-to-ensure-parents-wont-need-to-ask-what-did-you-do-at-school-today/ The link to the article will be distributed prior to the session and we will create an updated version of the document with discipline specific and relevant opportunities to strengthen our professional discourse with parents/students/authentic audiences. By helping to amplify and deepen daily conversations between parents/students/others we strengthen our students voice and advocate for reflection, critical thinking and discourse.

Conversational Practice

We will discuss the distributed article in small groups, decide which examples are still relevant (2012 article) and create an updated list of resources that we use in our classrooms to strengthen the home/school connection. This document will be distributed to participants, shared over social media & will include contact information for resources and content to allow all participants to strengthen PLN connections and continue the conversation post conference. We will reflect upon the list we create and decide upon at least one new tool that we believe we can implement into our classroom instruction to strengthen the home/school connection.

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Http://4bettereducatio.wordpress.com

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Friday, Jan 23
1. Visual Narrative for Teachers 9am–12pm
  - Visual Narrative for Teachers
    
    In this three-hour intensive workshop, you will work with the students and faculty of SLA’s Rough Cut Productions to learn the technical and artistic techniques of communicating through video.
    
    Registration required
2. Welcome 10am–3pm
  - Spend the day at Science Leadership Academy. EduCon attendees have free admission to the Franklin Institute and other local Philadelphia institutions on Friday.
3. Friday Night Panel 6–8pm
  - Connections
    
    Join us as visionaries from across a wide spectrum of our world come together to explore how making connections has been a fundamental aspect of their innovations.
4. Reception 8–10pm
Saturday, Jan 24
1. Registration & Coffee 8:30–9:15am
2. Keynote 9:15–9:45am
  - Keynote
    
    Lori Shorr - Chief Education Officer, City of Philadelphia.
3. Conversation Session 1 10–11:30am
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4. Cross-Pollination Lunch 11:30am–1pm
  - Encienda Educon
    
    Join us for a session of “lightning presentations” delivered by EduCon participants. Each presenter will have five minutes to share an idea, broken down into twenty slides, which automatically advance every fifteen seconds.
5. Conversation Session 2 1–2:30pm
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6. Conversation Session 3 3–4:30pm
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7. Making Connections 5–7pm
  - “Philly Classic” Dinner
8. Networking Social 7:30–11pm
Sunday, Jan 25
1. Coffee & Conversations 8:30–9am
2. Panel Discussion 9–10:30am
  - Connections in Education
    
    Join a panel of world-class educators discuss how the idea of connections informs and transforms their practice.
3. Conversation Session 4 10:30am–12pm
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4. Cross-Pollination Lunch 12–12:30pm
5. Conversation Session 5 12:30–2pm
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6. Conversation Session 6 2:30–4pm
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