{"success":true,"data":[{"ID":414,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1412769306,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Anatomy of the wired history classroom","Handle":"anatomy_of_the_wired_history_classroom","ShortDescription":"Sharing examples and looking at case studies of how technology enhances teaching and learning, this workshop will focus on a history\/social studies approach to teaching with technology, but will present tools that can be used in any classroom environment. Participants will experiment tech tools that have worked well in our daily teaching and have been practical and efficient for students' learning, especially in a project-based learning environment.","Description":"What does it mean to be a wired history classroom? Now into our sixth year of practicing hardwired innovation in a 1:1 environment, we have learned a few things and are excited to share our insights. Our goal is to dissect the wired history classroom experience and lay on display the \u201ctextbook-less\u201d approach to using multiple perspectives, collaborative projects, and assessment.  In doing so, we will be highlighting practical tools that allow teachers and students to work in an inquiry-based environment, tips for classroom teachers wherever they may land on the technological spectrum, and concrete examples of how to make technology work for you, for the students, and for the history classroom.","Link":[],"Audience":["High School","Middle School"],"Practice":"We will share ideas and ask participants to look at case studies, using tech tools to have an interactive discussion on teaching and learning with technology.\r\nSome of the tools we will use are Mentimeter and Padlet.","Presenter":["Yolanda Wilcox-Gonzalez","Melissa Alkire","Geeta Jain","Rodney Yeoh","Kader Adjout"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Beaver Country Day School"],"PresenterEmail":["kadjout@bcdschool.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":46,"ScheduleLocationID":5,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"We look forward to sharing with and learning from participants.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":4},{"ID":443,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1414714717,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Crafting a Digital Identity","Handle":"crafting_a_digital_identity","ShortDescription":"Everyone has a digital identity, like it or not. Responsibly developing and maintaining that identity are critical skills for educators and students. What role should educators play in developing these skills? What do educators need to do themselves to shape their digital identities and to serve as models for students?","Description":"As events in the news, recent court cases, and laws about the right to be forgotten show, one\u2019s digital identity can have a significant impact on professional and personal lives. This is a critical issue for educators to understand, both for themselves and for their students. This session will explore various questions, including: \r\nWhat does digital identity mean for us as individuals and professionals?\r\nWhat does digital identity mean for the children in our family (be it our daughters\/sons or others close to us)?\r\nWhat does digital identity mean for our students?\r\nIn addition, we will discuss the implications of gender, race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, geographic location, and equity of access for digital identity. \r\n\r\nThese are issues that are faced, albeit in different ways, by our students from kindergarten through college and beyond.  It is essential that we as educators are prepared to help them develop their online identities in ways that are thoughtful, positive, and appropriate.  \r\n\r\nWe also need to be able to develop our own digital identities in ways that provide models for our students, foster skills useful in our own teaching, and advocate for the teaching profession in the larger world.","Link":["http:\/\/rafranzdavis.com","http:\/\/beckyfisher73.wordpress.com","http:\/\/mcclurken.org","http:\/\/jenorr.com","http:\/\/assortedstuff.com"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"We will start by having participants Google themselves (or if they are regular practitioners of the vanity search, then we will have them Google their school, their district, or their best friend).\r\n\r\nWe will then move to our own _brief_ answers to the three questions above.\r\n\r\nThen we will have the audience weigh in as smaller groups (with key ideas brought back to the big group) on each topic in order.\r\n\r\nAfter some conversation about views, concerns, hopes, we will ask the audience to help us construct a Google Doc with strategies and resources","Presenter":["Rafranz David","Becky Fisher","Jeffrey McClurken","Jennifer Orr","Tim Stahmer"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Arlington ISD","Albemarle (VA) Public Schools","University of Mary Washington","Fairfax County Public Schools"],"PresenterEmail":["rafranz11@gmail.com","bfisher@k12albemarle.org","mcclurken@gmail.com","jenorr@gmail.com","tstahmer@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":46,"ScheduleLocationID":10,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"Google Doc for sharing resources and strategies -- https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vzP2Q-BclVlNLVFpTxtfuKeC17Cjt6R8V2b0vpCzlD8\/edit?usp=sharing","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":4},{"ID":471,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1414900475,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Creating A Stronger Home\/School Connection","Handle":"creating_a_stronger_home-school_connection","ShortDescription":"Parents shouldn't have to ask, \"What did you do in school today?\" Students can create products to connect with parents, other students & personalized authentic audiences.  We are going to discuss and share resources to help spread the word about the great things that are going on in our classrooms.","Description":"The inspiration for this session came from reading the TeachThought article, \"10 Ways To Ensure Parents Won\u2019t Need To Ask \u2018What 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\/\r\nThe 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.","Link":["Http:\/\/4bettereducatio.wordpress.com"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"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.","Presenter":["Scott Totten"],"PresenterAffiliation":["AOSA - American Orff-Schulwerk Association"],"PresenterEmail":["Scott.totten04@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":46,"ScheduleLocationID":11,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"I have attended Educon for the past two years and find a conversation centered focus of professional development enriching and enlightening. I would be honored to have the opportunity to engage our professional community in a discussion of how to strengthen the bond between students, parents and the world community.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":4},{"ID":462,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1414883242,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Edu-fying Design: Adapting the Designer\u2019s Toolkit for Education","Handle":"edu-fying_design--adapting_the_designer-s_toolkit_for_education","ShortDescription":"How might we \u201cedu-fy\u201d design thinking tools to make them responsive to the educator\u2019s language and context? Join us to explore core approaches in user-centered design and to rebuild them for the educator: creating a responsive toolkit for educators to problem-solve and innovate in their schools!","Description":"There is much talk of \u201cdesign in education\u201d - applying design thinking principles to make change in schools and districts. Borrowing methods from this field can be refreshing\u2026 but not always relevant to educator-innovators. How might we \u201cedu-fy\u201d design tools to make them responsive to the educator\u2019s context? Join us for a hands-on session to explore key design approaches and build new versions that can empower educators to problem-solve and innovate in their schools! Together we\u2019ll go from designing education to edu-fying design\u2026 and leave with new tools for change-making in education.","Link":["http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/design4ed","http:\/\/izonenyc.org\/"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"Together, we\u2019ll go through a few design exercises. Grounded in these as examples, we\u2019ll work in small groups to produce new resources that can support educators in applying design principles to make change. Participants will leave with a new resource or tool for approaching change through design in an education context.","Presenter":["Cynthia Warner","Alana Laudone"],"PresenterAffiliation":["iZone (NYC Department of Education)"],"PresenterEmail":["cwarner3@schools.nyc.gov","alaudone@schools.nyc.gov"],"ScheduleSlotID":46,"ScheduleLocationID":15,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"We're excited to propose a conversation at EduCon... and can't wait to tap into the expertise that will be at the conference! We look forward to hearing from you.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":4},{"ID":412,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1412013646,"CreatorID":1295,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Grades are stupid: Let\u2019s promote and assess the process of learning, not just products.","Handle":"grades_are_stupid--let-s_promote_and_assess_the_process_of_learning-not_just_products.","ShortDescription":"Emerging technologies, current research, and innovative pedagogies have supported the ways that students learn and demonstrate what they understand. Unfortunately, the archaic practices of grades and grading still dominate assessment conversations, even though assessment is much more than a static number or letter. Students now make their thinking visible more easily, and it is up to educators to recognize and harness the value in new approaches to assessment.","Description":"Emerging technologies, current research, and innovative pedagogies have supported the ways that students learn and demonstrate what they understand. Unfortunately, the archaic practices of grades and grading still dominate assessment conversations, even though assessment is much more than a static number or letter. Students now make their thinking visible more easily, and it is up to educators to recognize and harness the value in new approaches to assessment.\r\n\r\nThe purpose of this conversation is to help either reframe or augment  thinking about grades and the purpose and meaning of assessment. We will engage some design and feedback activities around goal articulation and formative assessment approaches using multimedia. We will learn and discuss research, tools, and pedagogies that support creative, process-based demonstrations of understanding and the many ways that these processes can be captured for future reflection and growth.","Link":["http:\/\/www.constructivisttoolkit.com","http:\/\/www.explaineverything.com","http:\/\/www.leadingonline.net","http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/reshanrichards"],"Audience":["High School","Middle School","Elementary School","All School Levels"],"Practice":"A  nice way to engage this topic is to understand the perspectives of all of the agents involved in learning. So we will be students, who will create artifacts of understanding. We will be teachers who review and provide feedback to students. We will be parents who  access these artifacts first without the context provided by students and teachers and then with it. And finally, we will be the leaders of learning who look at the entire collection of artifacts and try to understand what bigger story is told about the curriculum, about the teacher, about the students, and about the school.","Presenter":["Reshan Richards"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Montclair Kimberley Academy","Constructivist Toolkit","Leading Online","Explain Everything"],"PresenterEmail":["reshanrichards@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":46,"ScheduleLocationID":7,"SubmitterID":1295,"AdditionalComments":"This would be my 3rd straight year of presenting at Educon if accepted. I love everything about this conference - the people , the structure, and the messaging. I think my last two years\u2019 sessions have had really good responses, so I hope to continue that and add to the experience of all those participating.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":4},{"ID":418,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1412964540,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"How teachers can redesign their schools","Handle":"how_teachers_can_redesign_their_schools","ShortDescription":"This conversation will seek to provide a space to share best practices, resources & student reflection from Kensington CAPA's teacher led instructional redesign, in order to cultivate ideas & designs for teachers who desire to make positive change at their schools.","Description":"Kensington Creative & Performing Arts High School is a high needs, neighborhood public high school in Philadelphia, that serves a disproportionately high number of Emotional Support, Special Education, & English Language Learning students. KCAPA teachers have undertaken a redesign of their school, with a focus on reading, writing & research. In order to support this redesign, this group of teachers made the commitment to overhauling their curriculum, and adopting a 1:1 Chromebook model. \r\n\r\nOur conversation will detail the three stages of our initiative: Developing a Vision, Pre-Rollout & Iteration. The conversation will seek to provide a space to discuss, generate and share best practices and resources for teachers who are keen to undertake similar teacher-led initiatives at their schools. This includes working with administration, instructional technology resources, and issues to consider when redesigning.","Link":[],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"This conversation's purpose is to share best practices & student reflection, in order to instill in teachers the resolve to make instructional change at their schools.\r\n\r\nOur conversation will begin with a poll about types of change teachers want to make at their school. After the poll has been collected, we will ask teachers who chose the same instructional or school based categories to form groups. \r\n\r\nEach group will be given chart paper & will have a student from KCAPA paired with them. The conversation will focus on 3 stages \u2013 Developing a Vision, Pre-Rollout & Iteration. Going through each stage sequentially, we will share best practices and hurdles\/successes that we faced. Then, we will ask groups to develop & think deeply about how these stages might look concerning their shared focus. In so much, groups will be asked to envision hurdles & develop questions about each stage, in order to share them with the large group & discussion facilitators, so that potential solutions can be generated.","Presenter":["Andrew Biros","Montgomery Ogden","Charlie McGeehan","Erin Feerick","Charles O'connor","Ismael Jiminez","and Honor Furtek"],"PresenterAffiliation":["School District of Philadelphia"],"PresenterEmail":["Andrew.Biros@gmail.com","joshuakleiman@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":46,"ScheduleLocationID":3,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":4},{"ID":441,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1414690764,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"I abandoned my grading policy and you won\u2019t believe what happened next: Mastery Tracking 101","Handle":"i_abandoned_my_grading_policy_and_you_won-t_believe_what_happened_next--mastery_tracking_101","ShortDescription":"What does a student\u2019s grade actually mean?  Join a conversation led by NYC iSchool students and their teacher to learn how mastery-based learning and tracking can give students, families and teachers a genuine understanding of student knowledge.  Find out what it\u2019s like to really know what your students know while empowering students to take real ownership of their learning and walk away with plans (both big and small) to incorporate mastery tracking into your classroom.","Description":"What would it look like if students actually knew, in detail, what they understood and what they needed to work on?  If teachers were able to accurately identify, in detail, plans to help support each individual student and if this data helped drive instruction?  If a \u201cB\u201d grade had genuine meaning?  Students produce massive amounts of data in all of their classes and since teachers have 21st century technology to track and analyze it, why are we still handing out 20th century grades?  Mastery-Based Learning means breaking down a class into smaller, trackable topics and then tracking student progress on each topic.  It\u2019s about seeing mastery as the most important goal, and providing students with ample opportunities to show what they know.  During this conversation, an expert teacher in mastery tracking and her students will discuss the value in leaving behind traditional grading systems in order to create a differentiated, individualized experience for all students.  See how one innovative teacher tracks student data, sees what students understand and what they don\u2019t and then uses that data to plan future lessons, and accurately predict assessment results.  Participants will then leave with tangible ways to incorporate mastery based learning and tracking in to their own classrooms.","Link":["http:\/\/ischoolpolymath.com"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"In this conversation, educators will discuss their current grading policies (both the policies in their school and the ones in their classroom) and will gain a better understanding of the iSchool\u2019s grading policy and mastery tracking system from the teachers and students who use them.  For the second half of the conversation, participants will work through steps to help them set up their own mastery based learning unit.  Participants will leave with a fully planned mastery-based unit to try in their own classroom!","Presenter":["Sarah Prendergast","Michelle Leimsider","Lesly Lantigua","Tajanea Woodroffe","and Lissa Sangree-Calabrese"],"PresenterAffiliation":["NYC iSchool"],"PresenterEmail":["mleimsider@nycischool.org","sprendergast@nycischool.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":46,"ScheduleLocationID":8,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":4},{"ID":401,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1410314250,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Inquiry-driven project-based learning entrepreneurship at University","Handle":"inquiry-driven_project-based_learning_entrepreneurship_at_university","ShortDescription":"Two parts.\r\n\r\nOne, since learning as much as I could about inquiry-driving project-based learning at Educon 2.6, I taught two classes in entrepreneurship at NYU that way and expect to teach a new class in leadership this Spring. I will give a progress report, open to constructive criticism, and look for ideas for teaching a brand-new leadership class.\r\n\r\nTwo, assuming we want to spread the practice, let's find ways to do so, to find others practicing, and create community. Also, let's check that assumption. How does this style of teaching and learning differ in universities compared to K-12? What's easier or harder for the student, teacher, learning institution, etc?","Description":"Two parts.\r\n\r\nOne, since learning as much as I could about inquiry-driving project-based learning at Educon 2.6, I taught two classes in entrepreneurship at NYU that way and expect to teach a new class in leadership this Spring. I will give a progress report, open to constructive criticism, and look for ideas for teaching a brand-new leadership class.\r\n\r\nTwo, assuming we want to spread the practice, let's find ways to do so, to find others practicing, and create community. Also, let's check that assumption. How does this style of teaching and learning differ in universities compared to K-12? What's easier or harder for the student, teacher, learning institution, etc?","Link":["http:\/\/joshuaspodek.com"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"On the first part, having revamped my entrepreneurship syllabus on first learning about inquiry-driven project-based learning at Educon 2.6 I would love input on what I did well and what I can improve from people with more experience and training. I'm open to completely revamping my new leadership syllabus too.\r\n\r\nOn the second part, I propose to workshop how to find what resources, challenges, goals, frustrations, successes, and so on we have, then what we can do to improve how we teach and how we can help others who want that help.","Presenter":["Joshua Spodek"],"PresenterAffiliation":["NYU","Columbia"],"PresenterEmail":["josh@spodek.net"],"ScheduleSlotID":46,"ScheduleLocationID":4,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":4},{"ID":450,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1414775327,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Moving Beyond the Drive-By Model for Professional Development","Handle":"starting_the_conversation--connecting_k-12_teaching_and_learning_with_the_college_admissions_process","ShortDescription":"More often than not, professional development in schools follows the drive-by model: a guest speaker addresses the faculty, offering some practical advice for the classroom and then moves onto the next school.  Faculty return to their classroom and then, eventually, are visited by another expert offering different practical advice.  Without an opportunity for the faculty to fully engage in this professional development in a classroom setting, the lessons learned from each experience are often lost.\r\n\r\nHow then do we reimagine professional development. We need a new paradigm in professional development as well as in teaching and learning.  Instead of offerring self-contained workshops in blocks as traditional PD does, let's consider a new model that is continuous and sustainable (as evidenced by the highly successful Marymount School Making and Learning Institute).  Participants immerse themselves as part of a making and learning culture in a variety of ways and choose from a menu of items that works best for the participant and not what is best for the PD organizers.  Join us for a lively discussion to rethink PD models as we drive beyond the drive by.","Description":"More often than not, professional development in schools follows the drive-by model: a guest speaker addresses the faculty, offering some practical advice for the classroom and then moves onto the next school.  Faculty return to their classroom and then, eventually, are visited by another expert offering different practical advice.  Without an opportunity for the faculty to fully engage in this professional development in a classroom setting, the lessons learned from each experience are often lost.\r\n\r\nHow then do we reimagine professional development. We need a new paradigm in professional development as well as in teaching and learning.  Instead of offerring self-contained workshops in blocks as traditional PD does, let's consider a new model that is continuous and sustainable (as evidenced by the highly successful Marymount School Making and Learning Institute).  Participants immerse themselves as part of a making and learning culture in a variety of ways and choose from a menu of items that works best for the participant and not what is best for the PD organizers.  Join us for a lively discussion to rethink PD models as we drive beyond the drive by.","Link":[],"Audience":["High School"],"Practice":"","Presenter":["Eric A Walters"],"PresenterAffiliation":[],"PresenterEmail":["ewalters@marymountnyc.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":46,"ScheduleLocationID":16,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":4},{"ID":509,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1421703627,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Power to the People: Distributed Leadership as a Pathway to Change","Handle":"power_to_the_people--distributed_leadership_as_a_pathway_to_change","ShortDescription":"What does distributed leadership look like at both the school and classroom level? How do you set up systems that enable powerful levels of ownership for everyone? And how can distributed leadership be a fulcrum for organizational change?","Description":"Distributed leadership is one of those terms that gets thrown around a great deal but is rarely deeply enacted at the school or classroom level. At its root, distributed leadership can create both a more democratic and innovative environment. And by both deepening institutional buy-in and increasing creativity and innovation, a thoughtful implementation of distributed leadership can powerfully transform school communities.  \r\n\r\nThis workshop is an opportunity for participants to examine how their school \/ classroom space can embody a more empowering ethic in their communities through distributed leadership while considering the structural and intellectual shifts that must happen to effect the change.","Link":["http:\/\/www.practicaltheory.org"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"Participants will examine the larger ideas of distributed leadership in group conversation and then create a plan to move their schools to a more distributed model.","Presenter":["Chris Lehmann"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Science Leadership Academy \/ Inquiry Schools"],"PresenterEmail":["clehmann@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":46,"ScheduleLocationID":13,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":4},{"ID":454,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1414804429,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Project Stargazer: Student-Led Collaborative Design and Education","Handle":"project_stargazer--student-led_collaborative_design_and_education","ShortDescription":"This is a conversation led by the students of Project Stargazer. Learn about the process high-school students can take to develop their own collaborative projects, based on the experiences of a group of Science Leadership Academy students who created a student-led project in collaboration with The Franklin Institute and Boeing.","Description":"This conversation focuses on creating a space for students to create and lead their own projects, as well as helping teachers enter a mentorship role with the students involved. The students of Project Stargazer, a dedicated group of Science Leadership Academy students who built their own STEM project focusing on Virtual Reality in collaboration with The Franklin Institute and Boeing will be leading the conversation, and providing advice from their own experiences in making such a project a reality. During this session, the students will also share the process of building a multi-faceted team such as Stargazer has today. Out of this session, you\u2019ll learn to apply the processes and models needed to help students create and lead their own projects in a high school environment.","Link":["https:\/\/projectstargazer.github.io\/Project-Stargazer\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/StargazerTFI"],"Audience":["High School"],"Practice":"This conversation will start with a brief overview of Project Stargazer which will lead into a whole group discussion of project design principles. The group discussion leads into a smaller design period with partners using poster stickies. Finally, the group will convene to discuss and comment on the ideas. The finalized ideas, as well as key points from the conversation will be sent as an email to all participants afterwards to serve as a guide, both to students looking to create their own projects and educators looking to serve as mentors.","Presenter":["Derrick Pitts","Alexander Wroblewski","Andrew Roberts","Michael Thayres","and Morgan Caswell"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Science Leadership Academy & The Franklin Institute"],"PresenterEmail":["dpitts@fi.edu","awroblewski@scienceleadership.org","aroberts@scienceleadership.org","mcaswell@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":46,"ScheduleLocationID":9,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":4},{"ID":484,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1415123190,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"The Arts Across Disciplines: Building up STEAM in the classroom (Is it getting SHTEAMY in here?)","Handle":"the_arts_across_disciplines--building_up_steam_in_the_classroom-is_it_getting_shteamy_in_here","ShortDescription":"How can the arts be integrated across content areas to engage all students?  A brainstorming and sharing session between teachers and educators from all content areas.","Description":"The arts provide students with multiple creative ways to demonstrate mastery of goals. When we integrate the arts across curriculum, we give students the tools necessary to master the crucial life skill of seeing, engaging in and experiencing the world in new and unique ways.\r\n\r\nParticipants will be introduced to new ways of utilizing the arts to enrich inquiry and facilitate discussions. Participatory activities will be used to model analysis and creation of different forms of art that enrich content, deepen understandings and question dominant paradigms. The session will also explore ways that the arts are a vehicle for engagement of students from diverse backgrounds. Participants will be creating ideas and activities for their own classrooms.","Link":[],"Audience":["High School","Middle School"],"Practice":"We will cross-pollinate and create a shared resource of ideas and example projects.","Presenter":["Caitlin Thompson","Melanie Manuel","Rosalind Echols"],"PresenterAffiliation":["SLA"],"PresenterEmail":["cthompson@scienceleadership.org","mmanuel@scienceleadership.org","rechols@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":46,"ScheduleLocationID":14,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"We need to present in session I or II.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":4},{"ID":487,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1415124035,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"The Race Discussion for Beginners\/Dummies: Crafting Transformative Classroom Conversations about Loaded Topics","Handle":"the_race_discussion_for_beginners-dummies--crafting_transformative_classroom_conversations_about_loaded_topics","ShortDescription":"SLA Teachers share a toolkit for planning and facilitating powerful classroom discussions, especially the important conversations about identity, race, and power. SLA students will discuss the benefits and challenges of participating in inquiry-driven conversations, and will offer tips for success from their perspectives.","Description":"Using Identity, Race and Power as a lens; we will discuss how to build an environment that encourages students to . . .\r\na) Listen patiently and actively to each other.\r\nb) Recognize and work towards shared and personal goals.\r\nc) Develop their academic resiliency.\r\nd) Speak honestly and openly in a diverse environment.","Link":[],"Audience":["High School","Middle School"],"Practice":"We will challenge teachers and student to add to our toolkit. We will make this tool kit public.","Presenter":["Matt Kay and Pearl Jonas"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Science Leadership Academy"],"PresenterEmail":["pjonas@scienceleadership.org","mkay@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":46,"ScheduleLocationID":2,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":4},{"ID":408,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1411416268,"CreatorID":15,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"What's next for PBL?","Handle":"what-s_next_for_pbl","ShortDescription":"PBL (and I'm talking about ALL the PBLs here) has been around for awhile.  What do you do to take your PBL practice to the next level?  How do you +1 the PBL experience for your students AND for yourself?","Description":"This conversation will focus on the ways that PBL is implemented in different classrooms, contexts, and levels.  I'm curious about the ways that teachers are \"acting back\" on the PBL constructs that they've been working with and how they're improving the experience for their students and for themselves as educators.","Link":["http:\/\/www.antiochne.edu\/employeedirectory\/laura-thomas\/","http:\/\/antiochcriticalskills.wordpress.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LauraThomasLearning?ref=hl"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"This is going to be either large or small group discussion (depending on the size of the group) guided by a series of discussion prompts including:\r\n1.  What does PBL look like in your classroom?\r\n2.  What do you struggle with, PBL-wise?\r\n3.  How do you keep PBL interesting for your students?\r\n4.  What do YOU do while your students are engaged in PBL?\r\n5.  What do you wish PBL would help you do?","Presenter":["Laura Thomas"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Antioch University New England","Edutopia Community Facilitator","NHISTE","ISTE","Coalition of Essential Schools"],"PresenterEmail":["lthomas@antioch.edu"],"ScheduleSlotID":46,"ScheduleLocationID":12,"SubmitterID":15,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":4}],"conditions":{"Status":"Accepted","ConferenceID":4,"ScheduleSlotID":46},"total":14,"limit":false,"offset":false}