Category Archives: Common Core
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 No Matter How You Slice It, Character Education is the Core
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Thursday, June 13, 2013 Common Core State Standards and Understanding by Design Summer Institute Brings Together Area Educators
Our first Common Core State Standards and Understanding by Design Summer Institute- a collaboration with the St. Louis Area Curriculum Coordinators Association (SLACCA) and Authentic Education- was a great success this week at the Fox School District. Educators from several Missouri districts, including, but not limited, to Kirkwood, Ladue, Parkway and Rockwood, attended three days of professional learning. Another three-day session of the CCSS & UbD Institute takes place July 8-10 at the Ritenour School District. Learn more at www.csd.org/wiggins. More photos from the June session will be posted to Flickr; you can read some of the thoughts shared by following the #CCSSUbD hashtag on Twitter.
Tags: Common Core State Standards, Cooperating School Districts, Fox School District, Kirkwood School District, Ladue School District, Parkway School District, Rockwood School District, Understanding by Design®
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013 What Common Core Learning Looks Like in the Classroom and How Leaders Foster It
In our region, there are schools and districts that use the language of PLCs and others that emphasize data collection/data teams. One of the sessions offered at the Common Core and Understanding by Design Institute is designed to honor the power of collaboration—for adults and for the students in our classrooms.
An important focus of the Common Core is for students to engage in academic discourse. One way in which they do this is through productive, collaborative, learning experiences where they answer questions, build understanding, and solve problems. In order for our students to engage in these collaborative experiences, we must engage in academic discourse through our own productive collaboration. In the session, educators from the region will explore and develop strategies for productive collaborative experiences in the classroom with students as well as outside the classroom with colleagues.
To learn more about the other sessions being offered over the course of this three-day professional learning opportunity, click here.
Tags: Collaboration, Common Core, Grant Wiggins, PLC, Understanding by Design®
Monday, June 3, 2013 May 2013 Top Reads
Here are the top five blog posts for the past month on The Connected Classroom — have you read them?
(1) GMLP Media Literacy Mini Conference: Pedagogy & Production
(2) Web 2.0 for the Common Core
(3) Teaching + Learning Today with Technology
(4) A Conversation with Sir Ken Robinson on Digital Learning & Creativity
(5) Apply for the Google Teacher Academy in Chicago
Tags: Google Teacher Academy, Gateway Media Literacy Partners, Sir Ken Robinson, Pedagogy & Production
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Friday, May 24, 2013 Show-Me a Movie Grows
Cooperating School Districts’ Show-Me a Movie Contest is now open to students in Missouri and its border states: Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa!
The entry form and reflection form will be posted online soon, but guidelines, deadlines, rules, and frequently asked questions are now online.
Tags: Cooperating School Districts, Midwest Education Technology Conference, Show Me a Movie
Thursday, May 16, 2013 Web 2.0 for the Common Core
Learn from Julie Smith (who describes EdTech Evangelization as her new passion) how to use Web 2.0 applications to help your students create curriculum-based podcasts, infographics, screencasts, cartoons, online posters, illustrated timelines and videos. See how this type of creation on the part of students can help them meet Common Core State Standards. In addition, one graduate credit is available through Lindenwood University by taking this workshop. Requirements for graduate credit: attend class; develop a lesson plan that incorporates the technology learned; and write a reflection explaining how technology enhances your lesson plan.
Web 2.0 for the Common Core takes place Monday, June 24 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Cooperating School Districts. The cost is $145 for a CSD member and $185 for a non-member. For additional information, contact Joan Forrest. Register online.
Tags: Cooperating School Districts, Web 2.0, videos, podcasts, infographics, screencasts, cartoons, online posters, illustrated timelines
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Teaching + Learning Today with Technology
The Learning Division of Cooperating School Districts is excited to invite you to participate in a week long edtech bootcamp! You should register for this summer professional development experience with Meg Ormiston if you want to create a classroom where students are engaged in creating projects aligned to the Common Core State Standards using digital tools. Meg feels teaching and learning today cannot be done without integrating technology and redesigning projects for students. This training is open for any interested K-12 educator.
During the course of the 5-day session, each participant will build, create, and publish project examples that they will have students complete back in the classroom. Participants are encouraged to bring materials they would like to redesign into technology rich projects. They will also learn new Web 2.0 tools to use while designing lessons aligned to the Common Core State Standards. All tech camp participants will have access to an online professional development library with 70 titles created by Meg. These 70 items are grouped into the four domains similar to the evaluation frameworks. In addition to walking away with a wealth of resources and ideas, those interested can earn three graduate credits for their participation.
Participants will:
• Design lessons that align to the Common Core State Standards identified at their grade level.
• Analyze, select, and organize appropriate on-line resources.
• Synthesize the various assessment options and apply authentic assessment strategies to technology rich projects.
• Analyze and reflect on best practice as it applies to literacy and math across the curriculum.
• Become involved in active, professional research exploring new ways to expand their personal learning network.
• Prepare students and teachers for the Next Generation Assessments.
Bring your own device! The July sessions are hands-on, fast paced, and relevant to teachers today. Each session is focused on the skills a teacher needs today to actively engage students in a 21st Century classroom.
To enlist in this boot camp, visit CSD’s registration site.
Tags: Cooperating School Districts, 21st Century Classroom, Meg Ormiston, edtech, BYOD, Common Core State Standards, Next Generation Assessments
Monday, May 13, 2013 CHARACTERplus National Character Education Conference Features Early Childhood Education Strand
Research shows how important Early Childhood Education is to students’ long term success. The CHARACTERplus 19th annual National Character Education Conference this June has sessions tailored to meet the needs of Early Childhood Educators, including:
- Early Childhood Education and Character Education: a perfect match and how to make your school feel like a home. Before a child can flourish academically, character must be established and a trusting relationship with the family must be built. Families, students, staff and community members should feel welcomed, respected and part of the team. The caring community we create starts with the climate and culture of our building.
Can you integrate Character Education to Pre-Schools? Learn more about social and emotional learning, service learning and class meetings to enhance your caring community.
- A panel session with educators from Lindbergh, Rockwood and Southwest Early Childhood Centers, who will share resources and best practices. You will walk away with practical ideas and strategies about service learning, buddies, data collection, newsletters staff surveys , professional development and more!
In addition, conference attendees will have the chance to visit Rising Star Education‘s booth to see their latest early childhood DVD series, Harry & His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs, plus other great resources.
Registration is now open for the June 17-19 conference at the St. Charles Convention Center; by visiting characterplus.org, you can see different strands and keynote speaker bios.
Tags: caring community, Character Education, CHARACTERplus 19th annual National Character Education Conference, Cooperating School Districts, early childhood education, Emotional Learning, Flickr Creative Commons, Lindbergh Schools, Rockwood School District, Service Learning, Southwest Center
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 April 2013 Top Reads
Here are the top five blog posts for the past month on The Connected Classroom — have you read them? They date from March and April of 2013:
1) Guest Blog Post on the Upcoming 19th Annual CHARACTERplus National Character Education Conference
2) Midwest Spotlight Educators needed for METC 2014
3) This Summer, Attend a Tech Boot Camp!
4) GMLP Media Literacy Mini Conference: Pedagogy & Production
5) UbD & CCSS Summer Institute
Tags: CHARACTERplus, Common Core State Standards, Gateway Media Literacy Partners, Midwest Education Technology Conference, Midwest Spotlight Educator, Understanding by Design®
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