The report advocates that a culture shift to a learner centered classroom environment is needed to prepare students to meet the challenges and demands of a global economy, that:
1) Learning needs to be rigorous and based on college and career-ready expectations.
2) Learning is personalized.
3) Learning is collaborative, relevant, and applied.
4) Learning is flexible, taking place anytime, anywhere
Contents contributed and discussions participated by Tracy Watanabe
Beginning the School Year: It's About Connections Not Content « User Generate... - 2 views
Lori's Latest Links - 0 views
ISTE 2012: Flattening Classroom Walls with Blogging and Global Collaboration | The Edub... - 1 views
PBLU.org | Making Projects Click - 1 views
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Free PD by Buck Institute (BIE)! Sign up through Edmodo. PBL aligned with Common Core.
TED-Ed | Subjects - 1 views
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Awesome lessons/videos for every subject to relate learning to real world
How Can Teachers Create a Learner Centered Environment? - Leading From the Classroom - ... - 1 views
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1) Effective teachers have always created a learner centered environment.
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2) We need meaningful publisher and teacher collaboration
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I always love learning from Ledesma. Here's another one that I so agree with.
Quality Student Blogs Part One - Posts | Integrating Technology in the Primary Classroom - 0 views
Common Core | November Learning - 0 views
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Inherent Skills: Global Empathy Questioning Problem Solving Creativity and Innovative Thinking Self-direction
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Explicit Skills: Critical Thinking Global Communication Collaboration Information Literacy Information Management Media/Technology Literac
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“Maximizing the Common Core involves a change in creativity, critical thinking, and a fundamental shift in relationships. It is where the role of the teacher becomes more essential than ever, as students develop their capacity to question, discover, connect, collaborate and contribute on a global scale, and where they are empowered by an increase in direction and management of their own learning.”
Ten Tips for Teaching Students how to Research and Filter Information | Integrating Tec... - 0 views
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Teaching students research skills is becoming increasingly important. Some refer to the filtering and critical evaluation of information as ‘web literacy’
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Love these tips. Check out the comments too!
What Else - Teach Search Teach Research - 0 views
2012-2013 Collaboration Coaching -- Day 1 Training A by Tracy Watanabe on Prezi - 0 views
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Session 1 Introduction to 2012-2013 Collaboration Coaching
Flipping Bloom's Taxonomy | Powerful Learning Practice - 0 views
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Flipping Blooms — putting Creating, Evaluating, Analyzing and Applying first — also works in English. From what I can tell, it’s likely the easiest route to creating a flipped English classroom. In the past, I’ve struggled to teach my students concepts such as grammar rules and abstract ideas like voice. Flipping Blooms makes this much easier.
(re)defining Excellence Awards: authorspeak 2012 - 0 views
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One collaborative teacher team (two or more individuals) nominated for the award will win. The award honors extraordinary efforts and contributions to a school and classroom. In addition to $10,000, this team will receive a $200 credit to purchase Solution Tree materials for their school, along with two free registrations ($1,398 value) to authorspeak 2012 and recognition at the closing session. Nominees will demonstrate: Commitment and dedication to collaboration and innovation Active leadership and dedication to continuous improvement Contributions to the advancement of instructional best practices
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e)defining Excellence in the School Award
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)defining Excellence in the District Award
Media and Technology Resources for Educators | Common Sense Media - 0 views
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"Common Sense Media provides comprehensive, free resources for schools and trustworthy information for parents to ensure kids learn how to be safe, smart, and responsible digital citizens who thrive in a world of media and technology."
Collaboration Coach Brochure - 0 views
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2012-2013 Collaboration Coach Brochure
Education Week Teacher: Redefining Instruction With Technology: Five Essential Steps - 0 views
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First, I had to learn a hard lesson: Just bringing new technology in your classroom and working it into day-to-day routines isn’t enough. The iPads arrived two days before my students, and I quickly made plans to integrate them into our curriculum. Despite my high hopes, the next two months were less than successful. A casual observer would have witnessed a sea of students glued to glistening tablets, but the effects were superficial. The iPads were not helping my students make substantial progress toward self-efficacy, academic achievement, or social-emotional growth. Around the end of September, I took a step back—it was time to evaluate and reflect on what was happening. I asked myself: "What have we been doing so far with this technology?" Students used math apps instead of math card games. They’d made slideshow presentations for isolated units. They’d done some research on the Internet. In short, things were going ... OK. Nothing to write home about. Not what I would consider "worthy" of a $20,000 grant. Clearly it was time for a change. The problem, I began to realize, was my own understanding of how the iPads should be utilized in the classroom. I had seen them as a supplement to my pre-existing curriculum, trying to fit them into the structure of what I’d always done. This was the wrong approach: To truly change how my classroom worked, I needed a technology-based redefinition of my practice.
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Fab read. I've only highlighted a few paragraphs... then it goes into concrete ways to improve tech integration using the example of the iPad. ---- "n: Just bringing new technology in your classroom and working it into day-to-day routines isn't enough. The iPads arrived two days before my students, and I quickly made plans to integrate them into our curriculum. Despite my high hopes, the next two months were less than successful. A casual observer would have witnessed a sea of students glued to glistening tablets, but the effects were superficial. The iPads were not helping my students make substantial progress toward self-efficacy, academic achievement, or social-emotional growth. Around the end of September, I took a step back-it was time to evaluate and reflect on what was happening. I asked myself: "What have we been doing so far with this technology?" Students used math apps instead of math card games. They'd made slideshow presentations for isolated units. They'd done some research on the Internet. In short, things were going ... OK. Nothing to write home about. Not what I would consider "worthy" of a $20,000 grant. Clearly it was time for a change. The problem, I began to realize, was my own understanding of how the iPads should be utilized in the classroom. I had seen them as a supplement to my pre-existing curriculum, trying to fit them into the structure of what I'd always done. This was the wrong approach: To truly change how my classroom worked, I needed a technology-based redefinition of my practice."
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Fab read. I've only highlighted a few paragraphs... then it goes into concrete ways to improve tech integration using the example of the iPad.
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Tracy Watanabe
Focused on innovation, collaboration, and learning. Passionate about project-based learning, constructivist pedagogy, blogging, one-to-one, and blended learning. Currently working as a Technology Integration Specialist and Common Core Coordinator.