Sticky+Notes

=Learning (1 dot)=

- Students are allowed to mix based on interest and ability, regardless of age - Students are given the opportunity to create their own lessons - Create "space" for students to learn from one another - Ask the students- problem solve "Google it" - No more than 20 students per classroom - Tech tip of the day.. or week.. or share a new tool - Change learning over every other decision. No more touchy feely garbage. We are here to learn, not nanny

=Incentives (8 dots)=

- Staff will only be awarded technology once they have shown their ability to use the software/tech appropriately and effectively beyond just the tools featured - Get rid of tenure - Counsel out teachers who will not get on board - Provide incentives ($) for innovative instruction - Provide incentives for staff who develop inquiry/project lessons - Support new ideas and thinking different with monetary/technology incentives - It`s part of teacher`s evaluation after they have been effectively trained on how they are 21st centuralizing their classrooms and using tech tools - Provide incentives (either position, money, time, etc) to encourage teachers to learn about and implement change - Commitment to dive in and incorporate one new idea, site, etc into a lesson

=Staffing (5 dots)=

- Pilot teachers - Actually get rid of bad teachers - The need for more technology support in the schools. -people; not programs/electronics - Need tech person in each building - A network of professional resources is provided for by the state (doctors, lawyers, scientists) - Educate technicians on educational aspect of tools, etc and hire the right people- esp at the district level

=Money (27 dots)=

- Need to pass school level for funding extra technology and 21st century skills - Consider technology options before purchasing curricular materials - Restructure how schools spend money on instructional materials - Mandate funding for professional development related to 21st century learning and technology so schools dont see this as an extra or an add on - Creatively think (on funding issues) - Hardware issues: teachers interested in additional tech hardware can work together to identify and write grants to fun tech purchases - Districts need to scrutinize their funding carefully to find ways to get technology tools - State leaders need to fund 21st century skills in the schools the same way they are promoting growth in industry and jobs - Community needs to support levies for 21st century skills - Have the students pay a "technology fee" to help fund - Reward teachers who are engaging students and fostering successful learning - Get creative about how to use district funds. I.E, purchase technology materials instead of textbooks for every student - 1:1 computer adoption for teachers and students - Use free programs or low-cost resources to replace expensive ones - Explore grant options, company sponsors, parent sponsors to gain equipment - Funding- warp to purchase technology - Grant writers on staff - Give teachers time to work on grant writing - Grant writing and levies for money

Culture (5 dots)
- Empower district level coordinators to enforce change. Too much power in the principals - Having a group of teachers/ administrators modeling 21st century learning teaching practices - Administrators and tech dept or building tech people need to communicate and learn about needs or teacher - sharing and highlighting what teachers are doing in their rooms with their students - Get rid of teachers who cannot more beyond stagnant learning - Trust teacher judgment - Create a culture of collaboration. Change the bell schedule

=Curriculum (23 dots)=

- We stop referring to "curriculum" for content and grades - Teachers need to rethink the ways they teach the curriculum to find creative ways to imbede 21st century technology skills - Put the 21st century skills into national/state standards so it is not optional - Provide example of how a new, 21st century lesson produced measurable positive results - Allow teachers to experience 21st century learning in their own professional development so they can see the possibilities for their students - Allow and plan for different types of instructors. Kids learn differently. Expose them to different methods of instruction - We talked about how standardized tests address the minimum we want kids to know but we need to generate collectively ideas about the process we want kids to be equipped with - Homework would be instructional base of videos and tutorials for students to watch and practice at their own pace. Class time will be devoted to real problems and applying these skills - Develop inquiry based projects the cross curriculum and allow more than one teacher in a classroom

=Assessment (8 dots)=

- Cut state testing - Change the large scale assessments - Formal/standardized testing with the 21st century learner in mind - Not one test that all kids must take and pass - Change assessment- need performance based assessment - Develop multi-faceted state assessment picture (not one "test" on one day) - Make our state tests technology based - Get rid of the OAA`s! - Invite administrators into your classroom to excite them about the possibilities - Evaluations that reflect 21st century skills and doesnt punish teachers for risk taking - The state will put more emphasis on 21st century tools and less on standardized test scores

=Resources (19 dots)=

- Teacher coaches who have release time to go in the classroom and model - Tech support per building. Tech support that help and dont judge - Implement 1:1 computing for high performance schools (by FEDs) - Allow students to bring their tech tools to school - Pay more money/ Evaluate using specifics. Allow for experimentation. Encourage and support, above all else, innovation - Get a computer for each kid in the classroom - Ask the kids what they know they could support - Must have person/people (media specialists, tech coordinators) in place to train teachers on 21st century learning tools.

=Environment (8 dots)=

- A commitment by schools to invest in infrastructure and hardware to support 21st century learning. - Building level support systems to help facilitate 21st century integration - Classrooms at home! (21st century classroom) - Move learning out of the building and into the filled with mobile devices in students hands - 1:1 technology/computing encourage students to use their own equipment - Provide time and focus for professional development. There needs to be a realistic goal - Allow students to tell faculty about their enthusiastic learning using tools - Use the same strategies for engaging faculty that we use to engage students. Relevance. Active learning scaffolding realistic goals - All buildings important for education of students? What if money spent on buildings was spent differently? - Remove the district filter - Update technology at school so it can be a help, not a frustration - Working infrastructure - Meet the needs of all learners. Convert our two typical high schools into one PBL style environment

=Community Support (21 dots)=

- Educate parents on what has changed.. why (with different approach to learning) - Conferences wouldnt take place 3 times a year in a classroom. But continually with online storage warehouses. Portfolios will be developed to showcase the 21century models by "clearly defined expectations" - Educate parents about employers expectations for 21st century graduates. External pressure could drive change. - Training- informing the public on what 21st century learning is.. looks like in the classroom.. implications for children`s future..parental roles in home support - Bring in the community more into the schools via technology (Skype, etc) - Ask students/parents/community/businesses what their visions of 21st century is - Educate parents - Community knowledge and involvement in the "big picture" of 21st century learning - Buy-in administrators that model and demonstrate passion around technology that will allow/foster teacher budgeting - Parent buy in! Need to educate the community not just student and teacher learners - Enlist parents support by inviting them to participate in classroom wikis or blogs - Some type of professional development for parents in regards to current tools being used - Educate parents and community on where we are going - Provide parent training several times a year - Engage community in school- experts, models, in support of passion based learning - Provide parents with 21st century learning experiences - Campaign. Let the public know how their kids are getting cheated without access - Have community education for parents and students on how inquiry learning can work - Build partnerships with business for authentic problem solving to find solutions for business - Educate parents in 21st century thinking and skills so they not only appreciate them, but require teaching of those skills - Getting parents more involved. Let them see first hand all the positive things that are happening. After all they are the ones that vote - Create ed resources for the parents and community

=Policies (17 dots)=

- Students bring in their own technology - Model behaviors you want to see in everything you do - Lobby the federal government to have NCLB overhauled - Refine teacher/admin evaluation system to better reflect 21st century learning - Have students assist in decision making/policy setting - Re-evaluate district initiatives and combine or mesh into an overlying goal - Encourage B.O.E. to allow district to manage their own web filter so that we could unblock valuable sites - Drop acceptable use policy.. we dont have one for our library books - Policies to protect teacher users from poor student choices - Incorporate technology into current reading and math initiatives - Integrate subject matter- return to a teacher or 2 team approach - Have 1 initiative every 2/3 years, like 21st century thinking skills - Need to allow student- owned devices into school to increase students access - Restructure tech departments to reflect changing times. Not machine and site-focused but world-aware and expansive - Administration needs to listen to the staff and be willing to try a pilot program that promotes 21st century learning in the content. Then we can make accurate conclusions and provide feedback based on the present and be afraid of the barriers but willing to problem solve and work through them.

=College/Universities (1 dot)=

- Teacher expected redesign hiring practice to get the right people in the right seat - Create a "teacher academy" within public schools to connect with university- support action research, new teacher mentoring - Work with colleges and universities to redesign the teacher education programs. Teach pre-service teachers the new way to teach

=Leadership (38 dots)=

- We all need a great leader - Bring district/technology leaders into the classrooms. Show the need and success stories - Create an administrative team that not only verbally supports this learning shift, but also models it - Open minded teachers - Find an advocate in administration who can lead/push the others - Lead by example - Model for the administrators - Passion driven teaching and learning

=Equipment/Access (68 dots)=

- Choose 1 or 2 solid web 2.0 tools to focus on and build capacity - Allow students to have access- but teach them how to be good digital citizens - Opening access to teachers to restricted sites - Allow full access - Allow teachers to download - take down filters and barriers - Overcome access problems by proving relevance with small pilots - Allow teachers access to everything needed at school - Make the path to unblocking sites less cumbersome- allow the site to be proven worthy and then let it go through - Access for all - Unblock certain sites - Creative ways to increase access by allowing personal devices of all types - Total and complete access - Make tools accessible in a uniform and user friendly format - I.T. professionals need to visit classrooms where technology is being used. They need to see how blocked access impacts teaching and learning - Trust the teachers you trust to teach children with technology and open access - Open site access - Provide students and teachers with the tools to practice 21st century skills - Give all teachers the hardware they need - Smartboard mounted in each room - Allowing all students and staff to bring and experience technology everyday in their learning journey - Students get access using their own computers - Bring your own device (BYOD) - A computer for every student - One computer per student and staff - Provide resources to use technology (improve quality and quantity of hardware) - Allow students to bring in their own devices to school - 1:1 for teachers and students - Increase bandwidth and wi-fi - Contract with a Wi-fi provided for the district - For dropped network wireless connections give a quick how to fix and give permission - Netbooks for all. Get rid of smelly heavy textbooks - Computer availability for all students and teachers via grants or creative budgeting - iPads instead of textbooks - Form consortia to leverage pricing - Laptops, iPads replace textbooks

=Professional Development (74 dots)=

- Build community in district/building so teachers/staff can be transparent in their learning and start at the level where they are - Create tech mentor program to get "outdated teachers" up to date - We need professional development so teachers feel confident to teach their students - Administrative support- provide professional development that models inquiry and uses web 2.0 tools - Professional development for teachers who successfully utilize new tools - More professional development for district leadership so they model 21st century learning practices and support them - All administrators and faculty attend tech workshops promoting change in education views - Ongoing staff education: develop common language etc regarding education in the information age - Focus our training on administrators - Teacher training on 21st century learning. What are the skills necessary for students to possess. Train staff on tools to collaborate thus training students and use their tools - Encourage /develop teacher leaders - Start small and build interest (staff) - Individualized professional growth meeting needs of each teacher online and F2F - Social learning communities - Encourage, encourage, encourage the use of these innovative and powerful tools - Choose 3 district initiatives and all PD is around these topics - Mandate professional development related to 21st century learning and technology so schools dont see this as an "extra" or "add on" - Provide meaningful and sustained professional development - Teachers have professional development on how to develop lessons - Professional development for teachers - Professional development to focus on inquiry-based learning - Create 21st century implementation team. Board member, 1 elementary 1 middle, 1 HS principal. Collection of teachers, parents, students - Provide practical examples that colleagues can see how things are able to be done - Model that it is okay to learn with the students - Provide easy to understand coaching or training in small steps. Demonstrate how the tool helped to teach a concept - More "hands on" technology training for teachers - Phase in starting with true believers (like FHSD`s tablet program) - Maintain our district tablet PC program (this is a 1 year voluntary commitment that includes pedagogy and tools) - Focused PS once per month on 1 web 2.0 tool as a staff which include lessons or units for easy, comfortable application in class - Offer PD in technology/staff must participate in X amount of 21st century PD - Professional development weekly... delayed start of school day - Give teachers models to follow so they can see it is possible to change how they teach - Have more people available to the staff who can mentor and guide others toward this type of teaching - Create models to help teachers picture the possibilities - Talk about the things you are doing- show people- motivate- train them one person at a time - Staff PD- go see examples of it working (like in Philadelphia) - Take viral approach, dont try and win everyone over at once - Show teachers examples of how colleagues have used tools to increase student learning - Initiate the change in small steps that are manageable and preserved as critically important - Individualize solutions (one size doesnt fit all) - Continue to learn and grow with those that are enthusiastic and willing to go the extra mile - Professional development for staff. Pairing staff up - support - Continue to "fight the fight" by showing administration the benefits and concerns of 21st century technologies and how you deal with them - Follow up with professional development after it has been called out - More professional development for staff at times that allow you to capture them and follow up with the PD - Offer P.D for teachers, by teachers, showing what this looks like and how it can benefit all students - PD would be done during the school day along side students. Focus will be on learning a specific piece of the content area while utilizing a web 2.0 application as a vehicle for its implementation - Develop and catalog effective teaching strategies in an online location that all teachers can add to and utilize - Each staff member experience a transformative learning experience - Create experiences for teachers to compel them to change. Teach head, heart and hands - Continue PD opportunities for faculty to grown and be exposed to new ideas

=Collaboration (23 dots)=

- Give time to collaborate - Create learning groups - Tech Tuesdays PD every Tuesday morning 1/2 hour at a time - Additional paid required time for teachers for them to learn teaching changes as the culture and technology change. It is not a train me and I am done profession - Need funding so teachers will haul a free bell for collaboration - Restructure the school day to promote inquiry/passion based learning - Restructure school time to be more sufficient - Provide time for staff members to collaborate daily - Develop support networks for educators - Have buddy teachers- pair two teachers to work on one new technology together - Require curriculum instructors and teach gurus to work together on filtering and access issues - More PD on technology - "Virus" you passion- take a "friend teacher" under your wing and help them to fly to the web - Problem solve

=Vision (39 dots)=

- Articulate clearly the benefits of web 2.0 learning environments - What does 21st century learning look like? We need an online storage space for REAL transformative learning examples - "Digital citizenship" as building goal for every teacher in the building - Move to open source - Educate staff on direction of education. What is our shared understanding? - Get building techs into the district curriculum meetings so were all on the same page - Focus groups to analyze/audit current practices from developing budgets to scheduling to intervention to classroom practices to communication (new way of doing things) - Spend 1 year with a team of educators to design a digital system to support classroom instruction - Do not be afraid to try new things, Pilot away! - Fear brings awareness and allows for the beginning of conversation. Acknowledge fear - Support staff`s understanding and development of new literacies - Redesign schools - Hire district leaders who create a sense of urgency and will lead with a top down/bottoms up - Showcase learning as visionaries. Not testing results. Revamp national vision for educational citizenship - Get district leadership to recognize the importance of 21st century skills so that it can become a focus/thrust of the district - Require school boards to be on board with the changes in education

=Time (56 dots)=

- Scheduling needs to be done so that learning and content area teachers have common planning time to share and collaborate. Schedule 1/2 release days each quarter to allow time during the working day so teachers can collaborate and share - Collaboration between teachers that extends outside the 4 walls of a school - Lots of time for teachers as learners - Give teachers time to observe classrooms where inquiry and passion based learning occur - Cross curricular planning times - Allow teacher time to design lessons studies on the effectiveness of 21st century lessons - Give "time" for teachers to collaborate on new learning for reflection - Time to collaborate/share lessons/ be PD for each other - Search for students to handle the influx of data and information. Reduce staff time spent on menial tasks - Build in time during the school day to give teachers time to collaborate - Time to develop and participate in meaningful professional development - PD for teachers and then time to plan on how to implement it - Planning time to try new ideas - Give all staff time to learn. plan, respond, reflect Provide time for professional development for teachers - Design a work week that provides time for teacher co collaboration - To address lack of buy in, get small groups of teachers to experiment in their classrooms and publicly share whats going on "grass roots" - Adopt a work buddy who i can introduce web 2.0 to and work with them to explore and develop skill and competencies - Rotate subs- to give staff time to collaboratively plan learning experience - Give time and resources to collaborate in the creation of 21st century learning experiences - Teachers get time to work in teams to develop lessons - Less staff meeting time used for disbursement of info and instead use it for collaboration of new ideas and practice - Give teachers time to collaborate- those who are more proficient with 21st century learning should be paired with those who arent - Allow teachers time to "play" together with tech sites and programs

=Scheduling (21 dots)=

- Restructure the school time frames. Do H.S students need to be in class physically for 6 hours straight? - Look to programs like credit flex to help create avenues for students to design their own learning experiences - Revised scheduling to allow for inquiry based learning I.E. 2 sub/day all day, math/language-M, art/pe- T - Let teachers and students propose their own schedules (in higher grade levels) - Continue changes such as flex credit - Make flexible schedules for students and teachers - Time for PD - Time limits for classes are eliminated - Build in 20-30 min "study hall" for students, teachers work on PD via ning (so it can be tracked) - Extend the day by 2 hours - Late start days to provide training time - Extend the school year and school day. More time needed - Principals will have more time for those 21st century teachers to share their lessons with staff. They need to be highlighted - Massive flexibility in scheduling - Change the schedule of the school day and how we schedule students - Block schedule to provide more time for inquiry work at HS - Flexible hours of learning for students and teacher facilitators - Changing and rethinking the school day (time) to incorporate 21st century learning - School days wouldnt be 5 days a week for 150 days straight. Build professional learning days planning days between units, lessons, etc. Planning model.