Step+5+-+Proposal

5. **Proposal** //How will you plan to solve the problem or answer the question? Describe what you will do to address the problem/opportunity described earlier. Are you doing anything differently than others have attempted? Why or why not? Why do you propose that your approach will succeed better than prior attempts or will work better with your students or faculty?//

>>>>> >>> Independent school teachers and administrators (do we want to open it to anyone?) ** >>> Administrators, Teachers and Students from independent schools who will submit proposals (do we want to hand pick some of the presenters so we have some good examples the first year?) >>> //Thursday June 3rd// >>> Keynote >>> SummerSpark Cohort* Introductions >>> Lunch/Ignite(Encienda) talks >>> Session 1 >>> Session 2 >>> >>> //Friday June 4th// >>> Panel Discussion (area college professors etc) >>> Session 3 >>> Lunch/Ignite(Encienda) talks >>> Session 4 >>> SummerSpark Cohort* Debrief >>> Closing >>> >>> *SummerSpark Cohorts will be assigned to allow teachers from different schools, divisions and disciplines come together and meet and talk since a major component is extending our networks and collaboration. Once the sessions get started people will likely go back to conversing with 'their people' and hopefully this will get people talking to new people throughout the conference.
 * Begin to offer 'teasers' during our Last Friday professional development breakout sessions
 * To hold a 'teacher academy' that will expose our colleagues to the collaborative tools that will allow them to succeed in making their classrooms more collaborative.
 * Monday June 7th
 * 9:00- 9:45 Opening
 * 10:00-10:45 Session 1
 * 11:00-12:00 Lunch
 * 12:00-12:45 Session 2
 * 1:00-1:45 Session 3
 * 1:50-2:30 Closing
 * Sessions
 * **Aggregating Tools (gotta come up with better term) - Jason Sessions 1 and 2**
 * Delicious
 * Google Reader (RSS)
 * Dropbox
 * ReadTwit
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**Slideshare - Chris all 3**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**Podcasting - Audacity and Gcast - Lauren all 3**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**Blogging - Christian Sessions 1 and 2**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Blogger and **Wordpress** (happy to do multiple blogging platforms or just WP)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> **CoverItLive** (live blogging)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Twitter **(microblogging)**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**Youtube - Catherine and Sue (intro Session 1 and 2, more in depth Session 3)**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**Google Apps** -- **Christian** (Google Docs usage and strategy) -- **and Jason** Google Forms and Spreadsheets
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">How do we introduce them?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Do we have them come with a ppt to upload to slideshare for example?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Do we have some Blogs related to their subject area ready for them to add to Google Reader?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Do we have some people related to their subject ready for them to add to Twitter and set up Readtwit or TwitterTimes?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Do we think they need to leave with something tangible or is the basic knowledge of what it is enough to get them to self-discover?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Do we offer asynchronous tutorials/screencasts that can serve as reminders for them once they leave?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">To hold a teacher conference for surrounding schools based on conversations SummerSpark (summerspark.wikispaces.com )
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">To bring teachers (lead learners) from independent schools together to have conversations about how to best educate students in today's world. Focus on how inquiry, research, collaboration, presentation and reflection affect today's learners.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**Audience
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**Conversation Leaders**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">**Proposed Outline**

> <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> NOTES on how we arrived at this proposal below.
 * Since we have found the most rewarding portion of PLP to be the time we spent talking about teaching, we would like to have more of those conversations at our school. So we would like to develop PLCs in which our teachers can get together and discuss teaching.
 * Also set up an asynchronous way for them to communicate


 * REVISIONS FROM THE MARCH 10TH MEETING INCLUDED SETTING THE AGENDA FOR THE TEACHER ACADEMY AND DECIDING HOW WE WOULD OFFER THE SESSIONS. WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE CONFERENCE CALL ABOUT SUMMERSPARK AND ITS AGENDA HOW WE AS A PLP GROUP WILL PARTICIPATE IN THAT. ALL OF THESE CHANGES ARE NOTED BELOW.**

On February 26th we invited anyone who was interested to our regular PLP meeting. While this was at a time when they could have been working in their rooms we still had 17 or so other teachers and administrators come to talk for almost an hour and a half about educational technology and teaching today.

Here are some of our opinions about how the meeting went.


 * **Chris:** " Great turn-out! I know of a few other MS teachers that wanted to be there, but could not make it. Is there any way to have the interested people sign onto the Oak Training site (through Google I guess?) to voice their interests as they think of even more? That way, we could address ways to entertain those issues and better prepare for the boot camp. They could also get into the “Sharing” mood by starting to post things that they find."
 * Jason's response:** I think this would be a good idea. We could post a google form on the Oak Training blog (really wish I would have titled it Oak Learning). What questions would we ask?


 * **Sue** - <span style="color: #000080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">"I was surprised at the number of people who showed up. That was encouraging!!! It seems like the ones who came are excited and wanting to learn."


 * **Catherine:** " Nice job. Mostly positive;) Some are really excited! I enjoyed the conversation amongst colleagues."


 * **Lauren:** " I think it was GREAT. I too was pleasantly surprised with the attendees. I think in Lower School we need to feel like we can go directly to Jason. I think we have some enthusiasm for technology and it will only get better. I look forward to the planning of our boot camp. I think Lisa and Carol Scarborough could add a class about the Smart Board to our agenda and get a few people to go to it."


 * **Christian:** "Agree with Lauren and Susan with regards to the impact of Friday's session . I was -- first -- impressed by how many teachers (and administrators) who attended (and seemed sincerely curious). Second, I really appreciated how far all of us have come since we started (when you consider our evolving comfort/usage vs. where those in the room are today). Third, I was really pleased that John Cocharo called me this weekend to explore various ideas. While he's still framing things, he's literally going to change his entire 4th quarter curriculum/process in 3 of his sections to reflect a pretty brave embrace of new technologies. Had it not been for the meeting and what Jason sparked, I don't think John would have challenged his own curriculum. I was stunned by how many ideas he's already putting into play after just a weekend to reflect upon Friday's session. He may -- even after his initial reluctance/frustration -- become one of our school's best examples of embracing emerging tech and really re-thinking his teaching approach. Finally, I was really pleased that we had 4 (beyond Jason) administrators who seemed sincerely committed to what we've been exploring (and that Butch even brought it up in his email today). Once the administrative team senses a critical mass of teachers who are working collaboratively (re: learning/teaching) and are exploring new technologies, I have no doubt they'll start to invest and more. Congrats to the group for helping our larger school already begin to shift...and for the decision to host the Teacher Academy this summer."


 * So where do we go from here? What do you guys need help working on?**