Learning is Change

We will have a lot of chromebooks in DPS by the end of the year, but this is what 18,000 looks like in Cherry Creek.

Originally shared by Jay Vean-CCSD

Here is the final update to the 18,000+ Chromebook deployment here in Cherry Creek Schools near Denver, Colorado.  There are 74 pictures total.  The images included here are small examples of the process that each of our buildings went through during our deployment of these machines.  All Chromebooks have been delivered and over 90% of them have already been enrolled into our district domain.  Moving forward we will create an album focused on training and our implementation into classroom instruction.  The training and support has already begun and will definitely be ongoing.  We’re looking forward to continually sharing our Chromebook journey with all of you!

We will have a lot of chromebooks in DPS by the end of the year, but this is what 18,000 looks like in Cherry Creek.

Originally shared by Jay Vean-CCSD

Here is the final update to the 18,000+ Chromebook deployment here in Cherry Creek Schools near Denver, Colorado.  There are 74 pictures total.  The images included here are small examples of the process that each of our buildings went through during our deployment of these machines.  All Chromebooks have been delivered and over 90% of them have already been enrolled into our district domain.  Moving forward we will create an album focused on training and our implementation into classroom instruction.  The training and support has already begun and will definitely be ongoing.  We’re looking forward to continually sharing our Chromebook journey with all of you!

I thought you all might want to see what deploying 18,000 chromebooks looks like.

Originally shared by Jay Vean-CCSD

Here is the final update to the 18,000+ Chromebook deployment here in Cherry Creek Schools near Denver, Colorado.  There are 74 pictures total.  The images included here are small examples of the process that each of our buildings went through during our deployment of these machines.  All Chromebooks have been delivered and over 90% of them have already been enrolled into our district domain.  Moving forward we will create an album focused on training and our implementation into classroom instruction.  The training and support has already begun and will definitely be ongoing.  We’re looking forward to continually sharing our Chromebook journey with all of you!

I thought you all might want to see what deploying 18,000 chromebooks looks like.

Originally shared by Jay Vean-CCSD

Here is the final update to the 18,000+ Chromebook deployment here in Cherry Creek Schools near Denver, Colorado.  There are 74 pictures total.  The images included here are small examples of the process that each of our buildings went through during our deployment of these machines.  All Chromebooks have been delivered and over 90% of them have already been enrolled into our district domain.  Moving forward we will create an album focused on training and our implementation into classroom instruction.  The training and support has already begun and will definitely be ongoing.  We’re looking forward to continually sharing our Chromebook journey with all of you!

There are some great new protocols for planning within the toolkit math section (linked in this post), but it makes me wonder what your favorite protocols are for analyzing student work or creating instructional tasks for and with kids. Do you have favorites?

http://standardstoolkit.dpsk12.org/3-math/3b-dps-scope-and-sequence-for-the-common-core-math-standards

I am now convinced that we are just now fully realizing the vision of remote collaboration laid out in 1968 by a research team at Stanford. I’m pretty sure the portion starting at 1 hour and 14 minutes of this video is the world’s first Google+ hangout, 43 years before Google+ existed.

Just incredible.

http://youtu.be/yJDv-zdhzMY?t=1h13m50s

If we believe:

…in trusting and supporting teachers and school leaders to make the decisions that will be in the best interest of our students

… that the skill needed to make these decisions well is best developed in peer-to-peer learning communities focused on reflective practice; teachers reflecting on planning, instruction, and assessment; leaders reflecting on enabling conditions for student learning

…that an individual’s professional development should be explicitly aligned to the outcomes to which that individual is held accountable

…that to the greatest extent possible, the focus of professional development should be determined by the learner, with his/her manager when necessary

…that teachers’ and school leaders’ efficacy for their students increases substantially if they are supported by an effective community

…that district-wide information dissemination, culture-building and celebration are fundamental but different from deep learning, and therefore will require work outside of professional development

What do you think about this statement by Stephen Downes? Is it true, and if so what does that mean for us as teachers and leaders?

Originally shared by John Graves

This Twitter pic

https://twitter.com/Todd_Conaway/status/408284892867215360

is slide 95 in 

De-Icing the MOOC Research Conference

http://bavatuesdays.com/de-icing-the-mooc-research-conference/