Learning is Change
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12.19.07

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Core 1:

  1. Prepare-on:
    • Arrange desks
    • Talk about filter issues.
    • Do any last minute preparation
  2. Host the debate.
  3. Judge’s Decision
  4. Extension: Reflect on your debate. Turn in Thursday.

Core 2:

  1. Write-on: Where are you at in your social action plan? What are your next steps?
  2. Talk about filter issues.
  3. What obstacles do you think might get in the way of your social actions? How will you combat them?
  4. Work on your Social Action Plan (one person at a computer):
    • Describe problem
    • Design data collection
    • Describe process for collecting data
    • Collect data
    • Design Actions and how you think they will change things.
    • Design reflection questions
    • Reflect
    • Conclude
  5. Extension: Continue your SAP work to turn in tomorrow.

Core 3:

  1. Share-on: Share your non-human representations with your peers. Explain your choices.
  2. Talk about filter issues.
  3. Activity: Create a 2 page comic based upon your representations of you and your friends/family upon a particular injustice that you have experienced or could experience. DO NOT rush through this. Think about the visual and textual aspects of the comic.
    • How will you express your problem?
    • How will you express the stereotypes of you and your friends/family?
  4. Extension: Finish your comic for tomorrow.

Core 4:

  1. Prepare-on:
    • Arrange desks
    • Talk about filter issues.
    • Do any last minute preparation
  2. Host the debate.
  3. Judge’s Decision
  4. Extension: Reflect on your debate. Turn in Thursday.
Lesson Plans, Uncategorized

12.18.07

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Core 1:

  1. Prepare-on:
    • Arrange desks
    • Talk about uStream
    • Do any last minute preparation
  2. Host the debate, Stream the Debate.
  3. Judge’s Decision
  4. Extension: Reflect on your debate. Turn in Thursday.

Core 2:

  1. Rectify-On: Go into your google docs and make sure that both of your Academy Authentics for this quarter are labeled as Academy Authentics (1 and 2)
  2. Learn about how our What elements are missing from our Social Action Plan?
    • [flash http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=action-research3519]
      • How will you reflect? What questions will you ask yourself?
      • How will you capture the learning? How will you present it to others.
  3. Continue to work on your Social Action Plan for turning in your planning draft on Thursday.
  4. Extension:
    • Continue to collect data and to plan out your actions.

Core 3:

  1. Blog-on: How do you make sense of a world that is capable of such atrocities? How do you keep on going in your life if you know that these things have occurred and continue to occur?
  2. Discuss the final frames:
    • What is the significance of the pictures and the way that they are portrayed?
    • How does Vladek assimilate back into “normal” life?
    • How does Art seem to deal with the weight of his past?
    • How much artistic license is Art allowed to take with the holocaust?
    • What do you think is missing from Art’s depiction of his father’s story?
  3. Extension:
    • How would you portray you and your friends/family as non-human entities? Why? (Draw or write or both)

Core 4:

  1. Prepare-on:
    • Arrange desks
    • Talk about uStream
    • Do any last minute preparation
  2. Host the debate, Stream the Debate.
  3. Judge’s Decision
  4. Extension: Reflect on your debate. Turn in Thursday.

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The Most Change For The Most Kids

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June 27, 2007 12:30PM

 

It is with some hesitation that I post this podcast. I am a teacher, and I will always be a teacher. However, I have been given the opportunity to do more. I have been recruited (although not formally given the position) for a Technology Integration Position in a nearby school district. This podcast is all about coming to terms with the idea of leaving the classroom so that I might create change and achieve School 2.0 in a larger way. At this point, I am very much interested in following my passion for finding solutions, and if this job provides solutions for more teachers and more students and also for my family, I don’t know that I can do anything other than pursue it. I am, however, still looking for others who have either made this transition or who have rejected it in favor of the classroom. Please e-mail me at benwilkoff@gmail.com if you have any questions or ideas.

Show Notes:

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The 1.0 to 2.0 Transformation

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June 19, 2007 09:24PM

 

Well, there are two main elements to this podcast. 1. This is my first blog post/podcast about being named the 2006 Totally Wired Teacher by Edutopia and Yahoo Teachers. I am honored, but I hope that the one thing that comes out of flying to San Fransisco is that I meet as many would-be advocates for School 2.0 as I can. I really would love to be a larger instrument for change than merely by blogging and podcasting. 2. I am challenging everyone to come up with a description for Teacher/Classroom 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, and 2.0. I would really like to know what it should look like at all of these levels. What should we be striving for in our classrooms? What should a stranger be able to come in and observe?
Show Notes:

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The New Job Description

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June 11, 2007 05:02AM

 

The more that I think about doing something “different” in my classroom, the more that I feel that process should be transparent. Not just for my students and their parents, but also for my administrators. Principals, Assistant Principals, and even Super-Intendants should be aware that there is change happening in the classroom. They should also want that change to occur, meaning that they should actively support it. But the only way that this is going to happen is if we start advocating for it. So, this podcast is all about how we should be writing our own job descriptions for the jobs that we dream about doing as teachers and presenting them to our administrators. I think that if we take this proactive approach, many will listen and start to think differently about what should be going on in the classroom. Show Notes:

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Digital Sticky Notes

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June 05, 2007 03:12AM

 

Feedback continues to be something that requires a lot of thought to do right. I want to provide my students with as much timely feedback as possible, but I don’t want to have to resort to the methods of printing out blog posts and putting paper sticky notes on them. In this podcast I explore the possibility of giving student feedback using web annotation tools. If anyone has any good ideas for tools like this (other than diigo) please e-mail them to benjamin.wilkoff@dcsdk12.org

  • 00:00:00: Intro to Feedback
    The Podcast Blog
  • 00:01:33: Feedback Methods
  • 00:02:56: Revision-based Writing
  • 00:06:03: Collaborative Tools for the Individual
  • 00:07:21: Virtual Stick Notes
  • 00:08:55: The Outsourcing of Grading
    Steve Hargadon’s Blog
  • 00:11:51: Looking for the Tool and Conclusion
    My Blog
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My students are known for…

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May 28, 2007 10:26PM

 

This is the first podcast that I have done on my new MacBook and I was used GarageBand rather than ChapterToolMe in order to create the chapters. I have, as of yet, not been able to find a way of exporting the chapters and links into html using GarageBand, so you will have to download the show in order to get the links. If anyone has a way of doing this, I would love to hear about it. As for the episode itself, I have been hoping for a very long time that my students are learning everything that I want them to. I want them to come back to me after years of amazing creation and show me just how much influence they have derived from my class. I do not expect to change each of my students, but I do believe that many of my students see value in the School 2.0 environment that we are trying to create. The three things that I want them to be known for and to come back and tell me all about are Authenticity, Analysis, and Passion. If they have those three things down, there is no telling what they can do. http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2006/08/did-you-know.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/httpwww.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/persuaders/ http://discovery0607.wikispaces.com/The+Weekly+Authentic http://discovery0607.wikispaces.com/message/list/reflections http://headrush.typepad.com/ http://yongesonne.edublogs.org

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Digital Ex-Patriots and The Formula for Transparency

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May 14, 2007 09:19PM

 

Well, I may be going out on a limb with this one, but I have described in the podcast a level of discomfort with technology that goes beyond the simple immigrant/native debate. The fear and panic that is associated with technology in the classroom comes from Digital Ex-Patriots. These people (parents, teachers, administrators, etc.) are so sure of their anti-technology stance that they are actively pursuing a life (of education) away from technology integration. These are the people that we must win over if we are going to continue our collaborative efforts and truly create change. Please let me know what you think about this concept in the comments or in an e-mail (benjamin.wilkoff@dcsdk12.org) Show Notes:

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What Happens Next Year?

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May 12, 2007 05:41AM

 

I am very worried about what is going to happen to my students when they leave me at the end of this school year. Not because I think that they won’t be able to handle to rigors of high school life, but rather because I think that they won’t be able to handle going back to a traditional classroom. I wonder what the transition will be like when they know that collaborative tools exist, but they aren’t allowed to use them for school. Will they revolt? Will they create change? Or, will they just take it as another in a long string of disappointments from their learning institutions.

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The Would-Be School 2.0 Advocates

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May 06, 2007 05:14AM

 

The podcast episode is based upon the idea that teachers will listen to someone who has a lot of experience teaching without technology and then stumbled upon the effectiveness and authenticity of technology and became an advocate for change. They will not listen to someone who grew up with technology, and for who it naturally comes to. They need “one of their own kind” to bring them on board with the School 2.0 movement.

I also decide that we need a School 2.0 plank in the 2008 presidential election. No matter who wins, I want our commander and chief constantly thinking about how technology can influence learning in public schools across the nation.

Show Notes: