Thursday, March 30, 2017

John Steinbeck Quote


Meeting George Couros at NCTies 2017

George Couros is a leading educator in the area of innovative leadership, teaching and learning...and an INCREDIBLE motivational speaker.  You will laugh and cry as well as reflect on your thoughts about education and educating. Author of the Innovator's Mindset; Empower Learning, Unleash Talent and Lead a Culture of Creativity. 
"Technology in the hands of a great teacher can be transformational."

Below is a summary of the book:
Kids walk into schools full of wonder and questions. How you, as an educator, respond to students’ natural curiosity can help further their own exploration and shape the way they learn today and in the future. The traditional system of education requires students to hold their questions and compliantly stick to the scheduled curriculum. But our job as educators is to provide new and better opportunities for our students. It’s time to recognize that compliance doesn’t foster innovation, encourage critical thinking, or inspire creativity–and those are the skills our students need to succeed.
In The Innovator’s Mindset, George Couros encourages teachers and administrators to empower their learners to wonder, to explore–and to become forward-thinking leaders.
If we want innovative students, we need innovative educators.
In other words, innovation begins with you. Ultimately, innovation is not about a skill set: it’s about a mindset. The Innovator’s Mindset is for you if: You are a superintendent, district administrator, or principal who wants to empower your staff to create a culture of innovation You are a school leader – at any level – and want to help students and educators become their personal best. You are a teacher who wants to create relevant learning experiences and help students develop the skills they need to be successful. You’ll be inspired to: Connect with other innovative educators, Support teachers and leaders as learners, Tap into the strength of your learning community, Create ongoing opportunities for innovation, Seek more effective methods for measuring progress, And, most importantly, embrace change and use it to do something amazing.
 






Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Thursday, February 25, 2016

OZeLive 2016

Presenting: 
Global Google Mapping: Can you say it 3 times fast?  You have made a global connection and now you want to share your world with them, and see views of their world as well.
However - your field trip budget doesn’t afford your students to travel to and SEE the locations where you have made those global connections - Let me show you some fabulous ways to utilize Google tools to create “visual visits” as well as sharing about your own location. You will learn how to easily use some Google tools, as well as webtools like Heganoo, Thinglink, Skype, Newseum, World Explorer, and apps such as Newsy, Stuck on Earth, Globe for iPad, and cross platform tools such as Flat Stanley and Duolingo.  OZeLive Smore

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Global Ed Conference Begins Monday November 16
http://www.globaleducationconference.com/ 

WELCOME!

The Global Education Conference Network is a collaborative, inclusive, world-wide community initiative involving students, educators, and organizations at all levels. Our activities are designed to significantly increase opportunities for connecting classrooms while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity and educational access for all. Please join this community to receive updates about our 2015-2016 events!
  • Our sixth annual Global Education Conference is a free week-long online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world. This year's conference will take place Monday, November 16 through Thursday, November 19, 2015. The entire conference is virtual and will take place online in webinar format. Sessions are held around the clock to accommodate participant time zones. 
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    Presenting - Go and Smell the Roses 2015 - In this session, explore sites to make global connections as well as web tools and apps to broaden student's global awareness, promote global learning and global stewardship.  Many  resources provided. One device, blended learning or 1-1, you will find resources to create real world global experiences for real world learning. 
    Presenting - Global Google Mapping - Can you say it 3 times fast?  You have made a global connection, and now you want to share your world with them, and see views of their location as well.  However - your field trip budget doesn't afford your students to travel to and SEE the locations where you have made those global connections - Let me show you some fabulous ways to utilize Google tools to create "virtual visits" that give your students a real world visual to their global connections, as well as sharing about their own location.  Supported by webtools like Heganoo, Thinglink, Skype, Newseum,  World Explorer, and apps such as Newsy, Stuck on Earth, globe for iPad and cross platform tools such as Flat Stanley and Duolingo.