29 NOV 2015 · Reflections from the "Personalized Learning Spaces With The Brain in Mind Conference" This two-day high-energy conference empowered school leadership teams from 6 MidWest states to explore how personalized learning experiences directly correlates with a student’s and a teacher’s growth mindset. We examined how personalized learning and its spaces can support a variety of pedagogical and brain-based instructional approaches. Participants had the opportunity to create their own personalized learning plan, through a “classroom crib” design challenge. This design challenge will motivate participants to create a personalized learning space based on sound pedagogical practices gained from the captivating sessions facilitated by well-known Minnesota and nationally recognized educational leaders and industry partners. A collaborative and interactive panel discussion with high school and middle school students added additional voices to this two-day experience and they provided us real world perspectives of what they need to be successful in their learning. Twitter Hashtag: #PLS15 PLS eHandouts https://goo.gl/gYvADH Classroom Crib Design Challenge https://goo.gl/Zn4pe7 Presenters: Tim Dorway and ECCS Team, Twitter: @PrincipalTdor Lisa Gearman, PLS15 Coordinator, Twitter: @ChaskaHighMedia Emily Goranson, Twitter: @EmilyGoranson Brad Gustafson, Twitter: @GustafsonBrad Naomi Harm, Twitter: @naomiharm Angie Kalthoff, Twitter: @mrskalthoff Karen Keffeler, Twitter: keffeler_k Erin Klein, Twitter: @ErinKlein Michael Krill, Twitter: @darthmike15 Travi Lape, Twitter: @travislape Erin Schiller, Twitter: @ESM_Erin

16 OCT 2015 · This month's broadcast is coming live from Toulouse, France from the Practicel Pedagogies conference #PracPed15 I had the opportunity to inteview two year 12 students Alice and Camille and they share their learning perspective as students to share their voice and choice in learning.

14 AUG 2015 · This live broadcast will focus on digital literacy and the importance of understanding information. Many ideas will be shared of how to model and implement digital literacy best practice with your students and with grade level sections of Prek-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12. Naomi will incorporate the ISTE Student Standards and Student Profiles to compliment the grade level student learning experiences and projects you can use tomorrow in your classroom. Also Common Sense Media is metioned and the imporantce of digital literacy and digital citizenship in and out of the classrom. Here are the resources mentioned in her live broadcast show today. 1. Digital Literacy http://digitalliteracy.us 2. Alice Chen http://wondertechedu.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-9-cs-of-digital-literacy.html 3. ISTE http://iste.org/STANDARDS 4. ISTE STudent Profiles http://iste.org/standards/iste-standards/standards-for-students 5. Book Creator App 6. Tellagami App 7. Stop Motion and support page http://www.nfa.edu/student-resources/stop-motion-animation 8. Art Sonia http://wwwartsonia.com 9. Tynker http://www.tynker.com 10. Common Sense Media http://www.commonsensemedia.com 11. Digital Literacy Toolkits http://digitalliteracy.us/digitaltoolkits 12. EdTech Challenge http://www.edtechchallenge.com/introduction/course-introduction 13. 20 Guiding Questions To Support Your Digital Literacy Plan http://www.teachthought.com/2-guiding-questions-develop-digital-literacy-plan 14. Kathy Schrock Digital Literacy Resources http://www.schrockguide.net/literacy-in-the-digital-age.html 15. Voxer - Using Voxer to Streamline School Communication | Edutopia and Voxer app Messaging, Walkie Talkie app for Team communication | Voxer 16. SLACK Is Slack the new LMS? — The Synapse — Medium and SLACK app Apps | Slack 17. Genius Hour Genius Hour - Where Passions Come Alive - Genius Hour 18. Student Driven Passion Projects- Pinterest Collection Passion Project on Pinterest | Genius Hour, Ib Learner Profile and Ib Classroom 19. Genius Hour and 20% Time from Joy Kirr Genius Hour / 20% Time - LiveBinder 20. Read-Write-Think: Teaching With Blogs Teaching With Blogs - ReadWriteThink

27 MAY 2015 · In this radio show Naomi Harm will be engaging you with mobile DNA (Device Neutral Assessments/Apps/Activities) with Chrome and iPad Apps, and Web 2.0 resources to collect data, and use this feedback to check for student understanding during the instructional process, and to make adjustments to their instruction as necessary. These formative assessment practices will provide students with clear learning targets, examples and models of strong and weak work, regular descriptive feedback, and the ability to self-assess, track learning, and set goals to support a personalized teaching and learning environment for each and everyone of your students. Examples of learning that will take place during the Creative and Engaging Mobile Assessments radio show: “HOTS” questioning techniques and examples to engage all learners Intro and exit Tickets, quick writes, interactive gaming polls Flipped teaching strategies embedded with video question sets Time allowed to build authentic mobile assessments to use in your classroom “BLOOMS” collaborative learning and digital project activities QR Code creation and techniques to differentiate assessment delivery SAMR Model with student/teacher integration examples. Here is the link to the online Intel Engage discussion thread with all the resources for you to download and share with other teacher freinds. https://engage.intel.com/message/146542#146542

5 MAR 2015 · A live interview with Adam Seipel (Twitter: @adamseipel ), NC instructional technology facilitator sharing his #NCTIES2015 PD and learning experience, the connection with #ISTE conference and his Monday morning impact he will put into practice. Thanks Adam!

5 MAR 2015 · North Carolina students from High Point Technology Academy share their best student leadership practices with teachers at the #NCTIES2015 Conference.

14 FEB 2015 · This month’s radio broadcast is a two part focus. The first is in the importance of celebrating and recognizing World Radio Day and how to get youth excited about live broadcast journalism and creating and producing their own school radio shows, and the second portion is how can we has educators can continue to provide voice and choice with girls and young women in STEM science, technology, engineering, and mathematics learning opportunities so they can follow and excel in their STEM career driven passions. Websites Mentioned: World Radio website at www.worldradioday.org Spreaker http://www.spreaker.com “There Is A MakerFaire in That iPad” http://gettingsmart.com/2014/02/theres-maker-fair-pad-10-ways-create-student-makers-apps Women in STEM- United Staes White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp/women Engaging Girls in STEM through the National Girls Collaborative Project http://www.ngcproject.org/engaging-girls-stem Milion Women Mentors is a phenominal website portal found at http://www.millionwomenmentors.org HERE ARE A FEW MORE RESOURCES SO YOU CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING: 1]http://www.NCWIT.org – Amazing research and tools from the National Center for Women and Informational Technology 2] MENTOR, the National Mentoring Partnership has some great resources for us all to learn from. The value of mentoring, http://www.mentoring.org/about_mentor/value_of_mentoring be a mentor and their Mentoring Partnership in Pittsburgh developed a great guide. 3] http://www.npower.org – Sign up here and find STEM related volunteer and mentoring opportunities today on The Community Core. 4] http://www.Mentornet.net – Outstanding online mentoring platform for undergraduate mentoring. 5]. http://www.Volunteermatch.com Millions of opportunities! 6] The FabFems directory is a national database of women from a broad range of professions in science, technology, computer science, engineering, and mathematics who are inspiring role models for young women. The directory is free and accessible to young women, parents, girl-serving STEM programs, and other orgs working to increase career awareness and interest in STEM. www.fabfems.org. The FabFems Project is an innovative online collaboration tool brought to you by the National Girls Collaborative Project. 7] Girls Who Code or http://www.Code.org – We hear you can also work with a mentee and learn to code for free through the Khan Academy (http://www.khanacademy.org ). See video of awesome female role models (many in STEM careers)at http://www.leanin.org 8] Techbridge (http://www.techbridge.org ) has a wealth of research and resources to help you develop your skills as a mentor. 9) Go to http://www.millionwomenmentors.org and sign up for Million Women Mentors Weekly and count toward the million by adding your Pledge-to-Mentor.

5 JAN 2015 · This Digital Buzz radio show is all about 2015 wearable technology and the learning impact for students and teachers in k-12 education. Wearable technologies and their uses for education mentioned in this broadcast: Smart Watches, VRG (Virtual Reality Gaming), Google Class, GoPro Cameras, and digital wristbands. Supportive websites for further insights: Intel Teachers Engage Community discussion thread on wearable technology: https://engage.intel.com/message/140352#140352 The Teacher's Guide To Wearable Tech In The Classroom | Edudemic http://www.edudemic.com/wearable-tech-in-the-classroom/ Will Kids Adopt Smartwatches Before Their Parents? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-14/will-kids-adopt-smartwatches-before-their-parents-do-.html BBC News - Wick's wearable technology contest 'a Scottish first http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-30227781 Beyond Gaming, the VR boom is Everywhere http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2014/10/beyond-oculus-the-vr-boom-is-everywhere-from-classrooms-to-therapy-couches VR Will Change Education http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2014/09/5-ways-virtual-reality-will-change-education/ A Teachers Guide To Google Glass http://www.edudemic.com/guides/the-teachers-guide-to-google-glass Google Glass in Class http://www.schrockguide.net/google-glass-in-class.html Using the GoPro Camera as a Teaching Tool http://public.hudl.com/blog/2012/06/using-the-gopro-camera-as-a-teaching-tool GoPro Camera Projects http://www.instructables.com/id/GoPro-Cameras/ Best Wrist Band Activity Trackers http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/test-centre/wearable-tech/3498368/15-best-activity-trackers-2014-2015-uk/

30 NOV 2014 · This month's radio show is all about "Getting Back To The Basics" of designing, delivering and implementing professional development. Listed below are additional resources to start your own Fed Ex PD days and Edcamps in your schools. Intel Teachers Engage FedEx Day Resources https://engage.intel.com/message/138228#138228 Reflections from principals using this type of PD day with staff http://lynhilt.com/inspiration-delivers http://connectedprincipals.com/archives/1430 http://connectedprincipals.com/archives/4034 http://fromthehallways.blogspot.com/2011/09/fed-ex-day-we-delivered.html FedEx Prep: A Reflection shared by @mrwejr http://life-long-learners.com/dan-pink-recommends-a-fedex-day-for-students-and-teachers http://www.jfritzky.blogspot.com/2014/01/fedex-day.html The best resources for using Fed Ex day in schools from Larry Ferlazzo http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2012/05/28/the-best-resources-for-applying-fed-ex-days-to-schools What could it look like in the classroom? Check out Innovation Day experiences from Josh Stumpenhorst (and Daniel Pink’s reflections on it!) as well as Josh’s #140edu talk about Innovation Day and other links from teachers who have used similar ideas in their classrooms http://stumpteacher.blogspot.com/2011/03/innovation-day-2011.html http://www.danpink.com/2011/05/what-your-business-can-learn-from-a-6th-grade-classroom?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter http://stumpteacher.blogspot.com/2012/03/innovation-daythe-sequel.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYbKIiPqYrI http://life-long-learners.com/dan-pink-recommends-a-fedex-day-for-students-and-teachers/ http://www.pernilleripp.com/2011/05/4th-grade-do-innovation-day.html http://www.pernilleripp.com/2012/05/what-is-innovation-day-and-why-should.html The Edcamp Foundation - find an edcamp to attend near you! Organize your own edcamp! http://edcamp.org Reflections from using the edcamp model at an elementary school inservice http://lynhilt.com/its-kind-of-magical Reflections from principals/teachers who have experienced the edcamp model as a form of PD in their schools http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2013/02/why_our_edcamp_failed.html http://www.educationrethink.com/2013/02/why-professional-development-should-be.html http://hepg.org/hel/article/549 http://www.edtechinfusion.com/pd-conferences-vs-unconferences/ http://www.edutopia.org/blog/edcamps-remixing-profesional-development-andrew-marcinek Genius Hour What is Genius Hour? http://www.danpink.com//2011/07/the-genius-hour-how-60-minutes-a-week-can-electrify-your-job http://educationismylife.com/genius-hour-manifesto/ http://geniushour.wikispaces.com A compilation of resources about Genius Hour and its use in the classroom/schools http://mrsdkrebs.edublogs.org/2011/12/02/geniushour-blog-post-index/ Google’s 20% Time How Google’s 20% time fosters innovation http://www.weknownext.com/trends/shannon-deegan-how-googles-20-percent-time-fosters-innovation http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/jobs/21pre.html?_r=1& Eric Sheninger’s school uses 80/20 model for PD http://esheninger.blogspot.com/2013/04/autonomy-breeds-change.html http://www.centerdigitaled.com/training/Googles-8020-Principle-New-Jersey-School.html More http://figuringitouted.blogspot.com/2011/05/building-experts-reshaping-professional.html Google's 20% Factor http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=4839327&page=1 There’s a 20% time MOOC starting now! http://educationismylife.com/join-the-20-time-mooc-today/ Google's Culture of 20% Time http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/googles-20-percent-time-in-action.html Tech Tuesdays shared by Joe Mazza http://connectedprincipals.com/archives/7197 Collaborative teacher groups, reflective blog practices http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2006/06/beginning.html http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2006/06/about-this-blog.html http://lynhilt.com/learning-together/ Teachers facilitating learning sessions on inservice days/workshops http://elemresources.wiki.elanco.net/Feb+17+Tech+Integration+Day https://sites.google.com/a/nccs.k12.nc.us/nccs-digital-days/home Show and Tell PD Sharing Showcase http://plpnetwork.com/2013/02/28/show-pd-teachers/ http://www.scribd.com/doc/50663913/Sharing- Speedgeeking http://kimcofino.com/blog/2009/04/05/take-your-faculty-speedgeeking/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve56ZQVb-jI

2 MAY 2014 · Collaborative and Inspiring Year End Student Projects (The Unique Me and Show What You Know) Adapted from Edutopia and Scholastic Year End Project http://www.edutopia.org/blog/end-of-year-engaging-projects-rebecca-alber http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/grades-6-8-collaborative-year-end-projects #1) Show What You Know Give students an opportunity to teach the rest of the class something, like origami, Foldify app, Robives, programming with Scratch, showcasing a new app and it can be used in the classroom, or a martial arts self-defense move (design, construct, apply). #2) On-Campus Field Trips • Take them outside to write observational notes on what they see through the eyes of a scientist, historical figure, artist, a character from a book or film (discover, examine, report) • Journey to the library for a Scavenger Hunt. There's many online that you can revise to fit your content and/or interests of your students, or through a Class Tools QR Scavenger Hunt (locate, investigate, compile) • Join another class and have a Poetry Slam, Science or Math Mini Fare. This gives students a chance to share a project or product with a different audience. Consider doing this in a neutral zone like the cafeteria or library or online through Skype or a Google Hangout (discover, demonstrate, evaluate) #3) Own a: Planet, Song, Decade, Career, Author, Country, Scientist, or a Medical Breakthrough With this activity, the student becomes an expert on whatever she/he chooses and then presents it to the class or in small groups. The product can be, for example, a mini-book, PowerPoint, or iMovie, Podcast, a radio show through Spreaker or bringing in a Skype expert (select, prepare, research, design). #4) Craft a New Ending Students take their favorite book, speech, short story, poem, or historical event and write a new ending. Ask them to also include rationale for their ending. They can also illustrate, design and publish through Book Creator app or a Google Doc or Lucid Press Chrome app (infer, devise, conclude, reflect). #5) Create a Commercial Host a class competition where students cast a vote, and give an award to the team that produces the most clever, creative 30-second PSA (Personal Service Announcement) advertisement. Decide first as a class on the product to be pitched and review the Rock Your World resource. Tools/resources utilized: Movenote, ScreenCastOmatic, EdPuzzle iMovie or Movie Maker 2, or Magisto Chrome App (plan, design, critique). #6) Portfolio Showcase Students compile a collection of their best work from the school year or last semester, and include explanations for their choices. This could be done in hard copy or digitally through Google Sites and Google Docs, and Easy Portfolio Site Builder Chrome App can include illustrations and photos (select, assess, categorize, prepare). #7) Stage a TV Contest Engage your students by letting them participate in a TV-like competition, similar to American Idol. Together, brainstorm a list of concepts or ideas your class has learned during the year. Write each idea on a slip of paper and put all the slips in a hat. Divide students into groups of three or four and have each group draw a slip of paper. Then, instruct them to create a skit or song based on their topic. After two or three days’ practice, ask each group to perform in front of the class. To make it more fun, see if you can get two other teachers or parents to serve on the panel of “judges,” minus the TV-host. (plan, design, categorize, prepare). #8) Survive and Thrive Ask students to think about the things they wish they’d known or that they loved experiencing in their current grade. Individually or in groups, have them create a “middle school or high school survival guide” for rising middle and high schoolers. The end product could be a top 10 list of advice for incoming middle school or incoming high school students, a guidebook of do’s and don’ts, or a TouchCast video app of a newscast that offers advice. For example, the students in Naomi Harm’s ninth-grade English class in Lacrosse, WI wrote letters and created a Snap Guide or Google Docs tutorial for incoming ninth graders, including such information- as says the exercise was also great for current students’ practice in written expression. (plan, design, critique, conclude, reflect). #9) Stage a Service Project Enlist your students in supporting a local cause that is important to them, whether it’s collecting canned goods for a food pantry, pet food for an animal shelter, or books for a library or school in need. Make contact with the charity recipient of choice, and then let students do the work—they can publicize the service project, make online marketing presentation to other classes, count and organize donations through a Google Spreadsheet, and present the results to the recipient and the rest of the school. (plan, design, critique). #10) Create a Time Capsule Students love the idea of leaving a part of themselves behind for posterity. Have your current students prepare a time capsule for your future students. Students can leave examples of completed projects that show off their brilliant minds by writing stories of “a day in the life” of students in your class, drawing a comic strip, shooting a video, or creating a presentation. Two simple time capsule creators include the Chrome App of The Little Memory and the online website of My Time Capsule. The time capsule can include a class picture and students’ writings about what they expect to be doing five or 10 years from now. If you do wait five or 10 years before opening the capsule, try to track down your former students so they can see how much they’ve changed. (select, prepare, research, design, reflect). #11) Go On the Hunt For a modern twist on the traditional scavenger hunt, send your students on an Internet scavenger hunt. This is a quick and easy project for your students to work on individually or in pairs or groups. I recommend choosing a topic you want your students to research, then creating questions for them to answer. Give the scavenger hunt a test-run first so that you can recommend sites when students are stumped and utilize QR Codes creator sites of the Class Tools QR Scavenger Hunt site, to add mobile learning to the adventure. Establish guidelines for the types of sites that are authoritative and appropriate. If you want to add a little excitement, have the students compete to be the first to find all the necessary information and document their findings through a Google Form. (design, construct, apply). #12) Build a Board Game In groups, have students create a board game based on a unit covered during the year. As an example, Literary Pursuit, modeled after Trivial Pursuit— and used it as a test review tool. Have students use poster board or cover dollar-store checkerboards with paper to design game boards. They used typed questions and answers and printed them on card stock to create game cards. Many students can design Trivial Pursuit or Gameopoly –type games, drawing questions from novels they’d read over the year, some may want to create Candy Land–like path where players had to answer questions to reach the end. Each group was encouraged to make up their own rules, and some students even found online templates to fashion a large die or a spinner. (select, prepare, research, design, reflect). (Additional resources for building and designing games can be tapped into the onlinewebiste of Instructables and DIY)