Bill edited Doing Work that Matters - Rochester MN

Doing Work that Matters - Rochester, MN
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In his 2012 Kindle SingleWhy School, technology expert and educational change agentWill Richardsonargues that classrooms as they are currently structured are failing our students. "We focus on the easiest parts of the learning interaction -- information acquisition, basic skills, a bit of critical thinking, analysis -- accomplishments that can be easily identified and scored," he writes. "Learning is relegated to the quantifiable" (Kindle location 227). To create highly engaged learning spaces, Will believes, classrooms must instead be reimagined as places where students do work that matters with others -- a process introduced by sixth grade classroom teacher Bill Ferriter in this January 2016 presentation to the teachers of the Rochester Public Schools.
The resources for each of Bill's presentations can be found on this page.
Digital Learning Institute Materials
Session Slides
Scoop.it Student Handouts- When curating their public collections of content using Scoop.it, session presenter Bill Ferriter's studentsused this handoutto consider the characteristics of quality web links and web collectionsand this handoutto judge the quality of the individual web links that they were exploring.
Blogging Handouts- While session presenter Bill Ferriter has created dozens of handouts for structuring student blogging projects, participants generally find the following to be the most useful: TheBlogging Tasks to Tackle handoutdetails several specific roles that students can fill in classroom blogging projects. TheBlogging Reflection handoutcan be used to encourage students to think carefully about the kinds of posts that are the most influential. TheBlogging Self Assessment handoutis designed to give students the chance to track their own progress towards mastering academic outcomes during classroom blogging projects. And theTracking Student Progresshandout can be used by teachers to track student mastery towards academic outcomes on classroom blogging projects.
These handouts are also useful: TheTeacher Tips for Classroom Blogging Projectshandout includes a list of 10 different tips for structuring classroom blogging work, theTips for Leaving Good Blog Commentshandout is designed to teach students the kinds of steps that they need to take in order to effectively join conversations in blog comment sections and theBlog Entry Scoring Rubrichandout can be used by teachers or students to evaluate the overall quality of student posts on classroom blogs.
VoiceThread Handouts- While session presenter Bill Ferriter has created dozens of handouts for structuring student VoiceThread conversations, participants generally find three to be the most useful. ThePreviewing an Asynchronous Conversationhandout is designed to help students find an entry point into a digital conversation, theCommenting in an Asynchronous Conversationhandout is designed to give students a structured template for crafting a contribution to a digital conversation, and theReflecting on an Asynchronous Conversation handoutis designed to give students a chance to think about what they've learned after a digital conversation ends.
Resources for Breakout Session with Instructional Coaches and Curriculum Staffers
It is often easy for classroom teachers to be inspired by examples of purpose-driven learning in action. The simple truth is that the notion of giving students the chance to make a difference in the world resonates with almost every educator. The keys to successfully integrating purpose-driven learning into the work of a district, however, are keeping that work focused and consistently aligning system and school level choices with the broader goal of creating classrooms where students do work that matters. In this breakout session, participants will reflect on both of these core behaviors.
Resources for Breakout Session with Principals
One of the first steps that schools interested in the meaningful integration of technology must take is actively defining just what "meaningful integration" would look like in action. During this breakout, we will work to answer that question. Participants will look closely at a series of scenarios that describe the full range of technology integration efforts in schools. Then, they will explore a simple set of documents that can help schools to develop guiding principles for school-based technology integration efforts.

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