February+17,+2009

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 * Date:** February 17, 2009


 * Location:** Hattie Mae White Board Auditorium

=**Agenda**=
 * ** When? ** || ** What? ** || ** Why? ** || ** How? ** || ** What do I need? ** || ** Who? ** ||
 * // Time for activity // || // Name of activity // || // Objectives for activity // || // Methodology detail // || // Materials, supplies, handouts // || // Facilitator(s) // ||
 * 8:30 - 8:40 || Welcome and Overview || To ensure that everyone is set up and on the same page. || Guide everyone to the "handouts" on the wiki (the meeting page for today). Reminder: Literacy Leads the Way Website is now live: http://www.houstonisd.org/hisdliteracy || Laptops, meeting page on the wiki || Stephanie ||
 * 8:40 - 8:55 || Anatomy of a Wiki || To develop understanding of the essential components of a wiki || Hands-on Overview of the following:
 * Wiki page/article: editing, editing toolbar, tags, notes
 * Navigation & Search function
 * Discussion tab
 * History tab, revisions, reverting, notes
 * Recent Changes (how History can help) ||

|| Stephanie || Profiles pages || Stephanie ||
 * 8:55 - 9:25 || Personal Profiles || To practice editing a wiki page/article by creating real content for our wiki. || Everyone will complete their personal profile which can be found on the "Profiles" page (look on the navigation sidebar) ||
 * 9:25 - 9:40 || Break || To take care of personal needs and network with other coaches || 15 minute break ||  || ||
 * 9:40 - 10:35 || Footprints in the Digital Age || To develop better understanding of the importance of developing 21st Century technology skills || Text-based discussion: Making Meaning Protocol

Step 1: Read by Will Richardson (from November 2008 ASCD //Educational Leadership// magazine) (20 minutes)

Step 2: On the embedded form, respond to the question: What do you see? Provide only factual answers without judgment or interpretation. (6 minutes)

Step 3: On the embedded form, respond to the question: What questions does this text raise for you? (6 minutes)

Step 4: On the embedded form, respond to the question: What is significant about this text? (7 minutes)

Step 5: Silently read all responses on the Google Doc. (5 minutes)

5b: On the embedded form, respond to the question: What are your thoughts on how this text might influence your work as an educator? (5 minutes)

Step 6: Debrief protocol and Google Doc method (5 minutes) || Google doc as chart paper Laptops by Will Richardson Making Meaning Protocol || Stephanie ||
 * 10:35 - 10:45 || Why wikis work || To understand why wikis need to be used in our schools (by students and teachers) || Lecture w/slides || Slideshow || Stephanie ||
 * 10:45 - 10:55 || Wikis & Google Docs || To understand how Google Docs can be used in conjunction with a wiki to enhance professional work || Lecture with examples from our work. A "behind the scenes" look at how Tina, Stephanie, and Paula use both for communication and collaboration with the larger network.

Define and explain importance of Asynchronous vs Synchronous collaboration ||  || Stephanie ||
 * 10:55 - 11:10 || Discussions Tab || To practice using the discussions tab to give feedback or ask questions about a wiki page/article || Everyone will take a few minutes to read some of the other coaches' profiles and then use the "Discussions" tab to give feedback or ask questions about the content of the page. || Profiles pages || Stephanie ||
 * 11:10 - 11:25 || Wiki Scavenger Hunt || To search the wiki for new documents and new content || Work with a partner to locate the scavenger hunt items within the wiki.

(Last item - complete the reflections form for today's meeting) || Wiki Scavenger Hunt page (on wiki) || Stephanie ||
 * 11:25 - 11:30 || Wrap-up || To debrief the activities of the day. || What worked? What didn’t work? How has your understanding of the wiki changed during today’s meeting? ||  || Stephanie ||

=Slideshow and Notes=

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According to a [|2008 statement from the National Council of Teachers of English], Twenty-first century readers and writers need to
 * Develop proficiency with the tools of technology
 * Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally
 * Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes
 * Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information
 * Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts
 * Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments

In his recent book [|The Global Achievement Gap], Tony Wagner describes seven new survival skills that our students need to be successful in the 21st-Century workplace. This list of survival skills is derived from scores of interviews with business leaders around the nation and is grounded in the real skills that employers want from new employees today:


 * 1) Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
 * 2) Collaboration Across Networks and Leading by Influence
 * 3) Agility and Adaptability
 * 4) Initiative and Entrepreneurialism
 * 5) Effective Oral and Written Communication
 * 6) Accessing and Analyzing Information
 * 7) Curiosity and Imagination

[|Partnership for 21st Century Skills]:

...knowledge and expertise students should master to succeed in work and life in the 21st century.

1. Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes 2. Learning and Innovation Skills 3. Information, Media and Technology Skills 4. Life and Career Skills
 * Creativity and Innovation
 * Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
 * Communication and Collaboration
 * Information Literacy
 * Media Literacy
 * ICT Literacy

What do you see in common between these lists of skills?

Are we helping students learn these skills today in our schools?

Do we as educators have full competency in all of these skills? How would each of us rate ourselves on each of these skills?

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=Reflections=

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= = =**Meeting Notes**= The Literacy Support Network met on Tuesday, February 17 (a.m. session 8:30-11:30 or p.m. session 12:30-3:30) in the Board Auditorium of the Hattie Mae White ESC. Reflections on the meeting may be sent by answering the questions at the following link (scroll all the way down to click on SUBMIT when done). https://literacyleads.wikispaces.com/February+17%2C+2009 Absentees: NORTH: Rebecca Wells (Davis HS), Tameika Ashford (Kashmere HS), Francelle Brooks (Key) SOUTH: Iretta Peters (Jones HS), Sonya Thornton (Hartman MS), Allison McCowan (Madison HS), Angela Jackson (Dowling), Mary Batiste (Woodson) EAST: Juana Terrones (Austin HS), Kathy McMillan (Jackson), Lisa Boze (Ortiz), Lynda Cobb (Stevenson), Mary Smith (Mibly HS), Alan Roach (Deady) WEST: Marilou Alcarz (Kaleidoscope), Vernita Ussin (Long), Marilyn Manjang (Pilgrim), Jennifer Stephan (International School), Jennifer Fergusen (Westside HS), Lindsay Niedergeses (Lee HS), Vernita Ussin (Long MS), Gastonia Goodman (Challenge HS), Tonya Washington (Revere MS) CENTRAL: Tany Thompson (Rice School), Enrique Hug (Hogg), Carolyn Barnes (Cullen), Sofia D’Arcy (Clifton MS) ALTERNATIVE: no absentees  The objective of the meeting was to learn more about our network wiki through hands-on exploration of the components and the editing tools. Coaches engaged in the following activities: Please remember that there are additional resources that we did not discuss located below the agenda on the meeting page: https://literacyleads.wikispaces.com/February+17%2C+2009
 * The next meeting on Tuesday, March 10 will focus on Lilteracy and is mandatory for all Literacy Coaches and Feeder Pattern Literacy Specialists. **
 * Attendance: 66% **
 * Hands-on exploration of the "anatomy" of a wiki and discussion around how to use each of the components. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Creation of individual "profile" pages to practice the page editing process. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Text-based discussion on the article "Footprints in the Digital Age" - protocol responses were done electronically by entering into an online form and the debrief included a comparison between this method and traditional f2f protocols. All responses from both meetings can be read here: https://literacyleads.wikispaces.com/Making+Meaning+of+Footprints+in+the+Digital+Age <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Overview of why educators need to "own" these technologies in order to prepare students for a new way of communicating, collaborating, and creating knowledge. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">"Behind the Scenes" look at how we use Google Docs in combination with the wiki to work together and with the network. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Contribing comments to profile pages in order to practice the use of the "Discussions" page. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Wiki Scavenger Hunt to increase familiarity with the content of the wiki. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">