Discourse Management and Questioning Strategies
Problem: How do you scaffold the development of the basic skills required for online discussions that drive learning?
Abstract: I describe my use of "Groups" in Ning platform to develop student skill and familiarity both with the platform and with the norms of online discussion, prior to their engagement with students from across the country.
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Author: Nick Lawrence from East Bronx Academy for the Future
Problem: What activities and classroom structures can you use to ensure that online discussion translates into learning?
Abstract: I describe the use of organizers and closing prompts to help clarify and assess learning outcomes from participation in online discussions.
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Author: Nick Lawrence from East Bronx Academy for the Future
Problem: How can you utilize relationships with a teaching university to strengthen your online curriculum and practice?
Abstract: I describe how the "Just War" collaboration involves a number of teachers and a professor at the teaching university I attended, and how our work together has led to numerous opportunities to publish and present around the topic of tech integration.
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Author: Nick Lawrence from East Bronx Academy for the Future
Problem: What are the basic steps to set up a white-label social network platform like Ning to organize a learning community that includes classrooms from other schools?
Abstract: I explain how we went about setting up the "Just War" Ning and basic steps that allowed the different teachers to stay organized for collaboration.
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Author: Nick Lawrence from East Bronx Academy for the Future
Problem: What rigorous, Common Core standards-based teaching opportunities are afforded by a walled, social networking platform like Ning?
Abstract: I discuss the reasons the "Just War" project (a collaborative of multiple teachers across the country plus a professor of education) decided to use a whitelabel social networking platform to approach standards mastery of social studies with urban stu
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Author: Nick Lawrence from East Bronx Academy for the Future
Problem: Creatively integrating technology into learning experiences to engage and motivate students and how it can be pushed to the next level.
Abstract: Design and implement a new discussion platform that incorporates other forms of media (video, images, chat) into the discussion thread.
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Author: Nick Lawrence from East Bronx Academy for the Future
Problem: How do you keep adolescent drama from infringing on learning?
Abstract: I describe a simple delegation scheme, including a "compassion in chief" whose job is to give the hugs out when the AP going gets rough.
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Author: Erick Odom from East Bronx Academy for the Future
Problem: Learning from our own experiences of learning in social networks, how can we find ways to have students do similar connected, networked inquiry projects into questions that they are passionate about? How can we use Youth Voices to connect students with each other and with experts as they explore their own questions using a variety of digital media? How can we help them comment to each other in ways that build their dialogues in authentic and academically challenging ways.
Abstract: Students are encouraged to explore their own passions, and develop their own areas of interest. This keeps student in the middle of their own inquiries. We also nurture &guide students in how to comment for each other to build authentic conversation.
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Author: Paul Allison from East-West School of International Studies
Problem: Teacher models how to draw connections inside the quick list to flesh out story ideas.
Abstract: I used a drawing tool and recorded myself making those connections with my own ideas.
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Author: Chelsea Boyd from The Clinton School for Writers and Artists
Problem: Managing teacher observations while keeping individual information private.
Abstract: Using spreadsheet formulas for IMPORTRANGE from a master data spreadsheet, create individually shared spreadsheets for each teacher that are populated with filtered data from the master set of all teacher observations.
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Author: Rob Reynolds from Eureka Public Schools
