Dr. Tim Tyson – Mabry Middle School
Dr. Tim Tyson, principal of Mabry Middle School, has been called "the Pied Piper of Educational Technology" by the School Library Journal
Schools have access to immediate global distribution.
He told students “if you produce exemplary work, it will immediately be put in global distribution”
He challenged the students: What is so important that everyone on earth needs to hear…
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Student Agency
I’ve recently been involved in a complex and challenging partnership. Lipscomb University’s College of Professional Studies and the Ayers Institute for Teacher Learning and Innovation is in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Education on a project supporting teams of educators from all over the state of Tennessee with the implementation of competency-based education (CBE) components. These teams are doing some of the hardest work I’ve ever seen from K-12 educators. They are implementing CBE-aligned components into a standards-based education system. That’s definitely like fitting a square peg into a round hole.
Some of the components focused on include mastery-based grading, developing competencies, project-based learning, inquiry learning, and student agency. All of this is part of a bigger effort within the state of Tennessee to develop models of personalized learning.
Student agency is something I have been passionate about for some time. Simply put, student agency is the capacity and propensity for students to take purposeful initiative. It is evidenced by students responding actively to circumstances, seeking meaning, and acting with purpose to achieve the conditions they desire in their own and others’ lives.
Why am I so passionate about student agency? The development of student agency empowers students to influence their own path to mastery (something really important in a CBE system), enhances their cognitive ability to work proactively, increases motivation, and allows students to hone active and self-directed learning skills. Simply put, student agency builds self-efficacy.
What we can do in schools to encourage the development of student agency include providing meaningful and relevant learning activities, considering students’ interests, giving space for self-initiated learning while providing developmentally appropriate guidance, and raising the awareness of students toward mastery of learning benchmarks.
How do you see student agency being encouraged and developed in your school?
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Educators are the most optimistic people...
I am very blessed to work with some amazing people. One of my colleagues, Karen, always says, "Educators are the most optimistic people on the earth. We just keep coming back to school." There is so much truth in what she says. Teachers can have a bad day and leave school incredibly drained and the next morning they get right up and go back to school saying, "Today's the day! This is the day that things will work and I will make a difference in the lives of kids." This was no more evident than this past Saturday.On a Saturday morning, educators gathered from all over middle Tennessee to spend a few hours connecting, discussing, and learning about effective use of technology in school. #TechIgnite is put on by Lipscomb University's College of Education and the Ayers Institute for Teacher Learning and Innovation. We had 15 different educators leading sessions and over 100 people registered to attend.
If you didn't attend Ignite! and are in driving distance of Nashville (within 2-3 hours), be sure to join us for the next Ignite. Follow the Ayers Institute and Lipscomb University's College of Education on Facebook and Twitter to get the latest news.
#OneSmallThing
Those of you who have read my other posts know that I am a fan of twitter. I know, I know, some of you really don't see the point of twitter. Keep reading! This may just change your mind.As I was going through my twitter feed, I saw a mention by @gcouros about #onesmallthing. This intrigued me so I investigated further. An instructional coach and a librarian came up with the #onesmallthing movement which refers to implementing one small change at a time. It's brilliant in its simplicity. How often do we as educators get overwhelmed by the enormity of what needs to be done? Speaking for myself that happened often when I was in the classroom. The day to day urgent matters tend to drown out the important matters. All need to be tended to.
I applaud Melissa White (@melissajkwhite) and Lacey Snyder (@lacey_librarian) for putting this together. So I am sharing my #onesmallthing here:
Melissa and Lacey have set up a website complete with a tool for sharing and a "how-to" guide for implementing #onesmallthing in your practice.
About twitter: I consider twitter to be one of the best professional learning tools available. The key is in who you follow. I follow people who bring value to my educational practice and life in general. One trick is to follow someone who has a recognized name in the area of education you are involved with. Then go see who they follow and follow some of the same people. You might even start with following me, Julia Osteen (@josteen), Melissa (@melissajkwhite), Lacey (@lacey_librarian), and George Couros (@gcouros). Give it a try! You'll be glad you did!
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These links take you to other google resources I found out about during NECC 2007:
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Session notes: Use Your Noodle—Learn Moodle!
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Michelle D. Moore, Remote-Learner.net
What is moodle?
Course Management System
Originally crated by Martin Dougiamas
Based on social constructionist pedagogy
Moodle Modules –
Assignment
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Resource
Scorm – packages bring in from third party applications
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Session notes: Contemporary Literacy in the New Information Landscape
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David Warlick, The Landmark Project
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Session notes: Del.icio.us Research: Redesign Assignments with Social Bookmarking
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Please excuse the skimpy notes. This was a Bring Your Own Laptop session so I was busy "keeping up" with the facilitator and taking notes at the same time. :)
Lucie deLaBruere, St. Albans City School
Redesign research assignments for students, increasing critical thinking and maximizing your own productivity in managing online information using social bookmarking tools such as del.icio.us.
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