{"data":[{"ID":"100","Class":"EduconConversation","ContextClass":null,"ContextID":null,"Created":1289416655,"CreatorID":"443","RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Departmental PLCs: Using Common Planning Time Effectively","Handle":"Departmental_PLCs-_Using_Common_Planning_Time_Effectively","ShortDescription":"The SLA Science Department hosts a conversation about how to use common planning time for reflection, observation, and self-directed professional development.","Description":"After several years of science department meetings that focused primarily on logistical issues, we decided to move towards using our common time for growth and reflection. We developed a system of peer observation, unit tuning, and critical feedback to identify areas for growth within our own practice. In this conversation, we would like to share what we have tried and what we have learned. Please join the conversation and help us further our understanding of how colleague-to-colleague feedback can be used as an effective professional development tool.","Link":["https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1_MLHksEZq4yFtJvTPKQKj7rJ4f2G9mvjaWQE-OD7CE4\/edit?hl=en&authkey=CN-inZ4I"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"After a brief introduction by the SLA teachers, participants will work in small groups to profile the needs of their school and the challenges they face and share with other participants with the ultimate goal of defining a vision and strategy for collaborative PD with colleagues.","Presenter":["Tim Best","Rosalind Echols","Stephanie Dunda","Gamal Sherif","Matt Van Kouwenberg"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Science Leadership Academy"],"PresenterEmail":["rechols@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlot":"Session One","Room":"304","SubmitterID":"443","AdditionalComments":"testing","LiveChannel":"educon9","Hashtag":null},{"ID":"55","Class":"EduconConversation","ContextClass":null,"ContextID":null,"Created":1287605049,"CreatorID":"1884","RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"History, history","Handle":"Seeking_women-s_history-_engaging_students_with_primary_source_documents","ShortDescription":"Dialogue, conversation, stories. Talk with us about making history come alive for students. What do you need to make primary sources work in your classroom? We'll discuss historical digital collections and critique online history resources. Chocolate provided.","Description":"The stories told through primary source documents are powerful and immediate.  What do you need to make primary sources work in your classroom?\r\n[list]\r\n[*]What stories are most compelling for your students? \r\n[*]Are more, different, or better tools needed for accessing and using historical documents? \r\n[*]What are the physical, situational, or technical barriers to using primary sources, either online or at bricks-and-mortar repositories?\r\n[\/list]\r\nAt the Drexel University College of Medicine we are the keepers of rich collections on the history of women in medicine  primary source documents telling the story of women struggling for equal educational and professional opportunities. Middle and high school students are an under-reached and under-served audience of these unique resources.\r\n\r\nWe know we have great stories in our collections that can excite students about history and which they can learn from and contribute to. For educators, these resources can be used to engage students while meeting requirements. We're investigating the best means for reaching and engaging students in these materials, in the history classroom but also across disciplines and curricula.","Link":[],"Audience":["High School","Middle School"],"Practice":"We will discuss locating, accessing and using primary source materials and elicit your input on what online resources work and do not work. As a group we'll conduct a usability test of several online resources.  Sources, resources and tools discussed will be compiled online and will be accessible to all conference-goers for their own use.","Presenter":["Margaret Graham","Melissa Mandell","Matt Herbison"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Drexel U College of Medicine Legacy Center"],"PresenterEmail":["mgraham@drexelmed.edu","mmandell@drexelmed.edu","mherbiso@drexelmed.edu"],"ScheduleSlot":"Session Six","Room":"300","SubmitterID":"1884","AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":"educon6","Hashtag":null},{"ID":"116","Class":"EduconConversation","ContextClass":null,"ContextID":null,"Created":1290871475,"CreatorID":"149","RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Interdisciplinarity","Handle":"Interdisciplinarity","ShortDescription":"Assisting students in the 'making of meaning' is one of the paramount goals of education.  This goal is more readily attained with connections within and throughout disciplines of study.  In an attempt to 'un-silo' the content and concepts, we will discuss practical examples of interdisciplinarity and suggestions for growing such connective cognitive tissue in your own learning environments.","Description":"We will walk through several examples of working cross-disciplinarily to make learning real for their students. Conversation participants will be asked to brainstorm implications for their own learning environments as they consider the exhibited best practices.\r\n\r\nSpecifically, participants will be able and energized to take any of the above components and begin examining them more closely for incorporation in their own professional practice. These will be appropriate for those immersed in a project-based environment as well as those interested in leveraging an inquiry model in the classroom.","Link":[],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"Conversation participants will be engaged in a number of reflective and sharing activities throughout the conversation.","Presenter":["Zac Chase","Rosalind Echols and Diana Laufenberg"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Science Leadership Academy"],"PresenterEmail":["dlaufenberg@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlot":"Session Two","Room":"311","SubmitterID":"149","AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":"educon13","Hashtag":null},{"ID":"109","Class":"EduconConversation","ContextClass":null,"ContextID":null,"Created":1289418615,"CreatorID":"265","RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Professionalizing teaching: A guided discussion on what WE (teachers) can do to make teaching more professional.","Handle":"Professionalizing_teaching-_A_guided_discussion_on_what_WE_-teachers-_can_do_to_make_teaching_more_professional-","ShortDescription":"This conversations will explore the ways in which teaching is not often valued as a true profession, as well as what teachers can do to combat that perception.","Description":"Those who can, do; those who master, teach. Teachers do not often receive the respect accorded many other professions. Many districts are adopting stricter credential requirements for teachers, but emergency credentials for beginning teachers are still a necessity. The idea that one can dabble in our profession is disconcerting and, at times, insulting. Why is teaching perceived to be something that any well-meaning individual can do without professional training? What can teachers do to combat that perception? We will explore the rationale, real-world necessities, and (mis)conceptions about teaching that result in under-trained teachers. We will discuss what it means to be a professional, such as keeping abreast of contemporary research, techniques, and ideas to continually improve our craft, as well as the responsibilities inherent to teaching that require us to improve.","Link":[],"Audience":[],"Practice":"We will pose the question about professionalizing teaching and explore it as we would any inquiry lesson in the classroom.","Presenter":["Juan Gabriel Sanchez","Matthew Van Kouwenberg","Rosalind Echols"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Teachers","Science Leadership Academy"],"PresenterEmail":["jsanchez@scienceleadership.org","mvank@scienceleadership.org","rechols@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlot":"Session Six","Room":"303","SubmitterID":"265","AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":"educon8","Hashtag":null},{"ID":"113","Class":"EduconConversation","ContextClass":null,"ContextID":null,"Created":1289424482,"CreatorID":"84","RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Standards-Based Grading in a Project-Based School: Reflections, Challenges, and Successes","Handle":"Standards-Based_Grading_in_a_Project-Based_School-_Reflections-_Challenges-_and_Successes","ShortDescription":"","Description":"What is standards-based grading, and how can it be developed and used in a project-based school? During this past school year, SLA math and science teachers implemented SBG in multiple classes in an effort to promote not only retention of material and demonstration of knowledge, but also a focus on the individual learning process as it pertains to specific courses. In this conversation, SLA teachers and students will discuss the process of shifting to a SBG model in a project-based school. The conversation will include the actual implementation of SBG at SLA (how we changed our language and gradebooks), the balance of offering various options for students to demonstrate comprehension of key concepts, and challenges that we have faced along the way.","Link":[],"Audience":[],"Practice":"Both teachers and students will engage in a whole-group open dialogue focused on implementing SBG in a PBL environment.\r\n\r\nPresentation: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/4amf5cc\r\nScoring Examples: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/67gsvqu","Presenter":["Rosalind Echols","Erin Garvey","Brad Latimer","Mark Miles","Sunil Reddy","and students of SLA"],"PresenterAffiliation":[],"PresenterEmail":["blatimer@scienceleadership.org","sreddy@scienceleadership.org","egarvey@scienceleadership.org","mmiles@scienceleadership.org","rechols@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlot":"Session Five","Room":"209","SubmitterID":"84","AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":"educon4","Hashtag":null},{"ID":"103","Class":"EduconConversation","ContextClass":null,"ContextID":null,"Created":1289417338,"CreatorID":"203","RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Teacher Voice & School Reform","Handle":"Teacher_Voice_-_School_Reform","ShortDescription":"This conversation is designed to emphasize the importance of teacher voices in local and national conversations about education reform. By talking with participants in the conversation, we hope to learn about and extend effective strategies that foster teacher voice.","Description":"This conversation is designed to emphasize the importance of teacher voices in local and national conversations about education reform.  Over the last couple of years, teachers at SLA have created self-directed personal learning communities (PLCs) to examine various aspects of teaching and learning.  This process has helped us understand the importance of teachers being involved in discussions on education reform.  For example, we wondered to what extent do schools provide common planning time for collaboration and professional development.  We also wondered whether teachers have a voice in site-based decisions that influence their efficacy in the classroom.  By talking with participants in the conversation, we hope to learn about and extend effective strategies that foster teacher voice.","Link":["https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/pub?id=1fjPqs6AIXMJzL_wKp95DFTlxGn0oBkFXLMD-Z3BnCv8"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"Participants will be asked to identify the characteristics of worthwhile educational reform.  Small groups will consider the role of teachers in identifying and sustaining reform.  Groups will also recommend effective strategies to cultivate teacher voice within schools and beyond.","Presenter":["Tim Best","Josh Block","Michael Farrell","Larissa Pahomov","Gamal Sherif","Zoe Siswick"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Science Leadership Academy"],"PresenterEmail":["lpahomov@scienceleadership.org","jblock@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlot":"Session Two","Room":"307","SubmitterID":"203","AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":"educon10","Hashtag":null},{"ID":"110","Class":"EduconConversation","ContextClass":null,"ContextID":null,"Created":1289418689,"CreatorID":"350","RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Tools Tutorial, Everything You Thought Would Disrupt Your Classroom Used for Critical Thinking","Handle":"Tools_Tutorial-_Everything_You_Thought_Would_Disrupt_Your_Classroom_Used_for_Critical_Thinking","ShortDescription":"Learn how to use social networking and web 2.0 tools to reach beyond the wall of your classroom.","Description":"How can the internet, phones, iPods and iPhones help with learning inside and outside of the school building?","Link":[],"Audience":[],"Practice":"participants can request tools they know to be presented, participants can choose from a menu of what they would like to learn about, participants will be asked to share their successes with the different tools.","Presenter":["Marcie T. Hull","Stephanie Dunda"],"PresenterAffiliation":[],"PresenterEmail":["mhull@scienceleadership.org"],"ScheduleSlot":null,"Room":null,"SubmitterID":"350","AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null}],"conditions":{"Status":"Accepted","0":"MATCH (Title,Description,Presenter) AGAINST (\"Tim Best, Rosalind Echols, Stephanie Dunda, Gamal Sherif, Matt Van Kouwenberg\")"}}