Creating a Digital Learning Community: Staff Training and Development Program

Charles A. Brown Elementary School

Creating a Digital

Learning Community

Staff Training and Development Program

Objective:  To establish a Digital Learning Community within which administrators, teachers, students and parents utilize 21^st Century Technology to communicate, collaborate and improve teaching practices and learning outcomes.

Outcomes:  1.  Classroom Teachers will establish and maintain and digital presence to used to post HW, Project Assignments, Information, Sample Lessons, Model Lessons and other information. 2.  Students and parents will be engaged in the educational process using digital tools and 21^st Century technology.  3.  An ongoing professional learning process will be designed and maintained by peer interactions and administrative guidance.  4.  Instructional delivery in the classroom will improve.  5.  Student achievement will increase.

Prerequisites: Each Teacher should be prepared for initial training by completing the following tasks.

1.      Review Google Docs, Google Calendar and the Barnes and Noble Nook

2.      On a flash drive bring the following documents:

·         Teacher Welcome and Philosophy Statement

·         HW and Project Assignments for next 30 days

·         Field Trip Dates for the next 30 days

·         Lesson Plans for January 13-31^st

3.      Please have your Room Parents to cover your classes from 10:00AM – 2:00PM for this initial training.

4.      You may bring any documents and information you would like to upload to you digital information site.

1.       Orientation - January 9, 2014

a.      Pretest

b.      Nook Tablet Product Overview and Set Up ………...Pam Tindal

c.       21^st Century Tools ………………………………Steve Brown

1.      Cell phones

2.      Tablet PCs

3.      Prometheon Board Technology ………Avery Smith and Jacquiline Foster

4.      The Internet

d.      21^st Century Media………………………Natalie Fuller

1.      Websites

2.      Blogs

3.      Texts

4.      Emails

5.      Google Apps (Docs, Calendar, Blog…..)

6.      Twitter

7.      Facebook

8.      EdModo

e.      21^st Century Technology in Schools ………Wanda Perry and Yvonne Dixon

1.      Academic Support

2.      Student Information Systems

3.      Parent Communication

4.      Professional Collaboration

2.       21^st Century Media in the Classroom ………………Steve Brown

a.      Learning Centers

b.      Independent Learning Activities

c.       Group Learning Activities

d.      Research

e.      Journal Writing

f.        Assessments (Teacher and Student)

3.       Action Planning (January and Ongoing)

a.       Set Up Accounts ……………………....Alisha Clark

1.       Twitter ……………………………..Annette Jefferson

2.      EdModo..……………………………Deidre Davis

3.      Blogs…………………………………Kristy Tunstall

4.      Class Calendar in Google……………..Orlando Robertson

b.       Apps and websites for Learning …………Lolita Alexander

1.       Identify free educational apps and websites that compliment every Core Subject Area.

2.      How can these apps support your instruction?

3.      Write a plan for daily use of these resources.

4.      Information Sharing - Review of Collective Results

     4.   Support Systems...............Steve Brown and Alisha Clark                                                                                           

            a. Community Blog (charlesabrownblogspot.com)

                 1.  Ideas

                 2.  Updates

                 3.  How to……

                 4.  Sample Lesson Plans

                   5.  Survey Results

            b. On Campus Tech Partner………Angela White and Laura White

                  1. High Skill match with Low Skill (From Pretest Scores)

                 2.  Paired to Succeed

c.       Survey Central ………………Setzer Price and Sheila Glover

                                                                                                  

                    1.  2, 4 & 8 Week Surveys