Six Days That Will Make A Difference in Your District
Presented by Kuglin Consulting
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Affordable 1 to 1 Initiatives through Personalized Learning Plans
Times are changing for schools and budgets are forecasted to be tight for the foreseeable future. At the same time, advancements in technology afford new opportunities for learning and professional development in schools. Administrators need to think creatively and know where to look to answer key questions and solve pressing problems. They need to know how to organize their districts to take advantage of solutions that didn’t exist 12 months ago!! Six Days That Will Make a Difference will dramatically change the way administrators and teachers think when meeting the new challenges educators face today. It is essential educators learn to create new learning environments incorporating core content standards in a 21ST century world context using technology to creatively impact student achievement. Six Days delivers innovative site-based sessions coupled with additional online experiences to increase understanding. Administrators face increasing criticism when spending valuable dollars on a few select individuals attending conferences. One of the concepts behind Six Days is to actually bring the conference experience and expertise to the district! Think of being able to impact more individuals on less money in your district. Think about more individuals being exposed to sound pedagogical practices through the creative use of technology. Think about building more internal capacity with your staff, which is one outcome of the Six Days program. Ask for your proposal today to see how this new concept and make a difference in your school or district the very next day!
Framework
The Six Days Framework focuses on the delicate balance between instruction, assessment, and the effective use of digital tools and resources to promote higher order thinking, engaged student learning, and authentic assessment practices in the classroom--all vital characteristics of 21st Century teaching and learning.
Key Topics - A Combination of Knowledge and Application
Day 1 Establishing a Common Vision for the Future
Understanding Trends and Emerging Technologies for Learning
Indenting Your 1 to 1 Initiative
Focusing on Individual Learning Plans for Students
Day 2 Building Your Digital Presence on the Web
Expanding Your Outreach
Learning to Communicate Information Convincingly and Effectively
Establishing Teaching and Learning Systems for Success
Day 3 Developing Skills in New Technologies
Understanding and Taking Advantage of Cloud Applications
Building Curriculum Maps
Creating Online Storage and Distribution Capabilities
Learning Techniques to Flip Your Classroom
Day 4 Exploring Project-Based Approaches to Learning
Introduce New Ideas and New Approaches
Bringing the Pieces Together into a Context for Learning
Discovering the Resources for Successful PBL Approaches
Day 5 Developing 21ST Century Teaching Skills
Collaboration in the Digital Classroom
Creating Assessments in the 21ST Century Classroom
Working with Data in the Classroom
Day 6 New Teaching and Learning Relationships and Systems
Content Repositories verses Curriculum Frameworks
Incorporating the Web’s Highest Quality Teaching and Learning Materials
Understanding the Role of Mobile Technologies
Working to Stay Current on Current Teaching Methods and Resources
Times are changing for schools and budgets are forecasted to be tight for the foreseeable future. At the same time, advancements in technology afford new opportunities for learning and professional development in schools. Administrators need to think creatively and know where to look to answer key questions and solve pressing problems. They need to know how to organize their districts to take advantage of solutions that didn’t exist 12 months ago!! Six Days That Will Make a Difference will dramatically change the way administrators and teachers think when meeting the new challenges educators face today. It is essential educators learn to create new learning environments incorporating core content standards in a 21ST century world context using technology to creatively impact student achievement. Six Days delivers innovative site-based sessions coupled with additional online experiences to increase understanding. Administrators face increasing criticism when spending valuable dollars on a few select individuals attending conferences. One of the concepts behind Six Days is to actually bring the conference experience and expertise to the district! Think of being able to impact more individuals on less money in your district. Think about more individuals being exposed to sound pedagogical practices through the creative use of technology. Think about building more internal capacity with your staff, which is one outcome of the Six Days program. Ask for your proposal today to see how this new concept and make a difference in your school or district the very next day!
Framework
The Six Days Framework focuses on the delicate balance between instruction, assessment, and the effective use of digital tools and resources to promote higher order thinking, engaged student learning, and authentic assessment practices in the classroom--all vital characteristics of 21st Century teaching and learning.
Key Topics - A Combination of Knowledge and Application
Day 1 Establishing a Common Vision for the Future
Understanding Trends and Emerging Technologies for Learning
Indenting Your 1 to 1 Initiative
Focusing on Individual Learning Plans for Students
Day 2 Building Your Digital Presence on the Web
Expanding Your Outreach
Learning to Communicate Information Convincingly and Effectively
Establishing Teaching and Learning Systems for Success
Day 3 Developing Skills in New Technologies
Understanding and Taking Advantage of Cloud Applications
Building Curriculum Maps
Creating Online Storage and Distribution Capabilities
Learning Techniques to Flip Your Classroom
Day 4 Exploring Project-Based Approaches to Learning
Introduce New Ideas and New Approaches
Bringing the Pieces Together into a Context for Learning
Discovering the Resources for Successful PBL Approaches
Day 5 Developing 21ST Century Teaching Skills
Collaboration in the Digital Classroom
Creating Assessments in the 21ST Century Classroom
Working with Data in the Classroom
Day 6 New Teaching and Learning Relationships and Systems
Content Repositories verses Curriculum Frameworks
Incorporating the Web’s Highest Quality Teaching and Learning Materials
Understanding the Role of Mobile Technologies
Working to Stay Current on Current Teaching Methods and Resources
