CUE BOLD Symposium, 2017 - DAY 1
Day 1 of the CUE BOLD Symposium - May 6, 2017
This was the first ever, CUE BOLD (Blended and Online Lesson Design) Symposium. I was excited to attend this conference to meet some of the instructors from the CUE Innovative Educator Certificate Program. The format of the symposium was very fast paced. Sessions were only 30 minutes long, and all of the lead teachers were presenting full lesson plans following Madeline Hunter's Lesson Design Model while incorporating technology and blended learning opportunities. I wouldn't recommend this conference for someone that is new to technology. Many tools were presented in the lesson ideas, but not explicitly taught, which would have been frustrating for individuals new to education technology. I was fortunate to attend with a great group of teachers from my district.
Proud to see so many @MtDiabloUSD Ts at #CUEBOLD today. Amazing learning and community building here. pic.twitter.com/3PtmTUodHn— Shauna Hawes (@ShaunaHawes) May 6, 2017
LESSON BUILDERS FAIR
Presentation Resources
Ann's presentation was a great way to start the day. She was inspiring in the way that she spoke about instilling a love of reading in our students.
Some of my takeaways from what she shared...
- Lead high-level, text-based discussions
- Focus on process, not just content
- Create assignments for real audiences, with real purpose
- Teach argument, not persuasion
- Increase text complexity
- Gain 21st-century skills
- Develop reading comprehension
- Critique books
- Make thoughtful recommendations for peers
and Brown Bag Book Clubs.
My students have access to Chromebooks so I will envision creating booksnaps using the webcam and Seesaw drawing/labeling tools.
This session has given me a lot to think about in regards to my thoughts on literacy. It is good to have these ideas in mind since I will be implementing a new ELA textbook adoption in the fall.
SESSION 2: School of Rock with Bill Selak
Presentation Resources
Bill's session was about allowing students to be creative and think critically to create songs and music videos to demonstrate learning. He shared an example of a project he did with primary grade students where they wrote a song and created a music video to demonstrate an understanding of cardinal directions.
The tools he used were Garage Band and iMovie.
Chromebook alternative: Soundtrap
I know my students would love a project like this. I night try something in the fall as we are studying the four regions of CA.
SESSION 3: The Weird Number: An Elementary Fractions Unit with Kristen Beck
Presentation Slide Deck, Additional Resources
I was excited to meet Kristen in person since she is in the Fall CUE IEC cohort with me. She shared a lesson plan called "The Weird Number" which would be highly appropriate fo ry fourth graders.
A Digital Breakout was used as a Spark (breakout was created on a Google site with an embedded Google Form) which I thought was a great idea.
Some of the other resources I found helpful were:
Visual Patterns (I need more training on how to actually use these patterns to get kids thinking about writing equations.
https://awwapp.com/ - Collaborative whiteboard application
SESSION 4: HyperDocs + YouTube - Lessons that Leave You Thinking with Lisa Highfill
Presentation Resources
What do you desire? The Manifesto Hyperdoc
Some great resources:
Answer Garden This tool is similar to Padlet, but responses are limited to 20 or 40 characters. Responses are displayed as a word cloud that can be exported as a .png file or sent to a program like Wordle or Tagexdo
I also love Lisa's Show What You Know BINGO Boards to give students choice in how the demonstrate their learning.
Lisa has a great YouTube channel of videos that make you think. She has inspired me to get my students thinking, wondering, and asking questions.
SESSION 5: BOLD Classroom Re-Design with EdCampos
Presentation Resources
recommended book to read: The Space: A Guide for Educators
recommended to follow on Twitter: Rebecca Hare & Bob Dillon
Ed is an amazing teacher who has made an impact on the education community with his use of 360-degree white board classrooms and gallery teaching style. Why are you redesigning your space? Start with your purpose - that will drive your plan.
What do you want your students doing in the space?
Kids don't need clutter. I've already started clearing stuff out of my classroom.
SESSION 6: What do you do with all the access? With Trisha Sanchez
Presentation Resources
Trish's lesson plan was about teaching students how to be critical consumers in today's world of digital information. I appreciated Trisha's perspective on technology education as a former English teacher - it is all about literacy.
Anticipatory set - use a video! Get kids thinking! Have students respond to the video using the Say Something strategy.
Interesting article to read: How's That "Abundance" Thing Working Out for You?
The final product in this lesson was a collaborate slide deck where students shared their knowledge of what it means to be a critical consumer.
Some takeaways: Teachers provide information, students are the makers of their own understanding. Teachers may clarify, but shouldn't be correcting.
SESSION 7: Virtual Cultural Exchange with Matt Miller, author of Ditch That Textbook
Presentation Resources
Get our students connecting with others outside the classroom - break down the walls!
virtual field trips, Mystery SKYPE, hangouts, expert interviews
How do you find other teachers to connect with?
SKYPE in the Classroom
Google Plus Communities: Connected Classrooms on Google +
"Check for understanding" doesn't necessarily mean "check with the teacher for understanding!"
You have to think creatively when dealing with time zone differences. If it is not possible for classes to SKYPE live, classes can leave video messages for each other. A workshop participant shared an experience where a US school was collaborating with a school in Ireland. In that situation, the school in Ireland held an evening pizza party in the classroom so that the Irish students could SKYPE with their US buddy class during the US school day. How cool is that?!
SESSION 8: Students as Teachers, Using Iron Chef & Pecha to tell a Story with David Platt
Presentation Resources
David's presentation was all about developing students' presentation skills using the PechaKucha presentation technique. This is a technique in which presentations are very concise and limited to 20 images shown for 20 seconds. The slides are timed, forcing the presenter to keep the presentation going. A true PechaKucha presentation would last 6 minutes 40 seconds. I think this would be too long for a fourth grader, but this concept could be modified to included fewer images.
Students can create their own slides, and I learned that you can set a timer for each slide when a slide show is being presented!
I love the idea of getting students away from putting text on their presentation slides, and only using images that will support the content they are talking about.
Day 1 was was exciting... and exhausting. My brain was tired. I went home to get a good night's sleep, ready to come back for more on day two.
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