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Disrupt the Old Discourse: Leveraging a Faculty's Personal Learning Communities

Disrupt the Old Discourse: Leveraging a Faculty's Personal Learning Communities. NAIS Annual Conference Washington, DC February 25, 2011. http://tinyurl.com/naisac11dd. Larry Kahn The Kinkaid School Houston, Texas Email:  larry.kahn@kinkaid.org

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Disrupt the Old Discourse: Leveraging a Faculty's Personal Learning Communities

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  1. Disrupt the Old Discourse:Leveraging a Faculty's Personal Learning Communities NAIS Annual Conference Washington, DC February 25, 2011 http://tinyurl.com/naisac11dd

  2. Larry Kahn The Kinkaid School Houston, Texas Email: larry.kahn@kinkaid.org Twitter: @ larrykahnDiigo: larrykahnSkype: larry.kahnFacebook: Larry KahnLinkedIn: Larry KahnIndependent School's Educator's Network: Larry KahnISTE Community Ning: Larry KahnBlogs:New Things New WaysAudio-didact Who are we? Susan Davis Chinquapin Preparatory School Highlands, Texas Email:  sdavis@chinquapin.org Twitter: @suludavisSkype: susanlucilledavisFacebook: Susan Lucille Davis Flickr: susanlucilledavisDiigo: suludavisLinkedIn: Susan Lucille DavisBlogs:ChinquablogThe Flying Trapeze (with Renee Hawkins) Chris Bigenho The Greenhill School Addison, Texas Email 1: bigenhoc@greenhill.orgEmail 2: cbigenho.unt@gmail.comTwitter: @bigenhocSkype: chris_bigenhoAIM: chris bigenhoYahoo: chris_bigenhoTapped In: ChrisWBDiigo: bigenhoc Blogs: Life in the RenaissanceNAIS Annual Conference Online Community

  3. Chris Bigenho on Spezify

  4. Larry Kahn on Social Graph

  5. Susan Davis at the Persona Project, MIT

  6. Tweet this session... #naisac11 #ddchat

  7. Online follow-up workshops... Grow your own PLN    March 3, 2011 8 p.m.  EST March 10, 2011 8 p.m. EST Sign up:  http://tinyurl.com/naisac11ddsurvey

  8. Why disrupt the old discourse? Changing the conversation about change... The shift towards constructing our own learning by learning from PLNs Amplify the voices of change agents...

  9. "I never let my schooling get in the way of my education."

  10. The case for PLNs: Teaching is... Art Craft Practice Profession

  11. The case for PLNs PD $ PLN Diversity Pool

  12. Teaching: Closed-door practice

  13. Traditional approach to PLN

  14. Opening the door...

  15. A new approach to PLNs

  16. No borders approach to PLNs

  17. Construct your PLN

  18. It's not all burgers and fries...

  19. PLN/CoP

  20. Welcome to my PLN

  21. The Kinkaid School

  22. Before disruption... Teachers not talking to one other much about pedagogy Innovation not necessarily known about or celebrated Each classroom and dept.  isolated from others Simon Varwell, "The Faculty Room"

  23. Disrupting the discourse: Inside-out  Empowering in-house experts Teacher leaders

  24.  Starting a PLN... Teacher leaders connect with teacher leaders from other schools...

  25. Disrupting the discourse: In-house PD Designed & implemented by faculty

  26. Changing the conversation...  Collaboration among divisions Teachers really learn and own tools (Skype, Ning, etc.) Learning via  the right tool for the right situation

  27. The change feeds more change...  Teachers invite outside experts into their classrooms

  28. The discourse expands... Cross-discipline and cross-divisional conversation leads to deeper discussion about pedagogy

  29. Modeling a PLN "I used to see my classroom as four walls. Now I see my classroom as a window." -- Vanessa Zamudio, Upper School Spanish teacher nimanh

  30. Chinquapin Preparatory School

  31.  Before disruption... A different kindof schoolHow to bring the shift to a faculty with little experience anywhere else?

  32. Disrupting the discourse: Outside-in Chinquapin Urban Teaching Fellows  Listening and learning from each other (Ning)

  33. Grafting a different kind of conversation... Learning from the best teachersOutside voices Blogging, Twitter The #Edchat modelExploring new Nings

  34. Unexpected pushback ... I'm still mastering the basics... I'm lurking in my girlfriend's network... I already have a network that works for me... I find Twitter frustrating...

  35. Learning curves... Learning how  to be transparent Finding the  right tool Patience  and persistence

  36. The learning spreads... Open reflection and sharing of resources Asking the right questions about best practices

  37.  PLN out of the closet.... "One thing I learned early on in my year at Chinquapin is that teaching is too difficult an endeavor to take on in isolation. For all teachers, but especially first year teachers, relying on colleagues in your school and outside of your school is imperative." -- Amulya Iyer, "Online Education Resources/Conversations"

  38. The Online Workshops Topics: Blogs, Reflection, Microblogs, Information Management, Big Ideas, Tips for seeding PLN Dates: March 3rd and March 10th (8-9 eastern standard time)

  39. Reminders/Questions http://tinyurl.com/naisac11dd

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