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Building Better Technology Skills

Building Better Technology Skills. Supporting Exemplary Classroom Instruction Through Mentoring and Hybridization. Agenda. Mentor/Mentee Expectations (PowerPoint) Mentor Tools & Resources (Websites & Blogs) Mentor Contracts & Pay Schedules (Handouts) Mentor Rubric (Handout)

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Building Better Technology Skills

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  1. Building Better Technology Skills Supporting Exemplary Classroom Instruction Through Mentoring and Hybridization

  2. Agenda • Mentor/Mentee Expectations (PowerPoint) • Mentor Tools & Resources (Websites & Blogs) • Mentor Contracts & Pay Schedules (Handouts) • Mentor Rubric (Handout) • Mentor Communication & PLC (Planning Session) • Mentor Workshops: Blog 101, 201, & Free Tools 101 • Instructional Blog Content • Questions/Discussion

  3. Mentoring the Adult • How do you handle these issues? • Expectations of Mentees • Confidentiality • Rewarding Mentees • Relationship Boundaries • Mentor Competence • Mentor/Mentee Etiquette • Levels of Comfort/Challenge • Communications Skills

  4. Mentoring the Adult • Adults tend to be goal-and relevancy-oriented, learn experientially, and approach learning as problem-solving. • They learn best when new skills are associated with previous experiences • They need to have input into the planning and learning processes.

  5. Mentoring the Adult • They need a variety of learning options and have opportunities to analyze and expand on what they learn: AND • They need to be able to apply what they have learned in practical situations related to their own lives.

  6. Mentoring the Adult

  7. Mentoring the Adult • Adults have different modes of learning; some may learn best by seeing, others by hearing, and still others through touch and movement. Mentoring may increase the transfer of learning because it provides: • A range of activities that accommodates different learning modes (e.g., learning in groups/learning individually);

  8. Mentoring the Adult • Opportunities to practice; • Individualized feedback; and • Follow-up support (Taylor, 1997). Involving protégés in the planning of mentoring and helping them see the value of mentoring activities keeps them involved. • Information-sharing between both parties helps to grow a Professional Learning Community.

  9. Mentoring the Adult

  10. First Things First • Identify Mentoring Goals • Identify Mentoring Content • Identify Mentoring Strategies • Match Mentors & Mentees • Identify Mentee’s Goals • Establish Frequency & Duration • Assess & Evaluate Mentoring Program – • Adjust and Redefine Goals

  11. Time is the Most Difficult Obstacle to Overcome in a Mentoring Program • Our goal is to be flexible, to be amenable and innovative: • Using Face-to-Face, Mentor/Coaches, Resource Websites, email, Blogs, videos, audios, online third party PD, chatting, Skype, and ITV.

  12. Mentoring Goals • Assist Mentees in reaching SBEC Technology Competencies • Assist Mentees in successfully implementing Hybrid Teaching Techniques (Online & Classroom Methods) – 21st Century Skills • Build a Professional Learning Community – Establish a Network of Learners – Blogging & Journaling • Reduce Isolation & Address Individual Needs of Mentees • Target Areas for Reflections & Improvement • Equip for the Future – help them to become self-reliant • Celebrate Successes!

  13. Content • Blog 101, 201, 301, & Free Tools Face-to-Face Inservices • InfoSource (SimpleK12) • Atomic Learning • Resource Website • Mentors’ Blogs • Grant Blog • Project Share

  14. Strategies – 5 Ms • Model: PLC/Products/Communication/ Instruction/Competencies • Manage: Document/Supervise/ Self-Reflect & Self-Assess • Mentor: Coach/Tutor/Opportunities for Guided Practice • Monitor: Observe/Adjust/Conference/ Shift focus as Mentee becomes more confident • Motivate: Praise/Cheerlead/Blog Parties

  15. Needs Assessments • Share needs with Principals, Charlsie, and Dr Rousseau • We need to mentor you and adjust to your needs • Do NOT forget to Reflect and Comment on YOUR OWN Needs!

  16. Mentors & Mentees • You can actively recruit your Mentees, but please make sure that the Mentee has made the choice. • You can creatively advertise – posters, emails, chocolate! • Those who do not select Mentors will be given options.

  17. Mentor/Mentee Relationships

  18. First Few Sessions • Talk, Discuss, and Try to establish a baseline • Things to use: • InfoSource Assessment • Self-reporting Survey • Immediate Classroom Need • Help them fill out their Professional Learning Calendar

  19. Decisions • When will you meet? • How often? • For what length of time? • For what purpose? • How many Mentees will you be able to Assist? • How will you Assess your progress as a Mentor? As a Mentee?

  20. Mentor’s Workshops • How often? • For what purpose? • For what length of time? • How will we measure the Mentor Program’s Success?

  21. Mentor Contract • Look over the contract and let’s clarify any questions. • Look over SpreadSheet and clarify any questions. • Set for yourself short and long-term goals. (Examples) • Mentor 5 teachers until they are comfortable in producing digital content • Present at TCEA next year

  22. 4 Levels of Evaluation • Reactions to the mentoring experience. • Knowledge and skills gained as a result of the mentoring experience. • Changes in instructional behavior as a result to the mentoring experience. • Improved learner gains resulting from changes in instruction. • See Mentoring Competencies

  23. CONTRACTS & PAY SCHEDULES • Mentor Contract AND SPREADSHEET

  24. Mentor Blog • A Place to Share: • Ideas • Great Websites • Resources • Techniques • Ask Questions • Post Best Practices • Discussions • First Entry: FREE TOOLS for the Classroom

  25. Resources About Mentoring: • http://www.calpro-online.org/pubs/Mentoring%20Guide.pdf • http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/pdf/rubric.pdf

  26. Resources about 21st Century Education Videos: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPQlu5Vxm28 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_6GUx1Zx0w • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkJHXmHi8j0 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-644gVjock • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNPi4ui5pCI • Intrinsic Motivation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhKLSTBSgwI&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17C0mrBo6AA • http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php • Assessment:

  27. BREAK

  28. What’s the Point?

  29. Hybrid Instruction • Hybrid or Blended Instruction has topped the list of the most valuable learning environments for student achievement. • Supporting learning 24/7 with both Face-to-Face and Online Content • Supporting multiple learning styles • Supporting all types of learners • Creating a PLC for all stakeholders (parents, students, other teachers) • Prepares stakeholders with 21st Century Skills.

  30. What is a 21st Century Learner? • Video: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_6GUx1Zx0w • Handout: Twenty-First Century Skills • How can we prepare them and have an exciting time doing it?

  31. BLOG 101 • http://podcast.arpisd.org/users/joy/weblog/b2900/Blog_101.html

  32. Blog 201 • http://podcast.arpisd.org/users/joy/weblog/99a80/Blog_201.html

  33. Free Tools • http://podcast.arpisd.org/users/joy/weblog/23a90/Free_Tools_101.html

  34. Instructional Blog Content • http://podcast.arpisd.org/users/joy/weblog/1e247/Instructional_Blog_Content.html

  35. Review • Questions

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