{"id":3133,"date":"2014-10-07T07:30:32","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T14:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/?p=3133"},"modified":"2014-10-22T14:41:36","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T21:41:36","slug":"engage-in-the-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/2014\/10\/engage-in-the-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Engage in the Experience – Professional Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we organize our teaching\/learning environments, it is important to hold time to learn ourselves – to challenge ourselves to engage with new ideas, to seek out new opportunities in professional learning, and to reflect how they relate with personal beliefs. \u00a0This is about connecting to what is important. \u00a0Only then can we bring powerful experiences for our students.
\nHere are some possibilities that might lead you to engage on different levels (contact any of our Learning Technologies team for more information or check out the sections in our blog):<\/p>\n

\"blog\"<\/a>Blog or other online platform<\/strong><\/span> – Why? It’s all about communication and sharing your story, engaging the world (whether it is with parents or to a wider audience) in a dialogue of learning. \u00a0Consider how Literature Circles, writing, interactive posters, audio radio shows, portfolios can all tell a story beyond paper and pencil. Start a positive digital footprint for students here.<\/p>\n

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\"razkids\"<\/a>\u00a0Raz-Kids<\/span><\/strong><\/span> – Why? Reading fluency is foundational to solid reading practice. Students need to listen to good text \u00a0and practice reading to gain proficiency. The ability to record personal readings\u00a0multiple times, listen to hear \u00a0themselves gives opportunities to self assess their own achievement.<\/p>\n

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\"googledocs_logo\"<\/a>GAFE (Google Apps for Education)<\/span><\/strong><\/span> – Why? What’s the one thing that creates great writing – articulated revision comments in writing pieces (and lots of them over time). Google docs provides a seamless environment that connect comments to support the student writer as they grow in their ability to communicate in written forms. The collaborative nature of the application lends itself to focused writing and research projects.<\/p>\n

\"digifootprint_ed\"<\/a>\u00a0Digital Citizenship<\/span><\/strong><\/span> – Why? Our students are growing up in a world where ‘digital’ is the norm. To some it is as ubiquitous as air. How do we harness this environment for learning? What added things do we need to consider in this world? While the ideals of citizenship and social responsibility are similar in both face-to-face and online environments, the online nature creates new challenges in understanding communication.<\/p>\n

\"Fast<\/a>Fast ForWord<\/span><\/strong><\/span> – Why? Too often we try so hard to support our students who find reading incredibly challenging due to a host of reasons and we see minimal gains. Based on neuroscience and brain plasticity, Fast ForWord and Reading Asistant has offered significant learning success for these students. More information on this process can be found on our\u00a0Fast ForWord blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nOctober is “Connected Educator Month”<\/span><\/strong><\/span>. \u00a0How is this information connecting to\u00a0your understandings? Please join us in the ongoing conversation and share with your staffs (send this link to them).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As we organize our teaching\/learning environments, it is important to hold time to learn ourselves – to challenge ourselves to engage with new ideas, to seek out new opportunities in professional learning, and to reflect how they relate with personal beliefs. \u00a0This is about connecting to what is important. \u00a0Only then can we bring powerful…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4642,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,111,135,120,119,17],"tags":[25,3,28,34,35,36,37,55],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3133"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4642"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3133"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3158,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3133\/revisions\/3158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}