IMAGINE: Transforming Rural Education with Apple Technology - NREA 2014

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imagine empowering rural schools for tomorrow NREA 2014 Katie Morrow

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Keynote for the NREA Convention 2014

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imagineempowering rural schools for tomorrow

NREA 2014Katie Morrow

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O’Neill Public SchoolO’Neill, Nebraska

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OPS 24/7 Learningv2.0

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students

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years

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How do you measure success?

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What can we do now that we couldn’t do before?

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Opened Opportunities

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Changing ecosystem brings opportunity.

Authors Artists Programmers

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ADDED PROFICIENCIES

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BROKEN DOWN BARRIERS

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CULTIVATED A CULTURE OF PRIDE

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How did we do it? Our process

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Access

24/7 Access

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Choice in Device

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“We need to move beyond the idea that an education is something that is

provided for us, and toward the idea that an education is something that we

create for ourselves.”

~Stephen Downes

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Student Choice & Involvement

Bottom-up

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Meet Addie

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Creators, not just Consumers of Content

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Community Commercials and Public Service Announcements

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4th Grade Nebraska History

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“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.”

  ~Sydney J. Harris

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Community of Learners

Community

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Break down classroom walls

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iTunes u courses

iBooks Author

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Publish and Promote

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OHS YOUTUBE CHANNEL

https://www.youtube.com/user/ONeillPublicSchool

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Eagle Genius Bar

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"Learning must be lifelong, life-wide, and available on

demand."

~National Educational Technology Plan

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Do things differently?Do Different

Things

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Challenge Based Learning

Real problems.1.

Learn together.

Do something!

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3.

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Design an app to improve communication on your campus.

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Transform apathy into engagement

Increase recycling in your communityCultural Shift: Disprove a misconception about your generation

Make your town more energy efficient

Improve the online behaviors of youth in your community

Reduce your school’s paper waste

Increase the percentage of students in your class who stay in school for one more year.

Increase the number of healthy food choices served at school (or at home).

Change a policy in your school.

Create cross-cultural connections in your school and/or community.

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Making  a  Difference...CBL is effective in building 21st Century Skills90% of teachers reported significant improvements in twelve key 21st century skill areas

CBL Engages Students in LearningOver 75% of students, across every age group, felt they learned more than they expected, worked harder than they normally do, and were part of solving a big problem.

2009 CBL Pilot Report, New Media Consortium; 2011 CBL Implementation Report, New Media Consortium

Teachers find CBL engaging, effective, & a good use of time.Over 90% of teachers, across every grade level, felt that CBL was a good use of their limited time and would use it again.

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nelovesps.org

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Never stop

learning!

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iPad Action Research English 8 at OHS

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Video Reflections

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reflectionWhat simple but powerful things can you

imagine would promote technology-impacted learning in your school?

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Entrust our StudentsShift some of the control

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Start with the “WHY”Focus on the verbs, not the nouns

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Stay in the Question

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Publish and Share!Transparent learning process

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Take Responsible RiskCelebrate failure!

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Be the ChangeSmall steps towards progress

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Don’t Just Do Things Differently...

... Do Different Things

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Stay hungry. Stay foolish.

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“A clear explanation of the problem engages the mind. The solution will engage the imagination. But a compelling reason will engage the heart.”

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~from Visioneering by Andy Stanley

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“It’s about the journey, not the destination.”