COSN Conference 2009
Posted on July 17, 2008 by thinkfinitytexas
Marguerite Cahill and Miguel Guhlin are partnering on their proposal to present at the COSN Conference in 2009. Keep your fingers crossed that it is accepted!
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Title of Presentation: 5 Steps to Successful Professional Learning for Teachers |
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Track/Subject Area (Select ONLY one): Content and Integration |
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Identify which framework of CoSN’s Essential Skills this presentation/topic best relates to. Education and Training |
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Short summary of presentation in narrative form. This summary should state what the audience will learn/benefit by attending the presentation (300 words or less): This presentation shares 5 strategies for enhancing the learning environment at both school and home for students, their parents, and teachers. Often, educators and students lack access to high quality online resources they can use. Thinkfinity.org–and affiliate organizations–provide no-cost, unlimited access to resources. Learn 5 ways on how you and your teachers can blend Thinkfinity resources to enhance teaching and learning at school and home. |
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Provide 3 learning objectives for the presentation. Use verbs that are clearly behavioral and measurable, such as describe, discuss, explain and recite. Do not use terms, such as understand better or have a clear appreciation for: Participants will explore 5 professional learning strategies to ensure successful technology integration for teachers. Participants will discuss how Thinkfinity.org and specific interactives it offers can expand what teachers and students can do at no additional cost. Participants will learn how to blend high quality web-based resources with social bookmarking tools like Diigo and/or Del.icio.us. |
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Provide a concise description/abstract of your proposed presentation in narrative form (450 words or less). Please, do not use bullets: Facilitating successful professional learning opportunities that result in transforming teaching and learning is difficult. In this session, the facilitators will share 5 research-derived strategies for structuring professional learning that is successful. The five strategies to be shared (adapted from the work of the TLT Group) are 1) Begin with a long-term focus on a few selected outcomes and the educational activities needed to improve them; 2) Choose technology that can contribute incrementally and cumulatively over time; 3) Emphasize forms of instructional material that most faculty members find quick and easy to create, adapt and share; 4) Track the progress of the strategy needed to stay on course; and 5) Tap into online learning communities to sustain professional learning. Recognizing that ensuring access to quality learning resources online is critical, as well as knowing how to interact with those resources, the facilitators will share Thinkfinity.com and how it can be utilized in a variety of learning settings, including small group, large group, and individual. Participants will also be introduced to social bookmarking tools–such as Delicious and Diigo–that enhance participants’ ability to organize online learning resources. |
Filed under: Conferences, Proposals | Tagged: cosn2009, mcahill, mguhlin, thinkfinity
