Professional Development in September.

The following is an outline of what Sullivan Heights is beginning the school year with.  This is our first Professional Development day and we want to start out with a vengeance. It is day of sharing of our skills and ideas, then the talent in our school will help others to begin their journey of learning. According to Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman, it is the "fundamental task of a leader to create resonance at work, thereby unleashing positive traits and attributes in the people at work. To use the strengths of what you have, to get the people working with you to inspire, motivate and foster commitment in the people around them."  A great sign of leadership is using the strengths of the people around you, their passion, and there are so many passionate people in the Surrey School District but none as much as the people in this school.

 So our plan is to share what we already are doing in our school and to help others in the school build their PLNs and start their journey of learning.  Please come with us as we start our learning planned for two years or more.  To your right are the different departments and what they are saying about their learning. Take care.  We begin in September and I for one am excited!!  
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Pro D Day – 21^st Century Education

Morning Session:

Time:                         9:00 – 10:00 am. – In Library

Presenter -                Nicole Painchaud & Jennifer Spain –

Presentation:            What is the 21^st Century Learner and Teacher

·      What is the 21^st Century Learner?

·      What skills should the 21^st Century Learner have?

·      How should the teacher of today teach the 21^st Century learner? ?

·      engage hands-on activities for teachers to see how they can incorporate the 21^st century skills.

·      Learning about Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy

Time:  10:30 – 12:00 – In library

Presenters:  See Below

Presentation:  Web 2.0 Tools in Relation to Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy

See some of the technology that can be used with Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy.  Presenters will demonstrate the tools with student exemplars and showcasing the benefits of the tool.  Each presentation will include an explanation of how this tool is used in the classroom, for learning and/or assessing.  Listeners will select two tools to explore in depth in the afternoon sessions.   Each presentation is 10 minutes long.

Ryan Neufeld:  Twitter and sharing with students

Robert Dewinetz:  Fakebook, Timer online, and more.

Roger Haywood – Learning 360, Discover Ed, and CBC News Online

Lisa Leonard and Jewell Thai – Glogster

            Jacqueline Alvarado Cruz – , ToonDoo

Jennifer Spain – Voice Thread, iTunes, Twitter Assignment and Storybird

Sarah Garr – Webnode.

Nicole Painchaud – Edublog and Wikis

Lunch:  From 12:00 – 1:00           

Time:                     Afternoon 1:00 – 1:30

Presentation:        Training session of Web 2.0 tools - Choose the tool you wish to learn from the morning presentations.  Handouts of instructions will be given in the sessions.

            B116 – Jennifer Spain – VoiceThread

            B111 – Nicole Painchaud – Make your own Wiki

            B123 – Ryan Neufeld  & Robert Dewinetz– Twitter

            B110 -   Jacqueline Alvarado Cruz  and Lisa Leonard- Glogster

            Library – Roger Hayward - Learn 360, and Google Searching

Time:                      1:45 – 2:15

Presentation:          Web 2.0 Tools Workshop

B116 – Jennifer Spain & Jacqueline Avarado Cruz – Webnode

            B111 – Nicole Painchaud – Make your own Edublog

            B110 – Ryan Neufeld – Twitter

            B123 -  Robert Dewinetz – Fakebook and more

Time:                2:15 – 3:00

Presentation:    Department Meeting to discuss what was learned or free computer time in room B111