Webinar 1
Skills in Demand: Preparing Students for the High Growth Jobs of the Future.
Viewed July 10, 2014
Presented by:
Ashanka Iddya
Ashanka Iddya is the education solution specialist of U.S. Education for the Microsoft Corporation.
Cushing Anderson
Cushing Anderson is the program vice president of project-based services for the International Data Corporation.
Sean Herdman
This webinar is being moderated by Sean Herdman, associate publisher at Education Week.
This webinar was essentially based on the research of what skills students would need in order to be successful when they get out of school. It was discussed that business has an increased complexity in its structure. This causes the worker to need a more diverse knowledge of the tools that they use. It was also discussed that digitization has changed the settings that employees will be working in.
The top three jobs that were being forecasted were medical and nursing, sales, and education. In the chat section, it was asked why education was so high up on the list. Certainly it wasn’t teachers that were in the high paying fields. I posted in the chat that it might possibly be due to the increase in workers going back to school to change their career training. The increase in jobs may be tied to the peripheral work involved with those education institutions.
The presenters also laid out a lot of specific skills that were required for jobs. Communication, integration, and presentation skills (CIP Skills) include 17 skills that are typically found in school curriculum. These skills were required in 40% of all jobs, and 70% of high paying jobs. Oral and Written skills ranked the highest of these skills.
The webinar was concluded with a presentation from Microsoft on their Office 365 product. It was a typical sales pitch, but what was important to me was that schools with an EES could offer their students Office 365 for free. Knowing Office products was on the list of 17 skills found in CIP. For students without access to Office, this is great news. They could now get the suit they are working with in class for home use at no cost.
Viewed July 10, 2014
Presented by:
Ashanka Iddya
Ashanka Iddya is the education solution specialist of U.S. Education for the Microsoft Corporation.
Cushing Anderson
Cushing Anderson is the program vice president of project-based services for the International Data Corporation.
Sean Herdman
This webinar is being moderated by Sean Herdman, associate publisher at Education Week.
This webinar was essentially based on the research of what skills students would need in order to be successful when they get out of school. It was discussed that business has an increased complexity in its structure. This causes the worker to need a more diverse knowledge of the tools that they use. It was also discussed that digitization has changed the settings that employees will be working in.
The top three jobs that were being forecasted were medical and nursing, sales, and education. In the chat section, it was asked why education was so high up on the list. Certainly it wasn’t teachers that were in the high paying fields. I posted in the chat that it might possibly be due to the increase in workers going back to school to change their career training. The increase in jobs may be tied to the peripheral work involved with those education institutions.
The presenters also laid out a lot of specific skills that were required for jobs. Communication, integration, and presentation skills (CIP Skills) include 17 skills that are typically found in school curriculum. These skills were required in 40% of all jobs, and 70% of high paying jobs. Oral and Written skills ranked the highest of these skills.
The webinar was concluded with a presentation from Microsoft on their Office 365 product. It was a typical sales pitch, but what was important to me was that schools with an EES could offer their students Office 365 for free. Knowing Office products was on the list of 17 skills found in CIP. For students without access to Office, this is great news. They could now get the suit they are working with in class for home use at no cost.
webinar 2
Teaching Humility and Promotion: What’s the Line
Presented at RSCON2014 by:
Don Wettrick
Erin Klein
Daisy Dyer Duerr
Rae Pica
This webinar was based around promoting you and your classroom and not treating it like bragging. It was stated that humility has gone too far and teachers often don’t share when it would be totally appropriate for them to share the good things they are doing.
It was discussed that twitter is not necessarily about bragging but is a good tool for collaboration. The quote from Don Wettrick said it well, “you are not bragging, but showcasing best practicing”.
Erin Klein shared a twitterchat called #NTCHAT with is for new teachers to meet and talk about what they are doing that works and what doesn’t.
The conversation turned to sharing what you do with the media and be transparent with the success of your students. The media will almost always come out to see what you are doing if it is good for students and the community.
Some do’s and don’t’s about the use of social media from the presenters:
· Do-Keep positive.
· Do-share positives about students in social media
· Do-Share with others
· Don’t- Avoid the use of “I” and use “we” instead
· Don’t- Complain about your job or co-workers online
· Don’t- Talk negative about students
· Don’t- Vent on social media
· Don’t- Talk about politics
Presented at RSCON2014 by:
Don Wettrick
Erin Klein
Daisy Dyer Duerr
Rae Pica
This webinar was based around promoting you and your classroom and not treating it like bragging. It was stated that humility has gone too far and teachers often don’t share when it would be totally appropriate for them to share the good things they are doing.
It was discussed that twitter is not necessarily about bragging but is a good tool for collaboration. The quote from Don Wettrick said it well, “you are not bragging, but showcasing best practicing”.
Erin Klein shared a twitterchat called #NTCHAT with is for new teachers to meet and talk about what they are doing that works and what doesn’t.
The conversation turned to sharing what you do with the media and be transparent with the success of your students. The media will almost always come out to see what you are doing if it is good for students and the community.
Some do’s and don’t’s about the use of social media from the presenters:
· Do-Keep positive.
· Do-share positives about students in social media
· Do-Share with others
· Don’t- Avoid the use of “I” and use “we” instead
· Don’t- Complain about your job or co-workers online
· Don’t- Talk negative about students
· Don’t- Vent on social media
· Don’t- Talk about politics
Webinar 3
Working Together: Apps and Tools for Collaboratively Building Students Writing Skills
Presented at RSCON2014 by:
V. Paige Hale
This webinar was focused on tools and apps that can be used to improve writing skills for students as part of an RTI intervention. These tools are primarily for collaboration in their writing.
The tools used in this presentation were:
Pinterest – there are many writing boards that show effective strategies for collaborating on student writing.
Freetech4teachers.com – this website includes many free apps and tools that teachers can use for writing.
Quadblogging – Quadblogging allows students to blog and have their work evaluated by other students in their cohort. It is a safer alternative to other blogging tools because it only allows user comments from chosen users.
Google Story Builder – Similar to Google Docs because multiple users can edit content at the same time, but what sets it apart is that it records the exchange and can make a short video of the story. Students can watch their exchange play out in video format and share it in their blogs.
Presented at RSCON2014 by:
V. Paige Hale
This webinar was focused on tools and apps that can be used to improve writing skills for students as part of an RTI intervention. These tools are primarily for collaboration in their writing.
The tools used in this presentation were:
Pinterest – there are many writing boards that show effective strategies for collaborating on student writing.
Freetech4teachers.com – this website includes many free apps and tools that teachers can use for writing.
Quadblogging – Quadblogging allows students to blog and have their work evaluated by other students in their cohort. It is a safer alternative to other blogging tools because it only allows user comments from chosen users.
Google Story Builder – Similar to Google Docs because multiple users can edit content at the same time, but what sets it apart is that it records the exchange and can make a short video of the story. Students can watch their exchange play out in video format and share it in their blogs.
Webinar 4
What’s the 411? Using Various Tools and Social Media to Keep Parents in the Know!
Presented at RSCON2014 by:
Carla M Jefferson
This webinar discussed various ways and tools that teachers can use to help keep parents informed on what is going on in their classroom.
The first section discussed how parent contact could keep parents updated on school happenings, give parents glimpses into your classroom, and motivate students to work harder because they know their parents will be in constant contact with the teacher.
The next section was about the tools and methods that you can use for keeping the constant contact. Besides weekly emails, and phone calls, there were some digital tools that were talked about. Class Dojo could be used to help manage student behavior and parents have access to it. Remind (formerly remind 101) can be used to share handouts, pictures, and class updates to both students and parents. Post cards from Vista Print can be used to send notes home to parents.
A Facebook community page can be used for parents to stay in touch with what is going on in the classroom and with student work. A question was posed in the chat section on how they get permission to show the students in a social media setting. The presenter said her school uses an opt-out plan where parents have to opt out of having their child shown on social media. Since they use it to stay in contact with the school, most of the parents stay opted in.
The final tool that was presented was having students create blogs on kidblog.org. They link the student blog to a QR code that is on their binder, locker, and just about everything else that goes home with the child. Parents can use the QR code to log into the child’s blog and review their work. The school also uses the child’s blog as an e-portfolio, so they use the same blog for all of their classes.
Presented at RSCON2014 by:
Carla M Jefferson
This webinar discussed various ways and tools that teachers can use to help keep parents informed on what is going on in their classroom.
The first section discussed how parent contact could keep parents updated on school happenings, give parents glimpses into your classroom, and motivate students to work harder because they know their parents will be in constant contact with the teacher.
The next section was about the tools and methods that you can use for keeping the constant contact. Besides weekly emails, and phone calls, there were some digital tools that were talked about. Class Dojo could be used to help manage student behavior and parents have access to it. Remind (formerly remind 101) can be used to share handouts, pictures, and class updates to both students and parents. Post cards from Vista Print can be used to send notes home to parents.
A Facebook community page can be used for parents to stay in touch with what is going on in the classroom and with student work. A question was posed in the chat section on how they get permission to show the students in a social media setting. The presenter said her school uses an opt-out plan where parents have to opt out of having their child shown on social media. Since they use it to stay in contact with the school, most of the parents stay opted in.
The final tool that was presented was having students create blogs on kidblog.org. They link the student blog to a QR code that is on their binder, locker, and just about everything else that goes home with the child. Parents can use the QR code to log into the child’s blog and review their work. The school also uses the child’s blog as an e-portfolio, so they use the same blog for all of their classes.
Tweet Chat #21stedchat
This was my first tweet chat that I have ever done. I am not sure how I feel about them yet. I had a lot of trouble getting caught up with different chats, so it took me a while before I found an active chat. It was a lot of information all at once, and I was a little overwhelmed. I think as I become more comfortable with the platform, I will be able to get more information out of a tweet chat. This chat had a lot of reflections and opinions from the recent ISTE and RSCONN conferences.
Tweet chat #1to1chat
There wasn't much going on in this chat tonight. There was a brief back and forth regarding PLN's for students, but it didn't go much further than what you see here. I suspect that when we get closer to school starting up, this chat group will have much more going on. I can see the benefit of tweet chats now. I am actually planning on attending the #idedchat group when they get up and running. Seems like a lot of that group are out on vacation. (I guess it is summer)