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Goals • Receive general information on a topic • Use our own teacher experts to facilitate learning new information about the topic • Collaborate with one another • Gather remaining questions about the topic to be addressed and answered Format• Present: Information about the topic can be video, handout, lecture, technology, etc. Provide background knowledge. (10-15 minutes) • Share out: Allow teachers to have open, judgment-free conversations concerning the topic. We are an untapped resource of information. Important points should be documented on giant Post-it notes. (20 minutes) • Wrap-up: Document any questions or concerns that the group feels they would like to have addressed and answered on giant Post-it notes. (10 minutes) Program DescriptionWhat is a digital parallel? It is the use of online tools to provide ourselves, students, and parents continual access to the content of our courses, the materials they need, and the feedback we provide for them on their learning journey. It is quite literally the digital parallel to what is occurring in the classroom. Building a digital parallel for our work is such a benefit to educational practice, that we can not overlook the opportunity to build our online presence.
AccessPreso How much of your professional practice is online?Face2FaceOnline
Who am I?Amanda AdamsDistance Education Teacher Kenai Peninsula Borough School Districtaadams@kpbsd.org@amsuadwww.teachingjedi.com
StructurePresentShare out Wrap-up10-15 min 20 min 10 min
What is a Digital Parallel?
What is a Digital Parallel?…a digital version of all lessons, materials, and resources that occur in a face-to-face course for student use.Source: Trevan Walker, Principal, Seward High School 2014
Actually, it looks more like this…
LMS with Course Content and AssignmentsLessons on a phoneGrading on an iPadCollaboration on Google DocsCourse Announcements
LMS with Course Content and AssignmentsLessons on a phoneGrading on an iPadCollaboration on Google DocsCourse Announcements
LMS with Course Content and AssignmentsLessons on a phoneGrading on an iPadCollaboration on Google DocsCourse Announcements
LMS with Course Content and AssignmentsLessons on a phoneGrading on an iPadCollaboration on Google DocsCourse Announcements
LMS with Course Content and AssignmentsLessons on a phoneGrading on an iPadCollaboration on Google DocsCourse Announcements
LMS with Course Content and AssignmentsLessons on a phoneGrading on an iPadCollaboration on Google DocsCourse Announcements
LMS with Course Content and AssignmentsLessons on a phoneGrading on an iPadCollaboration on Google DocsCourse Announcements Digital Parallel
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What are the benefits of an Digital Parallel?
Flexibility
Adjustment of Instructional Practices
Students can be “present” even if they are not “present”
• Illness• Athlete travel• Anxiety• Death in family• Travel• Scholarships• Leadership opportunities• Work schedule• Parental requests• Injury• Can’t/won’t conform
Students can be “present” even if they are not “present”Adjustment of Instructional PracticesFlexibilityand so much more…
BenefitsStreamlining PracticeEfficient Organization365/24/7 Access(For everyone!)Evaluative EvidenceCollaboration OpportunityTransparencyCultivating Online Persona(Brand name)
Share outOpen, judgment-free conversations concerning the topic. Important points should be documented on giant Post-it notes
Wrap-upDocument any questions orconcerns that the group feels they would like to have addressed and answered on giant Post-it notes.
Face2FaceOnlineAmanda Adamsaadams@kpbsd.org @amsuad www.teachingjedi.comThanks!