1. Blended Meetings at your School Michael Weinraub School Technology Summit July 31, 2013

2. Tweet THIS! #NYCSTS13

3. Who am I? (No, not Jean Valjean) Blending – a short list Activity - Mission Possible Discussion / Q&A Invitation Lets get this party started

4. Director of Innovative Professional Development (iPD) for the City-wide Curriculum PD team (CCPD) in the Office of Achievement Resources (OAR) Core Curriculum PD Create online modules User forums around Common Core Library resources Blended learning support to DOE Teams Integration of Social Media - @commoncorelab Who Am I? Acronym Madness!

5. A combination of online and face-to-face activities as part of a learning or collaborative experience How can technology help? Save Time Facilitate collaboration Creates transparency in social knowledge construction Encourages Accountability Blending

6. Setting: You are a member of a school staff of which I am the principal. I inform you of a time-sensitive request for information that came directly from Central. We need to respond to that request for information at the end of business today. Gasp! What input does Central require from us? What question must we try to address with honesty, professional knowledge, and skill? See the next slide... Staff Meeting Scenario

7. What is the best band or individual musical performer of the last 50 years?

8. Generate a List of Prospects (whole group) Narrow it Down (whole group) Select an Artist (individual) Compile Evidence (individual, then small group) Present the Evidence (whole group) Make a Selection (whole group) The Blended Process

9. Generate a List of Prospects (whole group) Use TodaysMeet online chat tool Narrow it Down (whole group) Select an Artist (individual) Compile Evidence (individual, then small group) Present the Evidence (whole group) Make a Selection (whole group) The Blended Process

10. Generating Ideas http://todaysmeet.com/techsummit

11. Generate a List of Prospects (whole group) Narrow it Down (whole group) Select an Artist (individual) Compile Evidence (individual, then small group) Present the Evidence (whole group) Make a Selection (whole group) The Blended Process

12. Generate a List of Prospects (whole group) Narrow it Down (whole group) Select an Artist (individual) Log in to online platform (see next slide) Read news item and select link to preferred artist (A, B, or C) Compile Evidence (individual, then small group) Present the Evidence (whole group) Make a Selection (whole group) The Blended Process

13. Log In Page 13 Welcome.123 guest Welcome.123 https://ipd.commoncorelab.us

14. Generate a List of Prospects (whole group) Narrow it Down (whole group) Select an Artist (individual) Compile Evidence (individual, then small group) Add evidence to your Google doc A, B, or C (individual) Present the Evidence (whole group) Make a Selection (whole group) The Blended Process

15. Generate a List of Prospects (whole group) Narrow it Down (whole group) Select an Artist (individual) Compile Evidence (individual, then small group) Add evidence to your Google doc A, B, or C (individual) Convene in small groups to select evidence, prepare presentation (small group) Present the Evidence (whole group) Make a Selection (whole group) The Blended Process

16. Generate a List of Prospects (whole group) Narrow it Down (whole group) Select an Artist (individual) Compile Evidence (individual, then small group) Present the Evidence (whole group) Presenters for each Artist group make their case! Make a Selection (whole group) The Blended Process

17. Generate a List of Prospects (whole group) Narrow it Down (whole group) Select an Artist (individual) Compile Evidence (individual, then small group) Present the Evidence (whole group) Make a Selection (whole group) Time to choose an Artist of the half-century! Go to our D2L homepage and click the survey link in the News item. The Blended Process

18. Well? Highlights Wonderings Suggestions Questions Other?

19. Accessed information and resources through a shared, known online site Shared ideas publically, then focused our attention on a small number of options Posted text and digital content to a shared document before meeting to discuss it face-to-face Used an online voting tool to make a decision What happened?

20. Accept my special invitation to express interest in receiving support for using blended learning tools at your school by clicking on the Special Invitation link on the D2L homepage CCPD team looking for 5-7 schools or networks to participate in a pilot utilizing Desire2Learn and other web-based tools Expand your PLC (professional learning network) by tweeting about this and other sessions today with hashtag #nycsts13 Connect with @mweinraub87 on Twitter What Can I Do Now?