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Bloom’s Revised Toxonomy
http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning-introduction-video
Characteristics
of Essential
Questions
graphic
FNO.org 2001
FNO.org 2004
ASCD
Characteristics
of Essential
Questions
FNO.org 2004
http://www.ascd.org/publications/
books/109004/chapters/WhatMakes-a-QuestionEssential%C2%A2.aspx
General elements in common:
1. Learning focuses around a meaningful, ill-structured
problem that demands consideration of diverse perspectives
2. Academic content-learning occurs as a natural part of the
process as students work towards finding solutions
3. Learners, working collaboratively, assume an active role in
the learning process
4. Teachers provide learners with learning supports and rich
multiple media sources of information to assist students in
successfully finding solutions
5. Learners share and defend solutions publicly in some
manner
Article
Pull ideas from
the news
• How might we improve our
community?
• Is our community accessible?
• Can all teens participate in prom?
• What entertainment is available
for our community members?
Explore issues from
a variety of angles
• Gambling
• Indian gaming
• Climate change
• Hunting/Fishing/
Animals
Explore health, safety and other issues at home
Or abroad ….
Have students select a topic about
which they are passionate
Spreadsheet
Form
article
Need
more
ideas?
Use web resources like the Khan Academy
Skype in the Classroom
https://education.skype.com/
TED http://new.ted.com/
Maybe passion is found on
TV, Netflix, or in the movies
What’s real?
What’s not? Invent it.
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Adobe Education Exchange
http://edex.adobe.com/resource/b81f5724/
http://edex.adobe.com/search/resources/
If I can’t get everyone on board,
how can I get my school to change what
learning looks and feels like?
“It only takes 15-20% of the users to
make an innovation acceptable.”
Innovators come in all ages,
areas and sizes. 
Rogers, 2003, Diffusion
of Innovations
What makes a change
agent
Digital Disruptor
graphic
Digital Disruptor
DPI vision
SpeakUp 2013 Survey
(325,279 students)
Campus Technology
SpeakUp 2013 Survey
Vision K-20 Survey
SpeakUp 2013 Survey
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/27
/technology/personaltech/ignorethe-looks-and-embrace-thephablet.html ,
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Invest in WiFi
• School
• Home
• Public
transportation
• Community
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Julie Young, Florida
Virtual School
Young
Horizon Report
Young
EdWeek
You don’t have to look like everyone else
Be unique
Be yourself
Be distinctive
Be true to your mission and vision
Technology is the tool
Learning is the goal
So, you want a more
technology rich school…
What can YOU do?
1. Share your vision of a technology rich school
and why it is critical for learning today.
2. Engage teachers, staff, students,
administrators, families, Board members and
other stakeholders in conversations about this
vision.
3. Listen to their ideas, concerns, needs, and
visions
4. Build a shared vision of learning.
* ** Does this newly
articulated shared vision match
your written school mission and vision?
If not, revise!
Once you have engaged all school personnel in
your conversation and there is shared
understanding of what is desired:
1. Have each person, including you, set a personal
goal (growth plan) related to the vision.
2. Communicate your growth plan to the group.
3. Help people with similar growth plans form
learning communities.
4. Support the growth plans.
5. Hold people accountable for their growth plans
(including yourself).
** It’s okay to start small, but START you must!
How can you support the growth plans?
1. Model what you advocate
2. Provide access to technology, a robust
infrastructure, plenty of bandwidth
3. Provide opportunity to learn
4. Provide technology teams to support learning
(students, other teachers, a mixture of both,
online tools) 
5. Provide time to experiment and reflect
6. Celebrate attempts
7. Celebrate successes
8. Publicize what is being done
9. Hold everyone accountable for seeking to
achieve their growth plan

10. Create a culture of continuous learning
11. Change policies that get in the way
12. Design professional development and
rewards to look and feel like the classrooms
(learning environments) you want
[i.e. badges for professional development]
13. Be a coach, model what you want to see in
classrooms

14. Provide experimentation time and reflection
time
15. Celebrate attempts
16. Celebrate successes
17. Publicize what is being done
18. Hold everyone accountable for seeking to
achieve their growth plan

19. Address equity at school and home
20. Provide cloud based services
21. Teach project management skills
22. Make sure purchases fit into the vision you
are aiming for
Yes, there is a LOT you can do!
Provide LEADERSHIP
By
Helping to create a shared vision
Providing resources
Modeling desired behaviors
Holding all accountable
What does
technology rich
learning look like?
Arizona
Technology
Integration Matrix
matrix
Standards and Profiles
Computational thinking
ISTE Teacher Standards
ISTE Admin Standards
Huffington Post
Horizon Report