Ottawa 2 day cc institute

Some thoughts

-2 days makes all the difference in the world when what we are talking about is a major shift in practice at the secondary level

-at this point I am thinking that we not accept one day sessions however will hold judgement until I do the 2 more to follow

-what is definitely the case is ensuring that those attending want to be there -this was the case in Ottawa and it is so evident  -solid engagement throughout the
32 days


-innovations
-we had small groups evolve their grouped questions into one that they articulated
-these ended up being a bit run on  -so I think the idea of shifting the work to the participants here is a good intention -I am not sure about the result  -maybe indicate to them that they can split questions so that they are focusing on one thing
-unfortunately we did not come back to these questions (maybe because they were so complex -run on)

 KARS video dissection as per stages of inquiry
-I think this made it clearer what inquiry is all about

Focus on PBL sequence
-had each course group map out a possible PBL project related to their curriculum
-they found it challenging and most were not wiling to include an audience beyond the classroom
-need to map out some specific examples to share

What make something boring for
-brainstormed this list

CC challenges
-did this as small group work and then shared
-better than just the slide list


R4R
-the goal here is to get these people into the database finding resources that might be useful so that is where most energy needs to be spent
-stick to cc focus as examples for the overview
-for secondary the interest is videos and learning programs
-for this group they were in grade/course groups and searched on that basis and then shared what they found and what was of value
-Resource on Frogs was noted as prompting the teaching of all topics in the grade 10 course in an integrated way
Climate change photos was identified as including many of the strategies
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Concept mapping
-have upped the learning process here
-more direct instruction
-follow up analysis by different groups

new sequence for next time
-dict instruction on protocols and example
1. in your group prepare a cc map on causes of human induced climate change
-list concepts in an area off to the side that your group thinks are relevant
-bring into the map in order of importance
-looked for linked concepts and add these accordingly

-self assess for protocol, clarity, number of concepts and relationships
 2. groups review other group's cc and add stickies for protocol, misconceptions, questions

-as a whole group -where would you take the learning?
-might also do this with each individual doing a concept map first

Day 2  sequence

welcome back -find your high 5 partner and share most nb from yesteday

-slide  -shallow to deep cc ed

-expanding on some dots insights
-NORCASN math vieo -
-never work harder...


Resources
-r4r intro
-time for grade/subject grousp to dig in and find what is useful/relevant to them
-shareing

Concept Maping part 2
-your group goes toa map other than your own
-peer review for protocol
-misconcpetions
-clarity
-debrief

Community Partners
-example -Ecolgy Ottawa -visit website

Project based learning
-examples
-plan one for your course

lunch

-demo of software for online group concept mapping -Doug

videos
-alternative secondary practice
-choose your opwn teach
skateboad factory

Shifting to inquiry
-KARS video and analysisi  -break down into steps from page 71 and72 in DOTs
-or examine Teching Tean about CC
-authentic inqury -prompted options of a walk and talk to review this -most took it

Online survey

KBC 2

closing circle -where to from here   -good ending as it was all positive

Other notes
-note some comments on individuals wanting more specifics -get the feeling that they are looking for the silver bullet on cc learning -and that does not exist  -as per specifics -they got a lot of strategies and a lot of specific lesson ideas (r4r and green teacher book)  -but these individuals might be looking for an easy way out that does not challenge the conventional teaching framework
-that mindset takes more than 2 days to get by -an extended -practice-sharing among colleagues-practice scenario might be the trick