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Dobbs Foundation Fellowship: 21st Century Classroom Monday, October 12, 2009 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. The Westminster Schools Facilitators: Brandi Sabb and Laura Deisley

I. What Are You Thinking A. Artifact of Practice B. Reflection

Brandi opened the meeting reflecting on the week’s prior learning. She shared the insight and direction obtained from the Skype conferences and previous whole-group meeting. With this in mind, the agenda was designed to allow fellows to reflect on their individual learning and growth. Fellows engaged in in-depth discussions on the following topics: ➢ Sharing the knowledge ➢ Creating a student-centered learning environment ➢ Differentiated Instruction ➢ Multiple Intelligences ➢ Fear of the “score” (standardized testing and grades) ➢ Pedagogy vs. Tools ➢ Incorporating experts via Skype during our monthly meetings ➢ 21st Century vs. Technology ➢ Learning collaboration and teamwork in the classroom ➢ Recapping the experience from our Skype interviews and Personal Learning Contracts ➢ Ann Smith and the Fishbowl ➢ Giving the power of learning to the student – making it their responsibility

II. 21st Century Invite Recap Fellows submitted their invite to one another via email. Each partnership chose a different resource to create their invite.

III. Cohort Contract Fellows are encouraged to go to the Dobbs’ wiki and add objectives and tools to validate and expand the cohort contract.

BREAK - Dinner

IV. Tool Talk • Google Reader – Matthew Leftwich and Laura Deisley Matthew opened up discussion and new information on using Google Reader. Fellows asked burning questions for clarity. Laura showed how to set up Google Video, Voice and Chat and we experimented. She will send a screencast on how to subscribe to specific tag searches using Google Reader. • Jing – Holly Chesser Holly demonstrated how to use Jing to provide extensive feedback for your students. Jing is a free application downloadable from the Internet that captures selected information on your screen (via image or video) and can be stored on your computer and shared as a file or saved to Screencast.com and shared as a link or embedded on a blog or wiki. V. Closing • Evaluation – Fellows are asked to complete by Wed., Oct. 14th and the link was place on the HW Checklist • Homework, Next Steps – See Homework Checklist