Agenda at a Glance

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Tuesday July 13, 2010

Break: Registration - Continental Breakfast

7:00am - 8:15am (75 min)

General Session and Welcome

8:15am - 8:45am (30 min)

Break: Transition

8:45am - 9:00am (15 min)

Academy Session A

9:00am - 11:30am (150 min)

Break: Lunch

11:30am - 12:30pm (60 min)

Academy Session B

12:30pm - 2:15pm (105 min)

Break: Coffee/lemonade break

2:15pm - 2:30pm (15 min)

Academy Session C

2:30pm - 4:00pm (90 min)

Thursday July 15, 2010

Break: Registration - Continental Breakfast

7:00am - 8:15am (75 min)

Welcome - Logistics

8:15am - 8:30am (15 min)

General Session - KEYNOTE

8:30am - 10:00am (90 min)

Break: Coffee and Transition

10:00am - 10:30am (30 min)

Session 1

10:30am - 11:45am (75 min)

Globalizing: Creating Collaborative Experiences to Upgrade Existing Curriculum Maps Michael Fisher	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B105
Administrators and Teachers will gain insight into re-forming assessment types and practices, which will ultimately affect content and skills. When teachers and students connect, converse, and learn using collaborative technologies, everybody wins. We will explore authentic classroom experiences across various content areas and grade levels that demonstrate how teachers are shifting the learning paradigm with 21st Century tools. Additionally, workshop participants will have the opportunity to test drive one or more of the Web 2.0 tools presented.

Ten Minute Mapping Moments Bena Kallick	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D175
How can we get more out of our most precious resource...time? This session will share some processes for examining our maps for quality as we continuously work to upgrade the curriculum toward the powerful ideas expressed in Curriculum 21.

Curriculum Mapping: Sustainability, A School's Nine Year Journey Richard Dunlap	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B109
During this session, Rick will share the nine year journey of West Chester East High School. Accomplishments as well as the obstacles, during the nine year journey, will be explained. The focus of this experience is not limited to the high school. The session will discuss the creation of a team approach to implement and sustain the mapping process. A good workshop for both beginners to the process and for those who have dabbled with mapping over time.

Using Social Media Tools to Lead the Mapping Process Bill Sheskey	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D172
In your role as a mapping leader, facilitating authentic communication in the mapping process is a key to its success. Modern social media commons can provide your learning community a platform to stay connected. Bill will coach you on how to use the Curriculum 21 Ning page, blogs, and your local district web page systems to motivate, guide, and organize your colleagues to reach the mapping goals you have set. Effective mapping leaders will be sharing their use of social media tools. Laptops are highly recommended.

From Concept to Reality: Mapping a Continuum of Interventions for All Students Lynne Wells & Demian Singleton	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B111
RTI begins with clearly understood and articulated curriculum as the base of the intervention pyramid. Such a foundation is achieved through curriculum mapping and aides in clarification and design of effective Tier 1 interventions for all students. This session will bridge the concepts and practices of Response to Intervention with the frameworks and processes of curriculum mapping. In turn, curriculum mapping becomes the vehicle by which schools and districts can diagnose student needs via universal screening and progress monitoring and design meaningful interventions for students in need of additional Tier 2 or 3 interventions. Curriculum mapping software enables all classroom teachers and specialists to view and understand the links between common curriculum and intervention systems.

Curriculum Mapping 101: How to Write Map Elements With Design in Mind Janet Hale	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B106
Beginning mappers or a novice mappers who desire a refresher should attend this session to gain insight into writing map elements including the Big Three--Content, Skills, and Assessments. Janet will address the fundamentals for writing map elements with "design in mind" based on the premise that maps need be written using systemically agreed-upon protocols similar to architects agreeing on systemic protocols for designing blueprints. You will leave this session with a vocabulary that can aid you in articulating the fundamentals of writing curriculum-map units with your colleagues. Janet will provide authentic map-unit examples as a learning tool that you can use as well when returning to your school, district, or diocese.

Creating Consensus Maps Debbie Sullivan	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / A119
Consensus maps can provide the consistency and alignment of curriculum in a school or district. This session will focus on the collaborative process through selecting power standards, unpacking those standards to determine essential learnings, and creating consensus maps. Consensus maps that are created through teamwork and vertical articulation can provide a consistent curriculum and support collaborative school-level maps. Participants will learn a process to create quality school or district consensus maps using state, national, and international standards as filters to ensure quality and learn how to involve all staff in the mapping process to create, implement, and analyze a curriculum for the 21st Century.

Building Global Competence Across the Content Areas Shari Albright	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / Auditorium
Look through the lens of global competence at the subject areas you teach - where are you already building students' knowledge and skills and where might "upgrades" be necessary? This session will explore how teachers can infuse global competence into the curriculum, develop authentic learning tasks where students can demonstrate what they know, and move students to take action to make a positive difference while deepening their learning.

Give Up All Hope! Michael Rush	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B108
The curriculum mapping process entails more than knowing how to write content, skills, and assessment statements. If teachers and administrators don't have solid foundational understanding of critical elements of the process, results may be less than stellar. Don't hope that everyone truly knows what curriculum mapping is, how it will move the school or district forward, and/or how it fits within the myriad of other initiatives. Don't hope that teachers comprehend the meanings and levels of rigor identified within the standards. Don't hope that teachers and administrators will know how to use curriculum data to make quality decisions. Don't hope that maps are accurate and authentic representations of the operational curriculum. This session will identify and discuss the 9 key things teachers and administrators must know and be able to do before they even think about beginning the curriculum mapping process.

Mapping ELA to Build a Framework for Literacy Jeanne Tribuzzi	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / O253
Establishing a framework for literacy within a school or district is a critical component to curriculum design for Language Arts. This session will provide an overview of the components of a balanced literacy program and models of the maps that articulate the curriculum.

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Break: Lunch

11:45am - 12:45pm (60 min)

Session 2

12:45pm - 2:00pm (75 min)

Using Social Media Tools to Lead the Mapping Process Bill Sheskey	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D172
In your role as a mapping leader, facilitating authentic communication in the mapping process is a key to its success. Modern social media commons can provide your learning community a platform to stay connected. Bill will coach you on how to use the Curriculum 21 Ning page, blogs, and your local district web page systems to motivate, guide, and organize your colleagues to reach the mapping goals you have set. Effective mapping leaders will be sharing their use of social media tools. Laptops are highly recommended.

Globalizing: Creating Collaborative Experiences to Upgrade Existing Curriculum Maps Michael Fisher	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B108
Administrators and Teachers will gain insight into re-forming assessment types and practices, which will ultimately affect content and skills. When teachers and students connect, converse, and learn using collaborative technologies, everybody wins. We will explore authentic classroom experiences across various content areas and grade levels that demonstrate how teachers are shifting the learning paradigm with 21st Century tools. Additionally, workshop participants will have the opportunity to test drive one or more of the Web 2.0 tools presented.

Collaborate and Communicate: Building a Learning Community with Moodle Catherine Huber	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B105
Engaging in the work of curriculum mapping is only the first step toward curricular, instructional, and cultural alignment in a learning organization. Learn how Northwood Elementary School utilizes the web 2.0 tool Moodle to continually engage in conversation, thinking, and synthesis of knowledge and understanding around the curricular and instructional priorities in the school. Hear about how the Principal and Library Media Specialist created the Northwood Moodle and how teachers use the Moodle to collaborate and stay connected around the essential work of teaching and learning. Create a plan for blended professional learning and collaboration in your own learning organization.

Meeting the Mission: How to Assess Whether Your Students Are Really 21st Century Learners? Mark Wise	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D174
Almost every district has a mission statement that focuses on creating 21st century learners as a desired outcome. Participants will learn about the process and results of a middle school exit performance that required students to demonstrate essential 21st century skills. These skills include the ability to be self-directed while also working within a diverse team, creatively and practically solving a complex global issue, and the ability to present and communicate effectively with an authentic outside audience. Through this workshop, participants will develop tasks as well as learn to assess whether students in their own district are meeting this critical goal that often is stated but rarely assessed.

Curriculum Mapping: From Vision to 21st Century Learning Communities: Chic Foote	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B111
Many schools have identified a vision for their 21st century learners. The challenge is to ensure that the vision becomes a reality in all aspects of the learning community. This workshop will share the ways in which Curriculum mapping acts as a hub to engage all members of the learning community in achieving the vision. Examples of how schools have unpacked the vision to identify expectations and indicators of achievement will be shared. Models of restructuring to stimulate vibrant 21st century learning communities will also be explored and future possibilities discussed.

Mapping ELA to Build a Framework for Literacy Jeanne Tribuzzi	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / O253
Establishing a framework for literacy within a school or district is a critical component to curriculum design for Language Arts. This session will provide an overview of the components of a balanced literacy program and models of the maps that articulate the curriculum.

Imagineering the Future Through Innovative Curriculum: Shifting the Paradigm of Teaching and Learning Steve Biancaniello & Thomas DeMarco	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / A119
During this interactive workshop, participants will explore a protocol for creating curricula that is designed to build resilient learners through an innovative development process that links curriculum planning to multiple sources of student data and directly connects this to lesson design and instructional delivery techniques. Participants will examine how the constructs of "Habits of Mind" and resiliency research can be infused into living curricula that motivates teachers and students to use data to inform decisions and then work collaboratively within an interactive learning environment. The session provides insight into how curriculum becomes a living document linking student work to the teaching and learning process.

Interdisciplinary Themes and Resources to Help Students Learn About the World Shari Albright	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D175
Students are inheriting a world that is interconnected, interdependent, and rapidly changing, and they need learning experiences that unlock their understanding of how the world works and how they can use that knowledge to make a difference in the world. This workshop will be a generative opportunity to think with colleagues around global themes and interdisciplinary units that unlock those global understandings for students and to explore the resources that are available to bring that learning to life in classrooms.

Develop a Culture of School Improvement That Supports and Sustains Mapping Giselle Martin-Kniep	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / Auditorium
An exploration of a framework for ensuring that curriculum mapping becomes embedded in school cultures and that it increases the overall school capacity to improve. Included in this framework are four central components, alignment, representation, culture and sustainability. Participants will use it to articulate key questions and ponder relevant actions related to planning, launching, implementing, evaluating and institionalizing mapping.

Targeted Mapping: Getting Results Quickly Marie Alcock	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B106
All aboard and getting results through the selection of targets based on the needs of the students... Targeted Mapping, a critical component of Dual Purpose Mapping, has been used by schools to increase buy-in of faculty and administrators alike. In addition, dual purpose mapping addresses working with both essential maps and diary map data to reach short and long term goals. This session is good for faculty and administrators as well as schools in both beginning and advanced stages of mapping. If you are stuck and are wondering how to USE your map data or how to make this process meaningful for your team, then this is the perfect session for you.

Strategically Integrating 21st Century Skills into Your Curriculum Designing Needs Stephen Wilmarth	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B109
We're approaching the end of the first decade of the 21st century, but many curriculum and school district leaders continue to struggle with the concept of "21st century skills." There is no universal standard for 21st century skills and our existing models all seem to be flawed in one way or another. So, how do curriculum and school leaders strategically address the growing pressure for 21st century skills? What are 21st century skills, really? And where do we start in the "transformation" of teaching and learning in the 21st century? These questions must be addressed by curriculum and school leaders or the entire curriculum design and mapping process could be jeopardized. Most good school leaders know this intuitively, but struggle to find the resources and support for developing an overall strategic approach to the problem and the challenge. This coaching session will zero in on the essential questions, and engage participants in methods and resources to develop an effective strategic plan. The session will be limited in size and broad in experiential scope so that participants can model an effective strategic planning process. The session will be highly interactive in the form of a facilitated meeting.

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Break: Transition

2:00pm - 2:15pm (15 min)

Session 3

2:15pm - 3:30pm (75 min)

Introduction to e-Learning: Moodle 101 Greg Lind	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D172
Moodle is a web-based teaching and learning platform. In this introductory course we explore the basics of Moodle and the prospects of e-Learning in the future. We'll evaluate Moodle as a solution for staff professional development as well as student learning. Finally, we'll consider how e-learning can be a natural extension of the mapping process.

Curriculum 21: Mapping Into the Future Heidi Hayes Jacobs	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / Auditorium
What year are you preparing your learners for? What should we cut, keep, and create? Join Heidi as she shares her latest thinking and strategies on how to upgrade our curriculum and the very nature of professional development just as we should with our students. Based on her latest book, Curriculum 21: New Essential Curriculum for a Changing World, participants will consider new directions for curriculum and examine how to employ new digital tools, social networks, assessments, webinars, and video conferences to move professional learning forward. Differentiated staff development and building development will be in the forefront of the symposium. She will focus on STRATEGIC GROUPING of professionals to address the range of problems that confront our school personnel in contrast to meeting by "habit". This notion is applied to reviews of curriculum maps, opening classrooms to global possibilities, and long term planning.

From Concept to Reality: Mapping a Continuum of Interventions for All Students Lynne Wells & Demian Singleton	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B108
RTI begins with clearly understood and articulated curriculum as the base of the intervention pyramid. Such a foundation is achieved through curriculum mapping and aides in clarification and design of effective Tier 1 interventions for all students. This session will bridge the concepts and practices of Response to Intervention with the frameworks and processes of curriculum mapping. In turn, curriculum mapping becomes the vehicle by which schools and districts can diagnose student needs via universal screening and progress monitoring and design meaningful interventions for students in need of additional Tier 2 or 3 interventions. Curriculum mapping software enables all classroom teachers and specialists to view and understand the links between common curriculum and intervention systems.

Curriculum Mapping: Sustainability, A School's Nine Year Journey Richard Dunlap	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B109
During this session, Rick will share the nine year journey of West Chester East High School. Accomplishments as well as the obstacles, during the nine year journey, will be explained. The focus of this experience is not limited to the high school. The session will discuss the creation of a team approach to implement and sustain the mapping process. A good workshop for both beginners to the process and for those who have dabbled with mapping over time.

Creating Consensus Maps Debbie Sullivan	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B106
Consensus maps can provide the consistency and alignment of curriculum in a school or district. This session will focus on the collaborative process through selecting power standards, unpacking those standards to determine essential learnings, and creating consensus maps. Consensus maps that are created through teamwork and vertical articulation can provide a consistent curriculum and support collaborative school-level maps. Participants will learn a process to create quality school or district consensus maps using state, national, and international standards as filters to ensure quality and learn how to involve all staff in the mapping process to create, implement, and analyze a curriculum for the 21st Century.

Who Has a Stake in Mapping? Giselle Martin-Kniep	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D175
Participants in this session will have an opportunity to consider the role that students, parents and others can play in informing, accessing, creating, assessing and using curriculum maps. Giselle will share specific strategies for engaging different constituencies and perspectices in the mapping process as well as the guiding questions that such constituencies could ponder to strengthen and benefit from mapping.

FILM & Discussion- TWO MILLION MINUTES-A Documentary Calculating the Educational Divide Ann Johnson & Earl Nicholas	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / O253
2 Million Minutes is arguably the most influential edu-documentary film in years exploring how students in the United States, India, and the Peoples' Republic of China spend the nominal 2,000,000 minutes of their high school years produced by Robert Compton. Regardless of nationality, once children exit the eighth grade... the clock starts ticking. They have roughly Two Million Minutes to build their intellectual foundation and prepare for college and career. After the screening we will discuss discuss and debate the implications of the explosion of educated talent emanating from India and China...for the US and for other nations.

Using the Music Computer Lab in the Middle School Curriculum Dale Hegenberger	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B110
Dale will share an overview of how to reinforce music classroom topics using music software and synthesizers. It will demonstrate how the lab can be used to differentiate instruction for students of all abilities. Topics will include: A spiritual unit/interdisciplinary activity/twhich corresponds to the 7th grade social studies unit on slavery and the Civil War. (Students create rhythmic accompaniments to the song.) A Chinese song which dovetails with the 6th grade social studies curriculum) (Students create a counter melody using a Pentatonic Scale and explore various instruments that will create an Asian sound.) *Music Software Programs: Print Music, Music Ace, Band in a Box and The Nutcracker

Targeted Mapping: Getting Results Quickly Marie Alcock	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / A119
All aboard and getting results through the selection of targets based on the needs of the students... Targeted Mapping, a critical component of Dual Purpose Mapping, has been used by schools to increase buy-in of faculty and administrators alike. In addition, dual purpose mapping addresses working with both essential maps and diary map data to reach short and long term goals. This session is good for faculty and administrators as well as schools in both beginning and advanced stages of mapping. If you are stuck and are wondering how to USE your map data or how to make this process meaningful for your team, then this is the perfect session for you.

Ten Minute Mapping Moments Bena Kallick	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B111
How can we get more out of our most precious resource...time? This session will share some processes for examining our maps for quality as we continuously work to upgrade the curriculum toward the powerful ideas expressed in Curriculum 21.

Collaborate and Communicate: Building a Learning Community with Moodle Catherine Huber	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B105
Engaging in the work of curriculum mapping is only the first step toward curricular, instructional, and cultural alignment in a learning organization. Learn how Northwood Elementary School utilizes the web 2.0 tool Moodle to continually engage in conversation, thinking, and synthesis of knowledge and understanding around the curricular and instructional priorities in the school. Hear about how the Principal and Library Media Specialist created the Northwood Moodle and how teachers use the Moodle to collaborate and stay connected around the essential work of teaching and learning. Create a plan for blended professional learning and collaboration in your own learning organization.

Meeting the Mission: How to Assess Whether Your Students Are Really 21st Century Learners? Mark Wise	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D174
Almost every district has a mission statement that focuses on creating 21st century learners as a desired outcome. Participants will learn about the process and results of a middle school exit performance that required students to demonstrate essential 21st century skills. These skills include the ability to be self-directed while also working within a diverse team, creatively and practically solving a complex global issue, and the ability to present and communicate effectively with an authentic outside audience. Through this workshop, participants will develop tasks as well as learn to assess whether students in their own district are meeting this critical goal that often is stated but rarely assessed.

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Break: Transition

3:30pm - 3:45pm (15 min)

Session 4 - Consultations, Round Tables and Work Sessions

3:45pm - 5:00pm (75 min)

Rubicon Atlas Software Demonstrations Atlas Curriculum Management / Rubicon International	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / F184


Re-Booting Your Mapping Initiative: Revising after a Faulty Start Heidi Hayes Jacobs	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B111
Filled with good intentions we hear on occasion of schools who began a mapping initiative and get "stalled" because it moved too quickly without a foundation to build on. This will be a COACHING session with Heidi for participants who want to share some of their concerns and receive some strategies on how to REVISE the plan and feel forward motion in the program.

Play in the Sandbox of Creativity Bena Kallick	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B109
This session will provide an opportunity to think in new ways about the work you are doing with mapping. We will have a variety of hands on experiences as we venture into the gardens of our thoughts and choose the flowers that have the most potential of becoming perennials. This session will be held outdoors...weather permitting.

DST - A Round-Table Discussion by Experts in the Essential Nature of Digital Storytelling to 21st Century Learners Stephen Wilmarth	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / F181
DST (Digital Story Telling) is not always on the list of "essential skills" that schools need to teach for student success in the 21st century. This round-table discussion, facilitated by Steve Wilmarth, will bring the voices of world renowned experts to the forefront and give the audience a clear case for the essential qualities of digital storytelling, and how digital storytelling becomes the critical skill that students will need to address the great global challenges that await them in the not-to-distant future. This round-table will bring together Joe Lambert, Director of the Center for Digital Storytelling in Berkeley, California; Ana Boa-Ventura, a doctoral candidate at UT - Austin, a MacArther HASTAC scholar, and an internationally acclaimed expert on digital storytelling; and Heidi Hayes Jacobs (or another member of the C21 team with strong ideas about the necessity for DST in the curriculum) in an engaging conversation designed to give the audience a deeper understanding of the significance of digital storytelling in a new era of literacy and learning.

Coaching Session: Unpacking Your Goals to Design a Quality Plan Ann Johnson	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B105
How do you establish "realistic" mapping goals for your school or district? How can you "unpack" your goals to identify the training your staff will need to be successful in mapping and implementing Curriculum 21. During this coaching session, Ann will share strategies that can help you strengthen your goals to ensure success regardless where you are in the mapping process.

Round Table: International Schools Chic Foote	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / F180
During this Round Table, teachers and leaders from international schools will have an opportunity to discuss strategies they have found helpful in implementing mapping and Curriculum 21 in their schools.

Coaching Session: Support and Resources to Help Leaders and Leadership Teams Design and Implement Curriculum 21 Bill Sheskey	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / F182
In the book Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World, Heidi Hayes Jacobs and the contributing authors described their vision of the 21st century student, teacher, and the school itself. In this coaching session, participants will receive hands on strategies to upgrade and replace out of date curriculum in their specific content areas. A variety of user friendly tools will be explored to implement the upgrade of the curriculum. Laptops are highly recommended.

Curriculum Mapper/Curriculum Improvement Studio Demonstrations Collaborative Learning	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / F185
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PerformancePLUS Demonstrations SunGard Public Sector	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / F187
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OnHand Schools Product Demonstrations OnHand Schools	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / F189
OnHand Schools Product Demonstrations

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Friday July 16, 2010

Break: Continental Breakfast

7:30am - 8:15am (45 min)

Logistics

8:15am - 8:30am (15 min)

General Session - KEYNOTE

8:30am - 10:00am (90 min)

Break: Coffee and Transition

10:00am - 10:30am (30 min)

Session 5

10:30am - 11:45am (75 min)

Using Habits of Mind: An Inquiry Based Approach to Curriculum Mapping Bena Kallick	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / O253
Too often we forget that creating a curriculum that is responsive to student learning is not a task. Rather, it is an on-going dialogue among teachers and, sometimes, students. This session will focus on how to use those habits that are critical to successful conversations and help us raise questions, develop action research as a method for answering those questions, and become more informed as we make decisions. In addition, Bena will share some of the exciting practices that she has facilitated as schools map the habits as they integrate into their curriculum.

Diary Mapping: Take the First Step to the 21st Century Curriculum Revolution Michael Loughead & Shannon Wagner	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D177
This interactive technology session will focus on the commitment of the Burrell School District to the diary mapping process as a first step to help educators and leadership teams rethink the curriculum. Participants will experience how diary mapping not only captures the taught curriculum, but also provides a unique opportunity to identify gaps in the content and reveal occasions to integrate 21st century tools and strategies in response to student needs. The following instructional tools will be explored: Moodle, Online Courses, Virditional Courses, ActivLearning strategies, Skype, backchannel chats, podcasts, blogs, and wikis. By sharing the process of examining essential questions and reflecting on best practices, we will demonstrate a method in which you can use the diary mapping process to take the first step to the 21st century curriculum revolution. Laptops are welcome and will be utilized as part of this session.

Who Lead's the Mapping Process? HOW? Debbie Sullivan	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B106
Effective leadership structures are needed to successfully implement and support the mapping process. This workshop will focus on how to establish leadership teams (both school and district), their roles and responsibilities, and the professional development necessary for success. Participants will also learn how leadership teams can use the mapping process to guide and enhance professional development in a school or district. Sample maps will be shared and participants will have the opportunity to create a tentative plan for creating a leadership team.

Implementation to Sustainability: Considerations for Administrators and Teacher Leaders Janet Hale & Richard Dunlap	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D175
Janet Hale and Rick Dunlap will spotlight considerations emphasized in their new book, An Educational Leader's Guide to Curriculum Mapping: Creating and Sustaining a Collaborative Culture. They will address the following questions: What Shifts in Thinking Are Imperative for Collaborative Curriculum Mapping? What are Critical Considerations for Curriculum Mapping Leadership? What Should District Administrators, Curriculum Directors, and Principals Consider to Support Teacher Leadership? Janet and Rick will include audience participation and time to respond to posed questions.

Collect, Select, and Reflect: Using Digital Portfolios to Illuminate the Curriculum David Niguidula	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D174
Digital portfolios link teachers' best work with their students' best performances. In this session, we'll see how the process of collecting, selecting, and reflecting on student work can provide insights - for students, teachers, parents and administrators. We'll examine what it means to create portfolio worthy assignments, link them to standards, and provide effective, consistent feedback to student performances. We'll discuss the details of how one school has begun this work of linking student portfolios to curriculum maps, and how the body of evidence created by students can tell you about each student, their teachers, and the school as a whole. Dr. David Meoli, Principal, Sousa Elementary School, Port Washington, NY, will co-present with David during this session.

Meeting Students Where They Are with Media Literacy: Critical Thinking for the 21st Century Frank Baker	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / Auditorium
We know that young people are media savy, but not necessarily media literate; they tend to believe everything they see, read, and hear. They don't possess those critical thinking or viewing skills we know they need to be competent in this new century. Most teachers have not been trained in how to successfully incorporate popular culture and youth media into instruction. Frank Baker's goals are not only to help connect media literacy to your state's teaching standards, but also to help you feel comfortable incorporating it into instruction.

Becoming One System: How to Support All Students Verneda Edwards	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B109
Today's schools are more diverse than at any other time in our country's history. Teachers are being asked to do more with less. Response to Intervention is an initiative looking at ways teachers provide more interventions within the classroom. Can mapping help a teacher meet the needs of all students? Can I plan and manage curriculum for all my learners? Hear what one district is doing in an attempt to support all our learners.

Using the Music Computer Lab in the Middle School Curriculum Dale Hegenberger	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B110
Dale will share an overview of how to reinforce music classroom topics using music software and synthesizers. It will demonstrate how the lab can be used to differentiate instruction for students of all abilities. Topics will include: A spiritual unit/interdisciplinary activity/twhich corresponds to the 7th grade social studies unit on slavery and the Civil War. (Students create rhythmic accompaniments to the song.) A Chinese song which dovetails with the 6th grade social studies curriculum) (Students create a counter melody using a Pentatonic Scale and explore various instruments that will create an Asian sound.) *Music Software Programs: Print Music, Music Ace, Band in a Box and The Nutcracker

Training for Your Environment Bart Rutherford	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B105
Training in a large and multi campus school can be a drain on school resources, and if not implemented well, can set the curriculum mapping process off on a peak of activity only to die later for lack of resources and time. During this session, Bart and Wilma will share how you can develop differentiated training models to sustain and raise mapping to a professional practice in your learning community. They will also share examples of how flexible training can keep the momentum of curriculum mapping going at your school and district and examine alternatives to the one size fits all training model. This will enable participants to develop flexible tailored models to suit the needs of groups of teachers in their schools.

Quality Organizational Planning for School Improvement Tonja Brading & Mariane Carlton Fisher	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / A119
The organizational planning methods integrated at individual schools will provide the foundation that supports a district-wide improvement plan focusing on mapping curriculum and professional development. Posting professional development through Meeting Record Forms allows all stakeholders in a district to access best practices on a daily basis. District-wide standards based curriculum maps will guide the development and integration of the components for the School Improvement Process.

21st Century Learning Tools for Teachers and Administrators Bill Sheskey	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D172
The development of 21st century skills is imperative for all learners in our global economy. Teachers and administrators can harness the power of Web 2.0 and Curriculum 21 applications to model and demonstrate learning outcomes in the form of digital stories in language arts, design digital science lab presentations, build digital math presentations and tell their own family histories in social studies. Session participants will explore the use of these digital literacy applications as learning and assessment tools. Laptops are highly recommended.

Mac vs. PC in the Data World- Using Quantitative AND Qualitative Data for School Improvement Jeanne Tribuzzi & Daryl Janus	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B108
Schools must use data to make informed decisions about curriculum and instruction. This session will show how the West Seneca School District uses quantitative assessment data to complete the feedback loop between curriculum, instruction and assessment for steady improvements. Qualitative data are generated from a variety of sources, including collaborative teacher work sessions, scoring of assessments, and curriculum mapping sessions. These data are then used, in conjunction, to guide the continuous work of teachers and leaders in the schools.

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Lunch

11:45am - 12:45pm (60 min)

Session 6

12:45pm - 2:00pm (75 min)

Master Class Model for Refining and Upgrading Curriculum Maps Heidi Hayes Jacobs	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B108
Based on the great traditions in other fields, Heidi employs a Master Class model to provide immediate and incisive FEEDBACK to mappers. In this session, participants will not only examine a specific sequence of strategies to use in their schools to assist colleagues in improving the quality of their maps, but will see an actual demonstration of the Master Class with one of the teachers attending CMI. This session is always exciting because it is "real life mapping" as Heidi and the teacher interact using carefully selected criteria on how to refine, calibrate, and upgrade the map to better match the needs of specific learners.

Teaching the Industrial Revolution in Today's Digital Age - A Case Study on Creating Global Connections in the Curriculum Mark Wise	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D174
In today's educational environment, there are heightened expectations for what it means to meet the needs of our graduates as they prepare for college, career, and citizenship in the 21st century coupled with increasing requirements of teaching to state and district standards. Teachers often feel overwhelmed and pulled in multiple directions as they attempt to accomplish what can often feel like competing goals. This workshop, using the case study of child labor, will demonstrate how teachers can globalize the curriculum; offering suggestions for instruction and assessment that will allow students to make meaningful modern connections and embody the skills and thinking required in today's digital age.

Educating The Whole Child: Building Student Self-Efficacy Christine Shain	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B105
Teaching to the whole child weaves together the threads that connect academics as well as the mind, heart, body and spirit. Student self-efficacy, a belief that one can accomplish a task, achieve a goal, and deal with the challenges of life, is enhanced through an integrated approach of knowing, doing and being. Participants in this workshop will explore a variety of conditions that support the whole child. They will learn how one school developed a framework for self-efficacy to analyze academic and co-curricular programs and to develop mentoring and monitoring programs that support the whole child and build self-efficacy.

Who Lead's the Mapping Process? HOW? Debbie Sullivan	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B106
Effective leadership structures are needed to successfully implement and support the mapping process. This workshop will focus on how to establish leadership teams (both school and district), their roles and responsibilities, and the professional development necessary for success. Participants will also learn how leadership teams can use the mapping process to guide and enhance professional development in a school or district. Sample maps will be shared and participants will have the opportunity to create a tentative plan for creating a leadership team.

Curriculum Mapping 101: Strategies to Ensure Quality Maps Ann Johnson	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / A119
Whether you are just starting to map or have been mapping for years, this session will help you deepen your understanding of quality. Participants in this workshop will learn several coaching strategies that can be used to ensure high quality maps and sharpen the alignment between the components on maps. During this session, teachers, staff developers, and administrators will also have an opportunity to practice the strategies and consider how they could be adapted to their work as they develop new and/or refine existing unit maps.

The Cloud Institute's Framework of Education for Sustainability (EfS) Jaimie Cloud	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / Auditorium
In this Symposium, Jaimie will delve deeper into the attributes of the Cloud Institute's Framework of Education for Sustainability (EfS). We will explore and discuss the EfS Standards and Enduring Understandings, and finally, Jaimie will share some stories about the Cloud Institute's work with whole schools, districts and regions and how they are embedding EfS into curriculum design and mapping, as well as into instructional and organizational practices.

Getting Mobile: Bringing 21st Century Skills to the Classroom Stephen Wilmarth	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D177
How do Twitter, Facebook, iTunes U, and other social media add value to the classroom of the future? Participants in this workshop will get a hands-on experience through a mock lesson plan that will allow the group to create, collaborate, and communicate on a simple project, as a way to feel the experience of using mobile devices in the classroom. The purpose of the workshop is to demonstrate creative 21st century approaches to project-based student-centered learning. As a group, we will model some simple steps and behaviors that will lessen the fear and answer the questions that many teachers and administrators have about mobile technologies in the classroom. Participants will take away an experience that will enlighten, entertain, and strengthen skills in the use of mobile technologies in social learning communities.

21st Century Learning Tools for Teachers and Administrators Bill Sheskey	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D172
The development of 21st century skills is imperative for all learners in our global economy. Teachers and administrators can harness the power of Web 2.0 and Curriculum 21 applications to model and demonstrate learning outcomes in the form of digital stories in language arts, design digital science lab presentations, build digital math presentations and tell their own family histories in social studies. Session participants will explore the use of these digital literacy applications as learning and assessment tools. Laptops are highly recommended.

Media Literacy in The Classroom: Engaging Students for the 21st Century Frank Baker	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D175
What are the ways we can help young people down the road to media literacy? One way is to incorporate popular culture texts (photographs, film, video,advertising,etc.) that resonate with young people. In this hands-on interactive workshop, you will become involved in both analyzing and creating media-essential literacy skills.

Streets Education: Use Neighborhood Streets to Explore Pertinent Ideas about Sustainability Kim Wiley-Schwartz	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B111
Taking the time to use the street outside your school as a laboratory for change can be very worthwhile. At Streets Education, we have created specialized K-12 curriculum based on our work with thousands of students in schools, after-school sites, and summer programs. The learning units deal with twenty-first century issues regarding street design, alternative transportation, and urban livability. You can connect our projects to school-day learning standards and make them a part of your school year.

A 21st Century Partnership: South Glens Falls and Curriculum Mapping with Rubicon Atlas Kathleen Skellie & Elizabeth Martin	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B109
Expand your knowledge of curriculum mapping by exploring how South Glens Falls has sustained the mapping process by developing needed tools, processes and the implementation of the Atlas Curriculum Management System. Examine and discuss the factors essential to managing complex change through the use of a take-away toolkit. Receive an overview of how mapping can support the progression of district level curriculum and on-going district initiatives including integration of 21st Century Skills, content area literacy and differentiated instruction. Discover how to integrate mapping into the daily business of educating students and the development of professional educators.

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Break: Transition

2:00pm - 2:15pm (15 min)

Session 7

2:15pm - 3:30pm (75 min)

Collect, Select, and Reflect: Using Digital Portfolios to Illuminate the Curriculum David Niguidula	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D174
Digital portfolios link teachers' best work with their students' best performances. In this session, we'll see how the process of collecting, selecting, and reflecting on student work can provide insights - for students, teachers, parents and administrators. We'll examine what it means to create portfolio worthy assignments, link them to standards, and provide effective, consistent feedback to student performances. We'll discuss the details of how one school has begun this work of linking student portfolios to curriculum maps, and how the body of evidence created by students can tell you about each student, their teachers, and the school as a whole. Dr. David Meoli, Principal, Sousa Elementary School, Port Washington, NY, will co-present with David during this session.

Teaching the Industrial Revolution in Today's Digital Age - A Case Study on Creating Global Connections in the Curriculum Mark Wise	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / O241
In today's educational environment, there are heightened expectations for what it means to meet the needs of our graduates as they prepare for college, career, and citizenship in the 21st century coupled with increasing requirements of teaching to state and district standards. Teachers often feel overwhelmed and pulled in multiple directions as they attempt to accomplish what can often feel like competing goals. This workshop, using the case study of child labor, will demonstrate how teachers can globalize the curriculum; offering suggestions for instruction and assessment that will allow students to make meaningful modern connections and embody the skills and thinking required in today's digital age.

Bullseye Prioritizing Standards: Process and Varying Applications Janet Hale	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / Auditorium
Based on combining field-tested ideas and strategies, Janet Hale has found using a collaborative prioritizing approach applicable to standards, assessments, and other curriculum-related needs and concerns. Join Janet as she explains her evolutionary journey to using a bullseye prioritizing approach in her systemic work with districts and schools involved in curriculum mapping. Examples will be included, as well providing time for open forum.

Assessing Student Work for Education for Sustainability (EfS) Jaimie Cloud	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D175
Jaimie will kickoff this workshop by facilitating and de-briefing a systems thinking game. We will then review and discuss assessing student work for evidence of the attributes of Education for Sustainability. Interested participants will receive annotated student work samples and a free copy of the systems thinking game by email the following week.

Mac vs. PC in the Data World- Using Quantitative AND Qualitative Data for School Improvement Jeanne Tribuzzi & Daryl Janus	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B106
Schools must use data to make informed decisions about curriculum and instruction. This session will show how the West Seneca School District uses quantitative assessment data to complete the feedback loop between curriculum, instruction and assessment for steady improvements. Qualitative data are generated from a variety of sources, including collaborative teacher work sessions, scoring of assessments, and curriculum mapping sessions. These data are then used, in conjunction, to guide the continuous work of teachers and leaders in the schools.

Quality Organizational Planning for School Improvement Tonja Brading & Mariane Carlton Fisher	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B111
The organizational planning methods integrated at individual schools will provide the foundation that supports a district-wide improvement plan focusing on mapping curriculum and professional development. Posting professional development through Meeting Record Forms allows all stakeholders in a district to access best practices on a daily basis. District-wide standards based curriculum maps will guide the development and integration of the components for the School Improvement Process.

Educating The Whole Child: Building Student Self-Efficacy Christine Shain	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / A119
Teaching to the whole child weaves together the threads that connect academics as well as the mind, heart, body and spirit. Student self-efficacy, a belief that one can accomplish a task, achieve a goal, and deal with the challenges of life, is enhanced through an integrated approach of knowing, doing and being. Participants in this workshop will explore a variety of conditions that support the whole child. They will learn how one school developed a framework for self-efficacy to analyze academic and co-curricular programs and to develop mentoring and monitoring programs that support the whole child and build self-efficacy.

Sidewalk Astronomy: A Public Service to Bring the Universe to the Community Jeff Jacobs	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / O253
What can the night sky teach us about ourselves? Sidewalk Astronomy is a public service whereby amateur astronomers set up telescopes on busy city streets to bring the beauty of the night sky to the community. The sky takes up 180 degrees of our lives but is unknown to most of us. Learn how to create this exciting pubic service that provides eye-witness encounters with the universe allowing students to be the hosts and teachers. In this session, you will view a short documentary, A Sidewalk Astronomer, about John Dobson, who is the founder of sidewalk astronomy. You will interact with the producer and the director of the film, Jeffrey Jacobs. His focus will be on how start a sidewalk astronomy program in your school and the benefits to your students and community. You and your learners can create an exciting opportunity for people to consider the nature of the universe and to start a path of inquiry about who we are and where we are. The New YorK Times reviewed delcared: ''A Sidewalk Astronomer is an inspiring film about an inspired teacher. It should leave all viewers with an ounce of curiosity eager to hit the streets with Dobsonian telescopes of their own."

Play in the Sandbox of Creativity Bena Kallick	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B108
This session will provide an opportunity to think in new ways about the work you are doing with mapping. We will have a variety of hands on experiences as we venture into the gardens of our thoughts and choose the flowers that have the most potential of becoming perennials. This session will be held outdoors...weather permitting.

Training for Your Environment Bart Rutherford	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B109
Training in a large and multi campus school can be a drain on school resources, and if not implemented well, can set the curriculum mapping process off on a peak of activity only to die later for lack of resources and time. During this session, Bart and Wilma will share how you can develop differentiated training models to sustain and raise mapping to a professional practice in your learning community. They will also share examples of how flexible training can keep the momentum of curriculum mapping going at your school and district and examine alternatives to the one size fits all training model. This will enable participants to develop flexible tailored models to suit the needs of groups of teachers in their schools.

Streets Education: Use Neighborhood Streets to Explore Pertinent Ideas about Sustainability Kim Wiley-Schwartz	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B105
Taking the time to use the street outside your school as a laboratory for change can be very worthwhile. At Streets Education, we have created specialized K-12 curriculum based on our work with thousands of students in schools, after-school sites, and summer programs. The learning units deal with twenty-first century issues regarding street design, alternative transportation, and urban livability. You can connect our projects to school-day learning standards and make them a part of your school year.

Diary Mapping: Take the First Step to the 21st Century Curriculum Revolution Michael Loughead & Shannon Wagner	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D177
This interactive technology session will focus on the commitment of the Burrell School District to the diary mapping process as a first step to help educators and leadership teams rethink the curriculum. Participants will experience how diary mapping not only captures the taught curriculum, but also provides a unique opportunity to identify gaps in the content and reveal occasions to integrate 21st century tools and strategies in response to student needs. The following instructional tools will be explored: Moodle, Online Courses, Virditional Courses, ActivLearning strategies, Skype, backchannel chats, podcasts, blogs, and wikis. By sharing the process of examining essential questions and reflecting on best practices, we will demonstrate a method in which you can use the diary mapping process to take the first step to the 21st century curriculum revolution. Laptops are welcome and will be utilized as part of this session.

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Break: Transition

3:30pm - 3:45pm (15 min)

Session 8 - Consultations, Round Tables and Work Sessions

3:45pm - 5:00pm (75 min)

Coaching Session: Leading Mapping - Strategies and Resources to Help Schools Design High Quality Leadership Teams Ann Johnson	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B105
Who should comprise your leadership team? What are their roles and responsibilities? What training do they need to be successful in their role? What resources can Curriculum Designers provide your leadership teams as you work to design and train your staff in mapping and Curriculum 21? Ann will share some planning strategies and some of the resources that are available to assist you in developing high functioning leadership teams.

Tips for Selecting Mapping Software Earl Nicholas	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D175
In this session participants will discuss how to self-evaluate, establish needs and goals, and prioritize questions to ask software vendors.

Coaching Session: Support and Resources to Help Leaders and Leadership Teams Design and Implement Curriculum 21 Bill Sheskey	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B111
In the book Curriculum 21: Essential Education for a Changing World, Heidi Hayes Jacobs and the contributing authors described their vision of the 21st century student, teacher, and the school itself. In this coaching session, participants will receive hands on strategies to upgrade and replace out of date curriculum in their specific content areas. A variety of user friendly tools will be explored to implement the upgrade of the curriculum. Laptops are highly recommended.

Rubicon Atlas Software Demonstrations Atlas Curriculum Management / Rubicon International	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / F184


Coaching on PREZI presentations Stephen Wilmarth	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D177
Teaching 21st century curriculum isn't always about mastering technology. Think about it. Mastering PowerPoint means mastering a linear presentation process well suited for the 20th century, and thus we've coined the phrase "death by PowerPoint." Steve Wilmarth has written about the five socio-technology trends that change everything in learning and teaching. One of those trends requires adapting to non-linear learning processes. PREZI is an exciting new presentation tool that gives teachers and students an opportunity to let their imaginations run wild, to think outside the box, and to create compelling digital stories with no limits to non-linear presentation strategies. This coaching session will provide participants with a hands-on experience in creating eye-popping presentations using the hottest new tool out there. Steve Wilmarth will share both the strategies and the techniques for giving you the power to "Wow!" your audience, no matter who they are.

PerformancePLUS Demonstrations SunGard Public Sector	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / F187
See our ad in the CMI agenda book for scheduled session times.

Round Table: Getting Started With Media Literacy Frank Baker	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B109
Join national media literacy educator, Frank W. Baker, for a discussion about implementing 21st century learning and media literacy at your school or district.

Roundtable for Administrators Debbie Sullivan	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / F181
Administrators, both building and district, will have an opportunity to discuss issues and topics pertaining to administrative leadership in mapping. During this round table, we will discuss how administrators can map plans and provide support to staff in the mapping process.

Round Table for Independent Schools Christine Shain	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / F180
Independent Schools have unique attributes. While the curriculum is similar to public schools, in many states there is no requirement to adhere to State or National Standards. Instead, they have expectations based on past practice. Join in a discussion on how independent schools can support change and innovation while honoring school traditions.

Digital Portfolios Round Table David Niguidula	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / F182


Curriculum Mapper/Curriculum Improvement Studio Demonstrations Collaborative Learning	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / F185
See our ad in the CMI 2010 book or stop by our vendor table for more information.

OnHand Schools Product Demonstrations OnHand Schools	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / F189
OnHand Schools Product Demonstrations

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Saturday July 17, 2010

Break: Continental Breakfast

7:30am - 8:15am (45 min)

Logistics

8:15am - 8:20am (5 min)

General Session - KEYNOTE - Heidi introduces Tim Tyson and Alan November

8:20am - 10:00am (100 min)

Break: Coffee and Transition

10:00am - 10:30am (30 min)

Session 9

10:30am - 11:45am (75 min)

How Curriculum Mapping Generated Blue Ribbon Eligible Schools!! Margaret Dames & John Cook	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / F180
Walk with a group of K-12 educators through the process of engaging one thousand teachers in the design of mapping five different subject areas over five years. This endeavor is one of the main reasons that the Diocese of Bridgeport has more than 1/3 of its schools recognized as Blue Ribbon National Schools of Excellence. Participants will be able to visualize the collaborative facilitation of a six step process beginning with the classroom teacher and ending with the creation and approval of a PreK-12 curriculum map per subject area by all principals and teachers in thirty-nine schools. Learn how to develop quality curriculum maps by unwrapping State standards to select priority content, identifying the six levels of Blooms skills to promote higher thinking and how to infer Big Unit Ideas with Essential Questions to engage students. Also learn how to design curriculum map-based assessments to monitor student learning and to support instruction. Finally a team of elementary principals and teachers will discuss how the attributes of the quality curriculum map are utilized in unit lesson planning.

Using the Curriculum Mapping Planner to Implement and Lead the Mapping Process and Curriculum 21 Ann Johnson	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / A119
How do you craft a plan that can ensure the successful implementation of curriculum mapping? How can you integrate other initiatives in the plan? What are the optimum conditions to sustain the work long term? "Curriculum mapping is a commonsense approach to address the systemic issue...improving student achievement. When it is implemented in a thoughtful manner, paying attention to everything we know about sustaining lasting change, it can have a dramatic effect on the culture of a school." Participants will learn about the Four Phases of Curriculum Mapping outlined in Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs' and Dr. Ann Johnson's new book, The Curriculum Mapping Planner: Templates, Tools, and Resources for Effective Professional Development and explore how they can use the templates, tools and strategies in the book to develop a draft plan for their school or district.

How Our Team Used Curriculum Mapping to Assist At-Risk Students Michelle Clanton	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B108
To support the needs of at-risk students and the implementation of the Alternative High School Iniatives(AHSI), our team connected the process of curriculum mapping with the new alternative education programs. Through the stages of mapping we focused on the importance of incorporating a continuum of skills based on state standards in a manner that ensures students have access to the full AHSI curriculums, while addressing the deficit of skills. Our approach will be through a collaborative and interdisciplinary process using curriculum maps as the primary tool. The goal will be to map skills via Curriculum Mapper, from multiple grade-level standards and create integrated, standards based learning experiences for student success.

Upgrading Curriculum to Educate for Global Capability Christine Shain	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B111
Schools can challenge prevailing practice with vigorous intellectual and rational forward thinking. Learn how one school created a culture that supports globally focused teaching and learning resulting in a framework of competencies for global capability, local and international partners and a Global Experience Program with opportunities for experiential learning. Global Capability can be defined as the ability to work anywhere, at anytime, with anyone with the term global describing an attitude rather than a location. This interactive workshop will examine the steps a school or district can take to move beyond global awareness and embrace global capability.

Seven-Step Review Process: Meetings with Purpose Janet Hale	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B106
Heidi Hayes Jacobs states that "mapping is like a coin with two sides." One side is data collection. The other side is using the data to make informed curriculum, instructional, and environmental decisions with students' best interests in mind. The Seven-Step Review Process, developed by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, embraces making decisions based on problems, issues, concerns, or bright spots. While this step-by-step process involves protocols and procedures that require participation by "the right people at the right time", the beauty of the process is that it is transferable for usage outside of curriculum reviews. During this session, each step will be explored as participants outline a prospective review appropriate to one's personal learning environment.

Teaching Zack to Think Developing Critical Thinking Skills on the Net Alan November	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / Auditorium
Too many students are not sure how to separate fact from fiction on the Internet. The Internet can provide any version of the truth to support almost any belief. We can teach students how to read the grammar of the Internet and to apply strategies to validate information on a website. This popular workshop provides step-by-step teaching tips that help students and teachers think critically about Internet information.

Multimedia Assessments for 21st Century Learners Denise Stappenbeck	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B109
The 21st century graduate will be expected to compete and excel in a technologically advanced and rapidly changing environment. We cannot possibly prepare them for success in this world if all we ever ask from them is a paper and pencil response to demonstrate understanding. This workshop will highlight ways to develop both formative and summative assessments for elementary and middle school students that engage learners in critical analysis and reflective collegial discourse through the use of multimedia tools. Workshop participants will be expected to Participate in conversation about the process of selecting appropriate multimedia tools for assessment View student multimedia projects and analyze them for evidence of expected content mastery and enduring understandings as identified in a curriculum map

Becoming One System: How to Support All Students Verneda Edwards	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B105
Today's schools are more diverse than at any other time in our country's history. Teachers are being asked to do more with less. Response to Intervention is an initiative looking at ways teachers provide more interventions within the classroom. Can mapping help a teacher meet the needs of all students? Can I plan and manage curriculum for all my learners? Hear what one district is doing in an attempt to support all our learners.

Getting Mobile: Bringing 21st Century Skills to the Classroom Stephen Wilmarth	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D174
How do Twitter, Facebook, iTunes U, and other social media add value to the classroom of the future? Participants in this workshop will get a hands-on experience through a mock lesson plan that will allow the group to create, collaborate, and communicate on a simple project, as a way to feel the experience of using mobile devices in the classroom. The purpose of the workshop is to demonstrate creative 21st century approaches to project-based student-centered learning. As a group, we will model some simple steps and behaviors that will lessen the fear and answer the questions that many teachers and administrators have about mobile technologies in the classroom. Participants will take away an experience that will enlighten, entertain, and strengthen skills in the use of mobile technologies in social learning communities.

Building-wide Technology Integration: Practical Practice for School Leadership Tim Tyson	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D175
Schools frequently have a small percentage of teachers that are working to effectively integrate technology into their instructional plan for students. This session focuses on creating systemic, building-wide change designed to better integrate technology into the instructional plan of all teachers. This workshop is designed for educational leaders looking for some practical next steps that will welcome even the reluctant teachers to participate in a 21st century vision of instructional excellence.

Effective and Friendly Web 2.0 Tools for Tech Savvy Students Bill Sheskey	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D172
Bill will guide you in the deep exploration of the Curriculum 21 Clearinghouse and his extensive Web 2.0 resource page to investigate learning tools to challenge and connect your most tech savvy students. Student projects using Web 2.0 tools will be modeled. This session is activity oriented with time dedicated for individualized and group exploration. Laptops are highly recommended.

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Break: Lunch

11:45am - 12:45pm (60 min)

Session 10

12:45pm - 2:00pm (75 min)

Using Formative Assessments to Modify Curriculum and Rethink Instruction Karen Bailey	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B106
Never before has the need to reach all learners been as challenging for educators or as reliant on data-informed decisions for schools. Faced with the reality that all students require individual instruction, educators must rely on the power of formative assessments to guide their teaching. By using targeted formative assessments, educators possess the power to transform curriculum and individualize instructional practices in ways that directly improve student achievement. During this session participants will explore the power of formative assessment data as a catalyst for inquiry and will: Recognize the research-based rationale for a balanced assessment program including formative and summative assessments Explore the use of formative assessment data as a vehicle for differentiated instruction Recognize the role of student data as a catalyst for "curriculum upgrading" Connect the use of formative assessments to increasing student motivation thru curricular connections.

Multimedia Assessments for 21st Century Learners Denise Stappenbeck	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / O253
The 21st century graduate will be expected to compete and excel in a technologically advanced and rapidly changing environment. We cannot possibly prepare them for success in this world if all we ever ask from them is a paper and pencil response to demonstrate understanding. This workshop will highlight ways to develop both formative and summative assessments for elementary and middle school students that engage learners in critical analysis and reflective collegial discourse through the use of multimedia tools. Workshop participants will be expected to Participate in conversation about the process of selecting appropriate multimedia tools for assessment View student multimedia projects and analyze them for evidence of expected content mastery and enduring understandings as identified in a curriculum map

Effective and Friendly Web 2.0 Tools for Tech Savvy Students Bill Sheskey	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D172
Bill will guide you in the deep exploration of the Curriculum 21 Clearinghouse and his extensive Web 2.0 resource page to investigate learning tools to challenge and connect your most tech savvy students. Student projects using Web 2.0 tools will be modeled. This session is activity oriented with time dedicated for individualized and group exploration. Laptops are highly recommended.

Upgrade Your Approach to Literacy: Screenplays in ELA Part I Greg Lind	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D174
This two part workshop explores the use of screenplays, professionally produced films, and student produced film to increase student interest and performance on reading, writing, speaking, and listening tasks. This session may be of particular interest to those who teach reluctant readers, as well as ELA and ELL teachers. Attendees will study samples from successful projects and looks at how these can be featured in digital portfolios. During Part I, attendees will be introduced to screenplay format. They will read short excerpts of scripts and compare what we read with what we see. In addition, they will evaluate how this strategy encourages readers to visualize and become engaged in stories. Attendees will also explore other applications and consider how these approaches can provide alternative approaches to more traditional themes in literature and help students become critical consumers of popular entertainment.

Triangulating the Data for Student Achievement Brian Graham & Mark Beehler	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / A119
In this breakout session, administrators and classroom teachers will learn how to triangulate student achievement data with the operational curriculum to make ongoing curricular revisions. Using curriculum mapping software, the presenters will share the process utilized in one school where there was a significant increase in student achievement. The presenters will also show how they have incorporated "I Can" statements for ELA and Mathematics into the student planners in an attempt to triangulate state standards and performance indicators with self reflective assessment.

Curriculum Mapping: From Vision to 21st Century Learning Communities: Chic Foote	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B109
Many schools have identified a vision for their 21st century learners. The challenge is to ensure that the vision becomes a reality in all aspects of the learning community. This workshop will share the ways in which Curriculum mapping acts as a hub to engage all members of the learning community in achieving the vision. Examples of how schools have unpacked the vision to identify expectations and indicators of achievement will be shared. Models of restructuring to stimulate vibrant 21st century learning communities will also be explored and future possibilities discussed.

How Our Team Used Curriculum Mapping to Assist At-Risk Students Michelle Clanton	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B108
To support the needs of at-risk students and the implementation of the Alternative High School Iniatives(AHSI), our team connected the process of curriculum mapping with the new alternative education programs. Through the stages of mapping we focused on the importance of incorporating a continuum of skills based on state standards in a manner that ensures students have access to the full AHSI curriculums, while addressing the deficit of skills. Our approach will be through a collaborative and interdisciplinary process using curriculum maps as the primary tool. The goal will be to map skills via Curriculum Mapper, from multiple grade-level standards and create integrated, standards based learning experiences for student success.

How Curriculum Mapping Generated Blue Ribbon Eligible Schools!! Margaret Dames & John Cook	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B111
Walk with a group of K-12 educators through the process of engaging one thousand teachers in the design of mapping five different subject areas over five years. This endeavor is one of the main reasons that the Diocese of Bridgeport has more than 1/3 of its schools recognized as Blue Ribbon National Schools of Excellence. Participants will be able to visualize the collaborative facilitation of a six step process beginning with the classroom teacher and ending with the creation and approval of a PreK-12 curriculum map per subject area by all principals and teachers in thirty-nine schools. Learn how to develop quality curriculum maps by unwrapping State standards to select priority content, identifying the six levels of Blooms skills to promote higher thinking and how to infer Big Unit Ideas with Essential Questions to engage students. Also learn how to design curriculum map-based assessments to monitor student learning and to support instruction. Finally a team of elementary principals and teachers will discuss how the attributes of the quality curriculum map are utilized in unit lesson planning.

Travels for the Whole Child Valerie Truesdale	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B105
Dr. Truesdale will share her recent travel and her continuing work with the Whole Child.

Digital Learning Farm Alan November	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D175
Before the days of tractors and combines, for more than 60% of the population in North America, farming was a way of life. Today that number is less than 2%. Children who grew up in rural areas made vital economic contributions to their families and communities by engaging in real farm chores. Now it is time to restore the dignity of real student work in our schools. Our students can now easily create collaborative content that contributes to a library of learning resources. Six learning jobs will be outlined: Tutorial Designers Official Scribes Researchers Global Communicators Learning documentary producer Solving real problems Explore ways to make student work meaningful, highly motivating, and consequential to the world around them.

Making Learning Irresistible Tim Tyson	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / Auditorium
Too often in today's discussions about educational technology we focus on the technology. And while this presentation will introduce some practical tools, the focus is on authentically engaging students, creating instructional time for students and teachers, and re-envisioning the classroom as a springboard from which students make substantive and meaningful contributions to the world in which they live because of their study of relevant and compelling curriculum. Several powerful student-created examples will be presented to help us reframe our thinking about what students are accomplishing in public school.

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Break: Transition

2:00pm - 2:15pm (15 min)

Session 11

2:15pm - 3:30pm (75 min)

Sidewalk Astronomy: A Public Service to Bring the Universe to the Community Jeff Jacobs	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / O253
What can the night sky teach us about ourselves? Sidewalk Astronomy is a public service whereby amateur astronomers set up telescopes on busy city streets to bring the beauty of the night sky to the community. The sky takes up 180 degrees of our lives but is unknown to most of us. Learn how to create this exciting pubic service that provides eye-witness encounters with the universe allowing students to be the hosts and teachers. In this session, you will view a short documentary, A Sidewalk Astronomer, about John Dobson, who is the founder of sidewalk astronomy. You will interact with the producer and the director of the film, Jeffrey Jacobs. His focus will be on how start a sidewalk astronomy program in your school and the benefits to your students and community. You and your learners can create an exciting opportunity for people to consider the nature of the universe and to start a path of inquiry about who we are and where we are. The New YorK Times reviewed delcared: ''A Sidewalk Astronomer is an inspiring film about an inspired teacher. It should leave all viewers with an ounce of curiosity eager to hit the streets with Dobsonian telescopes of their own."

Upgrade Your Approach to Literacy: Screenplays in ELA Part II Greg Lind	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D174
This two part workshop explores the use of screenplays, professionally produced films, and student produced film to increase student interest and performance on reading, writing, speaking, and listening tasks. This session may be of particular interest to those who teach reluctant readers, as well as ELA and ELL teachers. Attendees will study samples from successful projects and looks at how these can be featured in digital portfolios. During Part II: Participants will get hands-on experience with everything they need to successfully implement this literacy strategy in their classrooms. We'll use free screenplay tools (Google Docs or Celtx) to write a one to two page screenplay, then block out the script as a short series of shots. Participants with video cameras will be encouraged to shoot a sequence from their script. Finally, our experience with writing and blocking will enable us to evaluate this strategy from the point of view of our learners.

Pulling it All Together/ Making it Happen Bena Kallick	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B106
Now that you are filled with all of the possibilities, how do you make sense out of it all? This is a reflective session in which there is an opportunity to pull your thoughts together in the company of critical friends. This time is organized around the key questions of how to bring the learning back to your colleagues without overwhelming them (and yourselves!) .

Using the Curriculum Mapping Planner to Implement and Lead the Mapping Process and Curriculum 21 Ann Johnson	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / A119
How do you craft a plan that can ensure the successful implementation of curriculum mapping? How can you integrate other initiatives in the plan? What are the optimum conditions to sustain the work long term? "Curriculum mapping is a commonsense approach to address the systemic issue...improving student achievement. When it is implemented in a thoughtful manner, paying attention to everything we know about sustaining lasting change, it can have a dramatic effect on the culture of a school." Participants will learn about the Four Phases of Curriculum Mapping outlined in Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs' and Dr. Ann Johnson's new book, The Curriculum Mapping Planner: Templates, Tools, and Resources for Effective Professional Development and explore how they can use the templates, tools and strategies in the book to develop a draft plan for their school or district.

Strategically Integrating 21st Century Skills into Your Curriculum Designing Needs Stephen Wilmarth	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / Auditorium
We're approaching the end of the first decade of the 21st century, but many curriculum and school district leaders continue to struggle with the concept of "21st century skills." There is no universal standard for 21st century skills and our existing models all seem to be flawed in one way or another. So, how do curriculum and school leaders strategically address the growing pressure for 21st century skills? What are 21st century skills, really? And where do we start in the "transformation" of teaching and learning in the 21st century? These questions must be addressed by curriculum and school leaders or the entire curriculum design and mapping process could be jeopardized. Most good school leaders know this intuitively, but struggle to find the resources and support for developing an overall strategic approach to the problem and the challenge. This coaching session will zero in on the essential questions, and engage participants in methods and resources to develop an effective strategic plan. The session will be limited in size and broad in experiential scope so that participants can model an effective strategic planning process. The session will be highly interactive in the form of a facilitated meeting.

Upgrading Curriculum to Educate for Global Capability Christine Shain	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / F181
Schools can challenge prevailing practice with vigorous intellectual and rational forward thinking. Learn how one school created a culture that supports globally focused teaching and learning resulting in a framework of competencies for global capability, local and international partners and a Global Experience Program with opportunities for experiential learning. Global Capability can be defined as the ability to work anywhere, at anytime, with anyone with the term global describing an attitude rather than a location. This interactive workshop will examine the steps a school or district can take to move beyond global awareness and embrace global capability.

Building-wide Technology Integration: Practical Practice for School Leadership Tim Tyson	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D175
Schools frequently have a small percentage of teachers that are working to effectively integrate technology into their instructional plan for students. This session focuses on creating systemic, building-wide change designed to better integrate technology into the instructional plan of all teachers. This workshop is designed for educational leaders looking for some practical next steps that will welcome even the reluctant teachers to participate in a 21st century vision of instructional excellence.

Triangulating the Data for Student Achievement Brian Graham & Mark Beehler	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B111
In this breakout session, administrators and classroom teachers will learn how to triangulate student achievement data with the operational curriculum to make ongoing curricular revisions. Using curriculum mapping software, the presenters will share the process utilized in one school where there was a significant increase in student achievement. The presenters will also show how they have incorporated "I Can" statements for ELA and Mathematics into the student planners in an attempt to triangulate state standards and performance indicators with self reflective assessment.

Travels for the Whole Child Valerie Truesdale	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B105
Dr. Truesdale will share her recent travel and her continuing work with the Whole Child.

Seven-Step Review Process: Meetings with Purpose Janet Hale	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B108
Heidi Hayes Jacobs states that "mapping is like a coin with two sides." One side is data collection. The other side is using the data to make informed curriculum, instructional, and environmental decisions with students' best interests in mind. The Seven-Step Review Process, developed by Heidi Hayes Jacobs, embraces making decisions based on problems, issues, concerns, or bright spots. While this step-by-step process involves protocols and procedures that require participation by "the right people at the right time", the beauty of the process is that it is transferable for usage outside of curriculum reviews. During this session, each step will be explored as participants outline a prospective review appropriate to one's personal learning environment.

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Break: Transition

3:30pm - 3:45pm (15 min)

Session 12 - Consultations, Round Tables and Work Sessions

3:45pm - 5:00pm (75 min)

Coaching on PREZI presentations Stephen Wilmarth	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / D172
Teaching 21st century curriculum isn't always about mastering technology. Think about it. Mastering PowerPoint means mastering a linear presentation process well suited for the 20th century, and thus we've coined the phrase "death by PowerPoint." Steve Wilmarth has written about the five socio-technology trends that change everything in learning and teaching. One of those trends requires adapting to non-linear learning processes. PREZI is an exciting new presentation tool that gives teachers and students an opportunity to let their imaginations run wild, to think outside the box, and to create compelling digital stories with no limits to non-linear presentation strategies. This coaching session will provide participants with a hands-on experience in creating eye-popping presentations using the hottest new tool out there. Steve Wilmarth will share both the strategies and the techniques for giving you the power to "Wow!" your audience, no matter who they are.

OnHand Schools Product Demonstrations OnHand Schools	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / F189
OnHand Schools Product Demonstrations

Coaching Session: Support and Resources to Help Leaders and Leadership Teams Implement Curriculum 21 and Mapping Ann Johnson	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B111
What resources exist that can help you develop quality professional development for mapping and Curriculum 21? How can Curriculum Designers support you in the process? During this coaching session, Ann will share resources, strategies, and services that can help leaders and leadership teams plan high quality professional development for their school or district.

Curriculum Mapper/Curriculum Improvement Studio Demonstrations Collaborative Learning	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / F185
See our ad in the CMI 2010 book or stop by our vendor table for more information.

Tips for Selecting Mapping Software Earl Nicholas	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / F181
In this session participants will discuss how to self-evaluate, establish needs and goals, and prioritize questions to ask software vendors.

Rubicon Atlas Software Demonstrations Atlas Curriculum Management / Rubicon International	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / F184


PerformancePLUS Demonstrations SunGard Public Sector	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / F187
See our ad in the CMI agenda book for scheduled session times.

Coaching Session: Strategies to Help Successfully Map ELA Jeanne Tribuzzi	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B105
Literacy curriculum is complex and can be articulated in a number of ways. Leadership is essential for setting direction with best practice literacy work. This coaching session will allow district leaders and teachers to brainstorms ways to approach the work based on where the school or district is with literacy are and where they would like to go.

Round Table for Catholic Schools Margaret Dames	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / F180
Discussion by principals and teachers about implementing mapping and Curriculum 21 in Catholic schools.

Coaching Session: Learn From Our Mistakes: The 10 Top Things to Avoid Verneda Edwards	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / B109
If you are Curriculum Mapping in your school or district you have probably run into some roadblocks. At times, it may even feel that the road is closed! The errors made can range from full district implementation mistakes to individual misinterpretations of how to map. This session will identify 10 mistakes of implementation and help you avoid those same errors. Effective planning and reflection of the implementation process are the critical pieces to maximizing successful curriculum mapping in your district or school.

Keeping the Mapping Process Dynamic: What Strategies Work for Keeping the Conversations Focused and Interactive? Bena Kallick	Maple Avenue Middle Scho / A119

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Sunday July 18, 2010

Break: Continental Breakfast

7:15am - 8:30am (75 min)

General Session - Heidi and Bena - Opening Your Mind to Innovation

8:30am - 9:45am (75 min)

Break: Transition

9:45am - 10:00am (15 min)

Small Group Processing Sessions - for planning with faculty

10:00am - 11:15am (75 min)

Break: Transition

11:15am - 11:30am (15 min)

General Session - Q & A - New Designs for the 21st Century

11:30am - 12:30pm (60 min)

Agenda at a Glance

Tuesday July 13, 2010

Curriculum 21 and Curriculum Mapping: New Perspectives and New Practices

Curriculum Mapping 101 Academy

Active Literacy: Mapping Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening Skills in the Curriculum Academy

Using Data from Curriculum and Assessment: Protocols, Processes and Results Academy

Digital Tools and Curriculum Mapping Academy

Curriculum Mapping Leadership Academy for Administrators and Teacher Leaders Academy

Wednesday July 14, 2010

Thursday July 15, 2010

Curriculum 21 and Curriculum Mapping: New Perspectives and New Practices

Globalizing: Creating Collaborative Experiences to Upgrade Existing Curriculum Maps

Ten Minute Mapping Moments

Curriculum Mapping: Sustainability, A School's Nine Year Journey

Using Social Media Tools to Lead the Mapping Process

From Concept to Reality: Mapping a Continuum of Interventions for All Students

Curriculum Mapping 101: How to Write Map Elements With Design in Mind

Creating Consensus Maps

Building Global Competence Across the Content Areas

Give Up All Hope!

Mapping ELA to Build a Framework for Literacy

Using Social Media Tools to Lead the Mapping Process

Globalizing: Creating Collaborative Experiences to Upgrade Existing Curriculum Maps

Collaborate and Communicate: Building a Learning Community with Moodle

Meeting the Mission: How to Assess Whether Your Students Are Really 21st Century Learners?

Curriculum Mapping: From Vision to 21st Century Learning Communities:

Mapping ELA to Build a Framework for Literacy

Imagineering the Future Through Innovative Curriculum: Shifting the Paradigm of Teaching and Learning

Interdisciplinary Themes and Resources to Help Students Learn About the World

Develop a Culture of School Improvement That Supports and Sustains Mapping

Targeted Mapping: Getting Results Quickly

Strategically Integrating 21st Century Skills into Your Curriculum Designing Needs

Introduction to e-Learning: Moodle 101

Curriculum 21: Mapping Into the Future

From Concept to Reality: Mapping a Continuum of Interventions for All Students

Curriculum Mapping: Sustainability, A School's Nine Year Journey

Creating Consensus Maps

Who Has a Stake in Mapping?

FILM & Discussion- TWO MILLION MINUTES-A Documentary Calculating the Educational Divide

Using the Music Computer Lab in the Middle School Curriculum

Targeted Mapping: Getting Results Quickly

Ten Minute Mapping Moments

Collaborate and Communicate: Building a Learning Community with Moodle

Meeting the Mission: How to Assess Whether Your Students Are Really 21st Century Learners?

Rubicon Atlas Software Demonstrations

Re-Booting Your Mapping Initiative: Revising after a Faulty Start

Play in the Sandbox of Creativity

DST - A Round-Table Discussion by Experts in the Essential Nature of Digital Storytelling to 21st Century Learners

Coaching Session: Unpacking Your Goals to Design a Quality Plan

Round Table: International Schools

Coaching Session: Support and Resources to Help Leaders and Leadership Teams Design and Implement Curriculum 21

Curriculum Mapper/Curriculum Improvement Studio Demonstrations

PerformancePLUS Demonstrations

OnHand Schools Product Demonstrations

Friday July 16, 2010

Avoiding Initiative Burnout: Mapping the System

Using Habits of Mind: An Inquiry Based Approach to Curriculum Mapping

Diary Mapping: Take the First Step to the 21st Century Curriculum Revolution

Who Lead's the Mapping Process? HOW?

Implementation to Sustainability: Considerations for Administrators and Teacher Leaders

Collect, Select, and Reflect: Using Digital Portfolios to Illuminate the Curriculum

Meeting Students Where They Are with Media Literacy: Critical Thinking for the 21st Century

Becoming One System: How to Support All Students

Using the Music Computer Lab in the Middle School Curriculum

Training for Your Environment

Quality Organizational Planning for School Improvement

21st Century Learning Tools for Teachers and Administrators

Mac vs. PC in the Data World- Using Quantitative AND Qualitative Data for School Improvement

Master Class Model for Refining and Upgrading Curriculum Maps

Teaching the Industrial Revolution in Today's Digital Age - A Case Study on Creating Global Connections in the Curriculum

Educating The Whole Child: Building Student Self-Efficacy

Who Lead's the Mapping Process? HOW?

Curriculum Mapping 101: Strategies to Ensure Quality Maps

The Cloud Institute's Framework of Education for Sustainability (EfS)

Getting Mobile: Bringing 21st Century Skills to the Classroom

21st Century Learning Tools for Teachers and Administrators

Media Literacy in The Classroom: Engaging Students for the 21st Century

Streets Education: Use Neighborhood Streets to Explore Pertinent Ideas about Sustainability

A 21st Century Partnership: South Glens Falls and Curriculum Mapping with Rubicon Atlas

Collect, Select, and Reflect: Using Digital Portfolios to Illuminate the Curriculum