{"id":22,"date":"2014-05-22T20:21:21","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T20:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrmclaughlin.com\/web\/?p=22"},"modified":"2022-11-21T21:04:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T21:04:02","slug":"live-blogging-from-the-pa-montbucks-unconference-5-22-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrmclaughlin.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/22\/live-blogging-from-the-pa-montbucks-unconference-5-22-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Blogging from the PA MontBucks Unconference 5\/22\/2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello all! \u00a0I a live at the\u00a0PA MontBucks Unconference. \u00a0We are here to discuss educational technology issues in PA. \u00a0If you don\u2019t know what an unconference is here is the\u00a0411<\/a>. \u00a0I plan to be updating this all day as I learn from my fellow teachers. \u00a0Follow us on twitter with\u00a0#montbucks<\/strong><\/a>. We are using OneNote as our conference platform for sharing (http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/MTIonenote<\/a>\u00a0) and the notebook is\u00a0Montgomery County Technology Integrator\u2019s Group.<\/p>\n

Step one setting up the sessions. \u00a0We will be doing 4 sessions today. \u00a0People come up to the board and propose sessions. \u00a0I proposed two. \u00a0I would like Computer Science to become a Math Credit in PA and I would like to talk about blended schools. Fellow DEN Star and\u00a0PAECT<\/a>\u00a0(Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications & Technology)\u00a0Officer Mark Perlman is here. \u00a0Any other DEN stars here should post on twitter to get your shout out in the blog.<\/p>\n

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It is almost time to choose our sessions. \u00a0We are quickly filling up the session board. \u00a0Looks like some great things. \u00a0Here is a picture of our final board:<\/p>\n

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My Sessions:<\/p>\n

20% Time<\/p>\n

PA Computer Science Math Credit<\/p>\n

Videoconferencing<\/p>\n

Blended Schools<\/p>\n

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Welcome and introduction. \u00a0Thank you\u00a0\u00a0Lower Moreland High School for hosting!!!<\/p>\n

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Our hosts were introduced. \u00a0This is the first annual unconference for PA. \u00a0Our sponsor is PAECT (http:\/\/www.paect.org\/) The are supporting lots of events in PA for technology so if your not involved and would like to get involved this is your go to location to find information! We discussed the history of Technology in schools Starting with the film strip and Scantron to whiteboards and tablet computes. What does this mean for us?? Professional Development is Necessary!!! So today we are the teacher leaders of our professional Development. \u00a0The first follow transforms the\u00a0lone nut to a leader<\/a>. Be the first follower!!! Our sessions are about conversations not presentations. Follow the law of two feet. \u00a0If you don\u2019t find your learning or contributing use your two feet and go someplace else.<\/p>\n

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Session 1: \u00a0\u201c20% time in the classroom\u201d<\/p>\n

Google gives their employees 20% of their work time to create anything they want. \u00a0Half of Google\u2019s projects have come from this starts. \u00a0Our facilitator,AJ Julian<\/a>i, @ajjuliani writes about it in this\u00a0blog post\u00a0<\/a>. His school has adopted this idea and has added to the curriculum. It lives in the RLA curriculum focusing on the standards\u00a0specifically Pennsylvania 11th Grade Reading and Writing Standards. Question: How does this move into a more specific field like Math? AJ answers this question and lays out some guidelines in this\u00a0blog post.<\/a>\u00a0 Check out the following sources:<\/p>\n