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=Sunset Ridge School District 29 Team =

// To cultivate a learning community that engages the hearts and minds of students, one child at a time. //
entmanc@sunsetridge29.net
 * Team Members:**
 * Charlene Entman**, Technology Facilitator

felischerc@sunsetridge29.net
 * Cindy Fleischer**, 4th Grade Student Services Teacher

stonequists@sunsetridge29.net
 * Susan Stonequist**, 6th & 8th Grade Math Teacher

albrob@sunsetridge29.net
 * Bryan Albro**, Principal at Sunset Ridge School //(team consultant)//

Our team is planning our **Sunset Ridge Learning Network**. We will use a [|wiki] as our resource for disseminating information about a seminar series focused on cultivating, nurturing and growing the minds of [|21st century learners].

Host a series of book studies that will initiate and ignite a broader sense of communication, collaboration, authoring, self-reflection and feedback through the use of blogs. As a result, participants will author a blog to chart their progress, collaborate with colleagues, document their experiences and provide feedback as they experiment and try a number of web 2.0 technologies.
 * OVERVIEW:**


 * TARGET AUDIENCE** will consist of three groups:
 * teachers/staff
 * parents
 * students


 * ESSENTIAL QUESTION**: How can a book study become a knowledge-building activity that impacts the way we communicate, collaborate and learn?


 * OBJECTIVES:** The learner/participant will:
 * Research and investigate a variety of blogs
 * Read, subscribe and comment on blogs
 * Collaborate and communicate via a book study group
 * Create and author a blog with entries that include thought provoking viewpoints, commentary, and enhancements such as hyperlinks, widgets, images, audio and video
 * Interact and share ideas with others beyond the book study group


 * RECRUITMENT:** How to recruit participants (planning for recruitment will take place over the summer)
 * Staff** - Recruitment will occur during summer staff development classes as well as through periodic summer emails. Teachers may be offered academic credit toward salary movement within our district upon successful completion of the program.
 * Parents** - Recruitment will occur during the fall through parent letters, PTO meetings and mailers
 * Students**- Recruitment will occur in February. The plan is host the book study as either an online elective or as an after school/before school activity

Fall - teachers/staff Winter - parents Spring - students
 * TIME FRAME**

Pre and post survey of skills and knowledge Online activity and posts Focus group discussions Increase in curricular integration (teacher assessment) Requests to expand the seminar series, include new topics and invite new participants
 * EVALUATION & ASSESSMENT:**


 * HOW TO GROW OUR IDEA?** Check out our [|wiki].

//"WHY DON'T STUDENTS LIKE SCHOOL?"// by Daniel T. Willingham
 * BOOK CHOICE**

[] [] [] http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com http://davidwarlick.com/2cents http://www.angelamaiers.com http://www.edutopia.org/ http://teachingeverystudent.blogspot.com http://www.6seconds.org/blog/ http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/ http://thecleversheep.blogspot.com http://theedublogger.edublogs.org http://www.thethinkingstick.com
 * BLOG SITES**

ASCD Article: February 2009 - **[|Learning with Blogs and Wikis]** by Bill Ferriter
 * RESOURCES**
 * [|50 Blogging Tools for Teachers]**
 * [|Anatomy of a Blog]**, Brian C. Smith, Streaming Thoughts
 * [|Judy’s Web 2.0 Notes]** – Judy O’Connell “If you think of blogs as conversation vehicles, then it becomes easier to understand how blogs can be very powerful in education and the classroom.”
 * [|How to Grow a Blog]** - "blog of proximal development," Konrad Glowgowski
 * [|PLP Illinois Ohio Blogging 101 Discussions]** – [|Kathy Cassidy]
 * [|Route 21 Professional Development]**, created by the [|Partnership for 21st Century Skills]