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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CsGao_i1BM&feature=related
What is a Professional Learning Community - PLC? What does it mean for you and your students?
VideoDiscussion about working PLC's. What should they include?:
Read an article from Edutopia: www.edutopia.org/professional-learning-communities-collaboration-how-to
Video of a PLC in action (serious conversation about PLC!)action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWUoceQsZ3A&feature=related
What do your “PLC” meetings consist of?

Seminar #5: Classroom Collaboration
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Remember, you may post questions/comments/ideas in real-time during seminars by accessing and posting on: http://todaysmeet.com/nfeldmannPD
Show and Tell: What experiences, struggles, celebrations have you encountered in the last month? Show and/or tell the participants about it!
Hook:
we already know how to use wikispaces from the book study!
Active Participation:
up an account!
Threeaccount!Three stations where
1. Wikispaces - www.wikispaces.com
2. Edmodo - www.edmodo.com

Seminar #4: Classroom Creating/Presenting
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Remember, you may post questions/comments/ideas in real-time during seminars by accessing and posting on: http://todaysmeet.com/nfeldmannPD
Show and Tell: What experiences, struggles, celebrations have you encountered in the last month? Show and/or tell the participants about it!
Hook:

Seminar #3: Social Bookmarking
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Remember, you may post questions/comments/ideas in real-time during seminars by accessing and posting on: http://todaysmeet.com/nfeldmannPD
Show and Tell:
What experiences, struggles, celebrations have you encountered in the last month? Show and/or tell the participants about it!

Seminar #2: Building A PLN
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Remember, you may post questions/comments/ideas in real-time during seminars by accessing and posting on: http://todaysmeet.com/nfeldmannPD
Show and Tell:
What experiences, struggles, celebrations have you encountered in the last month? Show and/or tell the participants about it!

Seminar #1: Building Your PLC
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Remember, you may post questions/comments/ideas in real-time during seminars by accessing and posting on: http://todaysmeet.com/nfeldmannPD
*This seminar will be shorter than others, as it will be more of a discussion rather than a hands-on experience unlike the other four seminars*
Hook: (funny video....just to get the conversation started)

Prezi
Watch the tutorial video at: http://prezi.com/learn/ (there are three videos here for different levels of ability...and a cheat sheet!)
as instruction.
Animoto
2. Animoto
Watch the tutorial video at: http://help.animoto.com/entries/20461613-the-new-animoto-video-creation-process-a-video-tutorial-guide (there is a first time user tutorial as well as a new feature explanations!)
as instruction.
Glogster
3. Glogster
Watch the tutorial video at: http://edu.glogster.com/?page=videos&cat=HowtoCreateShareGlogs (there are numerous videos here for different levels of ability...you'll likely need to watch more than one clip!)
as instruction.
Xtranormal
4. Xtranormal
Watch the tutorial video at: http://www.xtranormal.com/how-to/ (a great tutorial that walks you right through the process!)
Choose to either make an example video of something your students will create or a video to use as instruction.

Classroom CreatingBecoming a Connected Educator
Seminar #4: Classroom Creating/Presenting
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Show and Presenting Tools-FebruaryTell: What experiences, struggles, celebrations have you encountered in the last month? Show and/or tell the participants about it!
Hook:
Death of Powerpoint by Don McMillan video (What not to do!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpvgfmEU2Ck&feature=player_embedded
Discussion:
What “tools” do you use for creating and presenting in your classroom? (your creations or your student's creations)
What else is out there?
Prezi, Animoto, VoiceThread, Glogster, xtranormal, voki for example
When deciding what to use, you must consider:
Consider the content/task, what will best showcase the learning?
Consider your audience, what will keep their interest?
Consider your learners, what will they prefer?
Video & Active Participation:
Overview of the four stations...show examples of student created work from past classroom projects on each of the sites: Prezi, Glogster, xtranormal, and Animoto
Four Stations: (I'm anticipating that participants will choose to attend one station, watch the demonstration video, get started creating a lesson or requirements for a project, and then possibly check out another station if time permits. Begin to think about how you are going to introduce this to your students. If you make a step-by-step handout or project requirements, please attach a copy of it below so other teachers can view it for their use, too!
Prezi
Watch the tutorial video at: http://prezi.com/learn/ (there are three videos here for different levels of ability...and a cheat sheet!)
Choose to either make an example presentation of something your students will create or a presentation to use as instruction.
Animoto
Watch the tutorial video at: http://help.animoto.com/entries/20461613-the-new-animoto-video-creation-process-a-video-tutorial-guide (there is a first time user tutorial as well as a new feature explanations!)
Choose to either make an example video of something your students will create or a video to use as instruction.
Glogster
Watch the tutorial video at: http://edu.glogster.com/?page=videos&cat=HowtoCreateShareGlogs (there are numerous videos here for different levels of ability...you'll likely need to watch more than one clip!)
Choose to either make an example glog of something your students will create or a glog to use as instruction.
Xtranormal
Watch the tutorial video at: http://www.xtranormal.com/how-to/ (a great tutorial that walks you right through the process!)
Choose to either make an example video of something your students will create or a video to use as instruction.
Reflection: (watch for recap of questions/confusions on the wiki!)
What have you learned/taken away from today's seminar?
What is most useful? What are you still confused about?

Visit the website: http://go.solution-tree.com/PLCbooks/Reproducibles_BPLC.html
When you scroll down, you will find reproducibles. Please choose and print at least 3 handout which would be most useful for improving your PLC group. Be able to explain why you chose that option and what you hope it will do for your team and the students.
Active Participation:Group Sharing:
Share out your discussions and reproducibles gathered in the discussion/active participation
Reflection: (watch for recap of questions/confusions on the wiki!)