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Lend them your ear: The digitally empowered student in the elementary classroom Andrew Harnett 
 Mandy Hollingshead

Lend them your ear: The digitally empowered student in the elementary classroom

“Now I'm not gonna sit here and blow sunshine up your ass, Lieutenant. A good pilot is compelled to evaluate what's happened, so he can apply what he's learned. Up there, we gotta push it. That's our job.”

The Plan 1. Pre flight checks - 3. Take Off - Intro Your activities 2. On the Tarmac - 4. Dog Fight - Ready For Go! Your modeled tasks What you need to know 5. Landing - about empowerment Conclusion

Pre-Flight Checks Mandy Hollingshead 
 Andrew Harnett 
 K-12 Music Teacher Primary Teacher ISF 
 HKIS 
 Google Trainer and Google Trainer and Certified Innovator Certified Innovator @teachingbrewed #21CLHK

Pre-Flight Checks Visible Thinking Routine 1: Initial 3-2-1 Bridge 3 Thoughts/Ideas you have about student empowerment 2 Questions you have about student empowerment 1 Analogy you have about student empowerment

Pre-Flight Checks Our definition of empowerment: "bringing into a state of belief one's ability to act effectively” Can be any stakeholder in the school

Pre-Flight Checks Empowerment ≠ engagement just because a child is empowered, does not mean they’re engaged in the activity just because you’re engaged does not mean you’re empowered engagement + empowerment + environment = max learning potential

Ready for Go! - The Research The teacher: Creates the conditions for empowerment Creates the environment that energizes and increases motivation

Ready for Go! - Digital Citizenship The teacher: Models good digital citizenship Common Sense Media (Nearpod) ISTE Classroom Management (RUP/RUA)

Ready for Go! - The Research The Student: Does not typically feel authentically empowered Prefers program control instead of learner control

Ready for Go! Methods of Digital Empowerment Podcasting Interactive Technology Design Technology Intro to experiences that encourage questioning Construction of knowledge

Take O ff - Visible Thinking Routine 2 Think/Pair/Share Think : What strategies have worked best for you in your classroom? What areas of empowerment do you still need to work on? What resources can you use to achieve this? Pair/Share: Find someone at your table and pair up with them Share your thoughts with that person

Choose LINK TO GOOSE LINK TO MAVERICK

Task rules 1: Goose To complete a series of structured tasks The tasks can be completed in any order All tasks must be completed You may complete them in groups You may not ask the presenters for help UNTIL you have asked three other participants If you have a mustache like Goose’s or know someone who has one as good as or better than his, then you automatically receive an extra 1,000 points

Task Rules: Maverick Answer the open questions to complete the tasks You should work alone You CAN ask 2 questions maximum per task to the presenters or those around you

“And if you screw up just this much, you'll be flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong!”

Landing - Visible Thinking Routine: New 3-2-1 Bridge - Revisited (Bridged) 3 Thoughts/Ideas you have about student empowerment 2 Questions you have about student empowerment 1 analogy you have about student empowerment

Landing - Conclusions Empowerment ≠ engagement Empowerment is typically inquiry driven Empowerment can be done in outcome driven environments A foundation of digital citizenship is necessary for digital student empowerment

Charlie: [to Maverick] When I first met you, you were larger than life. Look at you. You're not going to be happy unless you're going Mach-2 with your hair on fire and you know it.

Landing - Exit Ticket https://goo.gl/fS5Hsm Mandy Hollingshead 
 Andrew Harnett @mhollingshead @mraharnett @teachingbrewed teachingbrewed@gmail.com