Slides from a presentation given at the Building Learning Communities Conference in Boston, MA; 16 July 2010.

1. A Day
in the Life
of a
teacher
teaching with technology
(from principle to practice x 3)
Ku ropatwa
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L earning 16 July 2010
Building Boston,

2. Darren’s BLC 10 Conference Wiki
http://j.mp/dkBLC10

3. Darren’s BLC 10 Conference Wiki
http://j.mp/dkBLC10
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4. Darren’s BLC 10 Conference Wiki
http://j.mp/dkBLC10
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Back channel available at:
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5. Darren’s BLC 10 Conference Wiki
http://j.mp/dkBLC10
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Back channel available at:
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Twitter hashtag for this session: #dlblc10

6. Alarm Rings

7. Wake Up

8. Time To Go

9. iPod Ready
for -35°C

10. iPod Ready
for 7°C

14. Steppin’ Out

15. Catchin’ the Bus

16. DMCI

17. My Class

18. Firing Up the SMARTboard

19. Workshop

20. Three Pedagogical Principles

21. i n g
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25. Three Pedagogical Principles

27. Studentsʼ Errors and Misconceptions
(Principle 1) Based on Previous Learning
Students come to the classroom with conceptions of numbers grounded in
their whole-number learning that lead them astray in the world of rational
numbers; e.g. multiplying always makes numbers bigger.
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Teachers must engage studentsʼ preconceptions

28. Understanding requires factual knowledge
and conceptual frameworks
The Knowledge Network:
(Principle 2) New Concepts and New Applications

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35. Principle 3
Learning is facilitated through the
use of metacognitive strategies ...
A metacognitive approach
enables student self-monitoring

36. eror analysis

37. Find the error ...

38. community

39. community

42. just like we all learned in kindergarden

43. Three Pedagogical Principles
x =

44. Watch It. Do It.
practice #1

45. Teach It.
practice #1

46. Watch It. Do It. Teach It.
REVEALS STUDENTSʼ PRECONCEPTIONS
x =
practice #1

47. Watch It. Do It. Teach It.
BUILDS CONCEPTUAL AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
practice #1

48. Watch It. Do It. Teach It.
PROMOTES METACOGNITION
practice #1

49. Next Problem

50. Twitter
practice #2

51. practice #2

52. Lunch

53. School Day Ends

54. Slideshare.net
practice #2

55. My SlideSpace
practice #2

56. Transparency
practice #2

57. share everything
practice #2

58. Thinking
practice #2

59. Transparency & Sharing
REVEALS STUDENTSʼ PRECONCEPTIONS
x =
practice #2

60. Transparency & Sharing
BUILDS CONCEPTUAL AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
practice #2

61. Transparency & Sharing
PROMOTES METACOGNITION
practice #2

62. Leaving

63. Search Engine & Spark
Spark
http://feeds.tvo.org/tvo/searchengine
http://www.cbc.ca/spark

64. The Other End of the Street

65. Home Again,
Home Again,
Jiggity Jig!

66. Dinner, Music, Bath, Pickles & Bed

67. Class Blogs
practice #3

68. Learning is a Conversation
practice #3

69. Learning Requires Reflection
practice #3

70. Learning Requires Reflection
practice #3

71. (Principle 1) Teachersʼ Errors and Misconceptions
Based on Previous Learning
x =
TEACHERS MUST ENGAGE THEIR OWN PRECONCEPTIONS

72. (Principle 2) Build Knowledge Networks
CONCEPTUAL AND SOCIAL NETWORKS

73. (Principle 3)
Metacognition
ACTIVELY AND TRANSPARENTLY
REFLECT ON YOUR TEACHING

74. Catch Up on My Reading
http://reader.google.com

75. K12 Online Conference
http://k12onlineconference.org

76. questions
“learning is a
conversation”

77. Darren’s BLC 10 Conference Wiki
http://j.mp/dkBLC10

78. thanks
Darren
Kuropatwa
logspot.com
adifference.b

79. Credits 220
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeope/249159137/
How Students Learn
http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=10126
Pewter Letters Numbers
http://flickr.com/photos/lwr/sets/72157594512642436/
I’m waiting for my man by flickr user onkel_wart
http://www.flickr.com/photos/onkel_wart/2038421770/
Goldener Bilderrahmen - gold picture frame by flickr user eriwst
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eriwst/2303608353/
the thinker
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattwright/526492646/
sweet potato cake by flickr user awhiskandaspoon
http://www.flickr.com/photos/awhiskandaspoon/3046642768/
reflection
http://flickr.com/photos/barnett/206994953/
thoughtful
This body is networked http://flickr.com/photos/ronlayters/440835731/
http://flickr.com/photos/funksoup/403990660/
Transparency
The Thinker http://flickr.com/photos/lightmash/2393645062/
http://flickr.com/photos/renny1967/1509761982/
1965 Canadian Quarter Reverse by flickr user Astro Guy
Framed! by flickr user freebird4 http://www.flickr.com/photos/astroguy/4292081808/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/freebird4/143459063/ Sharing
DNA http://flickr.com/photos/furiousgeorge81/177926979/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghutchis/124782978/ Smarties Graph #3 by flickr user sneeu
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sneeu/3204193019/
Question mark
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcobellucci/3534516458/ Girl Talk
http://flickr.com/photos/e06158/2272739708/
291220082456 by flickr user roland
http://www.flickr.com/photos/roland/3148183909/ Find the error by flickr user Daniel Paquet
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danielpaquet/847908552/
Mira reading the Griffiths Quantum Text
http://flickr.com/photos/ailric/390832774/ Big Screen Reflection
http://www.flickr.com/photos/benward/181425257/
workstation start of the mobile content era
http://www.flickr.com/photos/striatic/241843728/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynetter/329280898
you’ve been framed by flickr user Yersinia all other images (cc) dkuropatwa
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yersinia/2439823650/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dkuropatwa/tags/adayinthelife/
How People Learn MMMMM, Sourdough Pancakes for Breakfast by flickr user Chiot's Run
http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=9853 http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiotsrun/4311640086/
My Class Blogs 2008-2009
AP Calculus AB (2008-2009) Pre-Cal 40S (Winter 2009) Pre-Cal 20S (Fall 2008)
http://apcalc2008.blogspot.com http://pc40sw09.blogspot.com http://pc20sf08.blogspot.com
Applied Math 40S (Winter 2009) Applied Math 20S (Fall 2008) Pre-Cal 30S (Fall 2008)
http://am40sw09.blogspot.com http://am20sf08.blogspot.com http://pc30sf08.blogspot.com