Presentation slides from the #TIES13 conference on involving parents in the process of learning.

1. Involving Parents In the Process of
Learning
George Couros
Division Principal of
Innovative Teaching and
Learning

2. #TIES13
@gcouros

3. Communication is key.

4. About Me

5. Focus on
Relationships

7. “We need to teach kids to respect the
past but to live in the future.”
Marc Prensky

8. http://georgecouros.ca
http://connectedprincipals.com

9. This is not about technology;
it’s about relationships and learning.

10. "The role of parents in the
education of their children
cannot be overestimated."
~Unknown

11. Change the conversation.

13. Why is this important?

14. Justin Bieber

25. Involving Parents in the Learning Process

26. Start with your vision

28. bit.ly/fg-aup

31. Have an Open Mind

34. Finding Parent Leadership

36. 36

39. Create Learning Opportunities

40. @patrickmlarkin

41. Use What the Kids Use

49. True change will not be “bottom up” or “top down”.
It has to be “all hands on deck”.

50. Open Communication

51. Learning
Together

52. Emails to staff (how do we bring parents into this process)
Web 2.0 used in a 2.0 way
Using a twitter hashtag

53. What does this lead to?

54. Cyberbullying...the low hanging fruit.

56. To inspire meaningful change,
you must make a connection to the heart
before you can make a connection to the mind.

57. “As the Internet has become
more central in our lives,
we have begun to witness a revival
of the importance of being
human.”
Notter and Grant

65. #DigitalLeadership

67. Since the end of the Easter holidays, Martha has been
writing a daily food blog about her school lunches, with
the support of her dad, as a self-initiated writing project.
It also set out in the noble aim to fund the building of
kitchens for less fortunate children in Malawi, through
theMary's Meals charity.

70. This morning in maths I got taken out of class by
my head teacher and taken to her office. I was told
that I could not take any more photos of my school
dinners because of a headline in a newspaper
today.

74. “But unlike most ten-year-olds Martha has raised
hundreds of thousands of dollars to help feed children
in Malawi, been the subject of a BBC documentary and
been toasted by Scotland’s first Minster Alex Salmond
in the Great Hall of Edinburgh Castle.”

75. Martha shows every facet of great learning:
...real world change, making the environment
around her better, sharing her thinking with the
world, having a conscious for the world beyond
her immediate horizons...

81. “But kids often defy expectations, if you give
them the opportunity.” Shelley Wright

82. Conclusion

83. Text

84. What will you help
make viral?

85. Contact Me
Email - georgecouros@gmail.com
Twitter - @gcouros
Email - gcouros@psd70.ab.ca
Blog - georgecouros.ca