DigitalClassrooms_Cadre2

**Parent Meeting - 1/19/2012**
The 21st Century Learner http://youtu.be/c0xa98cy-Rw GCISD What I Learned Today []

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**How to Add Numbered Backgrounds to iPads**
Create 1024x1024 pixels JPG Put it in Dropbox Log into Dropbox on the iPad Select the appropriate numbered JPG and save to the ipad Launch Photo App (sunflower icon) Select the image you chose Hit the arrow Select as Wallpaper Set it as both lock screen and home screen

**Questions for December 13**
How do you handle other teachers who ask if they can borrow an iPad?

Do you lock up the iPads every night?

Are there some established norms/rules for Ipad use within the district we can get a copy of?

What procedures have been established through the first cadre that might be helpful for the newbies?

**Resources - December 13, 2011**
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 * Dan Brown, Open Letter to Educators**

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 * Michael Wesch, TED Talk**

**Digital Cafe**
Introduction to Process
 * Appetizers**

Digital Cafe Questions 1. Dan Brown makes some incredibly challenging statements in his Open Letter to Educators. How do you respond? What implications does this have for our digital classrooms? 2. How does the role of teacher change with the shift to a learning platform with digital technology? How will you design work to produce knowledge-able students rather than knowledgeable students? 3. What's the current message of your classroom? What will the new message be? How wil you build that culture? 4. What skills and habits of mind are necessary in a digital classroom? How will they be developed? 5. How will it be technologically easier to connect, organize, share, collect, collaborate, publish (locally, regionally, globally)? How will it be harder?
 * First Course**

Original Group - 3 Most Salient Points
 * Second Course**

Combined Groups - Chart 3-5 bullet points from teh synthesis of your discussions
 * Dessert**

Panel Discussion - 6 Original Digital Classroom Teachers
 * After Dinner "Mints"**

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 * Project Based Learning - Buck Institute for Education**