Battle+River+School+Division

AISI Lead Teacher Holden School dboyda@brsd.ab.ca
 * Debra Boyda**

**Karen Blumhagen** AISI Lead Teacher Forestburg School kblumhagen@brsd.ab.ca

**Sharon MacFadyen** AISI Lead Teacher Bawlf School smacfadyen@brsd.ab.ca
 * Twitter: []
 * Gmail: smacfadyenbawlf@gmail.com
 * Edublog: [|http://smacfadyen.edublogs.org]

**Patrick McFeely** Camrose Composite High School Vice Principal / AISI Lead Teacher pmcfeely@brsd.ab.ca

**Maureen Parker (**team lead) Division Office, Director of Curriculum mparker@brsd.ab.ca Twitter: maureen_parker

**Ken Robitaille** Instructional Services Centre Director of Technology krobitaille@brsd.ab.ca

**Action Research Project - Template**
//We want to be able to share and post your Action Research Projects on the PLP website so that others may learn from you. We want to brag on you! We will be making web pages from these projects, so to make the projects a little more uniform and easier to flip through we are asking that you fill out this form. Don't worry - it's not nearly as daunting as it looks. This is meant to be a snapshot of your project with artifacts and links should a reader wish to dig deeper into your research.//

//For your convenience we have copied and pasted this information into your school's team page. Please delete the directions that are *in asterisks* once you are finished.//

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**Team Name Team Battle River (aka Team Which-Way-is-Up?)** =====

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**Team members Debra Boyda, Karen Blumhagen, Sharon MacFadyen, Patrick McFeely, Ken Robitaille, Maureen Parker** =====

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**School: Battle River School Division (Alberta, Canada)** =====

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Our project is intended to support lead teachers in AISI schools to develop individual PLNs, integrate technology in their professional collaboration as an AISI group, and model digital learning as a strategy for building staff capacity at AISI schools.=====

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//Professionals need ways to collaborate that transcend space and time barriers; technology holds many possibiltiies for overcoming these barriers without compromising the quality of the experience. For all Alberta school divisions, AISI resources are significantly reduced for the coming school year, magnifying the need to innovate in our networking strategies. As well, lead teachers provide leadership and support for staff capacity relative to digital learning and citizenship.// =====

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//We want to create a meaningful context in which teachers to learn skills that they can use as professionals and with students.// =====

 1. Supporting 20 Lead teachers from 25 schools build their PLN 2. Building a robust network of professional learners with capacity to tweet, blog, flip, bookmark, digitize learning, and make collaborative docs (!)

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On February 28 adn March 1, school teams from our entire school division contributed to a collective assessment of 21st century skills in our schools. Wow, the data was vivid! Our AISII Leads pre-survey RESULTS (below) told us most were at a Beginning level (measured according to beginning, developing, achieving, excelling) in confidence and skill.=====

Each Pecha Kucha ended with a focus question that prompted participant discussion.
Maureen - Setting context for the day (What's with the Ps--**PLP, Pecha Kucha, PLN**) Ken - introduction to **social bookmarking** Pat - introduction to **Twitter** Deb - **cameras and digital visuals** in the classroom Sharon - introduction to **blogging** Karen - introduction to **Google Docs**

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//Explain what you wanted to see happen (outcomes) and then evidence the team did or didn't achieve those outcomes. What were/are your aimed outcomes for the project? And how will you know you've been successful in implementation?*// =====

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//January to April 2011 - Data gathering and planning// =====

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//May 27, 2011 - implementation support continues during face-to-face PD session// =====

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//20111-12 school year - implementation support continues as AISI Leads build individual PLNs and we explore ways as a group to integrate technology in our collaboration practices.// =====

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//- This is not a one-shot PD experience. We will provide ongoing support and relevant context.// =====

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//- Our teachers had a mixture of excitement and anxiety about the day before it began.// =====

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<span style="font-size: 1.03em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">//- We will be measuring the next stage at our May 27, 2011 AISI Leads session and again in the 2011-12 school year.// =====

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<span style="font-size: 1.03em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">//We will post artifacts and videos in the coming week!// =====

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<span style="font-size: 1.03em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">//We will also narrate and post our pecha kucha presentations for others to use.// =====